Enter to Win a $150 Gift Card from Ex Voto Vintage

I have teamed up with the most darling jewelry shop right here in Green Hills, Ex Voto Vintage.  I love them because like myself, they like to give back a portion of all their proceeds for a great cause.  I am giving away a $150 gift card to one lucky winner who will be announced on Friday morning.  The link to enter is below and please visit their website or Instagram page to see all of their fabulous one of a kind pieces.  

Ex Voto is a collection of one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces created by Elizabeth Adams from antique elements. Made in the USA, Ex Voto combines vintage lockets and pendants with semi-precious stones, vintage crystals, freshwater pearls, premium leather and chain heavily plated in 18K gold. The Elizabeth Adams Collection is Ex Voto’s line of fine jewelry in 14K gold and sterling silver.

When Elizabeth was born, her father’s mentor gave her a locket and a small card with the handwritten blessing: “May your life be as beautiful as you are.” She has come to see that while life is not always easy, it can be beautiful.

The daughter of two artists, Elizabeth was encouraged to be actively creating at an early age. Growing up in a historic neighborhood in the south, Elizabeth came to appreciate fine craftsmanship and the patina that comes only from time.

In 2009, after losing her young daughter to a brain tumor, Elizabeth created Ex Voto Vintage Jewelry.

Art, vintage patina, mysterious history, blessings of encouragement and gratitude to the Redeemer who has the power to make beauty from ashes, these are the concepts behind Ex Voto Vintage.

A portion of the sales of Ex Voto Vintage goes to The Cure Starts Now Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research.

ExVoto was featured in the 2011 Golden Globes gift bags, and has been worn by Octavia Spencer, Debra Messing, Sadie Robertson, Sarah Drew and Mayim Bialik.

ENTER TO WIN HERE

You can also visit my Instagram for an additional entry @nativeinnashville and theirs @exvotovintage

Visit Ex Voto Online

Best of luck to you all and thank you for entering and reading!!  

Favorite Fall Booties Under $50

The most wonderful time of the year is HERE!!  We have moved on into FALL, y'all!!  I am so happy, now if the weather would just cooperate!  I am so ready for flannel shirts, oversized sweaters and most importantly BOOTS!!!  I have put together a list for you ladies of my favorite boots and booties under $50! Enjoy!!

SIDEWALK STRUT TAUPE ANKLE BOOTIES

$29 

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GONE WESTERN CLAY GREY SUEDE BOOTIES

$34

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READY TO STUN BLACK SUEDE PEEP-TOE BOOTIES

$42

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GOOD TO BE BAD BLACK SUEDE OVER THE KNEE BOOTS

$49

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Women's Bliss Western Boots

$37.99

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Women's dv Marilyn Over the Knee Fashion Boots

$49.99

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Women's Mariah Over the Knee Boots

$49.99

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Women's Sam & Libby Watson Fringe Booties

$44.99

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 CARLOS by Carlos Santana Rouen

$49.99

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Heather-34W Midnight Rider Booties

$27.90

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Gail-26 Fringe It Up Bootie

$29.90

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Michael Antonio Toldeo Bootie

$36.97

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Now please excuse me while I go shopping.  How cute are all of these?  I think I need them all!!  I hope you guys like my favorite budget friendly picks for fall! Thank you guys as always for reading!!

These are a Few of My Favorite Things: July Favorites

As most of you may know, or can probably tell, my mind changes more than I change my clothes.  NOT kidding.  I am always running across things that become my "favorite" things.  My favorite things sometimes differentiate from hour to hour, but these are my favorites for the moment that I want to share with you all.  If you don't know about them, now ya know....

"GIRL CODE"

"Girl Code", a book written by Cara Alwill Leyva, is all about the female entrepreneur, professional women, side hustlers & anyone in between who wants to become a better woman. It seems like the PERFECT read for all my boss babes out here. This book is about having it all...being beautiful inside & out and running a kick ass company, all while also supporting and empowering other women!  I am ALL about this these days. The book is also full of lots of tips, secrets, and workbook items that allow you to write things down to help unlock your specific girl code.  I know this sounds crazy, but I can literally feel myself becoming a better woman just by reading it.  It's great!!  You can get it here for about $10.  Ladies, you're welcome. :)

CEMENT 6

I am obsessed with the new wallet clutch I got from Cement 6.  Their products are handcrafted in Cambodia, while the company and its owners, Jeremy and Susannah, are Nashville residents. The two met while building a house in Haiti and realized that our paralleled interests in serving others, travel, and nonconformity would lead them to venture all over Southeast Asia. The idea for a sustainable product that could be used in numerous ways to benefit consumers and the artisans alike had been cultivated ever since Susannah returned from Southeast Asia in 2011. The streets of Cambodia are cluttered with discarded cement and feed bags. The bags are cleaned and sewn into these awesome wallets, clutches and bags.  The designs are those of Jeremy and Susannah, as well as as the designs of villagers all over Cambodia. I love their story, the uniqueness of the products, and the fact that all purchases benefit others.  You can checkout the rest of their items here.  I have had it for just a few days and have gotten so many compliments on it already.  

IG: @cement6

SOUTHERN SOCKS (& SHIRTS)

Southern Socks is based in Lexington, Kentucky, and make socks to represent every state in the South.   They may know a thing or two about state pride!  All of their socks are high quality and very cute, but I may be a little partial to the Tennessee ones!   I would pick a favorite pair, but it will change by the time I post this.  They are all so cute!  I think I will order a pair of each, that way even when they dryer eats half of them I can still mix and match and represent Tennessee no matter what.  LOVE!  They also make the cutest t-shirts that say "Y'ALL", "Southern" and more.  You will love them too, promise!!  You can checkout their entire collection here, be sure to shop by state.

IG: @southernsocks

THE NASHVILLE COLORING BOOK

Chris Thomas, who runs MADE SOUTH, where they create fun things for people who love the South. A good friend of his is a publisher of coloring books for adults. They had been talking for several months about how great it is that so many adults are turning back to coloring as a way to be creative and relieve stress. All that talk got him thinking " We should create a coloring book!" But what would it be about? A few months ago Chris woke up in the middle of the night and thought "We should make it about Nashville!" 

They are creating a coloring book that not only includes classic Nashville staples like the skyline and Broadway, but they also want to highlight some of their favorite music venues, restaurants, places to stay and visit, and illustrated maps of some of Nashville's great neighborhoods. This coloring book is more of a guide to his favorite city, in the form of a fun and interesting coloring book!  He needed a great illustrator to help make this idea happen, so he reached out to local artist Caleb Faires. Caleb attended the 2015 MADE SOUTH Holiday Market, and Chris really loved his work. They had coffee and he shared with him the vision for the coloring book that he believed they could create together. His eyes lit up and the ideas started flowing. It was a perfect match made in Nashville!

This 60-page coloring book will be 100% designed, hand-illustrated and printed in Nashville, Tennessee. It will include fun designs that you might not find in your typical coloring book, like a color-by-numbers illustration of the Cantopia Wall at Pinewood Social!

Between their two families, they have 9 children, and coloring is such a fun part of childhood, so they wanted to find a way to have The Nashville Coloring Book benefit the children of Nashville. 100% of the funds raised through Kickstarter will go to produce the first run of books and to fulfill backer rewards. After the books have been published and all rewards have been fulfilled, $1 from the sale of each book will be donated to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, a world-class pediatric hospital here in Nashville. If you would like to be a part of helping bring this vision to life click here.  You can back it with as little as $1.  There is already a great amount of supporters hoping to see this awesome work of art.  If you follow @nashvillecoloringbook on Instagram you can see a sneak peak of a few of the pages that will be inside.  I love the idea of anything supporting Nashville, children, not to mention being artistic, so I am all about this!!

IG: @nashvillecoloringbook

MOON + BECK

Moon + Beck is THE CUTEST children's clothing brand launched just days ago by my friend and fellow Nashvillian, Heather Bulan.  The brand was completely inspired by her 1.5 year old son, Beckett.  She created the entire collection based on current styles her family loves, and modified them to achieve simplicity, maximum comfort, and practicality.  She then combined them with her favorite fabric — a bamboo and spandex blend that they lovingly refer to as MOONBEX™.  This blend creates a durable, yet buttery soft, ultra stretchy, luxe fabric that allows for free movement, which is key for any developing mind. It helps regulate and maintain comfortable body temperature, has sweat wicking elements and is made with naturally organic bamboo, the fastest growing plant on earth. 

The collection's style is simple and neutral, the prints are subtle yet fun and many pieces are made to grow with your tiny humans. The clothes are to die for cute y'all.  I encourage you to check them out.  You can see Moon+Beck's entire collection here.  I am so proud of Heather on her new venture.  You guys please show her some love.  I am proud to say I know the woman who created this darling clothing line!

IG: @moonandbeck

Designer Jewelry for the Low Low...

First off, I want to apologize for being the worst blogger ever lately.  It's been 10 days since my last post and I honestly feel horrible about it!  Sorry guys!! Ever since I announced I was selling my Native in Nashville t-shirts, I have been working for, what seems like 72 hours a day.  I work full time during the day, spend almost an entire hour (my whole lunch) at the post office -in dreadful lines, might I add- so I can get everyone their shirts in a timely manner, and when I get off work I spend my nights filling orders.  My home looks like a packaging factory, I'm sure my roommate just loves me. Ha.  I never expected to have almost 300 orders in less than three weeks, but I promise you guys the work I'm putting into this, makes me feel so good.  It makes me feel like, for the first time in a long time, I have accomplished something & for that I couldn't be more grateful.  I'll tell you guys more about this later but I basically just wanted to apologize on my lack of blog production, but I promise I haven't been slacking!  Ahhhh... I already had a sigh of relief just from beginning this one. 

    DESIGNER JEWELRY FOR THE LOW LOW....

I've been so excited to share details on my  RocksBox with you guys.  If you haven't heard of RocksBox, I'm so happy you decided to read this!! RocksBox is one of those amazing little subscription boxes, that you will want to rush to check your mailbox for, promise!  

First things first, I absolutely adore just the box itself, that your jewelry comes in, especially because it's one that comes with a bow made of pink chiffon ribbon.  How fancy!  The second thing I love about the RocksBox is that when you open it up you will see "Hey (insert your name here)" as well as cute little cards with quotes on them and a little note from the stylist who chooses your jewelry for you!  The third thing I love about this subscription box is the excitement of seeing your three individually wrapped jewelry pieces and the fact that you have no idea what's going to be inside!  

You automatically know you are going to LOVE at least one of the pieces, because you create a "wish list" when you first sign up, and they send you at least one piece from there, and two other pieces each time. These are designer pieces and you can either borrow them or keep and buy them.  The borrowing thing is perfect for people like me, who change their mind about things more than they change their socks or underwear.  I don't have many pieces of jewelry that I wear over and over again for extended periods of time, so it works out nicely for myself.

WHAT WAS INSIDE

These are the fabulous pieces that were inside my first box!! 

"Alex" Earrings in Cobalt by Kendra Scott  

Tanar Bar Small Necklace by Grjana

Follow Your Arrow Cuff in Gold by SLATE

I literally get compliments on the gold cuff, as well as the necklace daily.  I don't think I'm going to be able to part ways with either of these two items.  I love the Kendra Scott earrings, but with the amount of time I've spent working lately, I don't have much time to wear them.  I highly suggest trying a  RocksBox subscription for yourself !  If you like jewelry, trying new things, or surprises, this would be great for you!  You can get your first month FREE with promo code  NATIVEINNASHVILLEXOXO .  If you choose to continue your membership after that, it's just $19 dollars a month!  Like I said jewelry for the low low !!

www.RocksBox.com

What are some of your favorite subscription boxes?  I am looking for some new ones to try.  Please comment below ❤️

THANK YOU GUYS FOR READING !!  I always appreciate your support !!