{oscar party inspiration: buttercream}

. . . gold buttercream frosting . . . can you imagine? sheer brilliance.

{image: photography by heather waraksa for style me pretty via pinterest}

{colour inspiration: buttercream}

. . . fashionably late once more and it's quickly becoming clear that things will continue to be a little sporadic around here as summertime's chaos continues and that's what makes it so beautiful -- the dashing about, the projects & plans and late lunches -- only to slow things down {just a little} on weekends, when the world slips away and there is nothing left but the sound of crashing waves and everything comes in shades of buttercream . . .

hope you're having a wonderful week,
xo

{recent colour inspiration:}
* petal pink & french grey
* driftwood
* olive & dusky taupe
* more buttercream

{images: 1 - little blue deer; 2 - photography by carla coulson via trouvais; 3 - pink preppy lilly lover; 4 - the sweetest occasion; 5 - martha stewart; 6 - lovely clusters via the style files; 7 - photography by paul ryan-goff via desire to inspire; 8 - anna zakusylo - by stefania paparelli for maria claire uk june 2010 via picsandmodels}

{colour inspiration: buttercream}

. . . good morning! hope you had a lovely, lovely weekend; had the wonderful privilege of spending a perfect few days soaking up sunny rays on a terrace in the country, taking breaks only for ice cream at old stone cottages and glasses of chardonnay on wrought iron chairs at quaint cafés by the river . . . and today is so stunningly beautiful and summer-like, abandoning the indoors for a while for a few moments in the sun {such a lovely time of year!}, leaving you with soft and elegant, and always classic, shades of buttercream . . .

à bientôt & hope your week is off to a beautiful start,
xo

{p.s.} two new posts from late last week you may have missed:
* inspiration: summer, summer, summer
* two lovely things: entryways

* & one more day for the diamond give-away . . .


{images: 1&2 - gabrielle kai; 3 - country home may 2005 via greige}