The Cake by Hannah

A small town girl spreading kindness like buttercream frosting

Southern Charm Gift Guide

Happy spring, my friends! I don’t know about where you’re at… But this week has been H E A V E N  after weeks of rain here in North Texas. We are talkin’ sunny with a high of 70! It’s got me in a giddy, spring in my step kind of mood. Easter is just about a month away (did you catch my Easter Collection in The Cake Shop?!), and in addition to Easter Sunday, it’s engagement and shower season! I feel like everybody is getting engaged, married, or having babies every corner I turn. Having a couple of easy, breezy dresses on hand in your closet at all times is so helpful for events and occasions like this! I am photographed in one from Landry Kate, and I linked a couple others (for amazing prices!) that are similar.

With so many showers this season, I was thinking about fun gifts for brides-to-be, new mommies, and newlyweds! Today, I have a southern charm round-up of fun gifts to grab your friends in exciting seasons of life, inspired entirely by my girl Reese’s Whiskey in a Tea Cup book! I got this amazing table topper book for Christmas and actually thought it was JUST a cookbook. But, y’all!!! THIS IS THE SOUTHERN BIBLE. It’s got recipes, holidays done southern, playlists, and so much more. I feel like I became best friends with Reese from reading it. And, the photos are just simply amazing all throughout. It’s a nod to Southern charm and heritage, family, and tradition. I am here for it! Below are my favorite affordable and ADORABLE southern charm-inspired gifts for those special girls in your life going through big life changes. House warming, newlywed, new mama, newly engaged… These would all be great!

xoxo,

Han

Fun Gift Ideas for Those Ladies with BIG Life Changes On The Horizon:

Happy Valentine’s Day! (+ My favorite Rom Coms)

Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all! I love today, and it’s not just because of all the pink and roses. Or, because this time 5 years ago I was bouncing around with all my best friends in my first loft getting ready for my rehearsal dinner. 😉 Yep, I got married the day after Valentine’s Day. (Actually not even on purpose!! We moved our original wedding date up a month and it happened to be V-Day so we just went with it.) I love finding any reason to celebrate and feel good, and today has every opportunity for that. I sincerely hope that no matter what, you feel loved today regardless of “relationship status.” My favorite author, Shauna Niequist, said, “You are significant, with or without a significant other.” I think that says it so beautifully!

So every year we usually go out both nights, V Day and our anniversary. But this year we are doing a dinner tonight and a date night IN tomorrow night watching our favorite rom coms and making a fancy meal. We are going out of town next week for an anni trip to Angel Fire (!!!!), so I asked to do something simple on our actual anniversary. One of my favorite anniversaries we have ever had, no joke, was when Paul had to work that night, so I built us a blanket fort full of his favorite candy and foods and laid out all his favorite movies. I draped twinkle lights everywhere and it really felt so magical and child-like. Picture… the fort from The Holiday. If you know, you know! When he came home we had a slumber party and it was so much fun!

I thought it’d be fun to round-up all my favorite rom coms for you if you’re doing a date night in, too! I am a sucker for pretty much anything sweet, but these are my TOP favorite, go-to, seen them a thousand times movies.

Hannah (and Paul’s) Favorite Rom Coms for a Date Night In:

You’ve Got Mail

How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days

Ten Things I Hate About You

Sweet Home Alabama

The Proposal

She’s The Man

PS I Love You

To All The Boys I’ve Loved

Sleepless in Seattle

Pretty Woman

Our anniversary shoot for today’s post features my February Dress of the Month and I AM OBSESSED. It was also freezing with a wind chill of 23 degrees the day I shot these pics with Hannah from Cottonwood Road Photography… soooooo, I feel like I look cold in all of them even when I am trying not to look cold. L O L.

Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale

Happy New Years Eve, friends!!

I took a poll on Instagram and it was literally 50/50 for whether you’re interested in sales right now, so I decided to just curate my top finds from my top brands that are on MAJOR sale. I know it’s after the holidays and we all just spent our spending money more than likely, but there’s no getting around that it’s a great time to buy some items you might need. I sifted through over 200 pages on Nordstrom’s site for this categorized list and I hope it helps you.

Right now is without a doubt THE best time to buy any bigger ticket items like a good coat, boots, or watches. Some of my very favorite denim is included in this big sale, too, so it’s a great time to stock up on those! We will be going skiing in Ruidoso in February, so I focused a lot on coats and colder weather accessories as well.

Accessories 

Bottoms

Coats

Denim

Jackets

Shoes

Tops/Dresses

Christmas Movies & Stocking Stuffers with Dillard’s

Just a little over two weeks until the big day!  But, honestly, it’s the weeks leading up to Christmas day that I love so much. I have shared our Morrison Family Christmas Traditions, our Christmas lists and guides… But, I am SO excited about sharing our movie line-up for the holidays, because, in my opinion, there are three things that keep the spirit of Christmas alive all season long:

  1. Christmas Movies playing from sun up to sun down.
  2. Christmas candles lit at all hours of the day whilst watching said movies above. (I also diffuse “Christmas Spirit” by Young Living!)
  3. Christmas Pajamas ALL DAY LONG while, of course, doing the two previously mentioned in them.

So, today, I bring you our favorite Christmas movies + jammies, as well as our stocking stuffers, in partnership with Jockey for Dillard’s for The Cake by Hannah.

Our Christmas Movie Line-Up

The Santa Clause

Christmas Vacation

A Christmas Story

The Star

It’s a Wonderful Life

White Christmas

The Holiday

Home Alone (1 & 2 ONLY!!)

Elf

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Frosty The Snowman

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the classic)

The Grinch (Jim Carrey)

Charlie Brown Christmas

Arthur Christmas

Meet Me in St. Louis

The Christmas Chronicles- A NETFLIX ORIGINAL AND SO GOOD! I wasn’t expecting it to be as amazing as it was!

A Christmas Prince- A Netflix Original and pleasantly cheesy!

Christmas Under Wraps- Hallmark, with Candace Cameron

The Princess Switch- A Netflix Original. Okay, this one is almost too much like The Parent Trap that I feel like they should maybe get sued for stealing… But… that is one of my favorite movies of all time soooo, count me in.

Stocking Stuffers

Growing up, I remember my mom putting underwear in our stockings, mixed in with things like cute socks, pajama bottoms, make-up, or some of our favorite treats. It was sorta mom’s Santa’s way of restocking us for the year in one fell swoop. As for my dad, we literally got him the same things every. single. year. *Because it was the only time my dad would justify us buying him new items he needed!* And, honestly, not much has changed if I am honest! 😉 It was always a toss up between us kids who got to give him his new pair of Wranglers (you think I am joking!), his new pack of underwear and white tees, and his new socks & slippers to get him through the upcoming year!

Following suit, our own stockings will be filled this year with the same things thanks to Jockey at Dillards, and I am thinking we will carry on the traditions of Dad’s gifts with them as well! It’s just too easy and perfect to NOT get him them. Jockey’s tees and jammies are so cozy, y’all, and they make for the perfect cozies for a Christmas movie night by the fire! Hot cocoa in hand is 1000% required.

You can shop below all of our pajamas and stocking stuffer ideas!

Photos by Cottonwood Road Photography for The Cake by Hannah 

Post sponsored by Dillard’s

Christmas Dress of the Month

It’s here, it’s here! DECEMBER IS HERE!

The time of year I live for has come once again, and I am giddy as can be. I also happen to have 90% of my Christmas shopping done, which is something I have aimed for every year and only now has it finally happened! I am patting myself on the back and kicking my fit up by the fire for that! 😉

With December 1st comes the official best 3 weeks of the year and -you guessed it- the cutest little red number for all your Christmas festivities. When I saw this dress I just KNEW it had to be the December dress of the month. The mini tux dress is on trend this season… and, well, due to being on trend unfortunately means this dress has nearly sold out since I bought it a few weeks ago to shoot ahead of time. (UGH, COME ON ASOS!) But, I linked it and the mustard yellow version- equally as festive and gorgeous! I also have for you the stunning Gal Meets Glam version of the dress (for real almost identical!) that came out after I had purchased this ASOS one. It’s a little more of an investment piece, but it’s one you’ll wear year after the year that you can have for the holidays.

And with December 1st… here’s my Christmas Playlist! 

Photos by Bryce Glenn for The Cake by Hannah

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