Deckin' the Halls for 2011

Deckin' the Halls for 2011

I hate when people rephrase things to make them sound better.

We all know that a "Winter Wonderland" is really a "Frozen tundra" and that
"Jack Frost nipping at your nose" is code for "Frost bite rotting your nose off"

So in the spirit of honestly I will tell you. The things I'm sharing are not just for the New Year.
At least not for me. I have an obsession a healthy appreciation for all things glittery, sparkly, shiny, gold, silver and gaudy.

For those more reasonable, this is my little guide to looking good & livin' good this New Year's Eve.

Pairing a LBD with some gold pumps (or--be still my heart--gold oxfords!) would be gorgeous.

Or maybe feathers are your thing and you could pair a LBD with a great feather cape or necklace.

I am loving the Little Gold Dresses, and a mesh neckline & sleeves. Wouldn't that be so cute with a simple topknot hairstyle?

Give me a Voluspa "Crisp Champagne" candle to go with my flutes of rose and I will be a happy camper.

For me it's all about containing the crazy. Which means these guides were created with the idea of using small glittery accents to celebrate the New Year. That way they are easily interchangeable and your house doesn't look like a craft project exploded all over it! If that makes any sense. . .

New Year at Home

Little accents to make your home feel festive.

Candles at Unica Home
Accent Bowls by Jayson Home & Garden

LBD & LGD

Little Black Dress & Little Gold Dress for NYE

Cocktail Dresses by Rare
Teen Girls' Dresses by MinkPink

Accessorize the New Year

Flats by Urban Outfitters
Scarves & Wraps by Asos

Sexual Napalm for Your Walls

Sexual Napalm for Your Walls

 Does anyone else remember when John Mayer said that Jessica Simpson was like sexual napalm?

Did anyone else laugh for like twenty minutes after?

Well anyways I stumbled across a kind of sexual napalm I can really get on board with--the kind for your walls!
I am a pretty cheeky gal myself so I just adored this Erotic Toile print you can get to adorn your walls, your bed, your bags, and if you are really adventures you can eat some decadent aphrodisiacs desserts off of it!

Taking a sweet toile print your grandmother might have in her French Provincial cottage, www.k-loushop.com has really duurrrtied it up with some pretty sexually suggestive scenes right out of 1863. And I like it!
So. Check it out and if you are of an adventurous spirit test it out!

Thanks CasaSugar for passing this along. . .

Building Your Fall Nest

Building Your Fall Nest

Fall 2007 Thanksgiving Party. With Yule Log DVD. Sweet!

Fall more than ever

I feel this primordial pull

telling me to stock up for winter

both home and body.

I have this disgusting urge

to buy a crock-pot 

( I avoid crock-pots like the plague due to childhood trauma--aka pot roast!)

and don some flannel.

Then I wake up from my sleepy harvest dreams and remind myself

that such practices would make me really creepy

(the crazy flannel wearing crock-pot lover)

and so I abstain.

But I do like to surround myself with the comforts of fall,

the appropriate ones at least.

1. Glade Warming Plug-in Scented Oil in Apple Cinnamon 

The second someone mentions Fall coming, I immediately reach for anything Apple Cinnamon or Pumpkin scented. I just grabbed a Glade Warming Plug-in in Apple Cinnamon the other day and now my house smells like delicious snuggling when I walk in. (Yes I said delicious snuggling, it happened lol) The cool thing is you can adjust the amount of scent being dispersed so if someone comes over and they are sensitive to fragrances you can turn it down. Or up!

2. Pumpkin Cinnamon Brooms

These things are the best thing ever. I'm surprised when I find out the amount of people that don't know about them. You can get them at the grocery store in the flower department! They have a really strong scent, so if you have a shoebox like me your whole house will smell great in minutes. 

A plus (or minus depending on your decor) is that they are literally twiggy brooms so they do add to a fall decor theme. If you aren't into the whole turning your house into a leafy wonderland in Sept. then you can just put them in a little hiding nook (I put mine behind the couch lol) and they still smell great without looking like a witch lives there. 

3.  Mood Lighting

I love being inside when it's cold and windy and you just feel as snug as a bug in a rug. (Gross analogy can we admit?) Something that really adds to the coziness is great lighting.  I read a tip from designer Ashley Roi Jenkins over at Daily Candy that suggested GE Reveal lights. Apparently these make your house look fabulous by filtering out dulling yellow tones. Add some sweet dimmers to these and your house will have a sweet fall glow!

4. Decadence

Fall and winter are a time of feasting and celebration. Holidays call for a little bit of decadence; extra candles, special china, a little bit of yummy indulgence.  I really love this Lenox "Solitaire" Fine China. Oh the accent plate, I swoon. Serve some of my Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk cookies on there or my Creepy Candy Apples

and you are all set for a Fall soiree.