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Monogrammed Goodies

These monogrammed gifts from Leontine Linens are too charming to resist.  I want to get Mr. Armour the eye glasses case for Christmas and for myself, well, everything else…

Someday…

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Someday I’m going to buy a set of beautifully monogrammed Leontine Linens and live happily ever after.  How do you feel about monogrammed linens?  Love them, hate them?  My fiance, John, isn’t a huge fan, but I just know they would grow on him.  I can’t wait to me Mr. and Mrs. John Armour!

Southern Belle Wannabe

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Yesterday’s disclosure of my secret southern belle dreams got me thinking—just what would it take to channel a “belle” in my life?  Here are some ideas I came up with, many of which are based on horribly cheesy stereotypes (but are lovely all the same!).  Feel free to laugh and if you’re a real belle, please do give me some pointers!  My fiance is actually applying to a few law schools in the south so my mint-julep-filled-dreams just might come true!

1. Buy a house with a big front porch.  Relax here on hot summer evenings while listening to country tunes and sipping fresh Mint Juleps.

53439929MH011_Lela_Rose_Spr2. Add some cute, girly attire designed by the darling Lela Rose to my wardrobe.

Francis_I_5pc_l3. Invest in some grown-up flatware.  I read that Francis I by Reed & Barton is a popular choice south of the Mason-Dixon.

Picture 684. Plant a Magnolia tree.  Swoon.

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5. Set the table with a gorgeous floral china like Herend’s Chinese Bouquet pattern. Throw fun, lavish dinner parties.  On the menu?  Fried green tomatoes and shrimp and grits.Picture 706.  Buy this sweet, feminine Rosette Ruffle Cardigan by J.Crew (okay, okay, so I’m looking any excuse I can find…).

2009ArlingtonCocktails1Hi-17. Every girl (north or south) deserves a set of monogrammed napkins by the one and only Leontine Linens.

ChampaneR8.  Attend the Kentucky Derby (on my list of life goals…) and wear a fantastic feathered hat like this one.

6-7mm_White_Triple_Strand_Freshwater_Pearl_Necklace9.  Get more use out of my pearls.  Love the classic look of this triple strand set.

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10. Be all around cute and adorable a la Reese Witherspoon (born in New Orleans).

Let me know what y’all think : )  XX Kate “The Neo-Trad”

Image Links — Juleps, Lela Rose, Reed & Barton, Magnolia Tree, Herend Chinese Bouquet, J.Crew Cardigan, Leontine Linens, Kentucky Derby Hat, Pearls, and Miss Witherspoon.