Fashionable Friday is brought to you by Kara Taylor, a freelance writer for Vision Bedding, an online store specializing in photo blankets and much more! Kara is sharing with us creative gift giving ideas that will be sure to put a smile on anyones faces.

Are You Ready for the Holidays? Gift Giving Ideas to Get You Ready.

The holiday season is coming up fast and you swore to yourself last year you would not let yourself get swamped in the mad holiday-season rush. As you stood in lines a mile long, sat in traffic jams that took days to get out of, or circled the mall parking lot for hours looking for a spot, you said “Next year I’m taking care of gifts EARLY!”

Well, that time is here!

There are many gifts that you can get started on now before the mad rush of November and December. While everyone else is dashing around, stressed, frazzled, and getting grumpy, you can be relaxing with a cup of hot cocoa and enjoying your time with your family.

Here are some ideas that you can get started on right now so you can be done well ahead of the busy, stressful holiday season.

Items You’ve Knitted Yourself
Friends and family members will always be grateful to receive a gift as highly personal as a hat or scarf knitted just for them. A throw blanket is another great idea that would undoubtedly be – no pun intended – warmly received. If you are ambitious and know the recipient’s style well enough, you could even go for a sweater. Make sure you know what colors they like to wear and what kind of patterns and designs they like, and get knitting! They’ll love it.

Drawings or Paintings by you
Even if you don’t think you’re an amazing artist, your friends and family members would probably still really enjoy something that you have done with your own hand. If you are a good artist, then they definitely will. To make it extra special, you could even frame it for them so it’s ready for display. If you like the idea of painting something but aren’t confident in your abilities, grab some watercolors and look up some tips online before you get started. Watercolor paintings really lend themselves to simplicity and they have a forgiving look to them even if you’re not the next Van Gogh. With some self-instruction from the internet you could really make something unique. Animals and landscape paintings are always pretty doable, even for a novice, and will probably turn out half decent. View Post

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Taking the kids to the playground is not only a great way to release your child’s energy, but its a great way for us moms to show off our latest ‘casual’ fashion finds. Casual is key here…pumps, short shorts and heavy makeup are not be worned at the playground, keep that for date night. Stick to casual but fashionable wear.

Take it from these POSH mom – Kourtney Kardashian, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Garner and Gwen Stefani – they know how to look tre casual, but yet fashionable, when seen strolling around with the best accessory ever – their children.

Here are a few pieces that works every time:

  1. Bottoms: Boyfriend jeans and leggings always look great when out and about.
  2. Tops: With fall right around the corner, a simple white tee paired with a cashmere sweater or vest can make your look stand out amongst the other moms
  3. Accessories: Scarves, shades and a fedora are must haves!
  4. Shoes: Riding boots or simple Tory Burch flats looks great with leggings and a pair of jeans.
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Happy first day of Fall! This morning ‘Lil B and I visited our local nature center for storytime, arts and crafts and pet petting.  Sorry for the blurry photo, but ‘lil B didn’t want to stand still for this photo opp, he couldn’t wait to get to the next activity.

So, today got my thinking about what else I’m excited about this season: visiting more petting zoos, pumpkin picking, boots (yay!), change of leaves color and of course the return of my favorite shows and new ones (my new fav is Ringer)!

What are you excited about this season?

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Today’s guest post is from Melissa Davis, fashion consultant of Softie Baby Shoes, a children’s shoe site.  Melissa, a POSH mom to her beautiful baby girl and fashionista shares with us today her take on Children’s Choice Fashion Finds for 2011.

Shopping is amusing for all women. Buying stylish outfits, accessories and shoes is the most exciting thing for them. For yourself, you can choose the one that you like. However, how do you choose the selection when you’re shopping for your kids? You need to resolve all issues while selecting an item for your kids. Whether its clothes, kids shoes or accessories, you need to make enough considerations before choosing. Keeping the budget in mind, you prefer to provide them the best possible comfort. When comfort is attained, you further look for the latest trends going among kid’s wears A wide range of bright colors and ruffles have been included to kids fashion wear this fall. Modern styles and patterns are employed to update the uniforms as well.

Fashion for boys:
– You can add different flavors to your boy’s looks by integrating the dresses with suitable accessories like hoodies, ties, socks, etc.
– Graphics styles have become very trendy among the costumes of younger boys, and they are used in almost every item.
– You can go for plaid to provide perfect style to your kid as it has popularity these days.
– Layers would be a good choice for the fall season as they provide the stylish look as well as keep the kids warm.
– Fas Leather jacket of black faux, graphic tees and messy here provides the retro look to boys.

Fashion for girls:
– This fall season the trend for girls would be shimmer & shine.
– Their uniforms can be accessorized with ruffle socks, belts & shiner hair accessories.
– The sequins, trendy leggings and graphic tees would provide glamorous looks to girls.
– Colored jeans allow girls to present their style in terms of color; it would be another good option.

Outerwear:
– Vests are the best option as outerwear this fall. Sporting vests for both girls & boys are available.
– This season faux fur-made outerwear has become very popular and well known by the name Hippie or Bohemian. Furthermore, it is named as Peacock by designer Sophie. However, it looks funny yet fashionable.
– Tiffany Talbot’s hot seller is a perfect match for boys. View Post

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Check out these celebrity moms looking FAB at last night’s 2011 Emmy Awards.

L-R: Julie Bowen wearing ; Sofia Vegara dazzles in red with Vera Wang; Katie Holmes wearing; Taraji P. Henson in a white dazzle dress and Padma Lakshmoi wearing Armani Prive

L-R: Amy Poehler wearing Peter Som; Colbie Summers wearing a beautiful cobalt blue dress; Heidi Klum looks great in Christian Siriano; Jane Krakowski wearing a shimmery white dress and Kate Winslet rockin red in Elle Saab

Check out which mom won BEST DRESSED after the jump…..

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