papery flowers

When my mom was a teenager, she helped pay for her university tuition by making giant crepe paper flowers and selling them to Montreal stores to be used in their window displays. Artist Zoe Bradley's work is reminiscent of my mom's business venture...just on a bit of a different scale! Using primarily luxury papers, sculptural and origami techniques, her oversized creations have appeared in the fashion shows and windows of bigwigs like Louis Vuitton, Harrod's and Tiffany's. Oh to create large paper flowers for a living!

delicious dessert bar - with my name on it

Imagine my surprise when I was wandering in blogland and I stumbled across one of Amy Atlas' amazing dessert bar displays - with my name on it! Apparently it was a sweet display for a baby naming party, with the colours and patterns inspired by a Pucci print. My name isn't very common, so I was quite excited that a new baby girl will be named Joelle, and that my name was a part of Amy's fabulous creation. I do just wish though...that the dessert table with my name on it...was really for me. :)

Photos from Amy Atlas, by Karen Mordechai.

pretty cupcake liners

Cupcakes are one of my favourite things ever! And they would taste even better in these pretty little liners from Cupcake Social. {found via Style Me Pretty}