We’re back for week two of our holiday planning. Only nine more weeks until Christmas! This week the focus in our house was our Pumpkin Party! We will talk about all the planning details in just a minute, but let’s pick up where we left off on our Christmas prep work. CHRISTMAS: The Planner | I’ve been referencing my Christmas Planner almost daily since writing down all kinds of reminders for myself in it. I’ve combined a few print outs to create the perfect planner in previous years, but this time I went a different route. (If you’re interested, in the past I’ve combined an Etsy
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I can not believe how quickly we are approaching the end of the year! So much has changed for me these past few months, from my personal life to my professional life, and I can’t wait to see how everything I’ve worked hard for this year comes to fruition in 2018. But before I get ahead of myself, I want to really revel in the last few weeks of 2017. Once September rolls around, I start planning my travel and party ideas for fall and winter. When I started According to Adriana I was 20 years old, in college, and
Read MoreWhen I first moved into my own place, my mother gifted me a white, bone china dinnerware set. She told me that every house should have a complete set, and that way, if you ever break (or chip) a piece, you can easily replace it by finding the missing link in the same collection. I thought it was a great tip, and I use my bone china everyday. However, I love the idea of unique, charming ceramics made in small batches and limited quantities. I reserve specialty dinnerware for holidays and dinner parties, but here are three brands that make me
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Today I was thinking about the most ideal gift I could ever receive. It didn’t take long for me to decide that my most ideal gift would be the Assouline Leather Trunk by Goyard. Filled with 100 Memoire books ranging from couture to culture to cocktails, the collection would keep me preoccupied and digesting beautiful photos for weeks, if not months. Coupled with the identity of Goyard and their famous trunks, this gift represents the epitome of craftsmanship and what it means to have a chic library. Photo Credit: Assouline
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