Kate Spate Surprise Sale

Have you seen the Kate Spade Surprise Sale?  I am crushing over so many items in the sale.  Hurry over and check it out.  There is just over a day left!

Gift Guides

It's that time of year again!  Gift guides are starting to come out from my favorite retailers and bloggers preparing for the holiday season.  I may have slipped down the rabbit hole over the weekend and shopped for Christmas decor.  Let me just say, I am totally ready for Christmas everything.  While I still love and cherish Thanksgiving, I am just ready for Christmas and the magic that comes with the holiday.  Because of when we visited Charleston last December, I didn't have the time to decorate and do some of my favorite holiday traditions.  This year, my trip to Charleston is earlier so I should be able to do more, but we are moving two weeks before Christmas so we'll still be on a shortened schedule.  In the meantime, I'll just be lusting over all the gift guides that are out already.  I picked a few items from my favorite gift guides below.

Lilly Pulitzer Under $50

Kate Spade Under $50

J.Crew

I cannot wait to purchase my gifts and wrap them.  Wrapping up special little holiday gifts is one of my favorite activities in December!

DIY: KSNY Inspired Ornament

I found this tutorial via pinterest for a DIY version of these darling Kate Spade ornaments. I found plain white porcelain ornaments at Michaels that already had gold hardware.  I simply bought a black paint pen that was located in the same section to do the lettering.  This project took barely any time at all and I was done.

For another tutorial on these and other similar Kate Spade ornament, follow this link. 

Eat Cake for Breakfast: Kate Spade Inspired Birthday Celebration

Yesterday, my family met in Indianapolis to celebrate my mom and my sister's birthdays which are coming up this week.  I decided that I would take over on the treat making so neither one of them would have to make something since we were celebrating both of their birthdays.  Needless to say, I spend my evenings last week coming up with decorations and goodies for a proper birthday celebrations.

You may have noticed in my last post, I had a Kate Spade inspiration board on Pinterest.  I put that to good use this weekend with this celebration for mom and Allison.

I decorated Allison's dining area to the nines in pink and gold and black and white.  I made a tassel garland, had gold glitter flags for the paper straws, and made two custom Kate Spade inspired prints with quotes from Kate Spade.  Allison had the perfect plates and napkins to go with all my stuff!

Allison requested I make her cactus shaped sugar cookies, so I also made her a cactus garland (and also a cactus cupcake that is hidden behind the ALLISON candles).  I found a ton of great things at Michael's including the hello darling gift bags, the pink jump clothes pin, and the black and white lanterns.  I had so much fun creating and crafting all this pretty decor.  It turned out so pretty.  I wish every day was a Kate Spade inspired party.

Ps.  How cute is that bulldog cookie jar I gave my sister?  I'm obsessed with the little guy.  Such a great Target find.

Fashion Friday: Cozy Fall Days

Fall is in full swing and the temps are dropping.  Cooler weather calls for cozy scarves, sweaters, and boots!  My typical outfit consists of skinnies or jeggings with ballet flats or boots.  As it starts to get cooler, I'll start layering more. My office tends to get warm in the afternoons so layering definitely helps when I'm at work.  Here is to hoping we can squeeze a little more fall temps out of mother nature.  Highs here are in the 30s this weekend...I'm not ready to ditch my ballet flats just yet.

One of my favorite outfits of this fall.

Jeggings + Vest + Autumn Leaves

Pulled out my Lilly Pulitzer Scarf for a warm and sunny fall day

Puffy vests are the best at keeping you warm.

Plaid + Scarf = Love

Inside My Purse

I see these inside my purse/bag posts a lot on the blogs I follow and I just love them.  I thought I would post my own.  I have two purses that I shift back and forth between most of the time, my Longchamp and my Kate Spade (similar style).  Both are in colors that I feel can be pulled off year round.  Here is what you will find inside my purse:

Wallet: Since I often switch my purse, I keep my cards and cash in my Coach skinny (similar).  It makes it so much easier than switching from wallet to wallet along with my purses.  

Lotion: I am constantly battling dry skin on my hands and my elbows.  I try to keep some lotion in my purse (and in my desk, car, etc).  I just love the smell of this EOS cucumber scent lotion.  It is so refreshing.

Lipstick: My new favorite for the season is Maybeline's Color Sensational Vivids Lipcolor in Brazen Berry!  It goes on fairly smoothly and you can either wear it light or layer it on for a more dramatic and deeper color.

Lip gloss:  Last year my sister gave me a tube of Revlon's ColorStay Mineral Lipglaze in Timeless Nude and I could not be happier to find such a perfect colored gloss.   It add just a touch of pink and makes for a classic barely there lip color with tons of shine.

Nail Polish:  I am not normally one to tote around nail polish in my purse, but I have recently been trying those at home DIY Gel Manicures and I have a fairly good success with them.  I will admit that I am definitely guilty of walking around with horribly chipped nails.  Luckily with this new manicure process that mimicks a gel manicure, my nails have looked great and remained fairly chip free.  The bad news is that now any time I get a chip, I'm eager to touch up to maintain the manicure and stretch it out a little longer.  With that you have the bottle of Revlon nail enamel in Urban.

Cell:  Like I could manage to go anywhere without it (I actually made a trip to the bank on my lunch and left my phone at work...I survived, but I did actually try to make a call on my way back to the office).  I just officially transitioned my phone case for fall and winter and put my Lilly case up for a few months.  I am loving animal prints for fall and winter so this Kate Spade case sang to me when I saw it.  I just new I had to bring some more Kate Spade into my tech life.  My first pretty case for my first iPhone was a gorgeous pink and purple floral Kate Spade case.  I used it until it broke and never got tired of it!  I love the design of my new case.  It's one of those that is barely there in feel. 

For the rest you will find a couple of no snag hair elastics (and sometime you find tons of regular hair ties), wintergreen Altoids, an address book, a small notebook for jotting down & sketching ideas and notes, and a couple of pens.  Not pictured is my lovely Lilly agenda.

Like most women, you will find tons of other various things in my purses at any given time but these items are things you will generally find when I am carrying a bag big enough to hold it all.  What do you always have with you in your purse?

Fashion Friday: 4th of July

The 4th of July is coming up and what better way to show your patriotic spirit than by your dress?    The 4th usually means a time for people to have barbecues, parties, fairs, and fireworks.  Whether you go the super casual route, dress it up, go all out with flag apparel, or just wear your RWB, it is super easy to arrive in style.  Here are some of my favorites.

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I do not have any plans for the 4th yet, but I did manage to pick up a pretty cute lightweight summer scarf that is blue with white stars all over it and have went through and mentally created several outfits with my  RWB clothes.  Coincidentally, I am wearing the perfect outfit now (minus the accessories).  I am considering doing this nail design for the holiday too.  It is too cute.

How do you like to celebrate the 4th of July? 

Fashion Friday: Put A Bow On It

I have recently reignited my love for bows.  I went through a phase in Jr. High, and let's face it--we all did at my school, where we bought ribbon in every color and tied a bow around all of our pontytails to match our outfit.  As I grew older and moved through my awkward middle school phase, I grew out of bows and got rid of my ribbons in ever color.

 

I began to rekindle my love for bows a few years ago when I received little bows on clips for my hair but in the last few months I have fallen head over heels for big hair bows.  I have purchased two out of Lilly fabric (Classy Elle Bows and Bows Down South) and I have made one bow for summer.  I have more fabric ready to create more pretty bows to coordinate with more outfits.

Found via Pinterest

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Bows are not just limited to your hair.  I also love the use of bows as accents with accessories and prints.  Lilly, Kate, and Tory all find great uses for bows in their accessories!

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