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Ele Story Paper Doll Coloring Contest

Remember when we were little and these paper dolls were all the craze?  Okay, I'm probably dating myself by sharing this, but my daughter and I love paper dress dolls! I thought I'd make her these ...

Valentine's Day Heart Garland DIY Project

  June Bug has been asking me what we should put up now that the Christmas decor is long gone. As a mom, I'm always pressed for time and I've made it one of my goals to spend more time doing thing...

Saving Sweet Iris

Ele Story is helping to raise awareness about GM-1, a rare, incurable disease that my friend's daughter Iris is fighting against so bravely.  For every "A Girl's Best Pal" dress purchased in the ...

Gold for Childhood Cancer

   Several months ago, I received a facebook message from an Ele Story FB fan, and the message had such an impact on me that I decided to follow the thread.  She wrote about her friend, Anya, whos...

Ele's coming to Chicago!!!

Ele Story is coming to Chicago!  Chicago has a special place in our hearts.  That's where hubby and I met in college almost 16 years ago, and now, 10 years in our marriage with our little girl, we ...

Hey May...

 Hey May...are you already here?  I cannot believe how quickly 2015 is going by.  May has become a month full of reminiscing.  Some sad memories, some bitter sweet, but for the most part time has b...

Humble Beginnings (and many tears and sweat later)

I have to admit, I am only human, and some days are just plain hard.  In fact, I think this past week was just rough.  I can't explain why it was especially so.  I was just fatigued, burned out.  I...

San Francisco dream photo shoot

We had an incredible time teaming up with Vivian from High Tea Photography (also a fellow mompreneur local to the SF bay area) last week to shoot some of our fresh-off-the sewing machine designs!  ...

The Evolution of the Ele Story jacket...

With the brand new release of our Fresh as Spring jackets, I am brought back in time to how the first Ele Story jacket came about, and how it evolved from my love of jackets, to now having a kids' ...

Get inspired.

I came across this quote just yesterday as I was going back to doing what I love (before starting a kids' line, I used to sit for hours in front of the computer reading my favorite bloggers and p...