Blissful

One of my favorite shops in Knoxville has got to be Bliss. There are two Bliss Home locations (Market Square and The Gallery out west), which concentrate on furniture and home accessories, and Bliss Home & Art on Market Square, which has tons of cool jewelry, clothes and gift items. Bliss Home has stylish, modern furniture, but not so modern that it won't mesh with the more traditional Knoxville aesthetic.

Unfortunately, their website doesn't feature furniture right now, so I'll have to make a trip out and take some of my own photos. But for now, some of their quirky accessories and gift items are available. Here are a few examples:

Guitar ice cube trays with built-in stirrer!

Bracelet made of recycled bicycle chain, beautiful handmade jewelry....

Other fun pieces: a fly swatter clock, voodoo doll toothpick holders, and a yoga-inspired card holder. Have fun shopping and tell them I sent you!

Bedroom Envy

This might be my favorite bedroom photo of all time. Well, at least for now. Between the yellow/black color combo and those amazing beds....LOVE!

This is from the very cute blog FullHouse.

Christmas dresses

I ordered both of these dresses from Victoria's Secret, thinking only one would work for a Christmas party I'm going to and I would send the other back. But I really like them both! So I am keeping. I figure the green one could work almost year-round (justification). Tonight, I'm wearing the red one, with gray patterned tights and gray shoes.

Lastly, the red dress calls for some jewelry from Forever 21:

Merry, Merry!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful to have a healthy and happy family and friends to enjoy the holiday with. I hope you all have a wonderful one! This table setting inspires me with its all-American feel - love it~

Feeling splurgy?

I had to post this just for fun...no one but the richest of the very rich could even consider this one: Hermes Birkin bag in Himalayan crocodile. Are you ready? $85,000, Baby. Check out the vintage clothing and accessories at 1st Dibs. Many more reasonable items and lots of fun to browse through.

New Crew

Time for some of my favorites from the new J. Crew catalogue. I LOVE the look above!

This cardigan would be great for a casual holiday party over skinny jeans.

These are just gorgeous! I'm a sucker for the shape.The clutch could be dressed up or down; again with the cardigan and jeans for a party!

This is one of those dresses you could just throw on and look great with little effort.

And if you've got somewhere fancy to go, how great is this gown?

Yowza!

Covet.

Ring by Vera Wang.

Wall Decals

I love these new vinyl wall decals that are becoming popular. Erin at Elements of Style mentioned Single Stone Studios on her blog. They have tons of different styles: I might be putting at least one of the topiaries in my foyer! They do custom designs, too.

Forever 21

Forever 21 just opened in our local mall, and even though I'm a little past 21 :), I still found a few great bargains -- especially on accessories. It's a perfect place to spend very little on a bunch of trendy items.

Erin at Elements of Style blogged about this belt yesterday. Of course I grabbed it - less than $5!

For some reason I didn't pick up these shoes. I'm going back!

It's also a good place to see just how much '80s influence is back! I'll do it in small doses this time around.