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Have a Fun Weekend.



What are your plans for the weekend?  Fall is our favorite, so we will be enjoying the weekend outside, with a visit to the pumpkin patch and some pumpkin painting.  Inspiration Allie starts basketball practice and soccer and I am taking my oldest daughter out for a date night…golfing.  She loves to golf.   Our website was recently redesigned and has even more fun updates coming.  Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web…
We LOVE this book by Kate T.Parker, Strong is the New Pretty.
Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Refuse to Do These 13 Things
How to Deal With Mother’s Guilt.  YES!  This has been heavy on my mind, well, since becoming a mother.
9 Quick Family Dinners
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are HILARIOUS parents.  You must check out their hilarious tweets about parenting.
The importance of reading to your kids.
Sara Blakely is one of our favorite women and she’s a beast at business and motherhood. The Balance Project  

COMING SOON: As we head into the weekend, we wanted to share with you that we will soon be introducing surprise grab bags.  We are excited and the beauty of them…you have no idea what you’re getting but we will have some really great things.  We have partnered with several girl empowerment groups, STEM organizations, and other organizations that tailor to the empowerment and education of children and the surprise bags will have some wonderful items for your kiddos to enjoy…as well as our apparel.  Details to come.

Also, we are expanding our brand and will be introducing to you two new designs.  DRESSES!  Yes, a raglan dress and a t-shirt dress.  We will have presale orders coming soon!
   
Fall Special: This weekend only!  Receive 40% off your entire order.  Code: WEEKENDFUN 
Visit our store, Crossing Arrows, to shop our latest styles

*We apologize for being absent with our email updates.  We will begin sending weekly emails with new design updates, give-a-ways, blog posts, promotions, and more.

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