canary yellow

twiststyle.etsy.com $45.00

luxedeluxe.etsy.com $32.00

littlesweetpeas.etsy.com $160.00

lovelulumae.etsy.com $107.00

ananya.etsy.com $42.00

I have completely fallen in love with this shade of yellow...I picture it mixed with creams and golds and maybe some muddy khaki. There are so many possibilities...it could be your main colour or just used as an accent. I found all these cool accessories on etsy and I will keep looking for some inspiring wedding gowns and suits in order to give you an entire picture. I did find some beautiful gowns by Nicole Miller though I couldn't post the pictures.

wat up sista?

A big Happy Birthday wish goes out to my favourite friend and business partner C. It's her birthday weekend and she is on a small vay-cay in Minneapolis with her hubby and some friends. I wish I was there!!!

C and I have been friends for almost 10 years and she is my most loyal and special friend. We share everything and I know that she would give me or any of her friends the Christian Louboutin's right off her feet if she had to. Our husbands have played soccer together and been buds for as long as either of them can probably remember, so C and I have endured endless road trips to very small (sans shopping) towns, and hours of "remember in 1982 when we played (throw in some team name) and I shot that ball right off that goal post and..." We continue to listen to those stories, though mostly now we are in the kitchen gossiping about celebrities or coming up with some new brilliant ideas for Avocado Kiss.

C has always inspired me and helped me to keep my feet on the ground (or not, when neccesary). She rationalizes better than anyone I know, and in a shopping companion that is a great quality. And in the 20 emails a day that we send each other we still have endless things to talk about in the car or when we see each other.

I could go on forever but I just wanted to say "bonne fete" and I love you!!!

get me a cup of joe!

How totally awesome is this coffee?! Once again, thank you Design Crush for featuring this fabulousness! Ugly Mug Coffee Company is from Memphis, and they roast the beans in Memphis. They are committed to a fair trade policy, ensuring that the growers they deal with are fully compensated for their work of growing great beans!


Now, can we talk about how fantastic this packaging is! I want to go out and buy some right now. And, hello, they have Elvis coffee...my brother-in-law would go loco for that. I'm not sure if I want the "First Cup Easy" or the "Think Big Bold". You could probably determine your whole day by the type of coffee you choose to drink! I might just have to get the sampler pack...I hope they ship to Canada...

I digress, you must check out the website, there are all these fun sayings, and they really give you a lot of information about coffee. Like, did you know that coffee reaches it's peak 7 to 10 days after roasting. So I'm pretty much guessing my can of coffee from Safeway has lost all it's flavour!

All this coffee talk has me dreaming of my espresso machine....I think I might need a double shot today!


all images from Ugly Mug Coffee Co.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

Okay, so I'm CRAZY about this for sooooo many reasons! These are pictures from a launch party for the Wedding Chicks. Amy Squires, a very talented photographer, and Jocey Canrinus, a very talented stationery designer, are the Wedding Chicks. They have a really fun blog, it's well written, the design is fab, and they have so many great ideas! Listen, if they put together a party like this, you know that not only would you totally want to hang out with them, but they've probably got all kinds of goodies to blog about!


This party was organized with the help of Kary H Events, and I wish I could of been there! I love the bottles in the ice....I love the little cupcake toppers....I love all the details!!

All images are from The Wedding Chicks and Kary H Events Blog.

Be sure to link through to their blogs to check out the full size images. Thanks for the great inspiration ladies!

preppy love

I picked up this "collector's" edition of Martha Stewart Weddings the other day. I love Martha, but I kind of found a lack of new ideas in this one. I know it's a collection of ideas from all of her Weddings magazines, but I was pretty uninspired. However, I did LOVE the cover! Avocado Kiss is currently working on a set of invites (I promise to post some pictures soon), and the pink and green preppy combo, was my jumping off point. I know that both of these colours are pretty popular in wedding decor, but I found this particular combo really new. Perhaps it's brightness of the green and very pale pink...or the fact that it's mostly green, a brave choice!

Here are some pieces I've pulled together for this look:

inspiration palette

some floral inspiration...ranunculus, my MOST favorite flower, mixed with some green mums

ranunculus picture from here
green flowers from Hostess With The Mostess


bridal gown from Ann Taylor

suit from J.Crew

seersucker bridesmaid's dress from Thread Design

I think everything works together to create a preppy, but posh wedding. Perfect for a summer celebration, or for saying your vows on the beach!

destination weddings

I have a friend who is thinking about getting married away from home and all the big wedding hoopla. Myself, I loved all the party planning and fuss, but everyone is different and I can totally see the benefits of tying the knot somewhere hot and exotic.

I was browsing today to find some great places to go and the best times of year to do it. You want to avoid certain countries and cities in hurricane season, for example (seriously, how gross would that be). Or you might want to go to a ski resort or a winter type get away (not really sure why, but whatever floats your boat, as C would say). The Knot has a whole area on their website dedicated to destination weddings and best of all they give you a list of months and which places are the best to go in those months - how easy is that?

So if you're thinking about heading somewhere other than your home town check this out to make your day a less stressful.

Go Team Canada!

I'm feeling very patriotic today....I just purchased my official Team Canada olympic apparel. I'll be wearing what all the Canadian athletes will be wearing at the Olympics this summer in Beijing. There is some really cool stuff, and it can be purchased at HBC.com, or your local Zellers or The Bay will have it too. I got the way cool sweatshirt and cropped sweatpants, though I don't think I'll wear them together (a little matchy, matchy for me). I can wait to cheer on the athletes this summer!