some basic styles i use in every rails project

common.scss

div.p {
  /* div's as p's
   *
   * this is a work-around for how rails
   * displays error messages on a form
   */
  margin-bottom: 1em;
}

.small {
  font-size: 70%;
  h2 + & {
    margin-top: -1.25em;
  }
}

#flashes {
  text-align: center;
  background: #ddd;

  #flash_notice {
    color: green;
  }

  #flash_error {
    color: red;
  }
}