{merry & bright}

Hats and Mittens Advent Calendar - Gingerbread Boy Cookie - Peppermint Plush Puffs - A Groovy Kind of Christmas by Rosanna - Marshmallow Flavored Swirl Lollis - Sweet Little Gingerbread House - Snowman Clown - Chartreuse Stitched Suitcase with Striped Interior - Telluride Stockings from Pottery Barn - Wreath of Balls

{etsy shop}

I have just re-opened my Etsy shop! The tanks available feature my own hand-drawn Southern inspired art work... I am currently offering 3 different designs: a cross, a magnolia, or a fleur de lis. These tanks make great stocking stuffers and come gift-ready, rolled up and tied with a pretty ribbon! All tanks are on SALE for $16!! Get one for yourself or a friend today!

{turkey day}

Happy Thanksgiving from Southern Flair

{upsie daisie doodle bug}

My amazing mother has just published her first children's book, Upsie Daisie Doodle Bug! It is a sweet story of a cute little bug and his adventures along the day! There is a short excerpt from the book on the website, as well as "A Letter from the Author". Go explore Doodle Bug's world and follow him on his day of fun as he does his chores, gobbles pancakes, rides a merry-go-round and plays with his friends!

{american living}

City Chic Dome Satchel - Double Deer Sweater - Bennedicto Short Sleeve Blouse - Flag Turtleneck

Shawl Collar Vest - Buffalo Check Scarf - Gisela Riding Boot - Belted Wool Trench Coat

Ralph Lauren's done it again! I've wondered why certain new ads in my favorite mags were catching my eye... Ralph Lauren has created a new line for JCPenney called American Living and I absolutely LOVE it! Very classic, Americana that isn't too country... I love the look American Living has to offer and I think all of you RL fans will too!

{my christmas wish list}

Here are some of the things I'll be writing to Santa for... what's on your Christmas list?

The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style {perfect for changing up my look}

Domino: The Book of Decorating {YAY!}

Cotton & Cashmere Sweater Dress from Vicki's {the best deals on trendy looks all year long}

DuWop Revolution tinted body moisturizer {gives winter skin a pretty, sunny glow}

3-initial Monogrammed Mint Julep pencil cup {for Southern inspiration while I work}

Initially Yours mug from Rosanna, Inc. {I love to collect black & white coffee mugs and a monogram is twice as nice}

Circle Bracelet from Dogeared {pretty little thing}

Coach Soho Leather Large Hobo in saddle {I'm in DESPERATE need of a new everyday bag + a new fun wallet wouldn't hurt}

Ricky Lauren {the woman behind the my favorite designer}

This is London {a reminder of my trip}

Cable ballet slipper with pom-pom from JCrew {perfect for keeping your feet cozy while curling up with some hot chocolate}

Henri Bendel Vanilla Bean candle {my favorite scent}

Skinny Serengeti patent-leather belt {leopard is so timeless}

Handmade shell box {for special little things}

Peace Love & Glossiness lipgloss set from Benefit {pretty flirty fun}

Custom monogrammed travel accessories in sapphire linen with sizzle poplin trim from Leontine Linens {beautiful custom monogram shop based out of New Orleans}

{sock monkey wednesday}

Sock Monkey soapsicle - Rockford Sock Monkey socks - Sock Monkey beanie - "Sock Monkey" notecards - Sock Monkey "Sock it to me" tee - Sock Monkey slippers - Sock Monkey coin purse - Sock Monkey sweater - Original Sock Monkey - Sock Monkey "monkey-in-the-box" - "Sock Monkey" coaster - Sock Monkey reindeer Christmas cards

Today is Sock Monkey Wednesday

{no reason - I just kept running into sock monkey-esque things and was inspired!}

So... check out all of this funky + fun sock monkey garb!

{southern inspiration}

It has been VERY cold for Louisiana lately! I needed a little reminder of warmer weather and I thought you might enjoy one too!

{christmas pug}

I found this hilarious picture of a Christmas pooch in a classic "ugly Christmas sweater" - he doesn't look too happy about his festive attire... poor puppy...

{holiday gift guide - hers}

Lavender & Rosemary Agraria TasselAire - Leopard Party Purse - Personalized Poppy Note Paper - Monogrammed Lavendar Sachet - Tortoise Shell Lacquer Box - Leopard & Zebra Needlepoint Totes

Lambie gifts from Bath & Body Works - Crystal Perfume Bottles - Diva Dryer - Agraria Petite Crystal Cane Perfume Candle - Lollia Do Not Disturb gift set

Gold peacock silk clutch - Purple Plaid Personalized Paperweight - Gatsby Travel Jewel Box from ZGallarie - Jewel Box - Chic Vintage Collar - The Perfect Note

Chocolate Peppermintini Mix - Too Haute To Handle dish gloves - Glass Jewel Wine Stopper - The Laundress gift set - Pineapple serving dish

Pretty Party Picks - Classic Recipe Box from Martha Stewart - Bedside Carafe - Olive Oil Jar from Rosanna - Toast & Marmalade Mugs from Emma Bridgewater - Sweet Stirrers from Hammond's Candies

Olive branch olive dish - Birmingham Citrus Cotton Woven Throw from Dash & Albert Rug Company - Robin's Egg Soaps - Horseshoe House Blessing from Dogeared

Handmade coasters - I am Not a Paper Cup - Paddywax Soy Bergamot & Tobacco Flower candle - Matter Shampoo/Body Wash - Handmade Recycled Coffee Bean Bag pouch - I Heart Artichoke Notecard set

"Green Isn't Just My Favorite Color" tote from Rock Scissor Paper - Gold-dipped Leather Peace Sign bracelet from Dogeared - Bamboo Salad Servers - Peace Wreath from Dogeared - Farm House Fresh Fine Foot Scrub Trio gift set - Bamboo blanket & eyemask

Matt & Nat magnenta Poz - Recycled Rubber purses - Matt & Nat silver Bauhaus Bag

{holiday gift guide - his}

Maker's Mark gifts - Travel Shoe Bag - The Rules of Golf - Bass Tervis Tumblers and Ice Bucket - Golf Ball Bottle Stoppers

The Art of Shaving "The Perfect Shave" gift set - Monty Python Killer Rabbit Slippers - DIRT candle - LL Bean Leather Shaving Kit - Recycled Bike Chain picture frame

Ultimate Man Refuelers Kiehl's gift set - Leather Shot-shell Belt - Barnboard Floor Mat - Industrial Felt Golden Buck coaster set - Sinking Ship Bank

Collapsible Trunk Organizer - The Star-Spangled Banner by Ralph Lauren - Chocolate Cocoa Fishing Lure gift set - Olive-green English Style Picnic set

{holiday gift guide - teens}

Yellow & White Striped Personalized Notepad - Paint Your Own Lantern kit - Mod Rainboots - Nic's Sticks Nailpolish pens - Funky Retro Thermos

Shine Brightly or Live Free Notebooks - Bubble Yum pillow - Thomas Paul Russian Doll wristlet - Urban Aid "on the go kit" - PEACE soap

Smart Cookie fortune teller - Retro Pink Mini-fridge - Design Your Own Eco-Speakers - Disco Ball Piggy Bank - Sushi Roll pillows

Patagonia fleece - Mystery Grab Bag - the cult classic Animal House DVD - iPod iTunes gift card or a Starbucks gift card - Hershey's Chocolate Bar pillow

Brew Your Own Cola kit - Collision kit for a new driver - Football beanbag chair - Mini tabletop pool table - PBteen Rockin' Alarm Clock with iPod deck

The Office board game - PBteen Rockin' personalized travel dop kit

{holiday gift guide - kids}

Beginning today, Southern Flair will be featuring a Holiday Gift Guide for just about anyone on your list this season. Starting with the littlest people on your list, today features gifts that would be perfect for any boy or girl!

Classic gumball machine - Hammond's Candies Old-fashioned peppermint sticks - Pet Pals suitcase - "Pet Fish" soap-in-a-bag - Dylan's Candy Bar "Lollipop" tackle box

Tiger Baret - Candy Dominoes - Fun Personalized Lunchbox - This Little Piggy Went to Prada book & Different Like Coco book - Pretty Pink Tutu

Shapeable Foaming Soap Frosty Gumball & Snowman Wash Mitt - Personalized Ballet Shoe Backpack - Rosanna Tea for Me, Too Set - Claudia Doll - Classic Fluffy Bunny Slippers

Pirate Activity Box - Mustache Kit - Firetruck Lunchbox - Personalized Moose Beanbag - Organic Birch Yo-yo

Shapeable Foaming Soap Blueberry Blizzard & Penguin Wash Mitt - Cardboard Airplane - Vintage Style Firetruck - The Pigeon Wants a Puppy book - Marshmallow Launcher

{election day 2008}

In honor of today's much anticipated election, I have gathered a few politically themed gifts! Happy Voting Everyone!

{election 2008 table topics}

{donkey or elephant soap by primal elements}

{democratic or republican drinkware from fishs eddy}

{political cookies from eleni's nyc}

{elephant or donkey tervis tumbler}

{political rainboots from target.com in donkey or elephant}

{"votes for women" coffee mug from p.o.s.h chicago}

{neiman marcus cookie myth}

I'm sure many of you out there in the blogosphere have heard the Neiman Marcus cookie myth of a very nice woman dining at Neiman Marcus, who enjoyed her chocolate chip cookie so much, she asked a manager for the recipe. The manager smiled and said, "Sure, the recipe is yours for two-fifty". Assuming that meant $2.50, the woman happily told the manager to put it on her account and went home with her new cookie recipe. Later she discovered her account had been charged $250! For the cookie recipe! As revenge she began sharing the recipe with as many people as possible. Neiman Marcus apparently got wind of this myth and decided to put all questions to rest posting the coveted recipe on their website - free of charge.

{happy halloween}

{card from Paper Relics}
Happy Halloween from Southern Flair

{día de los muertos}

{Traditional Sugar Skulls}

Trade in a typical Halloween for one with a twist! Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November. The traditional Mexican holiday is reserved for gathering together with friends and family to honor and remember loved ones who have dies. Traditions include building alters made of sugar skulls to passed loved ones, decorating with marigolds and serving favorite food and drink of the departed. My roommate's family is from Mexico, although she was raised in the United States, and she said they used to decorate their house with sugar skulls for Halloween/Day of the Dead and on November 2nd she would finally get to break off little pieces of the decorated sugar skulls to eat! If you still haven't gotten your fill of ghouls and ghosts after October 31st - why not celebrate Latin style and throw a Día de los Muertos party! Try this site for authentic party supplies.

{wicked wishes}

Papyrus is one of my favorite card companies and their Halloween greeting cards don't disappoint! Give one to your favorite ghoul or goblin this year!

{diy spooky halloween}

I fell in love with these "Beware" pumpkins last year, but needed an affordable alternative {I don't have $60 to blow on season decorations} so I decided to make my own version!

Ta-da! Spooky pumpkins! I went to the craft store, bought 6 small pumpkins, some white spray paint and a black paint pen and made my own for around $10! I think they're pretty cute and I definitely recommend trying your hand at a pumpkin message for your home!

{halloween kid craft}

I don't post about a whole lot of things for kids... but, then again, these are pretty cute for anyone... Inspire Co. has a really cool online magazine, Inspired Ideas, that features crafts, blogger spotlights, sewing projects, recipes, etc. I really love one of her more recent posts about these Jack O' Containers... they would be very cute as Halloween decor or a fun craft project for kids!

{witchy women}

I am a huge fan of pin-up art, so today I thought I would share some of my favorite Halloween pin-up girls with you!

{m.a.c. halloween}

M.A.C has compiled 10 different looks for Halloween! All 10 looks are perfect for a truly authentic looking Halloween costume. The best part is you don't have to figure out how to recreate the look yourself AND you don't have to worry about buying all the different products used to create each festive creature. Simply print out the look you want and bring the sheet to a M.A.C store near you, one of the M.A.C artists will recreate the look right in the store!

{beguiling bath & body}

Haunt, Etsy shop, is a alluring bath and body store front that fits perfectly with the Halloween/harvest season. The soaps, body oils and lip balms are all handmade with fresh good-for-you ingredients. With aromas like pumpkin lavender, orange tea blossom, caramel apple, golden pumpkin, bittersweet and marzipan & shortbread, Haunt is sure to evoke memories of crunching through fallen leaves or drinking apple cider while cuddled under a warm fleece blanket.

{godiva halloween treats}

Godiva never seems to disappoint! Their Halloween goodies are ADORABLE! I love the chocolate lollipops - such a great Halloween treat! There is a Godiva store in Lenox Mall, my favorite mall in Atlanta, and whenever I am shopping I just have to stop in and get a little treat. My favorite thing out of all of their delicious chocolates is their Godiva biscuits, chocolate and shortbread like cookies - YUM!!

{pbk halloween}

I was perusing Pottery Barn's website and stumbled across the most hilarious costumes for kids! If only there had been a banana costume when I was a trick-or-treat-er... If you happen to have a little one I'm sure they would love to dress up as a hamburger or maybe a hedgehog!

{halloween costume}

Every year my beau's fraternity hosts a HUGE Halloween party and every year I try to find a really cute costume that no one else at the party will be wearing! This year, I have decided to be Sherlock Holmes! I love the little houndstooth dress + caplet PLUS I'm pretty sure no one else will be the same thing! The skirt is WAY shorter than my normal clothes, so I will definitely be wearing tights!! The beau is going as Sherlock too, we found him a hat/pipe combo and we'll be heading to the thrift store to look for a cloak! I love Halloween!!

{mcspooky}

{early 90s version}

{late 90s version - notice the subtle updates? cookie cutter lids, improved face detail... such vast improvements!}

Does anyone else remember these?! I was crazy for these plastic Happy Meal buckets when I was little {yes.. I was little in the 90s, I'm that young}!! I LOVED them! My sisters and I would collect them {I'm sure it drove my mom NUTS} and we were just the kind of precocious little girls that marched right up to the counter and requested a different bucket "if we already had that one"... There was a purple one I can't find a picture of that I was my favorite.

I must admit... If McDonald's still served their Happy Meal in a Halloween bucket today I might have to go get a cheeseburger Happy Meal!

{a primitive halloween}

I really love the creepy yet sweet look of these primitive Halloween decorations from RagsNTags Etsy shop! RagsNTags is so creative! Each pattern is complete to the last detail on how to create these ghoulish Halloween items. I love the cinnamon roll {even though it's not technically Halloween} it's so yummy looking and would serve as a cute decoration all the way through Christmas!

{Trick or Treat Lamp}

{Bat Ornament}

{Flying Jack}

{Candy Corn}

{Jack o' Lantern with Perched Crow}

{Witch Sacks}

{venus halloween}

Today is the first day of Southern Flair's 13 Days of Halloween posting series! For the next 13 days, leading up to Halloween, Southern Flair will be featuring Halloween inspired posts... So, break out the candy corn and licorice ropes and pop in your wax fangs!

Halloween is here!

Venus Ribbon has over 15 Halloween-inspired ribbon designs as well as super cute ideas for how to use their ribbon in holiday projects, gifts, etc. Their Halloween designs are currently 25-50% off so order quick!

{psst... Hobby Lobby carries Venus designs}

{peace love and dogeared}

Dogeared Jewelry is one of my favorite jewelry lines. Everything they create has a nice, organic feel... while being pretty, instead of granola. I have always loved the happy nature of a peace sign and apparently so does Dogeared! They have over 70 items featuring the peace sign! I selected a few of my favorites to share with you... I really love the peace wreath... so pretty and welcoming {indoor or out} year round and the peace house blessing would be a perfectly unique housewarming gift!