Holiday

  • Small Business Holiday Gift Guide

    Here are my favs from small local businesses mostly in Raleigh and the surrounding areas! Let’s support our local neighbors and buy local this holiday season! To access the link for each item, simply download the attached PDF & tap each photo to open up the appropriate URL. Happy shopping!! Businesses Listed Include: Kenda Kist Jewelry Hey Maeve Arc Society Boutique The Clean Bar Shop Bofemme

  • Christmas Card 2018 Photoshoot

    Its the most wonderful time of year! This is my husband and I’s first photo shoot for a Christmas card. The year before we used a photo we had taken on a recent trip to NYC.  Personally, I love sending snail mail because it’s so special and sometimes as adults you lose everyday communication with people but sending a Christmas card reminds them that you still care about them and often times reopens conversation with them! It’s a simple gesture that can mean so much. I knew I wanted my outfit to be fabulous so I was super excited about getting the perfect dress from MGC boutique in Apex and…

  • Perfect Gifts for Any Man

    (This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure about affiliate links here.) My husband and I are going on 10 years of being together. Through the years, I have learned a bit about men’s taste in shopping. And basically the short of it is… if it comes in black or blacked out the better! I comprised this list with my husbands help. Some of these items are things he already has and loves ( like the OAC City watch), and some are things he’d like to have (i guess that was my hint hint) The issue I hear most women complain out during the holidays is what to get the…