On The Menu | Holiday Recipe: Lavender Hot Chocolate

A broken heater in the home and having no clue how to utilize the fireplace for warmth makes the nights that much colder. Hot showers and baths typically do the trick, but as of late, a hot drink, especially one so decadent to have chocolate AND lavender, not long before bedtime has been helping ease the chill.

Visual Vignette | New Season: Green Trimmings & Rustic Brown

And suddenly it turned into December. It seems as if only yesterday it was the night before 2013 and I received my first (and hopefully many more to come) New Year's Eve kiss from M. Now we are all frantically, and happily, putting together décor around our homes, resembling a rich dark greenness and rustic, earthly, brown to celebrate a first Christmas for a few sweet little ones.

Style Musings | Lookbook: Gibson Bespoke

Grand feasts to be enjoyed in the next week or so, hopping from one dinner table to the next with so many family and friends to reunite with. And while mingling is on the list of many things to do this holiday season, so is donning  the most charming yet elegant, 1920s headpieces and necklaces.  Whether it's a statement necklace or an ever most darling hand cuff to be worn, here are some exquisite accessories to inspire your upcoming holiday wear for a roaring good time.

Inspired Outfit: Mint & Leopard Print

Would like to play it cool in black with modern feminine silhouettes, but when you let a pair of d'Orsay pumps with leopard print do the talking, more than a sliver of sexiness is the residual outcome.

3.1 Phillip Lim Ponte Peplum Top | Loeffler Randall Charlotte d'Orsay Pump | Pansy Bag Oversized Black Leather Fold Clutch | Estée Lauder Pure Color Lip Shine in Plexi Pink | Kat Von D True Romance Eye Shadow Palette - Saint | TOCCA Cleopatra Candela | Bauble Bar Onyx Stargazer Drops

Eternally,
Rosie