Showing posts with label home decor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home decor. Show all posts

December 22, 2010

candy-colored christmas




images via Lonnymag

When thinking of the traditional holiday color palette cerulean blue and salmon pinks don't usually come to mind.  Departing from the stereotypical reds and greens designer, Eileen Kathryn Boyd fused the holidays with her current home decor.  I absolutely love the color story that she's working with as well as her absurdly large Helen Frankenthaler print.  I definitely intend of finding a cheap version for my living room!   

December 5, 2010

holiday gift guide under $50

Tray for the hostess

coasters for the neat freak
2011 desk calender for your anal retentive friend
 

whiskey stones for your favorite lush





OK, so I have to be honest - I dislike Christmas.  I mean don't get me wrong, I like the whole idea of Christmas, but this whole gift-giving thing puts me on edge.  Maybe that's why I like Halloween so much because there are basically 2 clearly defined objectives: number 1 is buying candy for kids that you don't know and number 2 is either making or purchasing a costume that either reflects our society at the time (i.e. Snooki) or being a sexy (insert occupation or animal here).  With Christmas there are just way too many variables that exist.  For example, how can I buy my mom an unbelievable and truly original gift in order to surpass my sister's gift to her, and at the same time buy my sister a gift that puts her gift to me to shame while executing this all under a reasonable budget.  It's so exhausting.  So with that being said, I've scoped out a few presents that all fall within the $50 price range.  Of course, this is the tip of the iceberg, but my whole new approach to Christmas shopping is to buy a ridiculous amount of presents for cheap that way you can afford to give people multiple gifts and they're bound to eventually like something you give them!  I think this makes perfect sense.  Happy holiday hunting!  

























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