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 - 

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)

Halloween Sweet Treats

This week I am in charge of making dessert for our Halloween get together! I usually would go straight to cupcakes, but I am working all day therefore I need something that will keep longer, which makes me think lollipops are the better option! I am going to combine a couple of the ideas from these inspiration photos, hopefully they will turn out as cute as these! 

Happy Halloween!

- L -

(photos from country living, southern living, and martha stewart)

Vintage Vogue Covers

These are a few Vogue covers that I love from the 50's and 60's...

A lovely way to start off the week, have a good one!

- L -