flower power

Another fabulous birthday party! But this one would have been ideal when I turned the big 1-0. It’s hard to  come to grips with the fact that you’ll never be a single digit again but this party would have perked me right up.  Check out this party here.

{Jose Villa via Simple Song}

a birthday extraordinaire

Oooo sometimes I wish my birthday was in the summer. The bright colours, the pretty flowers, the frilly cake! My heart would burst to have a birthday party like this.

made of money

I love this penny floor at the Standard Hotel in New York! Talk about not wasting a cent!

{via Apartement Therapy}

romance isn’t dead…at least not in New York

I’ve had this brilliant balloon proposal story floating around in my head for a few months now and just had to post about it.  With the help of his sister, this romantic guy had strangers offer pink balloons, attached with little notes from him, to his future fiance on the Brooklyn Bridge . Read the whole story here.  Makes me feel a little less jaded.

{via The City Sage}

pride and prejudice and zombies

Can you imagine the dead stalking about Netherfield, coaxing Lydia to dance and playing cards with Mr. Collins? Seth Grahame-Smith has plugged some hilarious zombie action into Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I can’t wait for my amazon order to show up on my doorstep! Check it out here.

Happy Canada Day!

Wishing you all a wonderful day and plenty of beer! For those of you heading downtown Ottawa, don’t forget your wellies!

{photo by Anice Wong}

queen bee

Or perhaps Princess Bee’s more like it. Fifteen-year-old Olivia Bee is taking Flickr by storm. She’s one to watch, that’s for sure. Read an interview with her here.

alice

There was always something a little eerie about Alice in Wonderland – even the Disney version. But it always sparked my imagination as a kid. Off I’d trek,  sleuthing out hidden passages, doors and worlds. Looks like Disney’s at it again. Check out the latest photos of Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland. They’re stunning.

{Disney via Apartment Therapy}

somebody stop me

I went ape on etsy again.

{the beautiful project}

{letterpress}

{bread of many}

playtime

I’m not hearing any tick tocking, but if I were I think I’d be all over these toys!

World in a bag

evielala

little sapling toys

gingerblossoms