Rubber Ducky Invites

Sweet lil Stephen's momma had a very specific vision for her baby boy's 1st birthday party invitations.  After scouring the internet and coming up short, she reached out to me to help create a custom invitation that would go with the party's vintage, "ducky" theme.  Love it, right up my alley.  I put together the design, hand assembled the cards, pre-cut the matching envelope tags and sent them off.  Stephen's momma added the picture, raffia ribbon and sent me a copy...





You can't really go wrong with a picture like this.  So stinking cute!!

J.Crew Pink Bow Belt.

I loved the girly pink bow belt paired with these basic blue chinos and green sweater from J.Crew's Spring 2012 Catalog right away. The colors are just so cheery and the peachy/orange lip... love.



So I was pumped to find the exact same belt at Forever21 for $3. No joke, such a proud moment.


(The lighting in this picture makes it look a lot darker than it is)

I've thrown it on with bright random colors, as well as jeans and neutrals and it makes my boring, printless outfits way more fun! Unfortunately, I don't see the belt available online but there were a ton in the store (Cherry Creek).

More importantly, this is the day my sister arrives from Melbourne to meet her niece for the first time. We have Winslow in her horseshoe printed dress for the occassion. Safe travels Mae, we are counting down the minutes till you get here :)

{ Photo Credit: J.Crew Catalog Spring 2012 }

BRIGHT jeans.

Is anyone else living in obnoxiously bright colored jeans right now?



You know you're wearing them too much, when the cashier at Whole Foods says, "Where's your baby today? I always remember you and your bright jeans."

Both are from The Gap and surprisingly go with a ton in my closet. I didn't want to splurge on a pair that I may not get much use out of so these were a score at $59-69. I still need a pair of electric blue and The Gap doesn't carry a pair quite as bright as I need them :)

Baby Girl's 1st Easter!

I had grand plans for this lil lady's first Easter, but then realized dying eggs was a terrible idea for a 6 mo. old and an egg hunt would work best when she's walking. And between the house hunting, family coming into town and new projects at work, Easter was pulled together kind of last minute. It looked a little like this...






These bunnies were a heinous brown color... nothing a little white high gloss spray paint couldn't fix. Of course.




Sorry girl, just paper maché eggs this year. Goodie-filled eggs next year, promise!






Asparagus & Gruyere Tart


My first attempt at a souffle!


Fresh Strawberry Cream Cake


Flowers for Winslow from Uncle James!


A DIY attempt at the Moss Letter from Restored Style

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter with family and friends. We were missing everyone in Rochester, Florida, Michigan, Amsterdam, Australia, San Diego, Boston, South Carolina, Virginia, San Francisco... and on and on. Lots of Easter love to you all!