for your sweetie..

 

Valentine's is always such a difficult holiday around my house.  The hubby is a non believer... his Valentine gift usually consist of a king size peanut butter cup.  The good news is that I do love the peanut butter cup!  What type of Valentine are you? Breakfast in bed type? Cakes? Chocolates? Dinner?  Gifts? Weekends away?  If I had my way it would be with some sweets, preferably homemade, and a plant-able flower.

On a side note... it was brought to my attention that there has been trouble with checking out in the Shop.. well it is all fixed up now!  I apologize if you wanted to order and were not able to!  Please take a minute to go back and make your purchases with a 10% discount- just use the code OOPS at check out through the weekend!

 

 

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Be Inspired...

 

As it is the New Year I assume it is time to get on with the New ideas and the plans for the coming year.  Do you make resolutions?  Do you make goals? Aspirations?  I am not really a fan of the resolution only because it is not always the best idea to make extreme changes.  Subtle changes seem to work better for me...  

This year I have some plans but nothing is concrete I have some things I have been wanting to do and so I suppose I should be getting to them. 

Last year I wanted to read 50 books and I am so excited to tell you that I surpassed that goal and I plan on getting to just about that many this year, along with the idea I shared around my birthday to cook for my family more.  I find that is always good to reflect a little on what we did accomplish before making a new list - this always makes me feel better about myself.

There are a couple of things that I checked off of my life's to do list in 2013.  We shopped in Paris and France and shipped back a container (check), we put in a pool at our home (check), we traveled (check),  I am sure there is more but I am at a loss.. see things elude me so quickly.

For this year I plan on digging into that list a little as I have a special birthday coming up and want to celebrate it in style.

1. Travel - always on my list!  I want to travel a bit in the US this year, there are so many amazing cities here that I have never been to..  New Orleans, Charleston, Atlanta (well I have been there but just for a show).  We have light plans to hit up Montana and Corsica (I know this is not in the states but it is on this years list as I have always wanted to go).
2. Spend more quality time with my fam.. they make me laugh and smile I am going to soak it all up!
3. Expand a bit on the blog, I hope to do more original pieces and content here on the blog, share more before and afters on my projects with you.  I love sharing inspirational spaces with you and want to keep giving you something to come back for.
4. Expand in the shop, there are so many amazing pieces that I see and I need to share with you and my clients, I want to add all of these wonderful options to the shop. 
5. Enjoy the design process and let go of some of the responsibility so I really can REALLY enjoy it.  Possibly buy a real delivery truck and rework my office space to suit having more bodies in here working.
6. Focus!  I am trying hard to not get distracted and hope to make a better effort in 2014 to make it actually happen.  With all of the technology it is so easy to get distracted and move onto another task before you even realize that one has been left undone.
7.  Be kind.. I am going to do my best to go out of my way to be kind to others, no matter what.

I would love to hear what you are up to for the New Year...  any aspirations?

 

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Christmas eve eve...

 

It is really here and I am finally all the way ready... I think..

Just a bit of shopping for all of the baking that we have planned and a little bit of shipping and off we go.  I am not sure how much time I will have to visit the blog over the next few days so I wanted to make sure that I wish you a very happy and wonderful holiday!  I hope you have time to spend with everyone you hold dear!

Merry Christmas eve eve!

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shop greige {giveaway}

Our final gift in the Holiday giving series is from us here at greige.   We know how you love them and so do we...  so we are offering one of our  Small Star Pendant lights to you our lovely readers.  

In the coming year we have so many great plans for the shop and a little expansion to keep the beauty of the home coming straight to you....

Here are a few of my favorite things..

For your chance to win follow the instructions on widget below!

Happy Holidays!

 

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greige christmas.. 2013

Every year I try and change it up a little bit around the house for the holidays..  I was going through some of my previous posts and found that there have been subtle changes.. maybe next year I really need to switch it up.  This time around I added more antlers and kept it pretty simple.  We typically have two trees but opted for just one very round one this year and did not put out most of the decorations... simple simple simple...

I hope you are enjoying your holiday season and decorations...  All the best from us here!

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weekend wishes...

 

So little time left to get all of the racing around taken care of..  I hope you have it all wrapped up and ready to go so that you can relax and enjoy this holiday season!  

A few little things that might help..

A little bit of this could not hurt anyone right? 

I fell for this new little phone case.. I may be obsessed with phone cases though so don't take my word for it- mine is arriving shortly!.! 

Gucci, horses and macarons.. perfection.

Getting ready for New Years??!!   We all need a wish to get it started!
A little inspiration from Christmas past here on greige.

Happy weekend!

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Design book lovers gift guide

We are moving right along with the holidays and I always have such a hard time finding the perfect gift for the designers in my life..  an inspiring book is always a great way to go.  I have rounded up a few of my favorites for you here.  Love love them all!  Happy giving my friends!

 

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rocq macarons {giveaway}

 

Our Fourth gift in our Holiday giving series is from Rocq Macarons... oh you know how I love them and each year I send them off to my clients around the holidays.  Macarons make the most perfect gifts!  Once again Rocq is sharing a box of their delicious macarons with you.

They have recently gone nation wide in Whole Foods markets in New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Chicago, Hawaii. Arizona, Nevada, California with their macarons and sweet deserts.  You can also order online and have them shipped all over the U.S..

For your chance to win just follow the steps on the widget below!

Best of luck!

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art lover's {gift guide}

As the holidays are completely on the move I thought I would get you started on a couple of gift guides that are more for the home..  perfect for those of us looking to feather our nest and create a beautiful home.  This is a little peek at some of my favorite art pieces.. these are pieces by artists that  I recommend to clients and that I have in my own home...  Happy Holidays my friends!

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Clare Elsaesser {giveaway}

 

I am so excited to share the third gift in our Holiday giving series!  Clare Elsaesser is one of my favorite artists, her beautiful pieces have been used by many of my clients and never disappoint!  Clare is offering two of her 16 x 20" pieces to one lucky reader here on the blog.

Here are just a few of my favorites right now...

A little peek at her facebook page and you can see new pieces and some of her creative process!

 

 

For your chance to win a couple of her pieces just follow the steps on the widget at the end of this post.  A winner will be announced on December 4th!  Best of luck!

 

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