New Summer Purchases and Some News Too!

Hello! I have a few lovely finds to share today!

This is my new dress from Forever 21, which I am desperately in love with...

This is a new high waisted skirt, also from Forever 21, with covered buttons on the front.

My cousin laughed at me when I bought this fringed vest at Target (it was on sale for ten dollars! How could I not buy it?)

And these are my new shoes! The sea green sneakers are from Urban Outfitters, and the black heels are (sigh) vintage Ferragamos, which I purchased for twenty dollars at Buffalo Exchange. A total steal, and I am in L O V E.

And here's the bow...

I also got a stack of skinny glittery headbands at Forever 21 ($1.50 for three)

And in other news...

My mom and I are going into production!
We have decided to participate in the upcoming Sugarplum craft show, which is in early October. It takes place at the Orange County fairgrounds, so if anyone is in the Southern California area, please come and see us!

I just finished making some little circlet tiaras, inspired Marie Antoinette...

The circular head-pieces are made from silver and pink sparkly garland, and the back is trimmed with flowers, rhinestones, glittery butterflies, and bow tied in French ribbon.

I hope you like them! I would love some feedback, as well :)

Into the light

"Yes, the Gorgon has dried your tears," he said.
"Well, she opened my eyes too; it's a delusion to say that she blinds people. What she does is just the contrary-- she fastens their eyelids open, so that they're never again in the blessed darkness."

The quote is from The Age of Innocence, which is an excellent book if you have the patience for the slow methodical potrayel of peoples lives and deepest fears (fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald would enjoy it).

The photograph is mine. If you are interested in seeing all of the photos of the peonies, visit my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecupcakecrusader/sets/72157618945018656/

Had a wonderful day and have many photos to post, so expect a nice long addition in the coming days! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Belated May Day

I wanted to post something yesterday in honor of May Day, but it was cloudy and I was sick, so there was no posting to be done. But today I am feeling better and the weather is a little nicer, and more appropriate for some flower posting, so I'm having a little belated May Day celebration!The goregous white roses that are blooming in the front yard right now...

the beauty that unfolded while I was unaware of the horrors taking place

These are a few of the pictures that I took while I was on vacation. This is my cousin Sarah, who I think is goregous in an understated way. She is also brilliantly intelligent and looks towards the future with her eyes wide open.

I love blooming flowers and blue skies...

oh, sweet things of innocence

Yes! My Little Ponies! Yesterday my mom and I went shopping to buy bithday gifts for one of my cousins who just turned 4, and we're going to visit during spring break (2 weeks left! woo!). I almost died when we came across the aisle with all the My Little Ponies; I LOVED them when i was a kid! I used to take them in the bathtub, which would make their manes all tangled but I didn't care. And, may I dare say, I think they've gotten even cuter over the years.

I went looking for pictures on flickr.com, and found an entire community of My Little Pony addicts... I absolutely loved this little pony with the strawberries <3 Not to mention the hot pink mane... I wish I had a hot pink mane. I also love that there are itty bitty hearts in their eyes, so sweet.

I love all their little accessories too. I wish they made such sweet little brushes in human sizes. The Little Pony that I bought for my cousin came with a really cute plastic ring that the pony could also wear as a 'bracelet.' I thought that was actually pretty adorable, and now I really want my own little pony. I told my mom this in the store, to which she replied, 'I know sweetheart.'

And I had to include this one because it perfectly plays into my morbid fascination with anything pretty that is slightly wrong (or incredibly wrong, depending on you manner of opinion).

There was also a display of My Littlest Pet Shop, which I was hugely addicted to as a child. I'm going to try and find all of my old ones and take some pictures. I've really been wanting to take pictures lately, particularly of all the flowers that are blooming right now (I love Southern California, it's beautiful and colorful all year round). Yesterday, before we went to buy birthday presents, my mother and I were buying flowers at a nursery. We always go to this same place; it's this little scrap of land underneath all these telephone wires and is always ten degrees hotter than the surrounding area (we have no clue why, but it's true). There were these absolutely goregous double delight roses and I wished I had my camera so badly; I settled to take a picture of it with my phone camera however. The poppies are in bloom at school too. All in all, it's been a colorful couple of days, even though I haven't been getting enough sleep; but I suppose one must sacrifice something for pleasure and inspiration.