Day One: This One's All You!

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You

Tell us, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, about the ways that you cultivate style, charm, and grace in your life!

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Day Two: Solitary Refinement

“A subject to which few intellectuals ever give a thought is the right to be a vagrant, the freedom to wander. Yet vagrancy is a deliverance, and life on the open road is the essence of freedom. To have the courage to smash the chains with which modern life has weighted us (under the pretext that it was offering us more liberty), then to take up the symbolic stick and bundle and get out.” 

Isabelle Eberhardt

You have to travel alone sometime, if you haven't.  Doing so is more important than you will ever know until you have.  Tell us where you'd like to go through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram!  #SolitaryRefinement and . . .

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Day 3: Look A Gift Horse

"But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Gifts," Essays, Second Series, 1844

Do you have a signature gift?  A go-to for the occasions when you want to express empathy for or celebration of someone that you love?  I like to choose an interesting container - something with a story to it - and then fill it with flowers that express my intentions.  Tell us about yours through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram!  #LookAGiftHorse and . . .

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Day 4: Jackie of All Trades

"You can polish, arrange, fix, but you cannot fool people.  Jackie was a total woman, not like anybody else you know.  It wasn't sex appeal, it was magnetism." 

Manolo Blahnik

Every one of us can learn something from Jackie.  Tell us, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, about a quality that you emulate and how so?  #JackieOfAllTrades and . . .

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Day 5: Break A Leg

"Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake." 

Julia Child

Don't save ALL the drama for your Mama.  Some things require a flourish!  Like the way that My Ryan calls his closet "The Vault."  THAT is the kind of Drama we could all use a little more of.  Tell us, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, how you spice things up!  #BreakALeg and . . .

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Day 6: Basking In The Philantropics

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

There is no such thing as style, there is no such thing as charm, and there is no grace . . . without kindness.  Tell us about your cause, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram.  #BaskingInThePhilanthropics and . . .

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Day 7: Lead Them Astray

"Sweetie are you sure that you want to put a buffet in your bedroom?"

My Mother

I like to put furniture in the wrong room every now and then.  Shake things up a bit.  Tell us, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, about something you've repurposed.  #LeadThemAstray and . . .

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Day 8: Wow Fresco

"I know, I LOVE the rain!  Come on!!!"

Katie Grace Mullinax, My Precious Niece 

Dance in the rain.  Sleep under the stars.  Climb a tree.  Pack a picnic.  Treat yourself to a little wow fresco and then tell us, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, all about it.  #WowFresco and . . .

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Day 9: Get Framed

"It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses . . . HIT IT!"

Blues Brothers

The Blues is alright.  But sunnies aren't just for the blues anymore.  And Chanel, Gucci, and Tom Ford aren't just making protective eyewear.  They're putting 100% pure confidence into sexy cases, wrapped up in keepsake boxes, delivered to Bergdorf and Barneys.  And if you're a penny pincher/preservationist like me, get thrifty!  Then tell us, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, about yours.  #GetFramed and . . .

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Day 10: Horse Feathers

"I've always wanted a few horse feathers to put in my hair!"

Not really a necessity - the quotes.

That one's ALL me.

What is the most unorthodox accessory you've ever used to adorn your locks?  Charm, style & grace is nothing without an interesting accessory.  Tell us, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, something that you've worn or seen.  #HorseFeathers and . . .

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Day 11: Vernacularious

"Tambrien?!?"

A Fictitious Word My Friend Ryan Uses To Make Me Smile 

And it works.  What is the best word in the language of YOUR own invention?  Tell us something  about it through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram.  #Vernacularious and . . .

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Day 12: Lick It & Stick It

"Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl." 

Ernest Hemingway

I love fishing more than anything!  But I love writing letters even more than that.  Write one right now!!!  Then tell us about it through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram.  Tell us about your stationery too.  And your favorite pen!  #LickItAndStickIt and . . .

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Day 13: Menagerial

"Tell me what you collect, tell me how you collect, and I will tell you who you are."

Jean Willy Mestach

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart....pursue those."

Unknown

"A collection to which nothing can be added and from which nothing can be removed is, in fact, dead!"

Sigmund Freud

What do you collect?  Tell us about it through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram.   #Menagerial and . . .

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Day 14: Drop Dead Cred

"I am a loner, a crazy wide eyed loner on a doomed mission to Venus to battle with the 3 headed mega beast but on the way I caught cornflakes disease."

Drop Dead Fred

Sometimes it helps to have an imaginary friend.  Just try it.  Tell us something about yours through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram.   #DropDeadCred and . . .

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Day 15: Rolling Out The Oriental Rug

One of my friends was visiting and caught a chill when we were sitting outside.  I thought nothing of grabbing my favorite sweater for her so her reply really surprised me.

"Well I was chilly but I wasn't expecting cashmere."

Luxury is something you should share!  Why wouldn't you offer a guest you best?  Roll out the oriental rug!

How do you pamper guests?  Share your secrets through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram.   #TheOrientalRug and . . .

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Day 16: The Amusing Bouche

"With bread all sorrows are less"

Miguel de Cervantes

What's your signature dish?  Give us the scoop through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram.   #TheAmusingBouche and . . .

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Day 17: A Box Of Frogs

“She's crazy as a box of frogs”

Sharon Osborne

Do something crazy!  Adding a little levity to your life can take you on an emotional vacation.  Clean house in a tutu, wear your pajamas to the movie theatre, or make grilled cheese sandwiches with an iron.  And, by all means, document the madness through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, the task.   #ABoxOfFrogs and . . .

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Day 18: Go Belly Up

I think that one of the most important aspects of putting on your big girl panties and creating a refined living space is to put together a proper bar.  Make a list, check it twice, and get creative with your ice!  Belly up.

Don't forget to document your stock the bar party through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram!   #GoBellyUp and . . .

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Day 19: A Wrist By Any Other Name

"'Where should one use perfume?' a young woman asked. 'Wherever one wants to be kissed,' I said."

Coco Chanel

Choose a signature scent.  And decide where you'd like to be kissed!  Then document, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, the task.   #AWristByAnyOtherName and . . .

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Day 20: Nome That Plume

“My name is Anastasia Beaverhausen. Anastasia like russian royalty and Beaverhausen like . . . where the beaver live.”

Karen Walker

Life under the guise of an alias, nome de plume, or nome du guerre is where it's at.  You need one.  Everyone does!  So what are you waiting for?  And don't forget to document, through the use of photograph, caption and Instagram, the task.   #NomeThatPlume and . . .

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