A New Orleans Christmas

Every Christmas I look forward to heading down to New Orleans to celebrate with my family. As most of you know, I was born and raised in New Orleans and moved to Charlotte the summer before high school. Most of my extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) still live in The Big Easy so it’s to fun to see everyone over the holidays. We were there from 12/23-12/28 so it nice having a little more time to visit.

On Christmas Eve day, we went to my Aunt Cathy and Uncle Robert’s house to exchange gifts, visit and splurge on some delicious classic New Orleans food :)

Michael and Paul posing for a picture (I think Michael is incapable of taking a serious picture)


Cousins Emma, Owen and Patrick


Aunt Cathy putting their dog Hershy in his "favorite" Christmas sweater ;)



Aunt Cathy and Uncle Robert :)


Owen and Patrick


On Christmas Eve we went to church and then headed to my Aunt Ylon and Uncle Bud's house to celebrate with my mom's side. They always have the most delicious food and the best cocktails :) On Christmas morning, we stayed at my grandparents house to open gifts and enjoy my grandmaw's FABULOUS cooking. She always cooks a Thanksgiving style lunch on Christmas day and this year it was especially delicious!

Cousins Glenn and Eric


Aunt Ylon, Uncle Bud, Eric, Glenn, Laura and Brett (Can you tell which ones are the triplets?)

Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw...I love them so much!


The night after Christmas we celebrated my maw-maw's 80th birthday at one of her favorite restaurants in the French Quarter called GW Fins! It was some of the best seafood I have ever had and the atmosphere was so great too!

The guys checking out the menu


Mom and I


Glenn and I


Happy Birthday!


View of the Quarter from outside the restaurant


Michael was getting tired of my crazy picture taking!


Aunt Ylon and Laura


All of us waiting for the car


The day before I left, I met my good childhood friends Allison and Victoria for delicious lunch at Capdeville in the French Quarter! Every Christmas, we make it a tradition to meet up at some point and catch up. We have all known each other since kindergarten and its like no time has passed at all when we get together :)

Allison and I...friends since kindergarten!


Allison and her boyfriend Brian

Power Shopping Weekend!

I hope everyone has a FABULOUS weekend wherever your travels may take you! I have saved ALL my Christmas shopping for this weekend so I will be braving the crowds and hopefully not going insane. Happy Holidays!

Marshmallow Wreath

I saw this fun idea on a blog the other day and even though I probably won't have time to make one, i wanted to share because I thought it was so cute!




Materials Needed:

- 12" flat foam wreath
- 1 bag campfire marshmallows (these are huge!)
- 3 bags regular sized marshmallows
- 1 mag mini marshmallows
- Box of toothpicks

Start by putting campfire marshmallows in first, in a circular pattern both on top of the wreath and along the outside of the wreath (You can see if you look closely!) Then fill in with regular sized marshmallows, and save mini marshmallows for last in order to fill in the holes. Once finished, let it set in the refrigerator for 2-hours. Once hardened, I tie a pretty ribbon around it and hang it up!

Dear Santa...

Day to Night Warm Eye Palette from Bobbi Brown

Stemless Red/White Wine Glasses...

New Gena Knox Cookbook

FLIP Video Camera

Classic Leather Gloves...

Stella by Stella McCartney

Gold Michael Kors Watch

New Fleece

Fun Anthropologie Plates and/or bowls

Fun Necklaces from Anthropologie...


Every day tennis shoes that are a little more fashionable than running shoes so I can wear to work with jeans (since our office is more casual)

Comfy Slippers

Real Simple Subscription

Moxie Holiday Party!

This past weekend was my company's holiday party at Summerour Studio in Atlanta. The space was absolutely amazing and the perfect size for the large amount of people that attended. Since all 3 offices (ATL, NYC, LA) attended, there were over 600 people there!

The night started out at Baroni Restaurant where a group of us met before hand for a glass (or 2) of wine...then it was off the partay! The party had an Italian theme so the food was delicious :) The fun @ Summerour ended at midnight so Moxie also hosted an after-party @ Opera that we unfortunately did not make it to since by the time the cab dropped everyone off, it was already 1:30 AM! All in all, it was a great night!



Kaley won employee of the year for our department so we were celebrating!


They had a greenscreen where you could take pictures and they show up with cool/funny backgrounds!



LOVED the "lounge" room...


Yes, that is me in the gold necklace about to jump in the middle of the dance circle and bust a move, ha!


View of the event space that shows off the great view!

Etsy LOVE!

I have always loved Etsy not only because of the wonderful things you can find but because everything is so unique and one of a kind. Artist from all over showcase and sell their goods…all the way from fabrics, to jewelry, to furniture and beyond. If you have not perused this site yet, it is definitely worth checking out! Below are some fun items I have stumbled upon while browsing...

FABULOUS pillows/patterns...













modern votive holder


beautiful/delicate jewelry





rustic print to add a splash of color


eclectic gift tags


vintage raffia clutch



homemade soaps


fun dish towels