Fruit Pops: Not Just for the Kiddies

I fell in love with this grown-up pizza party in Southern Living magazine.  I love pizza and one of our family rituals is Friday Night Pizza where we each make our own pizza.  But what really caught my eye is the frozen fruit pops with Prosecco.  What a refreshing  and light dessert on a hot summer night!

Floral Delight

Happy Friday! Seems like this week took forever to end, but alas, it is Friday.  Heading to New Jersey this weekend for a 40th birthday celebration but before I go I thought I'd leave you with some floral eye candy. If you follow this blog, you know how much I LOVE flowers.  Today I'm showing off a floral designer whose work I absolutely adore.  She lives in Australia so I don't think I'll be working with her anytime soon but I find lots of inspiration in work and love everything she does.  So here's a little pear at Cecilia Fox: Out Of The Woods.  Check out her site for!  Hope you like her as much as I do!

Designs Inspiration!

I have been brainstorming for the last couple of weeks on a background design to showcase my bride's wedding cake.  Nothing I came up with seemed to fit the elegant, yet casual feel of her wedding.

Well, you know how I'm addicted to Pinterest, must get my fix every day!!!  I came upon this picture during one of my "fixes" and was just blown away by it's simple elegance.

So of course I needed to hunt down who was responsible for this loveliness.  My search lead me to Oh How Charming Event Production and Design by Lisa Vorce.   As soon as I saw this shot on her site, things clicked!  And just like that,  I knew what the design for the cake table would be.  The crazy thing is, it will be nothing like this but oh so similar.  You'll have to come back to see the end result.....the wedding is in August!

Love Captured in Haiti

A few days ago, I was dreaming on lounging on the beaches of my country of birth, Haiti.  You can see why from the picture above.  Most recently the general public came to know Haiti after the devastating earthquake that ravaged the country.  Before that most people either know it has the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere or just didn't know it at all.  It's true that Haiti has had it's fair share of problems, but to me it's always been my motherland. An island filled with pristine beaches, a cuisine and language that represents a fusion of cultures from French, African, Creole and Spanish; a warm, generous and hopeful people, and of course some of the best folk art around.

So today, I wanted to share some of the beauty of my country with this engagement shoot. This lovely couple are both Haitian and reside in Haiti.  I am ecstatic to say that I found this shoot over at Style Me Pretty and they too, fell in love my country.  The session was captured by KT Merry Photography.  There are lots more pics on Style Me Pretty so be sure to check out the full gallery here.

how stunning is that dress?!

Mehendi Inspired Cakes

So yesterday, I posted about the art of Mehendi and the beautiful designs that are henna tattooed on hands and feet.  Well art always inspires and in this case it's cake.  I was swooning over these Mehendi inspired cakes......

This one is my favorite!

and some cookies too!

Mehendi Party Details!

Hi my loyal readers!  I am back from a vacation and hitting the ground running.  I am working on the final details for the Indian/American wedding that I working on.  I have been helping my bride find a henna artist for the Indian Ceremony part of the wedding extravaganza, specifically the Mehendi Party!  What is Mehendi Party you ask?  Well, in Indian traditions, the bride gets together with all her female friends and family the night before she gets married and they have Mehendi Party.  She gets adorned in with these beautifully designed henna tattoos on her hands and feet.  The great thing is the henna is all natural and not permanent but can last for a few weeks.

I love the work of henna artists.  The details, the intricacy of the art work, all done by hand, is just amazing.  When my friend Anita got married I was lucky enough to take part in the Mehendi Party and loved every minute of it.  I thought I'd share with you some designs I came across while perusing Pinterest.  Hope you like them!

Happy 4th of July

via Silverbox Creative Studio

Happy 4th of July!  Hope you have a fantastic holiday weekend filled with friends, laughter, yummy food and a lovely drink to boot!  I am heading to NYC and NJ to see some family and friends and will be away for a few days.  Probably won't be much posting going  on as I intend to hang out here...

Red Letter Words - New York City Sights   (clipped to polyvore.com)

and......

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while having some of this....

via Bride's Cafe

and this

via williams-sonoma blog

Have a great week and see you when I get back!