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Alt Memories

by Alicia on January 29, 2013

I’m sure the blogosphere is bursting with Alt recaps this week. (As it should be, because Alt was awesome!) But I got home Sunday night after 9 days away and haven’t so much as peeked inside my Google Reader yet. There’s just too much going on right now. However, my dear friend Linnea just sent [...]

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Adios 2012! A Video Tribute

by Alicia on December 30, 2012

This is basically a Myspace-2006-era-style slideshow of my year. Remember those? (Why doesn’t Facebook make that stuff as easy at Myspace did? But I’m glad they killed my ability to auto-play music when you came to my page. My songs were awesome, but everyone else’s SUCKED!) 2012 was a pretty kick ass year. I’ll remember [...]

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Creatively Chic

by Alicia on December 28, 2012

Congrats to my friend Carly of Chic Steals on her new podcast, Creatively Chic. I was honored to be her first guest and so impressed at how professional she was! Thanks for having me Carly, can’t wait to listen to upcoming episodes! Related posts:Indie Fashion on Indie FixxDIY Tribal Turban HeadbandsRefinery 29 Visits 1871 + [...]

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Guest Pinning at Martha Stewart Living

by Alicia on December 8, 2012

Dude, I am guest pinning for Martha Stewart Living this month. It’s only been a day so far and I have to admit I’m feeling a little drunk with power. Mostly because I just started pinning as @aliciadirago a little while ago (remember the dinosaur problem?) so as of yesterday I had a whopping 83 [...]

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Whimseybox Gift Certificates

by Alicia on December 3, 2012

Last week I learned something obvious: people who are shopping right after Thanksgiving do NOT want you to immediately email the recipient of their gift. Up until now, that’s how we’ve handled gift subscriptions for Whimseybox: you buy the subscription and then we email the recipient with instructions for setting up their account. While that [...]

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