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Giorgio Armeowni

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Decisions Decisions

I'm a little stuck and I need your help, dear readers. I'm torn between two pairs of shoes for the spring weddings I'm going to in Texas. This is the dress I'm wearing (love, love, love Shabby Apple dresses!)

Both shoes are from Calvin Klein.

So tell me, which do you like best for the dress? Please let me know your thoughts!

A little botox never hurt anything

It's been a while since I've posted anything meaningful, which means it's been a while since I posted (what? everything I post is meaningful, natch) and I have heard from one particular person that she checks my blog every day to see the latest and poof, nothing. I know the look of disappointment well, and I can't stand disappointing people.

It's not necessarily bad that I haven't had much to report on - life is chugging along beautifully, and, with the exception of a bout of the flu a few weeks ago, not much has happened (this past weekend the exception, and I'll post about that too.)

So I've decided to give this blog a little botox** to make the lines disappear. I'm going to broaden the focus of my blog and start writing more about the fashion I've lately become obsessed with. I will be showing you outfits I've got my eye on, and I'd love to get your thoughts about them - whether they're as kick ass as I think they are.

Don't worry, I'll still post the personal side of my life too, but I don't want to make you all weeks in the very likely chance my life gets boring for a few spells.

** I said a little. I have no intention of making this blog look like her.

Oscar Dress Fever

Did y'all watch the Academy Awards last night? Hooray Sandra Bullock! Hooray Jeff Bridges! Hooray Katherine Bigelow!
It's exciting that the first woman won for Best Director and her tiny little film kicked her ex husband's ass, blah blah blah, but let's talk about what really counts - the best outfits.

Sandra channeled Oscar through Marchesa - just radiant!

Demi looked ravishing in Versace, but seriously, when does she NOT look amazing?
I have always loved Kate, mostly because I think our bodies are built the same. So imagine how giddy I got when I imagined how great I could look in this YSL.

Meryl, you are the definition of glamour and you shined in Chris March. Bravo!
DK in Chanel looks ravishing next to my favorite director, Quentin.

I won't dribble my page with stupid outfits, but Zoe Saldana, that train wreck of a dress was Tuh-ragic. And was Amanda Seifreid getting married during the Oscars last night, or am I the only one who thought she wore a wedding dress?

How sad is it that I don't know any of the "young Hollywood" crowd (minus Miley Cyrus - I like her) and all my favorite stars are getting grey and old? Oh man, that's a scary thought.

So what were your favorites?

The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

have you seen the commercial of "the moment?"
I have.
100x over the past 24 hours to be exact.
It's Hi-LAR-iOUS!

Blame my agency roots for paying too much attention to commercials (especially McDonald's commercials) but when the boyfriend makes me watch the commercial on You Tube 5 times in a row (after seeing it on TV 30 seconds before) and then updates his Facebook status with the tagline from the commercial, you know you've got a winner.

Kudos to Wieden + Kennedy for the best spot I've seen since this:

V-Day Velvet

As I promised last week, here are more cupcake photos. I made these cupcakes for a friend celebrating Valentine's Day with her husband. She asked for Red Velvet cupcakes since it was one of her flavors in her wedding cake.

Look at that electric color! I borrowed a tip from Martha Stewart and used a TON of red food gel (like the kind you use for frosting). It's concentrated, so a little (or a 1/2 teaspoon) goes a long way.

Into the oven we go!

The finished result - they're not so electric anymore.

The cupcakes going to Texas for Valentine's. I love showing what my cupcakes to-go look like.

Sweet Pics

I can't help it, I just want to post some awesome photos I've taken lately of some even more awesome cupcakes I baked this week.The first are Creamsicle cupcakes I made per a special request for our super bowl party. These cupcakes turned out AMAZING!

I had so much fun tinting the batter to that perfect shade of creamy orange

Then I used my new piping tool to add homemade vanilla pastry cream to the centerNext came the homemade vanilla butter cream frosting

Top it with a sliced orange candy et voila! The finished product - a Creamsicle Cupcake.

Don't you think it looks delish?