It’s a chick flick for you. A slideshow! I just love it!
Click on the photo – you’ll be taken to the photographer’s site:
The link: http://private.stephanierausser.com/kiki_and_coco/
In case you want the doll, or one like it anyways, prepare to dig deep into your wallet… The doll maker (Artist?) is Jess Brown. Read a nice article about her.
(When Lucy gets this age, I’m so doing this.)
Every Mother’s Day the SSA comes out with the previous year’s baby name rankings in the US.
It’s fun to see where your kids names land!
For example: Man, were we riding a trend with Ava, although we didn’t know it at the time. Back then Ava was only at 81! (She was born May 7th, 2003)
Here is the newest SSA name info, courtesy of our favorite name authority, The Baby Name Wizard.
(Lucy is on the rise! Oscar is falling! Oh the fascination!)
(I swoon)
I’ve been watching all the recent coverage of the Royal Wedding of William and Kate, and noticing all the use of flower symbolism, a.k.a. ‘the language of flowers‘.
Kate’s bouquet was the traditional all-white arrangement carried at royal weddings. Dainty and elegant, the bell-shaped Lily of the valley symbolizes the return of happiness. (To the Monarchy? How cool!) The bouquet also had Sweet William, which stands for gallantry (an awesome romantic tribute to her groom). Hyacinth stands for constancy of love, and the myrtle is an emblem of marriage. This myrtle that was set into the bouquet was taken from a shrub planted by Queen Victoria, after her wedding to Prince Albert. Myrtle from the same plant was carried by Queen Elizabeth in her wedding bouquet in 1947. Finally, touches of ivy represent fidelity, friendship, and affection. The symbolism is old and meaningful, and so appealing to me in these modern times where I’m craving authenticity. If only my wedding bouquet had been as well planned!
It had been announced that the royal couple were dedicating many components of their wedding day to their country, nature and family. The flowers and trees for the wedding were all from the royal estates of Queen Elizabeth. (I absolutely loved the trees in the Abbey!) Flowers were brought from Great Park (Windsor Castle). Kate’s earrings were diamond acorns with oak leaves, a motif which echoes the coat of arms of the Middleton family (a wedding present from her parents).
The Victorians loved the language of flowers. This is a cute little glossary designed by my old favorite, Jacquie Lawson (also English), and and it just came to my inbox today:
(Click to enlarge)
A key chain worthy of the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants!
I too, will start unknown dinner with an onion.
Only, I pay the price in tears! Boo.
Read this article (via Cup of Jo) at Dinner A Love Story.
I love it!
I have to take a moment to give props to Kiera and her general awesomeness for doing an apprenticeship at Acme. People, this is rather epic. (Those hours alone are impressively early. 2:30 is nighttime.) But she totally aced this, and the amazing effort and lessons she learned are pretty inspiring.
I have loved Acme since before David Goines made this poster:
And, now I love them even more. You can read about Kiera’s experience on her blog, Sweet Kiera.
(How clever of her! That’s the flour alright.)
So bookmark her blog somewhere, or ‘like’ her on facebook, because there’s more good stuff coming soon!
