IMAGES BY KATIE ARMOUR TAYLOR FOR THE NEOTRAD
⋅TIMELESS COLOR You know I love traditional bones with bold color, and sometimes probably thanks to black and white images we don’t think of there being much color hundreds of years ago. Boy are we wrong, and this castle that Katie shot for her blog just proves it. Each shot gives me all kinds of feels. Every single one is breathtaking. Head on over to see all the goodness.
⋅BAR CART STYLING AND ART DIY It’s the season of celebration, and the gatherings call for great music, lighting, and libations. I’ve teamed up with Hallmark Gold Crown stores to show you what your bar cart needs to shine this holiday season and a quick and impactful DIY that is sure to draw guests to the drinks.
⋅TELEVISION SERIES Life doesn’t leave room for much TV these days, but I have managed to watch two things I’ve been both entertained and inspired by lately. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime is so colorful and fun! It’s about a Jewish stay-at-home mom in New York in the 50’s who’s husband decides to leave her and she tries her hand at comedy. It’s quite entertaining! The Crown is back for a second season, and it’s as beautiful as ever. I’m only a few episodes in, but having some character development from last season has me drawn into the stories this go around.
⋅THE HOUSE OF MRS. BROADBENT I’ve been holding onto this gem of a video to show you for a while now. This lady it totally kooky, and I love it. Well, other than one racy bit – don’t watch this around children! Her home is filled with things she found in the trash or at a junk shop!
⋅JENNA LYONS Did you see her new home? Her mix is always one of my favorites! The bathroom is really, really good.
⋅ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS Gift receiving is a funny thing as we get older, isn’t it? The smaller things we really want/need we tend to get ourselves along the way, and our wish lists are left with mostly major items on them don’t get me wrong, I’ll be your BFF if you gift me a good candle or lotion! And for me they’re very practical things! What I’m wanting this Christmas? A Dyson stick and a Vitamix. Ha. Seriously though, the idea of products that make the day-to-day easier/more enjoyable are where it’s at!
What are you hoping Santa will bring you this year?
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Liz Ardell says
Highly recommend the Vitamix! I can’t live without mine. We have the Dyson Stick, we bought it when we bought our Union Hill townhome about two years ago…I’m not sure I’d recommend it for those with houses. If you’re only going to use it in a general area, I think its great. We have about 1100 sq ft and if we’re heavily cleaning we can only get the main floor and stairs done before the battery needs charging, and we’re just using the wood floor attachment (the carpet attachment apparently takes more juice). So if you clean different rooms on different days of the week, then it would likely work for you. Who knows, maybe I have a lemon of a battery? or maybe new models have better batteries? Otherwise I love the Dyson Stick, its light and I don’t have to mess with an electrical cord.
themakerista@gmail.com says
Yes, just wanting it for daily clean up of the common areas, totally loving it so far! The Vitamix will stay on my list, still hoping to get that one day!
kelsey williams says
We love The Crown (just finished season 2 last night) and we kept saying “Gwen would love that room!” 🙂
themakerista@gmail.com says
Awe, that’s so sweet! I really love it so much!