October Travel

This month includes lots of traveling for me. My bi-annual trip to New York City for Bridal Fashion week with Paris Inc. and then a lovely trip to Siesta Key, Florida to celebrate my Mom's 50th birthday with my fabulous Aunts.

Now that my work trip is over I can look forward to some fun in the sun!

I must say NYC was some hard work but there was some shining moments of glamourous fun.

We attended the annual Martha Stewart Weddings Party. This year was the 15th Anniversary celebration and it was held at the gorgeous Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. It was quite the party!

I'll share more of all the fun details later, but for now here are some fun pics of the party:

The Paris Crew

Me and my newest BFF, Robert Verdi

Shoe Overhaul

Recently, I have stumbled among some amazing ideas for re-doing or enhancing your shoe wardrobe. From boots to Sex-in-the-City-like chic heels, there are some amazing ideas complete with tutorials. Check them out and get inspired to freshen up your shoe situation!

A little ribbon can make a big difference:

Hope Studio's Tute

fabric, ribbon and thread=big designer impact

One of my very favorite blogs ever ..Love Meagan's amazing tute:

I found this crafty gal via craftster.org, who took sweater arms and an 'ol pair of mary jane crocs and got this:

the craftster link here

I absolutely love DIY!

Make-It Monday

So vacay is over and I am (almost) back on track. I've gotten many fun things accomplished that I've been wanting to share. My best laid plan is that my posts will be more frequent and scheduled through the week. Let's start now with Make-It Monday!

My oldest dumpling, Caleb is super obsessed with Star Wars. Really it's bordering scary obsession. Luckily the Hubby and I are way into it too.

I found the greatest Star Wars vintage pillowcase at the thrift (my obsession) for 40 cents. Joe said he had the same sheets and pillowcases on his bed when he was little, so it makes this one all the more special.

I contemplated for a couple of weeks on exactly what I was going to do with it and then I ran across this adorable tutorial for a travel pillow from Maya Made and knew immediately. The tutorial was super easy to follow and took about an hour or so from start to finish.

When I find the right fabric I'm gonna do one for my Quinnie too.

This made quite the companion for Caleb on the long drive to and from Myrtle Beach. It has a strap for carrying easily and I added a little Darth Vader pocket from the scraps for his little figures. R2 feels totally at home among his peeps!

Enjoy:)

A Beachy Hiatus

I've been out of my usual routine lately. Went on a wonderful beach getaway with my family. Have some fun new stuff to share soon...

Name Change

So, I'm working on my etsy account again. I let it go there for awhile, but now I'm back with a whole new name and new vision for it's future. Presenting: Poppies & Poetry.

Handmade whimsy for your pleasure. Stop by. I plan to be loading it up with all kinds of goodies over the next week or so.

Lemon Obsession!

As I may have already mentioned I love all things lemon...especially desserts!

I found this recipe recently on allrecipes.com and it is now my new favorite. So easy to make and has the most gourmet result for minimal effort. The top bakes up into sort of a light angel food cake and the bottom becomes a rich lemon sauce. Perfection!!

Embarassingly enough, the damage done to this is all done by me. Don't judge, once you taste this you will not be able to restrain yourself without help. I promise!

Lemon Pudding Cake:

4 eggs, separated
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup white sugar (I cut sugar downfrom original recipe)
1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk


DIRECTIONS
Beat together egg yolks, lemon juice, lemon rind, and butter or margarine until thick and lemon colored. Combine sugar, flour, and salt; add alternately with milk to the yolk mixture, beating well after each addition.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Blend egg whites into batter on low speed of electric mixer. Pour into 8 inch square baking dish.
Place a pan of hot water in the oven, and set the baking dish into the pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes.

Kitchen Towel to Fab Pillow

During one of my many yard sale-ing days this summer I picked up this super cute Anthropologie kitchen towel for just 25 cents.

What a steal, right?

Well it was just too cute to wipe greasy hands on, so in as little as 10 minutes I transformed it into a pillow.

I know I've seen this done out there before as well as an instance where someone turned an Anthropologie towel into kitchen curtains.

Super cute results when you start thinking outside the box!

Just Plain Awesomeness!

Not sure if awesomeness is an actual word, but that's exactly what came to mind when I saw this:

A Pacman grooms cake by the domesic scientist. This would be absolutely great for any occasion in my book (-the bride and groom)! Genious!

TuuuuTuuuu CUTE!

I made two tutus, matching monogram shirts and coordinating hairbows for two very special little ladies of a close friend of mine a few ap-erotik.com weeks ago. They wore them on vacation to the Isle of Palms and so these stunning pictures were born:





Thanks and kudos to the stylist, Jill (Mom) and lead photographer, Vince (Dad) for these adorable shots.

Vince happens to be a very talented photographer. Check him out at

salzarulophotography.com

I just ♥ making these!