Booties:

I recently stumbled on this Etsy shop while looking for a baby shower gift for a friend. Are these booties not the cutest things you've ever seen? This would make a beautiful and unique gift for any mommy-to-be!

{Gee Creations}

Home Office:

Im dying to have a little corner (or entire room)  at home to call my own. Someday I'd love to have a cozy home office where I can escape and design. These home offices below are very inspiring!

House to Home 

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Image found via The Wallflower

Blog Love:

Stumbled on this recently and I'm in love, check out their shop Urbanic Designs for absolutely to-die-for stationery design!

{Visit Parcel Post}

Invitations:

Like most girls, I hate to pay full price for anything! It becomes a challenge to stalk an item I've been coveting for a while, until I finally manage to take it home for a fraction of the price. In today's cyber world there are also endless resources at your finger tips for anything and everything imaginable. I just finished designing a complete wedding ensemble for a friend (not the yellow one!). This bride really wanted the look of Envelopments but for a fraction of the price, and I wasnt willing to give up until I found it for her. Paper presentation  is literally a one stop shop for everything you will ever need to create beautiful invitations. Their prices are very affordable too!

{Photos from Paper Presentation} 

Design by Fresh-Linen Press

On Hold:

So starting an Etsy shop is a lot harder than I thought. Specially when you keep veering in different paths and when the day just doesn't give you enough hours. I have now been recruited to design two complete wedding ensembles for friends. Invitations, Menus, Programs, the works, so my poor little shop has now taken a back seat to this new venture! One of the Brides-to-be sent me this inspiration board to begin the design process. I love how she has picked such bold colors. She is getting married in a beautiful botanical garden that faces the ocean; these colors will match the property perfectly! 

Weekend Getaway:

I hope everyone had a relaxing Fourth of July weekend. I just got back from a little weekend away in Palm Beach with the hubby. Even though we got rainy weather most of the time, we got to visit some great restaurants and meet some interesting people along the way. One of our favorite casual spots is Rocco's Tacos, they have the best guacamole I have ever tasted. Each order is made fresh on the spot, and since we always sit at the bar we get to watch them make it in front of us. One rainy afternoon we decided to visit the Flagler Museum also known as Whitehall, Henry Flagler's home in Palm Beach. Even though we have been to Palm Beach several times, we have never visited. I love to visit museums from the Gilded Age. I find their history very intriguing. On the eve of Fourth of July we decided we would go for an early dinner and get back to the hotel in time to watch the fireworks. We decided to go to the Omphoy Hotel for drinks and then to Michelle Bernstein's restaurant for dinner. My hubby and I are big fans of her restaurants in Miami, so we knew the food would be delicious. Though we had no idea we would be in for a special treat! She happened to be working in the kitchen that night and as the night went on she and her husband ended up sitting at the table right beside us at dinner. She was so nice and friendly we ended up engaging in conversation for the remainder of the evening. Needless to say, we missed the fireworks! It ended up being a great weekend despite the rain!   

  

19th Century Lace work

A courtyard in the middle of the home

Henry Flagler's original train car No. 91