Got to pick up some lovely flowers at Open Air a couple days ago, decided on a few Craspedia and a pincushion Protea!!! Also, found these little dot candies while shopping....'oldy but a goodie'...not that it has a great taste...but gosh they're cute huh!? Have a great weekend everyone : ):: peace and love ::
I'm diggin' this fabulous wedding as shot by Jill Thomas originally seen on Green Wedding Shoes blog!! How amazingly adorable is this couple (Devon and Joe)...I'm loving the off beat style, and of course the photography is un beatable....salt flats to shoot on...hello!?! Seeing the theme of balloons again and again the more pics I look at...and I have to admit I'm loving it! If I can coax Wes into incorporating a balloon we sure will....why wouldn't he want one...?? Suddenly a super low key wedding sounds nice....but....*alas* given Wes' ginormous family...I guess I'll have to forgo that option. I'll live vicariously through Devon and Joe ;-)
Erica Weiner is a jewelry designer that I have been noticing lately...noticing, because a local store 'Therapy' sells her goodies as well as I have seen her pieces in a recent Lucky magazine!!!! After eyeing her Ginkgo Leaf Earrings I made the 'leap' to purchase them this evening after I noticed that Lucky in conjunction with Erica was offering a 35% off coupon code for her site (luckybreaks5)....how could I not?? They are SO affordable and fun, not to mention beautiful! I can't wait to get them in the mail : ) Thanks Erica (and Lucky!!).
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Just got these pretty pretty plants while out in Paso with my momma today!! I have been dying for some beautiful plants, having seen some lovely ones out in the blogosphere and not knowing what they are called I blindly went on the search for 'them' today. Lucky for me, I found EXACTLY what I was looking for :: a snake plant, 2 beautiful little succulents that will produce orange and yellow flowers, and an Agave plant!!!!!! I am...seriously...so stoked, and can't wait to get back to SLO to look for pots (apparently I am a picky pot picker (!!!)) and couldn't find what I was looking for out of the 3 places we tried in Paso! All I want are 3 modern shaped (not ornately decorated) white pots.....am I reaching for the stars?? Wish me luck, I will be sure to share the finished product once I reach it : )
There's a few things we know about our wedding. One of them, is that we want CUPCAKES (yummmm) instead of a traditional cake. I (with much assistance from Danielle no doubt) will be trying out some homemade versions trying to find my personal favorite, we know Wes' (Double chocolate with cream cheese frosting...) and some other delights to expand people's choices!!! Here's what we're thinking :: Lavender and vanilla bean, clementine, coconut, lemon and of course chocolate. I'm not saying we'll have 'that' many options...but I want to try them to find maybe 3 or 4 that we can't possibly live with out!! If you have a favorite cupcake recipe please post it here...I would love to know!!
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{Kelly + Chris' wedding in Palm Springs, photos by Erin Hearts Court}
If you aren't aware of who Jonathan Adler is....com on out from under your rock...and experience the amazing'ness' that are his ceramics (really everything on his site...but lets not get carried away!). I am 100% obsessed with his Ojai collection....I am thinking that I NEED some of his mugs in yellow and orange with the yellow centered bowls (since we have a couple bright yellow bowls already) it will be a coordinated mixture!! Ahh....more and more I'm realizing the signs...you know you're getting older when ceramics make your day!!!! Who can blame me though...really!?!?! :: peace and love ::
I LOVE a beautiful bouquet of flowers...but I also know that having an abundance of fresh blooms can make a price tag skyrocket (right on out of our budget....), not to mention the amount of natural resources used to supply all the weddings in the world with flowers (let alone the flowers themselves). Soooo, rather than deplete the environment....my remedy for this is doing a lot of beautiful and intricate details in recycled paper!!!! I found the image at top just a bit ago (and silly me forgot to save the name and location when I saved the image...argh!!). The artist who makes them uses different shades of papers to create the most beautiful flower garlands (or individuals) and the result is magic. The middle two pictures are from Martha Stewart (ohh Martha...) and I instantly fell in love with the folded paper rosettes that hang in bunches around the entire fete!! Not to mention the paper cranes (*sigh*), shown above in one of my favorite weddings on Once Wed; They are amazing and will no doubt show up tied to as many Oak branches as I can get them on. I am for sure 'stealing' these amazing ideas to use for myself...and I can't wait to try my hand at these crafts. Nothing a night of wine, cheese and my girls can't handle!! Do you have any other environmentally friendly decor ideas to share!! :: peace and love ::
Some prefer dinner as their favorite meal...I have always preferred breakfast or lunch....I especially have a fondness for brunch, and every time I see a beautiful (and amazingly delicious looking) setup, I get the desire to have my own. Yes, yes, I DID just have a brunch and it was lovely...but I'm thinking maybe my friends and I should have a monthly brunch, simply for the sake of celebrating fun of the meal. Here is one I found on Design Sponge from the lovely ladies of The Jewels of New York, and ummm, well, this will be cooking up at my place very soon, if I have my way. Crab Souffle, Spring Salad with Lemon Tarragon Dressing, Classic Beignets, and Pink Grapefruit Cocktails....honestly what could be better?
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How sweet are these little mini 'gardens'??? Perfect for a desk or bedside table (especially perfect for my cave of an apartment!!). Check the rest of the DIY step by step here.
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We went out on the search for a dwarf citrus tree the other day...and I documented a little bit of the adventure! We didn't purchase a lovely little tree just yet, but found some fun goodies along the way. Wes had never tried a kumquat before...(um hello!?!) but I don't think we'll be getting a kumquat tree after I made him...he wasn't extremely fond of them...preferring a more 'practical and useful' tree like a Meyer lemon, or orange tree. I want something a little bit exciting, so we are leaning towards a blood orange, their new stock came in this Wednesday...which means we need to get packin' over there to pick up our new little green buddy!!! I'm thinking that a beautiful bright pot like lemon yellow, tangerine orange or maybe lime green!?! Fun, fun : )
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These are just some of my favorite 'looks' from Karla....our styles are not entirely the same...to put it lightly she has a lot more fashion balls than I do currently (and it seems more resources...in way of what must amount to the most fantastic closet!!!) but fairly often she pulls something together that I HAVE to save...for fashion inspiration.
