Inspiring Christmas Decor Keeping it simple

Merry Christmas!

Here are some more inspiring Christmas decor ideas. The first are my moms decorations and home and the latter half are her dear friend (and mine) Nancy's decorations from her last years Christmas Tea. Although I think I have made it to very few, I look forward to trying to attend every year. This is a tea where four generations of girls/ladies are invited and the little girls get dressed up in their fancy Christmas attire…it's almost as good as the beautiful food and decor :)

I can't wait for it this year…though my son will have to kill some time walking around Lido Isle looking at the boats while we girls chat and catch up!

What a precious time with our dear ones to be present.

That is the real gift! 

The gift of time.

Much love to all of you

precious readers. oxox

Roxanne

Christmas Decorations

Christmas Decorations…

My college girl will be home in an hour or so, I'm so excited!

Since I realized I hadn't posted for a while here are some great ideas for decorations..especially the Christmas balls at the base of the greenery and plants…I love that!

The last pics are from my parents house! Clearly my mom has a flair for design, too!

Enjoy & Blessings to you!!

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
Dale Evans 

Christmas Boutique December Seventh

Christmas Boutique Details

Saturday, December Seventh

9am-3pm

My Home, Already decorated for Christmas.

Scones & Tea, Outside Fireplace roaring to sit and catch up with friends! 

Friends welcome to come with you! :)

What to expect:

Vietri (Vietri.com) Italian Tableware

The new white collection!

We ordered a huge order, so there will be plenty to choose from!

PomPom at Home ~Linens

French linens: white, greige and neutrals

perfect prices for gifts 

The Vintage Room

As always, a favorite for the boutique, this room has all the classics! Some handbags, some designer clothing, shoes, and accessories for home! These are from a variety of places. Some bought for a photo shoot, never used, some for clients that declined on purchasing.

Priced in increments of $5.

Christmas garland, decorations, wreaths & harvest items…new this year!

Never used linens, from Los Olivos Cottage, that didn't work out! Accessories, as well.

A few pieces of furniture (bookshelves) Maybe a Foos ball table and trampoline, if I can persuade the boys :) wink!

The Inspired31 Product Line

Greeting cards, high end (a little pricey) wrapping paper, all designed by our in house designers~the Inspired31 talent! The designs were mostly from our Art Contest Winners! 100% of the money taken in for the product line will go to Inspired31.org to keep our programs running!

Stocking Stuffers, like "crown" phone covers, and other fun "little's" some for only $1.

Cash or Check 

Credit Card, ok, if you have a paypal account!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm so thankful for the freedom to have the faith that I chose, for my family and my dear friends. I'm thankful for big blessings and tiny ones…because really the tiny ones are the big ones, too. The pics below are from the book, but they classically remain some of the blessings I am most thankful for: old and dear friends, including my now 20 year old daughter Hannah and her best friend, Cassie, Courtney: my college best friend and dear friend and her daughter, and a few other of my precious, dear friends.

I'm thankful for whom God created me to be;  creative, loyal, serious, focused, intense, intuitive and sensitive to the needs of others. I'm thankful that at my age (wink) I focus on the positive's of those traits!

As our Thanksgiving Table this year we will be sharing (on simple 3X5 cards) simple gratitude for how we were made, traits specifically! God did make us that way for a purpose, after all!  We will focus on our blessings, traditionally, as well.  

With Blessings & Love,

Roxanne

Ready for Fall

Happy Fall!

In California, it has been hard to get my fall decorating going.  With crazy Santa Ana winds and temperatures 90 to 100 degrees in our region, I have not wanted to get out what should be decorations that go in cooler weather with leaves on the ground. Well, the funny part is there is leaves (and whole trees) on the ground in my back yard and neighborhood because of the winds not because they turned color and "fell" off.

I wanted to give you a little taste of Fall from years past and will share this years decor in a few days! So, I'm off to unpack the Fall/Halloween Boxes and begin one of my favorite things to do: decorate for the holidays!

Also, my blog is completely redesigned and I think makes alot more sense in sharing how everything design, home, family, Inspired etc... connects with you and  me! Hope you like it! 

If you get this by email, you can see the new blog design by clicking the grey "Inspired Design" at the top of the email!

BTW, the new business is called Sunset & Magnolia! Well, to be clear, it's the same Interior Design Business, just a new name and logo!

Happy October!

Best & Blessings,

Roxanne

WHOA Magazine

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

I wanted to share with you a fabulous up and coming new magazine that I just love! 

It's called WHOA magazine.  I met the publisher in Nashville, Laine Craft, who has become a dear friend of mine. She is a darling, blonde powerhouse showing God's love in a powerful way through her story of financial devastation, with $1 in the bank, her marriage on the brink of divorce, and her daughter with a devastating illness. She uses the magazine to tell similar stories of triumph and love through that  leap of faith, approximately four years ago. She has gathered some amazing women together to contribute to the magazine. (I included one of my favorite, Lisa Bevere, in the last two images below)

She was approached about a TV talk show and took another leap of faith to have the pilot produced in Nashville, which is where I stepped in the segment she called (in her words) "Ordinary Women doing Extraordinary things"! She asked me to be on the pilot week of the show! (This is why my mom and I went to Nashville, before going to DC)  In each show there is a celebrity, CeCe Wynans on the show I was on, and an "Ordinary" women.    She featured me discussing Inspired31.org, Inspired Design, the book I wrote with my daughter Hannah, and I set an easy and inexpensive table in front of the live audience, which was really fun. (Those pics are at the very end, with some of her fabulous team from team from the magazine and talk show!)

I wanted to highlight this mag. for some of my readers in California and other states as it would be so wonderful to get the word out on an uplifting and positive magazine that highlights so many amazing women and their powerful stories. There is also a home section and a "Fresh Finds" (designer finds) in each issue, by yours truly, and lovely stories in about every sphere of life you can imagine... There is even a teenage girl section that Hannah, my 19 year old writes, and four other young girls from 13 to 24! It's a fresh perspective.

Sneak Peak 

Subscribe Here : Enter INSP31 (Campaign Code) and Inspired will get $2 from your subscription

Hope you enjoy this sneakity peak! Each issue gets more and more fabulous!

We have all kinds of surprises cooked up as we go...

Very soon I am going to unveil our new blog design...perhaps next week! I can't wait! 

Have a beautiful weekend, filled with love, love, love!!!!

Roxanne