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| close up on valentine box because i'm obsessed. |
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| flower arrangements on a hunky yummy old farm table ... |
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| the attention to detail on older clothing is just breathtaking sometimes. |
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| old chocolate box ... this was my favorite "piece" in the shop. the colors and texture seemed so current & unusual. |
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| vintage clips. |
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| spools of ribbon. |
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| prettae. |
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| red cake on pink milk glass. |
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| little collections found natural home in rusty muffin tins. (plus my black pumps.) |
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| Hello pink puff, I will always love you. |
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| The star burst beading and light grey blue color of this gown is totally exquisite. Quintessential bridal. |
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| Love the empire waist and brightness of this dress. |
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| Mostly I included these last two pictures because the styling was so random; what a bizzare kiddie-skelton-hanging-thing and funny clutter on the dresser? Obviously I love it all. |
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| *Could not figure out who shot or styled these photos ... |
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| Storage. The absolute necessity when creating such a sparce feeling to a living space. |
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| great texture from a (pillow?) |
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| this is what is hanging above her sofa, in her living room. |
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| love the all white effect with candlelight |
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| wow. i am impressed with her follow through of "theme" ...a white fish! |
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| Cupcakes from Le Cupcake (Santa Monica) |
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| Our new cow skull. A little avant garde, but it's actually very classic seeming in "real" life. |
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| My pink & navy spot pillows made by Elizabeth. Amazing. |
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| Blood orange Italian soda. Delicious with sparkling water and or vodka. |
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| This bird mug is just so. So awesome. I still can't believe I found it. It's unusual and and fragile looking until you cup it in your hand, then it's sturdy and old feeling. Hello, Goodwill. Sometimes you do me perfect. |
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| Trader Joe's wheat & herb pizza crust. I like you. |
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| Decedance. Belle Pastry in Old Bellevue. I love that they wrap their pastry boxes with bright pink ribbon. |
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| This is my luxury yummy right now; "paris" tea from Harney & Sons. It's a black tea with vanilla and caramel flavors, with a hint of lemony bergamot and it comes in "sachets". Oh, ok, pretty ness. Totally, utterly divine. Doesn't need sugar or cream or any other sort of fiddling, and in one of my fav cups, it's just dreamy. |
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| Some of my tea cups that make the cut. |
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| Serving an almond tart from (where else?) Belle Pastry, for a lovely lady's 40th birthday. Whoo hoo. Another fav has been this embroidered peasant top bc it goes with everything. |
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| Obsessed. I am completely in awe of this lip stain. It's the strangest, most wonderful thing ... looks green but goes on pink and stays put. And looks awesome, with an awesome non-texture feeling. I think it's from Morocco? And this is my new zebra stripe-thrifted make-up bag which is suede and feels super lux. Lastly, but not leastly, this strand of white and gold beads rocks. It wraps around my wrist and clasps in a sec. Have barely taken it off since I scored it ... (bracelet & lip beloved from Margot ... gracias times a thousand. xx) |
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| This is a vintage pink dress I bought my friend Mayan. She looks so pretty. Summer of 2008, Boise Idaho. |
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| Pictured cake by Ron Ben-Israel . Photo credit: Ngoc Minh Ngo. (Clearly our cakes will never turn out this professional, but layering organic rose petals will create a similar look.) |
| Rose Petal Cake: This recipe is simple and delicious. Perfect for a girl thing. Ingredients: 1 Cup butter softened 1 1/3 cups white sugar 5 very large eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 1/2 ounces finely chopped almonds 3 teaspoons rose water 2 drops red food coloring 2 cups all purpose flour Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease a nine inch tube pan. Cream the butter very well. In a separate bowl beat sugar and eggs together until they have doubled their volume. Sift the flour and add it along with the salt gradually. Fold in creamed butter. Divide batter into two equal parts, in one part add the almond extract and the ground almonds. To the other part add the rosewater and the red food coloring, place batters alternatively into the prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool then remove from pan and dust with confectioners sugar. A thought : if you add just a tad of red food coloring into two cups of whipped cream, you'll have your frosting. I like to make the top of the cake pink and then decorate with white rose petals. |
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| Photo by Mrs. Lilien |
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| Photo by Mrs. Lilien Love the sparkly ness of the donuts & the girly ness of the stuff on the sheepskin rug. |
