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Under The Sea

how to make a fondant octopus

Hey there buddy.

OK sooooo this weekend was a bit of an emotional hailstorm, between my daughter's second birthday and my son's first day of school today. Not a "bad" hailstorm, per se...just, you know: feelings. Like, all of them. (Evidence is presently over on my Snapchat @ramshackleglam.)

So while I have bazillions of photos to show you and tons of things I want to write about, let's keep it light today. It's Monday. Nobody needs any more feelings on a Monday; they need OCTOPUS CAKE. (I'm going to officially call this the Under The Sea Cake, because that sounds prettier, but excuse me did you see that octopus? He's adorable, and I think he should probably make an appearance on every cake I make forever and always.)

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All The Sales In The Land

I know she's a cartoon, but I totally covet her shoes.

Apropos of nothing except that I felt a chill in the air yesterday, which got me started thinking about changing seasons, which in turn got me thinking about end-of-season sales, I have some information for you.

Basically, there are a bunch of truly phenomenal sales going on right now - both for new fall fashions and for end-of-summer stuff (which you'll still totally be able to wear for awhile) - so in celebration of the fact that it's Friday and I'm positive you'd much rather be messing around on the Internet and planning what cocktail to order tonight than working, I thought I'd give you a rundown of what's out there.

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Sleep Baby Sleep

How to get your baby to sleep when crying it out doesn't work

Very cute. Very loud.

Q. Dear Jordan,

I was wondering if you ever wrote a post about how you and Kendrick dealt with getting your children to sleep through the night? My baby girl still wakes up multiple times a night, often winds up in our bed, and still needs to nurse to sleep. I don't think I can handle full-on "crying it out," but I just started working again full-time and I am EXHAUSTED.

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The Bags That Lied

Zac by Zac Posen navy saddle bag

This bag is legitimately the only thing making me want to get dressed.

Bag c/o Shorts (similar) Lipstick Sandals

When I was in my early twenties, I did a lot of shopping on Canal Street, in New York City. Well, not on Canal Street itself; that's mostly fruit stands and storefronts selling plastic frogs and three-for-the-price-of-one Big Apple t-shirts, all of which I'm all stocked up on, thanks. Where I did my shopping was in the fluorescent-lit, cement walled rooms above and behind these storefronts; you got to them by following someone muttering "real bags gucci chanel gucci chanel" down an alleyway, and then through a locked door and down winding hallways until you got to the place where the bags were stacked ten-deep on white plastic tables.


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