December 2024 Moodboard (Desktop & iPhone Wallpapers!)

Happy December! I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving with your family and friends! Joe and I hosted my mom and brother here in our apartment in NYC and had a fabulous time!! Joe made prime rib, I curated a tablescape, and we even made it out to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! The whole weekend was lovely and I'm so grateful we got to spend the holiday together.

Speaking of holidays - I can't believe December is here and it's officially the last month of 2024! I hope you love this last moodboard of the year! Please tag me on Instagram if you download this month's moodboard -- I absolutely love to see it on your screens! 

I also loved last year's December moodboard - if you did too, you can download that one here.

Gift Guide: Under $100

Back with another gift guide, this time with gifts for her under $100! I've curated a variety of gifts that feel luxurious without a crazy price tag, like my favorite pajamas (25% off right now!), my ice bucket (on sale for $50!) and more.

In case you missed it, I also shared gift ideas for boss/coworker all under $100 here!

Gift Guide: My Wishlist

Every year, I try to come up with a wishlist gift guide, but it definitely gets harder as I get older! I don't actually expect anyone to get me anything crazy, but I also want to be able to come up with a few things if someone asks, you know? There are definitely a few practical things I'd love under the tree, like new running shoes, a 2025 planner, and new outfit for upcoming ski trips. Other than that, I'm not really sure who will be surprising me with a Cartier watch or new Chanel flats, but a girl can dream right?!

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving! This year, Joe and I are celebrating Thanksgiving for the first time together in our little New York City apartment! After years of long distance and months of apartment hunting, I am so grateful for our little space and our relationship! I'm excited to celebrate together, along with my mom and brother this year in the city. We have a delicious menu planned and I've been prepping my tablescape, so it's sure to be a lovely day here (despite the rain!). I'm also excited to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!!

This year, of course, I have so many other things to be thankful for as well: my health, my family, friends, job, and community here! I started this blog 12 years ago never knowing it would become such a big part of my life. I absolutely love sharing my life with this community - it brings me such joy! I truly don't know where I'd be without this part of my life, so thank you for following along.

Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you!!

xo

Fran

Gift Guide: Mom

Welcome to the Gift Guide for mom! When I was little, my mom would always surprise my brother and I with gifts that weren't on our holiday list. It was never something expected, but always something practical and thoughtful, and something we would ended up loving and using for years to come. It used to drive me crazy when I was little not getting what I'd put into my extremely well-curated Christmas list (lol, did anyone else format an alternatively red-and-green, ordered out list with crazy fonts?), but now I look back on some of the gifts my mom gave me so fondly, amazed that she always knew what I wanted or needed more than I did. 

I think that's what makes it so hard now to gift to our moms; trying to recreate the same thoughtfulness without doing anything crazy. Whether she loves a good book, a warm cup of coffee, or a little self-care, this gift guide has something for everyone - a curated list of little luxuries and thoughtful gifts anyone would love!