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alison_means STYLIST and ADVOCATE for women/ children around the world. Fair Trade & Ethical. https://noondaycollection.com/AlisonMeans

Check out Noonday to see our purposeful collction that creates opportunities for artisans from fragile communities to thrive.

Here we go!! Time for a new season! Vamanos Legends! 💙🖤🤍⚽️ Love you #38!
08/17/2025

Here we go!! Time for a new season! Vamanos Legends! 💙🖤🤍⚽️ Love you #38!

This one. She surprises me ALL the time. She went into her room with a watercolors and a tutorial and emerged 4 hours la...
08/06/2025

This one. She surprises me ALL the time. She went into her room with a watercolors and a tutorial and emerged 4 hours later. I’ve always wanted to watercolor and love that she’s started.

This technique shows one of my favorite sights in nature. When you can see nature’s reflection in a lake or river.

Nice job, Babe. ❤️

A couple summers ago, we went to Ireland and took time to learn more about my ancestors from there. I had a wild natural...
07/15/2025

A couple summers ago, we went to Ireland and took time to learn more about my ancestors from there. I had a wild natural feeling of being home and felt sad when it was time to leave.

It’s wild the things you learn about yourself and the feelings you get of comfort and home when you find yourself somewhere your ancestors could have walked.

I’m Irish and my eyes would lead me back to the Vikings though I haven’t studied that far back yet, English, and Native American. What have I learned about myself?! Something I’ve always known, I’m tough to core. Some will call it stubborn but I see it as having a strong unwavering sense of self. Knowing what I know now about my ancestors, I know a strong unwavering sense of self led them too.

Currently we’re on the Oregon coast. We learned from our rock climbing guide that many Vikings helped settle Oregon and as we drive, we see so many similarities in the landscape of the coast and the climate to Ireland.

Today I came in after beach combing for an hour with my son and when I looked in the mirror, I thought, “There you are, daughter of Ireland,” wind tasseled hair that does as it pleases, blue grey eyes that change with my surroundings, and freckles that cover my cheeks.

So here I am with a strong sense of self, freckles popping, and that hair doing whatever the h— it pleases. Yep. No make up of filters. This is me.

What about you? What have you learned about yourself that makes more since once you learned where you came from?

Last Day to pre-order the To Texas, with Love Necklace! Friends, several of you have joined this impact! Thank you so mu...
07/13/2025

Last Day to pre-order the To Texas, with Love Necklace!

Friends, several of you have joined this impact! Thank you so much! It means so much with the flooding that has happened in mine and Noonday’s backyard. I know moms with friends who have lost children in the flood, and a few of them I taught in preschool. 😭 We know friends in Kerrville and have friends of friends helping in the rescue and clean up. This is all traumatic and it’s all very personal.

So far we have donated $17,000 to helping families with trauma and emergency services in the Texas Hill Country. We’d love to round that up to $20,000. If you’ve been thinking about it, will you join us?

My family and I left for Oregon for our planned family trip and everyone has been so heavy in my heart. I’m thinking of all of you in Texas and those of you joining our Texas Giveback! Everywhere I look in Oregon, I see bluebonnets.

I’m sending you all Texas sized hugs. We love big in Texas and love you all big. Thank you. 💙

Link in bio.

Friends, thank you so much! 💙💔 Yesterday, Noonday launched a “To Texas, With Love Necklace” that gives 100% back to fam...
07/11/2025

Friends, thank you so much! 💙💔 Yesterday, Noonday launched a “To Texas, With Love Necklace” that gives 100% back to families who’ve been devastated in the Texas Hill Country floods in July 4th and we sold all 200 in 2 hours! Together, we have $10,000 that is being donated! Thank you all so much!

We’re now taking pre-orders for anyone else who would like to add to this Impact! Come find them here and help us as we meet families for engraving with love and support.

https://noondaycollection.com/products/to-texas-with-love-necklace?ref=AlisonMeans

As a Texas-founded brand, the devastating floods hit literally in our backyard. We had family and frinds at Camp Mystic ...
07/11/2025

As a Texas-founded brand, the devastating floods hit literally in our backyard. We had family and frinds at Camp Mystic some who ar safe, but so many in our community are walking through unimaginable loss right now.

This July marks 15 years since Texas women launched Noonday Collection by showing up for our founder when she needed it most. Now, many of those same communities that gave Noonday life are the ones grieving today.

So we’re doing something close to our hearts. Meet our “TO TEXAS, WITH LOVE” necklace - 100% of proceeds go directly to Hill Country flood relief through Kerr County Flood Relief Fund.

These are handmade by women in East Asia who are themselves survivors of immense trauma. There’s something deeply meaningful about women who have walked through darkness creating something beautiful to help others.

Sometimes when everything feels uncertain, love is what carries us through.

Every purchase is a tangible way to wrap your arms around families who are grieving and rebuilding.

Thanks for showing up for Noonday 15 years and for showing up for our home and community today.

Check the comments for more details.

Did you miss the Macaw Crossbody the 1st time?! Noonday made a vintage drop today but there are less than 10 left! Don’...
07/03/2025

Did you miss the Macaw Crossbody the 1st time?! Noonday made a vintage drop today but there are less than 10 left! Don’t miss it this time. It’s going to be gone forever! ❤️🥺🏃‍♀️

Beautifully hand embroidered by our master artisan partners from the Highlands of Peru.

Removable Crossbody strap.

Tie a knot in the strap for adjustable height.

Link in comments.

This is how we roll in at midnight! I’m back in the US and I’m in that weird time warp space when your mind can’t rememb...
06/28/2025

This is how we roll in at midnight! I’m back in the US and I’m in that weird time warp space when your mind can’t remember the travel time due to timezones but your body defiantly felt the travel toll.

My first Thailand flight left 11pm CT time on Thursday and my layover started in SFO Saturday morning 12:20 ET. I’m so thankful to have a hotel for a few hours! That was the best advice ever!!

Next up, my morning wishlist include: yoga and coffee and I’ll be ready for hugs and tacos when I get home, followed by some tennis! I’m not meant for so much sitting

To travel is to live,” Hans Christian AndersenThailand is a total vibe and it it was an arm party, it would win! Chaing ...
06/27/2025

To travel is to live,” Hans Christian Andersen

Thailand is a total vibe and it it was an arm party, it would win! Chaing Mai is absolutely in my Top 5 cities around the world!

If you’re going to NW Thailand, let me know! I have some recommendations you won’t want to miss!

Out exploring this morning!!! We’re going to see elephants! ❤️🐘Earrings for the occasion? The Gold Rain!! Y’all meeting ...
06/22/2025

Out exploring this morning!!! We’re going to see elephants! ❤️🐘

Earrings for the occasion? The Gold Rain!! Y’all meeting Gold Rain has been incredible! She has been such an amazing advocate for for our artisan partners and I can’t wait to share more!

Noonday is the only business partnership our artisan partners in Thailand have. With our partnership they have grown from 3 part-time artisans in 2018 to 11 full-time artisans, 15 Saturday apprentices who are 15-16, and 2 full-time supervisors and Gold Rain is the studio manager. Your purchases with our partners mean so much and have done so much good to grow this social enterprise for this incredibly warm and tight knit group of artisans.

Please come join our Giveback for Thailand by shopping $100 this month and you’ll also get Free Shipping! 

Also, if you add a piece from Thailand this week, I’ll pick up a gift for you while I’m at the markets in Thailand! ❤️🇹🇭 https://noondaycollection.com/alisonmeans-alisonsvipsmimpact

Celebrating our beautiful girl today!! Happy 11th Birthday, Hayden!! You’re smart, funny, hardworking, and determined an...
06/19/2025

Celebrating our beautiful girl today!! Happy 11th Birthday, Hayden!! You’re smart, funny, hardworking, and determined and we are so proud of you!

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Come follow along! I’m on leg 2 of 3 to Thailand! Don’t mind if I do! Cheers! ❤️🇹🇭🥂
06/15/2025

Come follow along! I’m on leg 2 of 3 to Thailand! Don’t mind if I do! Cheers! ❤️🇹🇭🥂

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