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2016 Gift Guide for the Decorator

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I’m so excited to head to my parents house tomorrow morning and spend the day with everyone (most importantly, my little sister’s new puppy, Colt). I hope you have fun Thanksgiving plans too.

Today’s gift guide is aimed at the person in your life who loves interior design and decorating. Whether it’s this beautiful gold bar cart (currently $40 off!), this unique rose gold lamp (currently $15 off!), or this Howdy door mat, anyone who enjoys sprucing up spaces would be thrilled to receive those gifts. 

2016 Gift Guide for the Travel Lover

This gift guide is for the travel lovers out there – probably the category I associate myself with the most (I’m making this year’s Christmas shopping really easy for Sasha!). I love all of the cute travel accessories that are currently available, most especially this Ted Baker suitcase, this Kate Spade passport holder, and this Truffle travel clutch (well, all of the their organization goodies). I love having little storage bags inside my luggage to keep me more organized on the go. 

Week in Review

Can you even believe that there are only 34 days until Christmas? Less important to almost every single one of you is the fact that my due date is 74 days away, which seems both like forever and tomorrow at the same time. February 3, come quickly!

We had a serious drop in the temperature from Friday to Saturday, as it went from about 82 degrees to low 40s. We were freezing cold when we went to the park on Saturday morning, but it felt great to be bundled up.

Unfortunately, Isla caught a stomach bug that went around her classroom and had to miss her Thanksgiving party at school on Friday. She was fully recovered (appetite and all) by Sunday, which was good. Fortunately, Sasha and I have seemed to avoid picking up the bad germs (so far at least), which I’m grateful for as well.

We’re excited to spend time with family and friends this week! I’m trying to knock out as much editing tonight as possible so that I don’t have to work on Thursday or Friday. I may have to tape my eyelids open!

  • Going to Bayou City Fellowship and hearing guest pastor, RT Kendall, preach a sermon about forgiveness – he was absolutely amazing! We got to sit with our friends, Philip, Sydney and Ashley, which we loved.
  • Eating at Sweet Paris with the family and watching Sasha eat two and a half crepes – he’s insane. I’m throwing a shower for Destiny there in a few weeks, and I’m so excited! I received the invitations from Papellerie in the mail on Saturday – those ladies are the best!
  • Taking newborn photos for baby Collins, who was an absolute doll!
  • Photographing our good friends, Amanda and Scott, with her adorable pup, Gilbert.
  • Taking photos for Destiny at her house before the Thompsons headed off to Utah for the holiday!
  • Snapping photos of Meg Grant and her son, Berdon, for their holiday card and some product shots for Meg – she is one of the most talented people I know. She’s working on some projects for me and I’m obsessed with everything I’ve seen so far!
  • Photographing Alex at Houston Rental Studio – we took tons of fun holiday pictures and I can’t wait for her to share them!
  • Doing family photos for a client whose daughter I photographed as a newborn earlier this year. Hazel is the sweetest, happiest little lady and made my job a breeze!
  • Doing a family 3-mile loop walk at Memorial Park and then scarfing down lunch at Barnabys afterwards (that Falafel Salad is amazing!).
  • Getting my Snoogle in the mail and then finally getting a good night of sleep!
  • My older sister came over for dinner on Saturday evening – we walked to Peli Peli, which just opened by our house and we’re obsessed with it.
  • Despite Isla being a bit sick, we still had our MOD pizza night on Friday and she was happy to get out of the house and nom on some margherita pizza. 

I hope that you have an amazing holiday week and that you enjoy being around family and/or friends on Thanksgiving! xo

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2016 Gift Guide for the Athlete

Did y’all love Amanda’s guest post yesterday as much as I did? I am ordering Sasha some of those items for Christmas (given that he’s my number one reader, I can’t say much else!). I’m a little late in publishing today’s gift guide, as I’ve got a sick little toddler at home who was up all night being sick! It’s the saddest thing when your kid(s) is sick, but I don’t hate the extra snuggles.

Today’s guide is aimed at the athlete (or fitness lover, as I’m not very athletic but love to workout!). There are so much cute fitness gifts that I had a hard time narrowing them down, but here are a few of my favorites.

2016 Gift Guide for the Fashion-Forward Guy

Today, I’ve asked one of my best friends, Amanda, to share a gift guide that she created! Amanda’s husband, Scott, is definitely a fashion-forward guy – he always looks very dapper (a perfect match for his very stylish wife!). You may remember Amanda and Scott from their wedding last year – I posted about it here and their shower here. Amanda is going to be starting a blog soon, and I cannot wait to share details about it. 

So, without further adieu, here are some suggestions that Amanda (and Scott!) put together to help you shop for the fashion-forward guy in your life!