Gift Guide...For the Stylish

Sailor Shirt by St. James $135

Alicia Bock prints $35 (yes, $35!)

Boy T's by Velvet for Calypso $60

Calleen Cordero Belt

$119.00 (on sale too!)

YSL retro aviator sunglasses in chocolate brown $250

The Map Book $42.50

Homemade Circle Scarf on Etsy $80

Were you a good girl (or boy) this year? I sure as hell hope I was because I am really wishing for all of the above! And what I love most above these items (even though Santa doesn't buy things, he makes them), is that they are all completely affordable! 

Paper Goods....Holiday Style

In my quest to find this year holiday card's, I came across the below from Kate's Paperie. Most of them are now sold out (typical), but I thought they were pretty cute. I ended up getting mine from Greenwich Letterpress (love!) and am sending them out this weekend!

'Tis the Season!

It is one of the greatest times of the year...Christmas time!!! There is nothing more fun than having a long day of shopping and coming home to drink hot chocolate by a fire. If only somebody I know would let me build a fire in his fire place...you know who you are...:)

Off to Charlotte today, hope everyone has a glorious weekend!

Image via High Street Market

Sheets!

Never buy a full size bed. If you live in a tiny studio in New York like me, I know you need all the room you can get. But here's my dilemma...I cannot find any beautiful sheets made for full size beds! My bedding is a very simple, plain white quilt, and then my plan was to find really cool vintage or exotic prints to mix and match underneath the quilt. So it's kind of unexpected after under this stark white bed. If anyone out there has any ideas...shoot them my way! Until then...here's the look I hope to go for...

My two of my favorite designers for bedding and furniture...John Robshaw and Les Indiennes. 

Man Shops Globe

So I know I'm probably the last person to jump on this bandwagon....but I watched my DVR episodes of Man Shops Globe last night and am beyond obsessed with this show. For those that have not heard of it, the Sundance Channel (my favorite), produces this show that follows the buyer-at-large of Anthropologie around the world on his buying trips. I mean, can you think of a better job?!?! His travels on the show thus far include Paris, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, Holland, India and the UK. If you haven't seen it- check it out here!

Hi everyone! Posting this afternoon from the Met. I usually steal the free wifi in my apartment building (I know, I know..), but I thought it would be fun to come to the Met and see the Vermeer exhibit and use their fee wifi! Besides, I love the atmosphere here so it's a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Just a few more days until my favorite holiday of the year! Thanksgiving! I'm headed home on Wednesday and it couldn't come sooner! Hope everyone is having a nice lazy Sunday afternoon!

xx

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! FINALLY! I hope everyone has a happy, cozy fall weekend (one more until my favorite holiday...Thanksgiving!) I really want a little dog just like this...does anyone know what kind it is?

Another long day and all I can think about is going home and eating this...

or this...

or this

or this

or this

or this

and topping it off with this...

and this too!

I promise I'm not this gluttonous. I'm just really cold and hungry! Did you notice there are no greens in the above pics? You can tell it's fall when all you want to eat is hearty, hearty foods. I was introduced to this amazing website, Tastespotting, recently and it is NOT the place to go when you're hungry. The website collects different recipes from all over the web and is the best place for cuisine pics (obviously!). Ok, enough of this, I'm off to my little apartment to find something to satisfy this tummy!

Where Oh Where Shall I Keep My Trinkets...

I've never been a huge fan of shelving that isn't built in...until I saw this. Maybe it's because I am young and my interior design obsession started just a couple of years ago, but I feel like really interesting, beautiful shelving can be hard to find and take home. However, the color, the shape, everything about this is chic. And all of the contents so perfectly match, but not in that annoying "matchy matchy" kind of way.

Image via pink wallpaper

Hello!

Hi All! I know I've been M.I.A. for the past few days...bad blogger! I've packed my bags and headed to Charlotte this weekend to see the beau. We've had such a great day! Fish tacos for lunch, an outdoor bar to watch football this afternoon (it's in the 70s and not a cloud in the sky!), and now we are snuggled up on the sofa watching football (him) and blogging (me) before dinner tonight. I couldn't ask for a better weekend. Hope yours is just as enjoyable!

xx

Image via JRS Rules

Wish List

Another item on my wish list....this YSL ring. I've wanted it for a long, long time now. I really should just go buy it as I've always had a thing for turquoise AND ysl. The below is also a really great one. I pretty much love all of their gold jewelry, and it's surprisingly reasonable!