nashville spotlight: sale, sale, sale!

Oh! I have such a hard time shopping for others when there are so many great sales going on this time of year. The latest and greatest for Nashvillians is the Pears + Bears / Kayce Hughes warehouse sale. Details here.

Not only will there be great savings on P+B items, but Gen will also be selling the remaining inventory from her closed store, Favorite. There are so many items she will be offering (at amazing prices)- including cashmere sweaters & sweats, American Apparel items, Favorite brand skirts and much more (and if you're a smaller size, there seems to be greater quantities of those). 

happy thanksgiving! (+ contest!)

I couldn't have picked a better time for my self-proclaimed 'fall photo day' with my son. Unfortunately, he has just started walking, was tired and didn't cooperate. Still, I managed to get a couple of good shots. The above photos give you a sense of the idyllic setting... even a couple of little deer joined us at one point (top photo)!

I was hoping to get 'the shot' for my holiday photo card. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to pick from some older photographs. Which reminds me...don't forget to enter Whitney English's contest. She's looking for great photos of YOU and your family to use on next year's photo card samples. The winners (and there will be many), will get FREE photo cards- 50 for every photo used! Send your entries to contest@whitneyenglish.com.

I will be back with lots of great inspiration to share next week. Thanks for sticking with me...it has been an unusually busy time around here. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

thanksgiving pretties

For my Party reader interested in Thanksgiving ideas, I direct you to two sources:

1) Eddie Ross' blog for flea-market inspired table setting.

2) Domino has a festive centerpiece gallery filled with awesome ideas (above are some excerpts).

I am off for a long weekend! Have a great one.

etsy love

I have two new favorite etsy sellers, thanks to the latest issue of Small. 

heart garland from gentlearts; paper tree silhouette from jennyleefowler

rad red inspiration board

I'm not usually big on blog inspiration boards (only because they sometimes seem a bit overdone), but this one from Snippet & Ink is an all-time fave. Using clips from one of my favorite MS Weddings as a jumping point, all the other red and white elements coexist beautifully.