Yay for Paul!

The weather has taken a turn for the worse (again!) pouring with rain and way too windy for an umbrella! Makes me want to stay indoors and try to recreate some of the almost too beautiful to eat food by Sweet Paul. Paul has done a recent feature looking back at some of the fabulous work he and his marvelous photographer friends have created since he moved to New York. Plus if you still want to see more he will be Guest blogging over at This week for dinner.
How am I going to get to work? Drowned rat springs to mind, I don't even have anything with a hood, I am at the complete mercy of the skies and I think they have ideas of whipping my newly washed hair in to a soggy comb over!

something blue

This is more like it, still lacking a groom in these inspiration boards but he doesn't need planning he's perfect just as he is x
I didn't really have a theme in mind, these colours just kind of found me. The dress on the left is the closest picture to mine that I can find, and again I just love these paper pom poms from Martha stewart. I fell in love with these cards from The paper peony over at Etsy and ordered some to use as my wedding invites.
We are pretty much leaving for NYC right after we toe the knot, this leaves us just enough time to grab a coffee and some yummy cake with our family.

I had a thought to pick up souvenirs whilst in New York to give as favors when we return, maybe some postcards with vintage images of the city could be used as tags. I could attach them to pretty bags of sweets and trinkets, Hershey's kisses are so cute and Anthropologie and ABC Home have lovely scented candles or other pretty accessories that would make great presents. (both of these websites are nothing compared to actually being inside either one of these beautiful shops!)
It will give me something to create in the early hours of the morning as I always seem to wake up at 5'ish when I am in New York.
Ps. I am still shoeless, a barefoot bride! The silver shoes from toast never appeared and the D&G's were too high. I am going to take myself off to Royal Tunbridge wells for the day on saturday. A desperate last ditch attempt or its going to have to be the only other pair of white shoes I own the nike airs!

Fernanda Motta

Fernanda Motta a pesar de tener una apellido Italiano, Fernanda nació en la tierra carioca Sudamericana Brasil, en 1981 y descubierta por un cazatalentos a los 16 años desde entonces ha sido caratula de sport Illustrated en varias oportunidades, conocida también por participar en el reality que busca a la siguiente topmodel Brasilera Brazil's Next Top Model.
Esta belleza latina de 1.77 mts de estura y impactantes ojos azules quedara grabada en nuestra memoria como un de las súper modelos Brasileras.
Fotos Fernanda Motta Sport Illustrated.

The basics

Have been reading great posts about wedding inspiration all over the place, so I thought as my big day is fast approaching I would indulge myself with some of my own. I just feel like squealing with excitement every time I think about it!
Above is the basic idea I have for our wedding, my next post will be more specific to our day and actual colours and so on.
cake shoes Decorations favors This site has been the best resource ever! Seems in all my joy I forgot the most important thing. . . . My groom! xx

Avril Lavigne en Maxim

Esta vez traemos a la reina del Punk Avril Lavigne mas sexy que nunca, así fue descrita por muchos medios cuando apareció en Maxim este 2008, sin duda el talento y belleza Canadiense esta presente en Avril que a sus 23 años nos muestra la sensualidad que puede irradiar a todos sus fan.
Fotos Avril Lavigne Maxim

Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb es una bella modelo y actriz nacida en Dakota, Estados Unidos, luego de terminar sus estudios universitarios se dedicó de lleno a la carrera de modelo, ha participado como actriz invitada en las famosas series americanas ER y CSI donde mostró su talento natural para la interpretación, Este 2008 veremos a Leslie Bibb personificando a una afanosa reportera en la película que revivirá al legendario superhéroe de acero, Iron Man.
Leslie Bibb Salto a la fama: Como Brooke McQueen en la serie de tv Popular en 1999 con 26 años.
Les dejamos las fotos de Leslie Bibb para la revista Maxim.

Old crockery to smash

Making mood boards is keeping me sane at the moment, the job is still hard to stomach. Monday was my first day back after two weeks training and the pressure combined with pushy (oblivious to human feeling) boss brought me to tears. I didn't want to cry, what a baby! How easily I revert to childish behavior in difficult situations. Can't think what's wrong with me, I get so easily overwhelmed these days. Even the frustration of rage makes me cry. Must find some old crockery to smash. The evil thought that it will be even worse for me to have to come back to this job after the utter joy of spending our honeymoon in New York probably isn't helping.

How long can I really continue with this horror? I feel an awkward conversation on the horizon. I get through my hours but in my heart I knew the day I started that this was not the place for me. Maybe even at the interview, was that the faint ringing of an alarm bell I heard in the back of my head? When they rang to offer me the job did my instinct say no even though the word YES slipped out of my mouth? I was so anxious to leave behind my old job that I just jumped from the frying pan straight into the fire and have now been enveloped in the flames. At least I have the full support of my future husband to jump ship! Hopefully the next jump will be into a placid ocean not a furnace of hideousness! Moaning aside I can see quite a comical side to it all so no need to put me on suicide watch just yet! I shouldn't complain I'm so happy in all other aspects of my life. Happy and excited about being a wife. Lucky to have fabulous family and friends.

Rosana Bruschini - Minnie

Argentina de nacimiento, es imagen de uno de los whiskys de primera linea, top - top y aparte tambien es la presentadora de "Argentina, marca registrada", programa que cuenta como aprevechar el turismo de Aventura en su pais. Hoy la tienes como una sencsual ratoncita con apenas 24 años aca te la presentamos.

cupcake cuties

Saturday morning was spent in the delightful company of these two little darlings. My friend Roxanne's beautiful twin girls. I haven't seen them for ages and they can walk and talk and everything. I had the best time dodging yoghurt and reciting animal noises. I must make more of a effort to get to see them, its so hard to find time to fit everything in these teeny 24 hour time slots.

My afternoon was spent, as saturdays so often are these days, baking. Cupcakes cupcakes cupcakes. Trying to find the perfect recipe for my wedding cakes, and this time I think I've found THE one. Page 167 of Apples for jam, another beautiful tome by Tessa Kiros. I just love the images she creates with the words on each page. Taking time out of my saturdays or sundays to try some of tessa's recipes, weaves little strands of bliss into even my most stressful, mundane or lonesome days. And thanks to B for the butterfly sprinkles x

Kim Kardashian

Kimberly Noel Kardashian, más conocida como Kim Kardashian (nacida el 21 de octubre de 1980 en Los Angeles, California, Estados Unidos) es una de las hijas del abogado Robert Kardashian. Miembro de la alta sociedad estadounidense, especialmente conocida por su amistad con Paris Hilton, su vídeo pornográfico Kim Kardashian Superstar y sus frecuentes apariciones en los tabloides y en la prensa del corazón estadounidense.. La encontraras en Spike.

Mischa Barton

Mischa nace en Hammersmith, Londres. Su madre es de origen irlandés, Nuala (née Quinn)y su padre inglés, Paul Marsden Barton, un accionista. Ella tiene dos hermanas, Hania y Zoe.
Cuando Mischa tenía 4 años, ella y su familia se mudaron a New York. Por lo que no tiene acento inglés. En febrero 3 de 2006 se volvió una ciudadana naturalizada de los Estados Unidos en Los Angeles. Desde muy pequeña trabajó de modelo para conocidas lineas de ropa (también trabajó junto a grandes modelos como Lindsay Lohan ); y a los diecisiete años se unió a las prestigiosa cadena de televisión, Fox, para protagonizar la exitosa serie The O.C.. Mischa se graduó de la Escuela "Professional Children's School" en Manhattan en 2004 y asistió a las clases en La Academia Real de Arte Dramático en el verano de 2006. Ahora puedes verla en FHM Magazine.

Amaia Salamanca

Una de las actrices Españolas más sensuales, así la definen sus compatriotas luego de haber protagonizado la versión española de la novela Sin tetas no hay paraíso, Amaia Salamanca con tan solo 22 años ha participado en varias telenovelas antes de convertirse en la sexy actriz del momento, aparte de ser actriz Amaia Salamancaestudia administración de Empresas, una combinación de belleza sensualidad e inteligencia que se retratan en estas fotos para FHM, disfrútenlas.

Fotos Amaia Salamanca

Gracias a Frediscans…

How does your garden grow?

Yours being the operative word as I don't have one! Soon soon. But if I did I would dress it up with pretty coloured twine and decorative markers like these beauties from french company Botanique editions. As you can see they also could be used for other things like place markers for dinner parties or wedding receptions. I love this set of steel letter stamps which when slugged with a hammer emboss names onto the metal or plastic tags. More fabulous wedding ideas here too, Dean and I are off to New York pretty much straight after we get married so we are just having a few quiet drinks with our family and then making a dash for the airport,( not to terminal 5 I hope!) but we are thinking of having some kind of celebration or dinner party when we get back so I will keep these pretty ideas in mind for then.

All images Botanique editions.