small talk

ever in a conversation you truly don't care about? 

the middle one best fits my personality....

buy these adam cohen prints *here ... found at *design blagh

Sequins for Christmas!

i want my mantle to look like this when i grow up!

it's almost christmas!! are you finished with your shopping yet?!?!

Some Summer Additions to my Kitchen

If someone could please donate to the "Madeleine wants this" fund, I'd gladly cook you a meal or two:)

Here are some lovely summer additions I'd love to add to my kitchen:

a sweet little apron to keep clean while i whip up some cupcakes!

floral paisley potholders to keep my hands safe!

and last but not least, these adorable little s&p shakers to keep my dining room table happy :)

all from *Anthropologie

Amy Atlas obsessed

if only i had the idea first! Sweet Treats, Dessert Tables, Event Design, galore! She is perfection.

Look at these adorable DIY Yarn Egg Decorations!! precious!! I want to hang them around my house in pastel/spring-y colors for a fun punch of seasonal color in our house!

if you are as inspired as i am, check out the how-to here*

12 things I love right now

1. My 2010 Sarah Pinto Planner - get one for yourself! they are adorable!
2. Red and lavender together. oh how i love you. this room just needs a few more pops of red - perfection.
   
3. This is a cabinet dedicated to sprinkles and fancy dessert decorations - i want it. now.
4. These are just SO pretty - i'd love for these to be hanging from the ceiling at a party or wedding i throw or attend!
5. Champagne diamonds - stacked. i die.
6. A beautifully simple cake - k.rose cakes - she is in DC, people!!!!!!!!!!!!
7. Peonies - they look so light and fluffy and lovely
8. Lipgloss - don't get me started. i might as well post a "12 lipglosses that i love right now" blog - thats how much i love it.
9. Cooking Light magazine - delicious, healthy recipes - perfect for after a heavy duty eating season
10. E-sessions or love shoots with balloons - so fun and carefree and PERFECT
11. Kitchenaid mixer - dear God, please send me one from above. i'll be good and make plenty of yummy treats. this is #1 on my "things to buy myself" list - need to save up for this pretty machine
12. Wii! My new obsession - i don't know how it took me SO LONG to actually play, but i started over the holiday season (after taking two years to get over my hatred for video games...) and i LOVE LOVE LOVE it! sore arm though....haha

read from left to right and then onto the next line! :)

Eye Candy

i know the holidays are over and we have to wait a WHOLE YEAR for them to roll around again, but i couldn't help but to post this gorgeous piece of eye candy as an idea for next year!

the colors are beautiful, and the ornament wall art is amazing. i love.