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Chloe Jackman — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:13:32 +0000

Thank you for all the inspiration, support and love sweet sisters….

Fab Friday | This Is Your Life!!!

Chloe Jackman — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 20:50:40 +0000

My Aunt always says: “This isn’t a dress rehearsal honey, it’s your life” and she’s right. I think it’s easy for us to forget to enjoy each moment, embrace every day, and appreciate all the amazing things that life has to offer. Yeah shit get’s hard sometimes, really hard in fact, but if we never know hardship then how could we ever appreciate the good? So I challenge you to LIVE your life. To choose to embrace it…to stop talking about the things you aren’t doing and to start doing the things you WANT to be doing. The possibilities are endless.

Changing your whole life for the better can seem a bit daunting, so together we’ll take baby steps. Together let’s take a deep breathe…take a moment to reflect and decide to do at least one thing over the next seven days that will make us truly happy, or something that will make someone else happy and lets see how good it feels when we consciously decide to love the life we’re living!

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Fab Fridays | How to Make Your Own Succulent Garden | #Succulents

Chloe Jackman — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:19:50 +0000

Succulents are the latest and greatest craze these days and living in a San Francisco apartment without a deck or backyard I’ve had to get my fill of gardening in a new urban way… indoor gardens! Succulents are adorable and come in a wide variety of colors, shapes, sizes, and cutenesses. The other thing I love about them is that they are durable, which is important for busy people like me (I know they aren’t going to die if I forget to water them for a couple days). They grow and split off and re-roote very easily, so the few that I purchased at my local flower shop (Sloat Garden Center on 3rd Ave) have been able to produce multiple new gardens.

Here’s a pic of the one I made for our kitchen table!

Today I’m going to explain the steps needed to plant your very own indoor, adorable, durable succulent garden. Make one for yourself, make one for a friend, or make lots of little ones as favors for your upcoming wedding or party!

What you’ll need:

-An old sheet or a few towels

-What you want to plant your garden in… GET CREATIVE!!!

-Your succulents

-Potting soil, I used E.B. Stone Organic but for no other reason then the garden center by my house suggested it

-Horticultural sand (do NOT use sand from the beach!), I used E.B Stone Organics again

-Charcoal, when you plant things without drainage at the bottom you need to use charcoal to absorb the stagnant water that drains to the bottom of your planter/vase etc.

-About an hour to get it all done!

Step 1: Lay something down on the ground you don’t mind getting dirty (because it will) and give yourself enough room to spread out.

Step 2: Clean the vase, bowl, dish etc that you will be using for pretty project.

Step 3: Gather the succulents you plan to use in your new garden.

Step 4: Your soils… the charcoal, potting soil and horticultural sand. Remember: DO NOT use sand from the beach because it has too many micro organisms and other things that can affect your garden.

Step 5: Pour charcoal in your desired planter/vase first, enough to cover the base, about half an inch.

Step 6: This step isn’t necessary, but my mom is the flower queen and she introduced me to earth worm castings (sounds gross right?!?), but I was able to find it online and it makes an amazing natural/organic plant food so I mix it with my soil!

Step 7: Pour your soil (and a couple table spoons of earth worm castings if you want) on top of the charcoal. You’re shooting for layers so keep that in mind, the dirt layer can be an inch+ thick. Pat it down and smooth it out.

Step 8: Now it’s time for the pretty layer, the sand. Carefully pour the sand on top of the dirt (remember layers!). I suggest at least an inch of sand (I’ve gone too light on the sand before and found that the dirt creeps through). Aside from being pretty, the sand helps distribute the water and weigh down the soil so it doesn’t move around when you water it.

Step 9: Yay! You made it to the really fun part… planting your garden! I always like to have a centerpiece, so I chose this sturdy, round guy.

Step 10: Then you can begin placing your little biddies where you want. I like to start small and fairly spaced out because they grow fast!

Step 11: As I mentioned earlier, I take my other succulents that have alot of growth and break pieces off and re-plant them in my new gardens… see!

Step 12: Stand back and revel in the fruits of your labor! This was a gift for our friend Dominic as a thank you for giving me a beautiful desk for my office and he is enjoying it everyday!

Watering: I water my succulents every week and half or so, but watch and listen to them, they will tell you what they need, so pay attention!

**All these images were shot with my amazing OM-D

#Inspired

Chloe Jackman — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:05:09 +0000

An old friend from high school saw this and sent it to me because it pretty much sums up my 4 teenage years at Thurgood Marshall. I was the free spirited, very different, wild child who got alot of negative attention as result. Being Bi-racial (“Coffee w/ Cream’ as my momma always used to say) and different in a very African-American school made me an easy target and it wasn’t until my senior year that people really began to understand and respect me. Needless to say, all the teasing and crying and confusion really just made me stronger…so the point of this story is to let you children be who they are, support them in their quirks, even when it hurts you and them…because one day it’ll all make sense and they will be the amazing person they were meant to be and the people who shunned them for it will still be lame.

xo,
FrecklesNFro

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Chloe Jackman — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:03:38 +0000

Thoughtful thought of the week…

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Chloe Jackman — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:18:25 +0000

I have this quote sitting in front of me at my desk so that when my mind starts to wonder while I procrastinate all things I need to get done, I read it and remember how lucky I am to be so in love with what I do even if some days I wanna cry, because lets be honest you only cry over something if it’s important to you.
xo,

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Chloe Jackman — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:00:46 +0000

Outside my kitchen window is a big ol’ billboard and alot of the time there are advertisements about skiing or Napa or whatever…but every once in a while the Inspiration Campaign puts one up and I love looking at it every chance I get. To be honest though, I didn’t actually look them up until tonight and I like them. I’m thinking about joining the movement, if you wanna share happy a positive thoughts then you might wanna check them out too.

So in the spirit of quote/images combo’s flooding pinterest and my office I decided I’d try one on for size…enjoy.

http://www.inspirationcampaign.com

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Chloe Jackman — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:29:22 +0000

I took this picture on my beautiful drive back from the fabulous yoga/meditation retreat I attended a few week ago. I think it’s just stunning and wish that I lived on the other end of the driveway…anywho I really wanted to turn into something inspiring so here you go…I hope it’s fill you with the warmth of spring and motivation to do great things, because you’re awesome!!!

xo,