christmas wish list: for her

need last minute gifts/ stocking stuffers -- here are some of our favorite ideas! also- see the really super cute rifle paper co. monogram cards in the bottom right corner? they are very on sale at anthro today! :)

xo- m & a 

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christmas time is here.

christmas is finally here. once we got back form the thanksgiving holiday, we immediately went out and got our tree. we go to the sweetest little spot out on west end that one of the local boy scout troop works- they seriously are the cutest. they even helped put the tree on top of jeremy's car! 

christmas traditions are the best. 25 days of christmas on tv, chocolate chip cookies with marshmallows, the yummiest smelling candles, and peppermint ice cream. what are some of your traditions? 

henry says, "merry christmas!"

-mary

pantone's color of the year: emerald

we were pretty excited (more excited than we were for tangerine tango) when pantone announced yesterday that EMERALD was their color for 2013!

here are some of our favourite looks that we've seen on the red carpet already:

gennifer // jessica // kristen // rachel

so, go ahead, don't wait for 2013, don some emerald this holiday season:

find items at these stores: juelp, anthropologie, zara, free people, urban outfitters, need supply co.



here are the other colors for 2013:

loving the poppy red and lemon zest!

xo - m + a

christmas wish list: for the guys

always trying to figure out what to get the guys in your life? have no fear, we have a list of 11 items that any dad, brother, husband, boyfriend, best friend will LOVE.

xo- m & a

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lately...

here are a few instagrams from this week/end. things have been quiet. hope you had as a good a weekend as we did!

-adair

christmas wishlist no.1

i've been listening to christmas music non-stop since thanksgiving. its gotten me in the christmas mood for sure.

here's my wishlist. what's on yours?

-adair

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lately...

just a couple snapshots from last week. it was crazy, but i kind of like it that way and i've come to realize the week before a holiday week (today's my last day! yay for holiday.) will always feel crazy. 

travel safe!

1- leftover flowers 2- jamie's birthday 3- a gift

xo -adair

julep

y'all there are two things in this world i will never tire of: 1- diet coke 2- nail polish. i am 100% obsessed with nail polish and i will never ever have enough.

and recently my obsession has grown-- all because of this wonderful place called julep (thank you anna waldrop for introducing me!). I LOVE JULEP. basically, you sign up and get a box full of nail posh sent to your door each month. its just about the best thing ever. BUT to top it all off, not only are their products amazing, but so are their employees. i talked to them on the phone -which i really dislike doing- and i felt like i was chatting with one of my girlfriends.

so, if you aren't one of julep's mavens well you should be! click here to sign up AAAAND you can get your first box 50% off  -- even better right?!--just use the code MAVEN50 at checkout!


ok, so this past month julep sent me a golden box -- which is basically the majority of that month's collection. and boy did i luck out-- look at all the loot:

here are some of the other months that i've received. -- also one of the best things is you can pick and choose which months you get a box. we all have those months where things are a bit tighter than usual money wise -- which for me was september -- so i just opted to skip that month no big deal.

and these bad boys are on my wish list!:

-adair

ps. and just to let you know how much i love nailpolish :) --

pinterest inspirations

lately i have been finding a lot of fashion inspiration from pinterest. where do you find your inspiration? i hope that you enjoy this collection of lovely images.

-mary

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love + lust no. 1

here are some of beauty products i love and i lust... catchy right? haha. from left to right:

1. love: this sonja kashuk brush -- its so awesome for applying creme blush!
2. lust:when i ordered some make-up from sephora online -- which i love to do for the freebies--- i got this as one of the said freebies. this hairdresser's invisible oil is so awesome. it feels like you've taken months of damage away with one application.
3. love: this rusk hairspray. smells. so. good. and holds well. and you can get it at target. bonus.
4. lust: i've tried other morrocan oils before, but this one is said to be the be all end all of them. need to get my hands on some. 
5. love: let me just just say it: I LOVE BB CREAMS. and this one is the best. hands down. bb creams were first developed in korea and this is made by koreans. so the know what they are doing.
6. lust: i tried this because mary bought it -- and i almost stole it staight from her make-up bag. this mascara is for your bottom lashes and works wonders.
7. love: i love julep. like a lot. and their mascara makes my eyelashes look miles long. and i'll take that any day.
8. lust: i've never bought this rosebud salve, which is ridiculous. 
9. love: i bought this hair dryer recently and absolutely love it
10. lust: this mac brush is perfect for applying eyeliner. and a girl can never have too many brushes.

what are some of your favourites i should check out? have you tried anything on my lust list? let me know!

-a

lately...

jamie and i have been doing a lot of projects around the house lately, which has been awesome and exhausting. we painted our dining room (gray! thanks for your help and input!) and it has completely changed the way the house feels -- most definitely for the better. And we also go a new rug, which i am very fond of - give me cruxes-- all day, every day. 

happy wednesday! 

weekend roundup

this past weekend jeremy and i went to birmingham with my family to visit my brother during family weekend at college. he just so happens to go to my alma mater, samford university. so proud. 

it was great going back to birmingham and seeing one of my favorite places. its very surreal going back to college. its the same place, but so different. i am just thankful that i got to go to university that i loved and that gave me great friendships. i hope that my brother, luke, has as great of an experience as i did. go bulldogs. :)

i hope that you all had as good of a weekend as we did. nothing like a good family road trip. all that was missing was adair and jamie. 

have a great tuesday,

mary

three things no. 2

1- these beautiful roses came from MY YARD. can you believe it?! my green thumb has been restored after the gardening fiasco of summer 2011(in which all of the plants that i touched died. i exaggerate, but that's what it felt like). these were the last of the roses on my bush, i picked them all right before one night where it was supposed to freeze. so jeremy and i have been enjoying this last bit of summer (even in novemeber!) while we can. 

2- we had some friends over for dinner last weekend and i baked an apple pie. we put ice cream on top and it was phenomenal and the pioneer woman would have been proud. amen.

and this little cutie is my baby boy, henry, on halloween. we didn't get him a costume, but that did not stop us from dressing him up. this is his impression of risky business  (he had socks on, but we took them off because he almost had a nervous break down breakdown with stuff on his feet. haha.)

 just wish he had stayed still a little longer for me to fix his crooked sunglasses. oh well, you win some, you lose some. he had fun in his costume while it lasted. 

hope that you all had a candy-filled, fun-filled, and safe halloween. we had so many cute trick or treaters and made some yummy chili, made smores bars, and watched hocus pocus. (sarah. jessica. parker.) so, it was pretty much a perfect one.

much love and happy thursday, m.