Do Men Like Vivacious Women?

Fabulous, bubbly and of course, VIVACIOUS!

This seems to be the question of the hour!  There have been numerous readers asking for us to expand on this very statement.  So we figured that Friday (being the end of the week, start of the week and a fabulous day altogether) would be a perfect time to address this!  So here's our take on the matter!  Don't worry, it will take several posts to fully discuss this topic.  Here's a bit of teaser to get you thinking.

If you didn't know this there was a movie created in 1938 named "Vivacious Lady".  How fabulous is that?  It stars Ginger Rogers and Jimmy Stewart and it isn't exactly on the same level as "A Wonderful Life", but the name grabs your attention, right?

Why do men like vivacious women?

~ A vivacious woman will ooze with confidence, as she is always optimistic, loves life and flirts with risk.

~ This type of woman dresses with an air of sophistication, elegance, class, but with an underlying level of mystery.

~ A vivacious woman will make a man keep guessing, and always wanting more.

~ A vivacious woman can be a bubbly, out-going and an extremely social person, but she can also be a woman of few words but many looks.  It won't take much for this type of woman to catch the male eye when walking into a room.

~ A vivacious woman knows how to get the job done (whether in the business world or in her personal life), but she never walks over people, talks over people, refuses assistance when needed and most definitely accepts the advice of her man.

~ This type of woman knows how to keep her man happy, whether it's with food, humor, passion or love!

Our Vivacious Woman in Red: Eva Mendes 

Photo Credit: SplashNews

Our Vivacious Woman of Elegance: Reese Witherspoon

Photo Credit: Daily Makeover

Our Vivacious Woman of Humor: Lucille Ball

Credit: Stylish Thought

Our Vivacious Woman in White: Heather Dubrow

Photo Credit: HeatherDubrow.com

Our Vivacious Woman of Mystery: Sophia Loren

Photo Credit: Love Those Movie Classic Movies

Our Vivacious Business Woman: Heather Thomson

Photo Credit: Wetpaint

Valentine's Day Party: Spoonful of Imagination

We were so thrilled to be a part of the Valentine Blogging Party!  And we got partnered up with one of the sweetest women ever, Erica!  She is a mother of three and a beautiful wife who writes an amazing blog that has fabulous DIY projects, life stories and of course lots of creativity.  So you're asking what is the name of the blog so you can visit it ASAP?  It's a Spoonful of Imagination!  Check out her etsy store, Dancing Zebras Art!Katrina and I want to give a huge shout out to Erica, "THANK YOU SO MUCH".  We love each and every item she sent us, wow were we spoiled with these goodies!  She went above and beyond by getting each of us gifts, two of everything!  What a generous person!  Happy Valentine's Day!We wanted to share a few of our favorite posts on a Spoonful of Imagination:Valentine's Day MantelI am 1 of 9DIY Rope BallsThe Beginning of ChangeThe Way I ThriftGirl's Craft NightHere are photos of the fabulous goodies we received!  Thank you, Erica!

It's great making new friends!

So grateful for this little notebook!

Using my new mug!  LOVE!

Aren't these the best gifts ever!

Thanks again, Erica!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Have a Vintage Valentine's Day

Have a Vintage Valentine's Day!

With Valentine's Day a week away, what are your plans? My family is going to have a Vintage Valentine's Day with homemade Valentines and ol' fashion candies. We are even going to make homemade roses out of coffee filters. Try and make every holiday special, especially if you have little ones at home! The memories they make, they will cherish forever.

Midnight In Paris: Spring 2013 Trends

Everyone is ready for spring by the time February hits.  

So here are a few of the upcoming trends you will see in the spring.  

The love for polka dots continues.

Macaroons, Macaroons and More Macaroons!  What a beautiful color!

Nail trends are beginning to change.  White polish will be the go-to color.

Keep a few neutral tone trench coats for those cooler spring days.  Thank you, Duchess of Cambridge. (Kate Middleton brought back the classic Audrey Hepburn look!)

Spice up a black and white outfit with a bit of red or pink lip color!

And of course everything is vintage-inspired!  L.O.V.E.

Midnight in Paris by provocmanners featuring lip makeup

Short dress
amazon.com

Burberry
matchesfashion.com

White House Black Market platform shoes
whitehouseblackmarket.com

Dooney Bourke zipper bag
dooney.com

Smashbox lip makeup
nordstrom.com

Deborah lippmann nail polish
barneys.com

Vintage Girl 22" High Floating Picture Frame Wall Art - #X0916
lampsplus.com

Winners of the Fabulous Giveaway!

We are ready to announce the winners of the Giveaway!  If you are a winner, please leave your email in the comments box so we can contact you with details to send you the prize!

$50 Outback Steakhouse Gift Card

Karen N.

Cobalt Blue Bubble Necklace

Susan H.

Flippin' Fabulous Ad Space

Natalie H.


Please leave your email addresses, Ladies, to receive your prizes!

Women Juggle Many Roles

Women are the bedrock of society.  We juggle so many different roles that it's almost impossible at times to keep track of it all.  We want to be the perfect wives, mothers, best friends to everyone, successful business women, role models, but more importantly we just want to be ourselves!  Each of us wants to be independently motivated, unique in our appearance, presentation and ability to take on the world.  But what stands in our way?  Are we the cause of our own failures, do societal pressures cause us to become images we never dreamed of or desire to be?  What are our goals?  How do we decide priorities?  How do we focus and complete those goals?

Each day seems like one huge, unstoppable world wind of craziness, but I have decided that I need to put a stop to those crazy, uncontrollable days where there are too many plates to handle and they are about to fall, crash and burn.  I have decided that life needs to have more priorities, not that I don't have priorities, but maybe I need to limit them...find the important ones because I realized I can't do it all.  It doesn't matter how much passion I may have for life, my family, my friends, our businesses, I just don't seem to have time for it all.  So I have come to the conclusion that I need to define my priorities better, I need to decide what's is worth taking up my time and what isn't!  Do I find JOY in the activities that do take up a lot of my time?  Or am I forced into situations that only stress me out?

Now that I have ranted a bit...this pretty much sums up a light bulb that flashed before my eyes this past weekend.  Yes, I know, these thoughts should have resounded in my ears before the new year started, but if you don't know me by now, I'm not big into New Year's Resolutions, but I am into making business/personal life goals.  I don't plan on having them stop with the end of 2013.  Here's to hopping for success and fulfillment with these goals.  And no, I'm not going to tell them to you, but just know that overall I am vowing to become more focused, more disciplined, more organized and more structured from this day forward!

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To finish off this post, I hope that each woman out there reading this understands a little bit of my ramblings.  As women, we can't do it all, even if our passions overwhelm us, we aren't immortal and we are not suppose to be successful at everything.  So, stop competing with the person next to you.  Each one of us has their own special talents, appreciations and passions, which may mean that we may have to work harder than someone else to reach a specific goal.  But do your best, at being the best you can be, not who you think your friends, your family or what the world envisions and expects of you.  Because in the end, the only people that matter are those closest to you who won't pass judgement on every little work you perform or dream that doesn't seem to be within your reach.  So here's my advice, reach for the stars and those people who matter in your life will support you through it all but they will definitely help keep you grounded too.

Provocative Manner's Fabulous Giveaway!

As we promised to all our Facebook Fans, here is our Fabulous Giveaway for reaching 500 "Likes"!

We are definitely feeling the love, thank you!

So, we want to share our excitement with all our readers!

What a marvelous way to start the weekend!

Everyone is welcome to participate!  

There are a few simple rules, but you must complete all three rules to be entered:

1. "Like" our page on Facebook if you are not already a fan!

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2. Join our "GFC" Followers on the ride sidebar!

3. Leave a comment telling us which Facebook Name and GFC Name your are following with, along with what prize you would like to be entered to win!

You may leave this comment either on Facebook or on this Blog Post.

 The three (3) winners will be announced on 
Tuesday, February 4th at 9:00 a.m. central time.

There will be three (3) winners!

Each person may only win one (1) of the three (3) prizes.  

Prize 1. Outback Steakhouse Gift Card

Prize 2. One Month of Free Ad Space on Provocative Manners Blog

Prize 3: Cobalt Blue Bubble Necklace from ILY COUTURE

Have Fun and Best of Luck!