Some Of My Favorite Christmas Decorating Ideas

Over the next few days I'm going to try and post some of the Christmas decorating ideas that I have clipped over the years. I will start with the photos that I don't have source information for. If anybody knows where these photos came from leave the information in the comment section so I can post it.

 

 

A Gift For Him: J. Hilburn

Lets face it, dudes are difficult to buy for. Most of the time if they need something, they just go out and buy it for themselves! Wouldn't it be nice to surprise them with a pampering, yet practical gift? Enter J. Hilburn. They are a company out of Dallas that creates custom luxury dress shirts at an absolute steal.

Here's how the J. Hilburn experience works. A style advisor will go to their home or office, take their measurements, help him pick out the perfect fabric from hundreds of gorgeous swatches, and in a couple of weeks a magical chocolate brown gift box will appear containing their new custom happiness. Their new shirt will be made from fine Italian woven fabrics, cut specifically to your guy's measurents, and will even have his initials embroidered on the inside collar. Love the details!

Though it is a little late for a custom shirt for Christmas, there is still plenty of time for a J. Hilburn gift card. AND, if you purchase a gift certificate before December 24th, the recipient will also be able to get $20 off their choice of clothing or other accessories. For gift card information, and how to get your $20 off coupon, email us: beth@trend-fashion-today.com.

Seeds of Change

As I mentioned previously, Salvage Life clothing and jewelry is now available at SEED People's Market!!! I am so delighted that my merchandise is out where it can be touched, tried on and fallen in love with. Sometimes it is just so sad that these clothes just hang in my tiny little office waiting for a lucky someone to pluck them from the online store.

If you live in Orange County or anywhere in Southern California you have to make a b-line for this store right away. The clothes and necklaces from the first delivery sold so quickly, but not to worry, I just delivered a fresh batch. The girl's that work there are so sweet and you will just love the other products, they are all so unique and thoughtful.

So, I stopped apologizing long ago for infrequent blogging and shop updates, it has just been so hard with a baby and even before that with life in general. I just came to a new arrangement with my personal and work time. I am trying to separate the two a little more so I can focus on my daughter completely when I am with her and on my business when I am with it. Hopefully we will see a change and you will too!

Celebrities Have Been Having Babies Left And Right This Week

Every pregnant celebrity seems to have given birth this week.

Update: Not one to be left out of a crowd Kourtney Kardashian has given birth.
14 Dec Kourtney Kardashian and her creep, Scott Disick: Mason Dash, 7lbs 6oz. They gave that poor child the name of her boutique. They will be pimping out photos any minute now.

13 Dec Barrett and Joey McIntyre (of New Kids On The Block): Rhys Edward, 7lbs 10oz.

11 Dec Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett: A boy, Hank Randall Baskett IV. 9lbs 5oz


10 Dec Michelle Duggar:  Josie Brooklyn 1lb 6oz. Little Josie was a preemie. Maybe this is her body's way of saying 19 babies are too many. And hopefully the name isn't a sign that they are going Hollywood. They wouldn't want to turn into the Gosselins.


9Dec Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady: A boy. No details on this one. They didn't have a baby to get free publicity, so they seem to be keeping the details private.


Expect Kourtney Kardashian to give birth any day now. She probably doesn't want to anybody else getting the publicity. But if she was really smart, she'll be crossing those legs tight.  She won't get much press if she gives birth right now. Not with Michelle's preemie and Gisele's mystery baby. But I will be glad to see her out of all that brightly colored spandex. Nobody expects her to wear a tent, but her look is not cute.

The Magic Clock

I don't know why know why someone hasn't thought of this before. The Magic Clock is a clock that uses Twitter to tell the location of family members. It's like Mrs.Weasley's clock from Harry Potter. Unfortunately this thing isn't for sale, because it's what I want for Christmas.

Christmas Gift Idea

I'm not one of those parents who refuses to let their kids play with brightly colored plastic toys that make noise. I could live without the noise, but I know that the world isn't going to end if a toy isn't wooden and educational. But I still don't understand why Hasbro's Transformer's Revenge of the Fallen Construction Devastator is so popular. Sure it's a huge Transformer made up of six smaller Transformers, but those Transformers don't have individual robot modes. And you know that it's going to be hard for the average kid to put together.It also costs like $100.

But did my kid ask for it? Yes. And did I buy it? Yes. And it wasn't easy to find. But I found it at the second Target I went to, it was sold out online. And it only was $80. Do I feel like I paid too much? Of course. I think that Hasbro should have marketed this thing more toward fanboy collectors and not to children, who are usually broke due to the fact that they are just children after all.

I will write a review after the wee tyrant plays with on Christmas morning.

Drink Me for You!

A lovely surprise from Drink Me tags today! They are putting two of their chic wine tag collections up for grabs for Houston's Weekly Chic readers! To enter, go to their website, then leave a comment below about which tag is your favorite. There will be 2 winners, each will win 1 collection.

As always, you can add 1 extra entry for each of the following:

Become a follower of Houston's Weekly Chic
Become our fan on Facebook
Become a fan of Drink Me on Facebook

*Contest ends Dec 22nd

**The randomly chosen winner from last weeks Vintage Poppy Ornament is Vittoria. Congratualtions!