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A TUESDAY GIVEAWAY - NOW CLOSED

today's giveaway is from rebecca minkoff. love, love, love her beautiful bags! rebecca minkoff is giving away a $300 gift card to one lucky bleubird reader to her online shop. to enter simply visit rebeccaminkoff.com and then comment below with what you would use your gift card for. i will announce the winner back here on friday. good luck and thank you for playing!

take a look at their mother's day gift shop here to get some ideas for the special mamas in your life.

i was featured on the rebecca minkoff blog as a tastemaker, take a look here.

UPDATE: the winner is chiara. congratulations! we will send you an email shortly. 

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A MOTHER'S DAY TRADITION WITH HUNTER BOOTS

each mother's day morning my kids come into my room with arms full of homemade cards, construction paper artwork and hand picked flowers. they bring me my very favorite breakfast, eggs benedict and roasted potatoes, and pile into my bed eager to watch me open their gifts. later in the day we venture off to the local nursery and fill a cart with flowers and plants, pots and soil and then return home to spend the afternoon outside planting and re-potting, listening to records and drinking iced cold lemonade and sangria. it's a day to feel a little pampered, enjoy my family without the day to day distractions and a day off from changing diapers.

how do you celebrate your mother? or are you a mother and now celebrate with your own kids? do you have any mothers day traditions?

this post is sponsored by hunter boots. i am over on the hunter boots website today, take a look here.

milla plum's boots: ackley boots in red
julian's boots: gardener boots in dark olive
birdie's boots: kids original in yellow
sailor's boots: kids first boots in green 
james's boots: original tall in green
aubrey's boots: original adjustable in black

18/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

julian: fell asleep on dolly.
milla plum: my only child with brown eyes.
birdie: "dese are my fwends."
sailor: sitting up, totally unassisted now.

where to find: dolly parton pillow. birdie's lemon romper. sailor's london block set.

HAPPY FRIDAY

do you guys have any fun plans for the weekend? it's just me and the kids here at the house, since aubrey is working a fancy party for the kentucky derby. we will probably spend a lot of time indoors since it's supposed to rain all weekend. i see many movies in our future. good thing we stocked up on popcorn and hot tamales earlier this week.

speaking of kentucky derby... the hats!

i love this cause to open a school. watch the inspiring video and find out info and how to donate here.

i want to go white sands camping.

i bought a book about pie. i also bought a pie bird. i've never been much of a pie person, but i'm excited to give baking pies a go.

a friend of mine recently turned me onto the band foxygen. so great!

my favorite dress from curator.

15 actors who made extreme weight changes for films. (jared leto's is crazy.)

how to turn your back yard into a farm.

we desperately need a new toaster. it's time to buy a nice one since the cheapies don't seem to last long. thinking about this one or this one. any suggestions?

make some homemade play dough with the kids this weekend.

i'm obsessed with this live demo of stevie nicks singing wild heart. i love this version of the song. it's the perfect friday tune.

marmalade pull apart bread? yes please.

i hear bernie is a pretty funny movie. i'll be watching tonight. (it's on netflix.)

barneys new york featured me on their site this week. i am honored.

have a good weekend all!

p.s. if you've never tried popcorn with hot tamales (the candy) you are in for a treat. i promise!

photo of fleetwood mac by herbert worthington.