Saturday, April 30, 2011

A Brand New Day!!

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Changing your pillow shams is a great way to introduce some color and add a dash of Spring to your decor... and even better if its pink, no?

The weekend is here! Hope you are off to a relaxing day...!! I'll be back latter on today with the weekend post and some link love!!

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Friday, April 29, 2011

Hair Inspiration: The Half and Half ~ How To

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... inspired by the very sexy Brigitte Bardot, this half updo is all about old Hollywood glamour. Perfect look for when you are feeling romantic...! Great for a party but I also like balancing a super relax look of jeans and a simple t-shirt with a more polished hair look!

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1. Using a large-barrel curling iron, create loose curls around your head from your ears down.
2. Part your hair in the middle. Use your fingers to separate and loosen the curls.
3. Starting halfway down the part, begin spritzing your roots with hairspray. Continue to the crown.
4. Tease the sprayed hair with a fine-tooth comb, to create height and volume.
5. With a brush gently smooth the teased hair. Gather the sides up into a half ponytail.
6. Secure the sides with pins, then use your fingers to gently shape curls into place.

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...put some shine spray and  voila...you are ready to go!


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A Royal Wedding

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...and they lived happily ever after!! Wouldn't that be the perfect ending after a wedding like today? I watched every detail since 4am this morning... and I was swoon by the love they share, the wedding gown and every detail of the event! How about you? What was the highlight of the wedding?

...and love this picture that shows the engagement ring that once belonged to the beloved Lady Di!

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Food: Queen Elizabeth’s Recipe for Scones

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As I mentioned earlier on the week, we will be meeting for  Breakfast and Hats tomorrow morning with a couple of friends....... just to enjoy all the Royal Wedding buzz!! Plus who doesn't love the excuse to wear a fabulous hat?? I offered to make some scones... since they are so English and I remember having them after school for tea with butter and jam at my friend Claire's home!! And how fabulous is this, instead of doing a more traditional recipe.. I'll be making some scones using Queen Elizabeth's recipe...!! I hope the Royal Scones taste great!!

By the way, I'll be tweeting tomorrow morning about the wedding!! If you are the only one awake in your house... come join me and let's watch the wedding together tweeting away!!

* and please keep voting for circle of moms!!! Only 7 days to go!!! It only takes 2 sec!! Thank you, thank you!!

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Kitchen Love!

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Good morning lovelies!! What a fabulous kitchen!! Love all the white with dashes of light blue and wood details!! I have been coveting these classic rattan and rilsan café chairs...!! So french and chic!

Hope you are off to a great day!! Wednesday already?

*Please would love if you would give me your thumbs up on the circle of moms contest!! It only takes 2 seconds...! There is only 8 days to go and every vote counts!!! Danke, merci, thank you... y GRACIAS!!

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Entertaining: A Chinoiserie-Themed Lunch Party

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With mother's day around the corner why not dress up your table in a very chic chinoiserie theme, and invite your mother friends for a nice lunch or dinner?  The goal.... to celebrate and encourage each other to keep being our best in these ever challenging role as mothers!!

I love using pink carnations to decorate a tablescape, they are effortless, chic and very inexpensive.... plus they look extra special on a mint julep!! Black accents such as bamboo flatware, glasses and candles, add some drama and sophistication to the table. Place settings always add that extra detail, no matter how intimate your gathering is. Don't be afraid to play around and add some unexpected details... if you don't have matching plates interchange them! No mint julep, use some cute English tea cups..!! Entertaining is about having fun since the moment you start thinking about who, when and what...!!!

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

I Love Your Style: Sylvana Ward Durrett, Vogue's Director of Special Events

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I mights as well just print these pictures and take a look at them before getting dress every morning! Love how no matter what look she is channeling... she is always loyal to her feminine and classic style! Her choice of accessories is perfect... elegant, chic and classic... from an Hermes cuff, to the classical Cartier Love bracelet or the fabulous Cartier trinity three circle ring {on my wish list for quite sometime now}. I need to try the rolled up khakis!!

Love her style and love her job.... events + vogue... my cup of tea!!

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Springtime in Paris.....

"Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job and everyone I know, a feeling came over me. It was like remembering something I'd never known before or had always been waiting for, but I didn't know what. Maybe it was something I'd forgotten or something I've been missing all my life. All I can say is that I felt, at the same time, joy and sadness. But not too much sadness, because I felt alive. Yes, alive. That was the moment I fell in love with Paris. And I felt Paris fall in love with me......."
{Memorable quotes from Paris, je t'aime}

This is an old post from last year but still so current on my mind!!! I have been craving Paris lately....and these fabulous pictures make me want to jump on a plane and spend a weekend in the city.

Hope you have a fabulous day!!!

{Image 1.3.4.6.8.9. from BellaRosebyLiz you can buy her work here 2.5.7.via Alicia Bock Photography you can buy her work here}
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Monday, April 25, 2011

The Royal Wedding

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... the countdown to the royal wedding has started!!! With only days away it's impossible to turn on the TV without finding some aspect of the wedding! To be honest, I haven't been going bananas about the event... but I'll be waking up to see the wedding gown, and since any occasion is always good to celebrate in my book, we are getting together with some friends for English tea and hats that morning... just to gossip a little bit about who, what and where!!! How about you, any plans for that day? Are you planning on watching it?

From all the souvenirs covering the Royal wedding, love the dainty design from The House that Lars Built on Etsy! Read More......

Monday Flowers

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Happy Monday! Hope you had a lovely Easter weekend and you are off to a great new week!!

We had a great time... it turn out to be a beautiful day and my kids loved their Easter hunt..!! Still trying to get caught up with everything and enjoying the fact that my boys have one more day off from school!! Thank you so much for everybody that has been voting daily.... there is still ways to go but I'm so happy and grateful with the support I haven been getting... I owe you one!! Thank you!!!


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Color Inspiration: Coral + Tan

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From khakis, to camels and tans...mix coral with any of these beige hues and you have a chic look! Love the fact that is still colorful enough for spring but in a more subtle way... perfect for work, specially if you are not ready to show to your next meeting in the new trendy neon pink or green!

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Happy Easter! + Frozen Sherbet Cake

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"For I remember it is Easter morn,
And life and love and peace are all new born."
~Alice Freeman Palmer


Hope you have a lovely Easter filled with love, laughter and lots of sweet candies!!

I'm eternally grateful for sharing this journey with you!! See you Monday!!

If I could please, please ask you to keep voting for the circle of moms once a day!!!! Thank you so much....!!!

Print Frozen Sherbet Cake recipe after the jump.

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This cake is so easy to make... and it's the perfect ending for your Easter celebration!! Have a fabulous Easter!!


{All images scanned and edited by me from the book Essentially Lily}
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In Honor of Earth Day...


... why don't we skip the plastic and paper bags, and go shopping looking chic & fabulous? Happy Earth Day!!

Since I am always running around I like keeping a couple of bags in the truck so I always have them handy. In cas you are wondering the bag in the picture is the Viva Shopper!

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Beauty: Perfect Pink Lipstick!

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I have been looking for the perfect pink lipstick shade for the last couple of months. Something that would stand out but would not scream for attention, not to baby pink and not to neon... and thanks to Refinery29 and their Lipstick Series and the fabulous Kelly Framel from The Glamourai I found it..... Dior Addict Lipstick Paris 762! Love it!!

What pink lipstick do you use and/or recommend for Spring?

TGIF!! Hope you have a relax & trendy Friday!!

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Making an Entrance


I just can't wait for warm days where the doors are open all day!! Love to see a sette in an entryway!!

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A Blue & White Easter + Candy Table

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Good morning sweets...!! Here is a look at our last year Easter table!! I wanted to do something a little bit different and get out of the pastels but still with an Easter vibe! I spray painted tiny plant pots in white and filled them with pink Easter grass to use as place settings. All these pictures bring great memories back.. we had such a good Easter day last year... it was magical!

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Here is Tomas, my oldest son... sneaking to grab some candies from the dessert/candy table {where I went bananas with pastels hues!}.

Today, I'll be crafting all day with the kids for Easter... dying eggs, making a bunny garland... finishing my Easter goody bags!! Still have no idea how I'm decorating our main table this year! I know for the kids I'm doing a crafting theme table as seen {here} in lavender shades, seen {here}. Are you hosting Easter? If so, are you all set?

Hope you have a special day!

{All images taken by me for Everything Fabulous}
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Fashion Inspiration: Filippa K Spring 2011 Lookbook




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Fillipa K is all about timeless simplicity with contemporary edge..!! Love their concept of style, simplicity and quality.... since I'm all about classic pieces that can stand the pass of time but that still have a fashionable, modern vibe to it!! Would love to try the grey suit, and the black bando dress... such a classic! And even though they have no store in the US, I still get great inspiration from these pics.

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