KT Jean Designs

I'm so excited to share this with you, my darlings. Another friend of a friend, Kt Jean is the simply amazing. When I stumbled upon this gem, I just about fell out of my chair. 

Brides, Bridesmaids, Rehearsals...Even just a "I want to feel beautiful today" outfit or dress.

The back of the dress below is stunning...

Recently named one of "Etsy's 12 most popular wedding dresses by kaboodle.com, I can't wait to see all the beautiful designs Kt produces in the future.

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Promenade à Travers Paris Avec Moi #2

Bonjour, mes chéris! Hello, my darlings!

The fabulous blog, Castles Crowns and Cottages is having a Paris (link) Party! Here is my tour, Hope you enjoy!!
Lights and Landmarks

Culture, Coffee, and Catacombs

Gardens & Grandeur

Gardens, Grandeur



Beauty and Biking

beauty and biking

Cunning and Couture

cunning and couture

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers--Voltaire

Music

& last but never least... 

LOVE

 

Photo Credit   Goodbye for Now, My Darlings... Au Revoir Pour l'instant, Mes Chéris

Happy Friday!!

Enjoy the Nice Long Weekend

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Promenade à Travers Paris Avec Moi

I just found a fantastic blog called Castles Crowns and Cottages from one of my favorite blogs, Space for Inspiration.  CC&C is hosting a tour of paris that I can't wait to see AND participate in too! This is simply a fantastic idea. Visit the site and get excited! 

See you then, my darlings!

My Talented Cousin Kirsten

My best friend and top 5 women I look up to: my cousin, Kirsten.

 

She is simply fantastic in every way and I'm so excited for her new venture: Beneforte Broccoli. She knows just about everything there is to know about food and lucky us, she's spreading some of her knowledge. Here she is in a step-by-step instructional video on Roasting Broccoli (her super yummy personal recipe!)

 Here is another video on Roasted Broccoli Flatbread!

This is also her personal recipe!! She's just amazing.

Peach and Blackberry Jam

Now that I have millions of peaches, I have to figure out what to do with them all. First project: Peach and Blackberry jam. It was actually, not all that difficult. I would love to show step by step photos of the process but my computer somehow erased them from my camera without copying them first... awesome. So, here are some photos of the final product.

These photos were taken with my phone, so they're not the best but I promise the jam turned out fantastic! So here's the recipe:

1. 5 large ripe peaches (soft and mostly red)
2. 1 pint of blackberries
3. 3 cups of sugar
4. No sugar pectin

Place jam ready jars in oven at 200 degrees to warm the jars. Wash fruit. Pit and chop peaches. Smash 6 cups worth of blackberries and and peaches together. I placed the fruit in a blender to finely chop. In a large pan, stir fruit and sugar together. Continue to stir (seriously, don't stop stirring) until the mix comes to a slow boil. Add pectin as needed. Once mixture comes to strong boil, remove from heat and put jam into jars. Then process the jars and let sit for 24 hrs.

NOTE: Blackberries need to be cooked in small batches or they don't cook well.

Enjoy!!

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RUE

 

This is the new cover to RUE and I love it. If you're not familiar with this online magazine, you should be.

Sunday Find

I love these earrings I just purchased from Bunky Boutique. 

I wasn't kidding when I said I shop at Bunky all the time...

Peach Festival

Hello Lovelies. This Saturday I went to the Schnepf Farms Peach Festival.

It's a little ridiculous how much fun it was to pick peaches--even when it's 90 degrees outside. I understand that I'm paying to drive out to the middle of nowhere to pick peaches that eventually end up in the same stores I patron... but fresh peaches are extremely difficult to find in Arizona. So, given the opportunity to pick peaches straight from the source was pretty awesome. I don't have children but it's certainly an activity that is a must for families.  My husband, reluctantly joined saying, "we pay them to pick their peaches," but of course he picked better peaches than me and, dare I say, he may have actually had a good time.

Aside from the rows and rows of peaches, Schnepf Farms has a roller coaster, farmers market, endless varieties of other produce, a train the winds around the property, petting zoo, and more. I could not believe how many things they had on the farm. My only problem now is what to do with all these peaches-- we have more bags that look just like this!!!

Weekend Adventures

Hello, my darlings. I can't wait to share my Saturday with you. Until then, here's a photo that's along the lines of my fabulous weekend...just a little more lush than my little adventure -- well, a lot more lush.

I Would love very much to transplant myself into this photo. A girl can dream.

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Weekend Music

Kenna: Out of Control

Enjoy your weekend, my loves.

Throwback Thursday

I'm loving these photos of Loretta Young. 

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

 

 This dress reminds me of the Royal wedding dress...kinda

I just love the above photo.

How chic!?!

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Jessica Matrasko Jewelry

Jessica is actually a friend of a friend... I've never met her but I LOVE her work!

1. Here 2. Here 3. Here 

My friend was wearing #3 and that's how I fell in love with Ms. Matrasko's work.

You'll find the ring here.

Celebrities that wear Jessica Matrasko (if you're into that kind of thing)

Rihanna
Cheryl Burke
Annalynne McCord
Lindsay Lohan
Ali Lohan
Kristen Cavallari
Denise Richards
Naomi Campbell
Laila Ali
Haley Duff
Ali Landry
Amy Paffrath

 

These earrings are probably my favorite and if you buy them, a donation is made to the American Diabetes Association. Find them, here.

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My Friend Sarah B.

Just as promised, here is another post about my seriously talented friend Sarah Birchfield. I had to go to an event tonight and asked Sarah to do a little up-do. This is what she came up with in about 15 min.

I wish I would have taken more photos because she did such an amazing job. Love this girl! ALSO, she just started her own blog critiquing movies. I'll post more about that later but check it out in the mean time: Sarah B Loves Movies.

State Side Presents

If you're into music and you live in Arizona you should know and live by State Side Presents. This amazing website not only tells you what band is going to play a show and where but it also (typically) has a sample of the bands music. It's a great way to find new bands and reconnect with forgotten bands.

My favorite part about State Side... I emailed them about a band that was touring all around AZ, told them to hook-it-up and then next thing I knew, that band had a gig here. Now, I'm not saying that I, in a round about way, got the Decembrists to play at in Phoenix but Charlie from State Side sure hooked it up! I'm So excited to see the Decembritsts and hopefully they'll be playing with The Head and the Heart.

 

Enjoy

Happy Weekend!!!

 

Enjoy the Sunshine

Things Change

 

People Don't

Here, Here, and Here.

Wanderlust

My mind is mush today so it's all in the pictures.

 

Here

Here

Here

Hope this helps get you through the week with a little travel dreaming...

Bunky Boutique

I'm not sure where to start with Bunky Boutique. I love everything about this place. Locally owned by one of my favorite people; there are a million reasons to visit Bunky. It shares a space with a coffee shop (Giant--also fantastic) and the layout was designed by Hayes McNeil (postinos). Most of my friends stop asking me where I get my clothes because they know the answer will mostly likely be Bunky. You will find things here that you won't find anywhere else. Every time I bring someone new into the shop, they're addicted.

So, here are some photos of Bunky... commence drooling

You will find the following brands:

LA Made,  Bobi, XCVI, Hobo, Chaser, Knitted Dove   
Flying Tomato, Indah, Yogitoes, Splendid, Brixton Ltd, Hippy Tree
Beekman 1802, Phaidon Publisher Books, Against the Grain    Out of Print, Insight, Alternative Apparel, Utility Canvas   
Brehan Todd, Minerva Orduno, Melissa Zaki
Amy Kathryn, Art in the Age, Jennifer Alden Design, Nick & Mo
Volcano Candles, Spindle and Cannister, Ellaina, Three Dot    Perfect Dressipe, Suburban Riot, Level 99  

Buttered Toast

I found this gem on one of my favorite sites, elephantine.  Too adorable to not re-post!

Neckties and bow ties for kids by Buttered Toast. I can't wait to give one to my little nephew!! The photo below is a little tie clip! Each one is handmade and you can even special order them. ˆLOVEˆ

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