Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fabulousness

If it’s one thing I love more than being in a foreign land, it’s scouring the streets to find charming shops. Lucky for me London has Liberty which is a department store of YUM.






One floor in particular had me at hello.

It’s like a Craft Apothecary with ribbon capsules and fabric-covered button pills.



I had to limit my purchases because I didn’t have any projects in mind and the price of the fabric was enough to make me be very selective. I curse you, exchange rate!

Goods to declare:


Next time I’m back at Liberty I’m bringing a little stool and a cup of coffee. Because I’m going to be there all day.

  

Married with jet lag

I'm waiting to post wedding pics. But for now you can see the happy couple on the best honeymoon ever in jolly ol' England.

Dress Decision

Here’s a sneak peek at the adorable dress the girls will be wearing! Miss Morgan is pictured below. Could she be any cuter? And I have a feeling this is the last time she’ll be smiling in this dress :)


Addy needed a “big girl” dress so she’ll be wearing this adorable frock!
She will be a ring bearer (or princess in her case):

"So cute I could eat it!"

Just tonight at dinner Dan was commenting about a time when I said a baby was "so cute I could eat it!" Now, I know I have heard other people (probably women) say that before but he thinks it sounds like cannibalism. I see his point.
So when I got home and had an email from Gina sending me to Nieman Marcus to look at a cute dress she found I had to chuckle because her message said this:
"Are you kidding me?! Look at this luscious-ness! can you make this loveliness....if I could eat it I would."
Exactly.

The dress on the left is the edible one. And the one on the right is irresistible, too (and sort of reminds me of a frosted cake!)


Side note: I'm loving ombre right now. This dress is so adorable! (Also found on Nieman Marcus in the "things I'll never be able to afford" section)

He loves me!

Thank you, Dan.
You knew what I wanted and you signed your name.
It's perfect!

Feelin' the Love

I love Valentine's Day. I think it's the colors and the chocolate. And it's the kickoff to the week before my birthday - what could be better than that, right?
This year I needle felted hearts. I strung a monofilament cord through each heart so they could be hung.







I also received Valentine's gifts this year. My friend Gina sent Dan and me a crafted paper heart pouch filled with chocolates - adorable! My sister sent me a heartfelt card (thank you!). And my awesome cousin Ann whom I visited this weekend gave me an uber-cool Vera Bradley drawstring bag which is lined so it's uses are limitless. Plus the print is so great. I love it! Oh, and I guess this was an engagement gift but it happened to be handed to me around Valentine's Day so I'll count it as dual purpose ;)

Can't decide for the life of me . . .

I think I've had more fun thinking about what the flower girls are going to wear than what I am going to wear! But the internet has caused me to go into an eternal cute spiral. The more dresses I find the more they lead me to more dresses which leads me to . . . UGH!

So here is a collection of dresses that I like.


And I'm still debating making them (with friend/coworker help). This dress isn't done yet but it is looking very cute. Practice material - those colors would never be Dan-approved (too many!).

The Sweets

One wedding detail in which I haven't been indecisive is the dessert. Instead of a cake I envisioned a table full of a variety of cookies and bars made from family recipes. So, to prepare for the big day I have slowly been collecting a mix of white trays and cake stands. I've also begun "testing" recipes to make sure the cookies/bars will look good and will hold up in the freezer for up to a month and still taste divine when they're thawed. So far, so GOOD! 

The first batch was my Aunt April's mint chocolate cookies. 
I think I like them on the cake stand.  


Can't you just picture all of these plates full of sweets? AH! I can't wait.