Lavender Kay

Hello!  I have a fun kids clothing gift guide for you.  I stumbled upon this cute online clothing store awhile back and I have been dying to share it with you!  Their kids (and baby) clothing is SO cute and fun!  The store is called Noe + Zoe and comes from Berlin, Germany.  You can find there online shop here as well as the United States online store that carries their clothing here.  I love there bright colors and beautiful stripes!  I have a collected a few items from there shop that I am in love with so that you can see some of what they offer.

1. Neon Pink Coat 2. The cutest Striped Pants 3. Striped Hat 4. Loop Scarf

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Hi friends!  Happy Wednesday!  Well, it is the middle of the week, and there are only two weeks left until Christmas.  Can you believe it?!  I am spending my days designing, packaging, crafting and wrapping presents in hopes that I can get everything done in time!  But, I have to say, I really don’t mind the Christmas season whirlwind this year.  Every year I do the usual Christmas preparation, but this year it feels different.  I think I am learning to enjoy all the in-between moments leading up to Christmas just as much as the actual event.  Is this a part of growing up?  If so, I will take it!  How has your Christmas season been treating you?

Today I wanted to share with you one of my little fashion secrets for living on a budget.  If I am being honest, sometimes my own wardrobe can start looking pretty shabby compared to all the cute clothes I am buying as Christmas presents for other people. So, today I have a great solution to the “holiday wardrobe blues”.  When I am feeling frustrated with my wardrobe, and get the “I don’t have ANYTHING to wear” feeling, I just log onto J. Crew.  J.Crew.com has an amazing section called Looks We Love where they style different pieces of their clothing into really cute, unique outfits.  Now, this is the fun part – I like to find similar pieces of clothing from my own closet and style them into outfits I would have never thought of before.  This way you can get new outfits without even spending a dime!  I promise, it works!  And, there are many other clothing sites that have similar sections such as Madewell.  The above photo is an example of my one my favorite outfits J. Crew styled for the holidays and the below photo is a fun Christmas party outfit from Madewell!

What are some of your fashion secrets?

Picture sources: J. Crew’s Looks We Love outfit found here and Madewell Looks We Love outfit found here.

Good morning!  Today I wanted to highlight another Christmas card design I have for sale.  This design is new to my collection, and I am very excited about it!  For this design I wanted to mix a retro style with my favorite modern simplicity.  I also wanted to have the design incorporate all white elements except one small pop of color.

You can check out the rest of my collection at my Etsy store or on my Christmas Card page.  Have a great Tuesday!

Happy Monday friends!  How was your weekend?  We were home this weekend!  It was so nice to catch up on life after being out of town so much lately!  The weekend was filled with lots of Christmas shopping and wrapping presents.  I seriously love wrapping presents!  It is so fun to wrap  gifts with beautiful paper and ribbon.  Does anyone else feel that way or am I alone in this department?

Today I have created a fun holiday party playlist for you.  It is a compilation of some of my favorite Christmas songs.  I have been listening to Christmas music non-stop lately so I thought I would give out my recommendations of some great music for the holidays.  Some of the music is nostalgic from my childhood while others are classics.  Enjoy!

Hello friends!  I have another fun DIY for you today!  Remember the post awhile back where I showed you how to make a fun pom pom garland for a party?  Well, here is another fun use for the pom pom garland – Christmas tree garland!  Use the instructions here to create the garland and then just stream it up around your tree.  I used bright red poms with white thread for my Christmas tree garland.  I was so happy with how it turned out I decided not to even hang ornaments!  Here are a few more pictures of how our tree turned out.  Enjoy!

Happy Friday friends!

Hi friends!  I’m back from my break, and SO happy to be done with finals!  Life has been so busy since my last post but I will make sure to update you on all that soon!  In the mean time, I wanted to get you your December calendar.  I am sorry that it is a little late, but better late than never right?!

*Directions are a little different:  To download, right click on the picture and choose to open in a new window.  Then when the image shows up in a new window, right click and choose desktop background.

Hi dear friends! I hope you are all enjoying this wonderful holiday season. We got our tree set up yesterday, and I love how it looks (and smells!). We are flying to Spokane for the weekend and I am giddy with excitement! We are staying in a cute hotel and spending time with all our wonderful friends. I can’t wait to see the huge Christmas tree they setup downtown!

I wanted to let you all know that I am going to take a few days off from blogging. But, I promise it will just be a few days. We are in need of a vacation so I am going to try and stay away from the computer. Finals are also in full force the first few days of next week so I am going to take some time to prepare for those as well.

Stay tuned because I have some fun things ahead when I come back. You are all so wonderful and I want to thank you for visiting me here. Talk to you soon! And, have a fabulous weekend!

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Here are a few lovely things I found around the internet today.  I am just gushing over the little antique stamp set.  So cute!  Have a wonderful Wednesday!

1. Gorgeous tote from Madewell 2. Pretty bracelet from J. Crew and 3. Alphabet stamp set from Ruche

I am so excited because we are entering such a fun time of year!  Jonathan has the day off today so we plan to go Christmas tree shopping and then hang our stockings.  As a newly married couple, we get the opportunity to make a lot of new Christmas traditions together, and it is so much fun!

Last year we decided to only exchange stockings between the two of us.  I had such a great time picking out special, meaningful gifts for him (and it is amazing how much you can actually stuff into a stocking!).  Another one of our favorite traditions is going to New York City in early December for a fun, winter getaway.  Some of the things we like to do while we are there are go Christmas shopping, see all the amazing Christmas decorations and ice skate in Central Park with hot cocoa.  But, this year we decided to do something a little different since we far away from home.  We decided to fly to Spokane to see our friends, stay in a hotel downtown and experience the wonderfulness of a Spokane Christmas since we would otherwise miss out.  I think this was a good choose even though we LOVE New York.  And, there is always next year!

What are some of your favorite Christmas traditions?

Photo Source: Thyme.com and pinned by Amanda Jane Jones

Happy Thanksgiving my dear friends!  I hope you eat lots of yummy food and have quality time with loved ones.

Jonathan and I are in Washington spending Thanksgiving with our families.  I am so happy to be surrounded by so many beloved friends and family.

Ps. I am having a 10% off sale on my PRINTABLE Christmas cards exclusively on Etsy.  The sale only lasts until noon.  You can find them here.

Photo taken by Q Avenue Photo and found on Camille Styles