A Month of Valentine's

Hearts and all things pink and red should not only be limited to one day. I would like to put multiple mini cookie cutters through jumbo marshmallows for all occasions, I mean how cute!  I am also a sucker for anything that is silk and comes in two-pieces, not to mention IVORY!!! 

Above are the cupcakes and cake that I made for that special day and ended up being one of my favorites, guess why?!

Yes... because they are pink and white. 

Happy Valentine's Month! 

- L -

Birthday Weekend

Two. Ten. Eighty Six.

Birthday Ingredients: Food, Flowers, Friends, Fun, and...SPRINKLES!

I had such a wonderful weekend, thank you to all of my friends and Brian for throwing such a fun party that included an ICE CREAM SUNDAE BAR!!!

It was perfect.

- L - 

Weekly Outfit

Weekly Outfit by laurenrenkes 

Sass Bide multi colored dress
$795 - net-a-porter.com

McQ by Alexander McQueen cotton jacket
$705 - stylebop.com

Halston Heritage v neck vest
$257 - my-wardrobe.com

Heel booties
880 AUD - mycatwalk.com.au

Valentino shoes
$745 - valentino.com

Taupe high heels
$70 - dsw.com

Juicy couture bag
$98 - juicycouture.com

Lanvin jewelry
$2,485 - rubylane.com

Gucci gold plated jewelry
$1,295 - net-a-porter.com

LORD TAYLOR fine jewelry
$700 - lordandtaylor.com

I absolutely LOVE this dress and it was so fun to pick accessories to pair with it! I think the dress makes a statement on its own so some simple studs would be just right. I love pairing it with a pop of green, and this is the perfect necklace just for that. Keeping with the structure of the dress, a blazer for a layering option works, however throwing in a fur option never hurts! ahhh...if only this outfit were mine!

- L -

Favorites of Spring 2012

-Cynthia Rowley-

-Elie Saab-

-Valentino-

-Dior-

-Versace-

Embellishment. Neutrals. Ruffle. Embroidery. Sheer.

... Love!

- L - 

A New Year, A New Cupcake

Gingerbread Toffee Layered Cake

I love gift-wrap and obviously cupcakes, which is why this combination was the perfect little gift for the girls at work. I feel like I am becoming a borderline hoarder with the ribbon, but I just love having access to any color I might need. I think I have every shade or white, cream, and pink! I used a dye cut and monogram gold stickers to personalize each mason jar. For the cupcake, I used this gingerbread recipe. The frosting is a buttercream with toffee flavored coffee creamer added. Each layer is toped with toffee pieces and I couldn't resist putting rainbow sprinkles in too!

Happy New Year!

- L -

Color Stories

Color stories + Clothes 

Whether you take the color story and put it into an outfit or take an outfit and create a color story.

These are some of my favorite color stories for fashion and decorating. 

- L -

Christmas in NYC

The Chrysler Building

Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge

The pink tree at The Plaza

The stairs at Dylan's Candy Bar

Brian ice skating in Central Park

Brooklyn Bridge

Central Park

Rockefeller Tree

Time Square

These are some of the many pictures I took of New York City. We went and saw just about everything there was to see in Manhattan. We went to amazing secret bars in Chinatown and small, local places in Soho and the LES. We went to shows in Time Square and shopping on Canal St.! We saw a lot of the city underground in the Subway and ate a lot of nyc pizza. I saw my first game at Madison Square Garden and stayed in some pretty cool hotels. My favorite part was ice skating in Central Park! I am so glad I was able to see NYC at Christmas time, it is something everyone should do! I have a very sweet boyfriend that made all of this happen, thank you Brian!

- L -
( photos by me)