PERFECT roundup

I am finally getting around to doing the latest Perfect roundup! So many great party-inspired posts to share.

from top: Chinese-inspired 8th birthday party via Oh Happy Day (via Hula Seventy); lovely old-fashioned birthday inspiration and balloons taped to ceiling (love!) via Emma's designblogg; red truck tailgate, Roland Bello's woodland picnic for Gourmet and Chelsea's grandmother's birthday (love the floral 'hat') via Frolic; deer + cupcake via sfgirlbybay; macaron gift boxes via hostess with the mostess; mini pink 'au revoir' cake via Absolutely Beautiful Things; black and white poppy adorned cakes via DesignSponge; Martha Stewart ice cream cupcakes via Creature Comforts.

Tune in for Gen's birthday party post tomorrow!

fabulous cupcake wrappers

Check out these amazing cupcake wrappers from Fancy Flours! I think I'm partial to the white filigree and white picket fence ones. You can get a 15% discount (via Not Just A Mommy and Create My Event) by entering 00010 in the coupon box at checkout.

happy 3rd birthday, oden!

We just got back from the most fun-filled 3rd birthday party ever! Oden is one lucky boy to have such creative and stylish parents. 

In honor of his love for Lightning McQueen, we got him this Playsam streamliner car. I hope he likes it! 

It was so fun to see Gen, Kayce, Susan, Melodie and more. Pictured above is the birthday boy donning a batman suit and my son, Gram. I can't wait for Gen's post on the party. Everything was PERFECT, of course!

ode to maira, part 2

Thank you to quaint handmade for passing along this! love, love, love...

ode to maira

There are two other 'fantasy' blogs I have in the back of my mind at all times. The first is a play off of the Sartorialist. Instead of photographing terribly fashionable people all over the world, I would photograph terribly unfashionable people all over Nashville. Today I saw a woman dressed in very short jean shorts, loose-around-the-calf cowboy boots, a button-down pink men's shirt (tucked in), and a short fitted jacket. The whole ensemble would have been better only if she had frayed jean shorts, but nonetheless, she would have made my unfashion blog.

Which leads me to my next fantasy blog, entitled An Ode to Maira Kalman. To say I adore Maira's illustrations and sense of humor is a vast understatement. 

Several years ago, my mother- who had no idea who she was- thought her illustrations were so 'charming' that she tracked her down at her apartment in NYC. She somehow got her on the phone and convinced her to sign a slew of her (Un)fashion books, including one for me! I was a tad embarassed for my mother, but at the same time- I feel so fortunate to have a signed copy with a little illustration Maira did just for me that says 'to Sara.' (I will have to post a picture of that later).

I could think of no better way to start the weekend then with a little dose of Ms. Kalman. Above are some party-inspired excerpts from her latest book, The Principles of Uncertainty. J'adore!