Last Chance

REMINDER

Ladies today is your last chance to purchase from KIST boutique using the code NICOLEKIST15 to receive 15% off your entire purchace. 

 

I just bought this necklace yesterday and I absolutely love it!


If you would like to host your own KIST web party and earn free merchandise e-mail KIST for information.

Pintrest Project // Pudding Cups

Pintrest Project // Halloween Pudding Cups 

These pudding cups were super easy to make, and were a big hit!

What you need:
Plastic tumbler cups
Food Coloring 

Instant Vanilla Pudding 

Oreos 

Black Sharpies

Instructions: 

1. Draw "monster" faces on plastic cups with sharpie marker 

2. Add green food coloring instant pudding

3. Poor into cups before it sets. 

4. Add crushed oreo to the top of the cups once the pudding is set. 

I used 4 boxes of pudding, and one package of Oreos for 12 pudding cups. 

The cups hold a lot of pudding, and I found that a lot of people were sharing cups, another option is to use smaller shooter cups.

Halloween Weekend Recap

This year Adam and I decided to dress as the Tooth Fairy and A Tooth. I do have to say I liked his costume way more then I liked mine. 

We got the idea from Julie Ann Art you can view her tutorial here

 Here are a few other highlights from the night

 

DIY pudding snacks 

 Table of treats

 

Work Pals 

 

 Best Friends

What did you do for Halloween?

Friday Finds // 3

Friday Finds // 3 

These adorable salt and pepper shakers from Mod Cloth

The absolute cutest Halloween costume ever from Urban Outfitters

Apple cider sangria- 2 of my favorite things put into one, I'm dying to make this!

Recipe Here 

 

Owl dress from Mod Cloth 

Calender made from paint chips- how neat!
Make it here

KIST web party

KIST Web Party 

 As some of you may know I do a lot of photography work with KIST boutique. Well KIST is offering web parties now, and I think they are a great idea! 

What is a web party you may ask?
When you decide to host a web party at KIST, you will receive a coupon code to share with all of your friends. They will receive 15% off for 2 weeks, at the end of the 2 weeks you will receive 15% of the sales in merchandise credit! 

With that said, I am hosting my own KIST web party. Anyone that uses the code NICOLEKIST15 at www.shopkist.com now through November 8th will receive 15% off and free shipping! 

Here are a few of my must have KIST items 

(I already own the cross body purse in turquoise and I absolutely love it, it's a lot bigger then it appears and I often use it as a camera bag!)

If you would like to host your own KIST web party, contact them at info@shopkist.com

Giveaway // Secondhand Sundays

I'm pleased to announce our second giveaway!
This one is with Secondhand Sundays.

Secondhand Sundays is a lifestyle blog by a lovely lady named Bekuh. 

The giveaway will start at 10am today and run for one week.

This is one of my current favorites. Only $18.00

Remember all items are one of a kind if you purchase now and win the giveaway your money will be reimbursed to you. So get your favorite pieces before it's to late!

New items coming to the site by Friday!

Friday Finds //2

I dropped the ball with my Friday finds last week, so here are some of my favorite finds from the past two weeks.

This card from Julie Ann Art on Etsy is adorable, all of her designs are super cute. 

 This 100% customized planner from Erin Condren,
I highly suggest you check out her link, the planners are beautiful and so personal, I can't wait to get my hands on one...or two.

Kitten bed shaped like a dog, how adorable!

Buy it here

I pinned these over a month ago now, but I was just reminded about them when I was going through ideas for some up-coming Halloween parties. Vanilla pudding, food coloring and Oreo-Can't wait to try!

What did you stumble upon this week?

Snail Mail

In my opinion there is nothing better then surprise snail mail! I got this card in the mail yesterday and it absolutely made my day. My best friend Andrew and I see each other on a regular bases but find it necessary to send little surprises here and here
You can't see it in the photo, but my favorite part is that there is no return address, so you have no idea who the mail is from until you actually open the card. I personally try really hard to disguise my handwriting each time I send a card, to make it even more anonymous. 

Shannon Hearts Giveaway

Today Holly Mame is participating in a first giveaway on Shannon Hearts, as part of Shannon Heart's "giveaway a day" for the month of October.

We're offering 2 items of the winners choice, so head on over to the shop to check out what we have and then enter the giveaway!

This pink pendant is one of my current favorites, remember all items on Holly Mame are one of a kind so get them before their gone, and custom orders are always welcome contact hollymame@gmail.com for more information!
....Last but not least, I'm offering 15% off to all readers this week, just use the code: giveaway 
Also! Since everything is one of a kind, if you buy now and end up winning the giveaway, I will reimburse your money, that way you won't miss out on any of the pieces!

Happy Shopping!

Outfit and About // 1

Over the weekend I made yet another trip to the pumpkin patch for more pumpkins, some apple cider and a trip through the corn maze. 

Unfortunately, when we arrived at the pumpkin patch, I realized I forgot a memory card from my camera so we only took a few photos with my iPhone.  Since I don't have lots of fun fall photos to share, I've decided to turn this into an outfit post. I don't do a lot of  outfit posts for 2 reasons,

1. Almost everything I own is from H&M so I don't offer much variety. 

2. I re-use things season after season, so most of my outfits are not 100% current (secret, the shirt I'm wearing is from when I started college in 2008)

Cardigan, jeans, necklace, belt- H&M

Tunic-Charlotte Russe

Boots- Target 

Purse- c/o Kist Boutique

 Everyone loves a good jumping picture, well at least I do!

What did you do this weekend?

Fall Festivities

I love everything about fall, the weather the food and everything else involved. So it would make perfect sense that my Tuesday afternoon/night would consist of pumpkin picking and a mini-costume party, right?

 

 Perfect pumpkins!

It's so early in the season, it didn't take us long to find the perfect pumpkins since not many people have gone picking yet.

 Mini-tuesday-night costume party

I can't wait to go back to the pumpkin patch this weekend! There were so many things I didn't get to do!

Collections // 1

I love pretty much anything with an animal on it, when I came across this creamer in the shape of a kitten I knew I had to have it.

 A friend of mine insisted on buying it for me and I have been on the lookout for cute animal shaped creamers ever since 

These 3 little guys are my whole collection at the moment, but I can't wait to add more!


What do you collect?

Friday Finds //1

Just a few things that kept me smiling throughout the week!

This poster is to die for, from PurpleCowPosters on Etsy.

Kittens with mustaches is the best tumbler page ever! So adorable!

Hammertime necklace from KIST boutique. I'm such a sucker for big statement necklaces!

This couch, the light, the colors! I love it all! 

Found via Pintrest. 

How adorable!

Go see it!

What kept your smiling throughout the week?

Fall Look Book!

If you don't already know, I love doing all things creative and photography is my first and foremost love. I recently created the Fall look book for KIST boutique.

Open publication - Free publishing - More fall

You can view more of my work here and don't forget to check out KIST!

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Vintage Finds // 1

I love searching for antiques, rummaging through thrift stores, and well pretty much anything vintage.

I found this jewelry box at the cutest vintage shop when I was in Dallas this past spring, Lula B's. I spotted it at the last minute, and just had to have it! 

Its the perfect size to hold some of my favorite cocktail rings! 

What do you love to collect?

Featured items!

Check out a few featured items from the shop! 

This beaded bracelet was created from a vintage clasp and beading from a vintage necklace.

$15.00
buy it here

My favorite piece from the store, mostly because I absolutley love elephants. It was created from two necklaces plus the pendant. 

$15.00

but it here 

What's your favorite piece?

Welcome!

Welcome to Holly Mame!
A vintage inspired, DIY and style blog!

Holly Mame is named after two of my personal favorite female characters from the 50's and 60's. Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's and Mame Dennis from Auntie Mame. Two spectacular movies that I highly suggest you check out if you haven't already. 

I also run an Etsy shop with the same name. I create and sell jewelry created from vintage jewelry pieces. So for example, I will take 3 broken necklaces and turn them into one brand new piece. 

This is one of my pieces and it was created from a beaded necklace, a chain for a necklace that was missing it's pendant, and an elephant pendant.

Make sure to check out the shop, and I hope to see you back here again!