frenchie friday: where i want to be

i want to be in a pool . . . of ice . . . while someone throws more ice on top of me.

anyone have a source for this guy?

have a wonderful weekend.  stay cool and keep those water bowls full!

frenchie friday: riddle

what do patty hearst, david beckham, zach braff, brody jenner and myself all have in common?

you guessed it!

meet some proud frenchie owners that i left off my original list. {one of my first ever posts!}

scarlet

diva

scooter

i guess brody originally bought this guy for kristin cavalarri and she named him bentley.  yikes.  on insta, brody refers to him as chunk.  much better.

we are still waiting for my play date with these two. . .

although they look kind of bitchy.  {pun intended.  obvs}

happy weekend!

frenchie friday: sickie

been feeling under the weather this week {will spare you the deets}.  looking forward to a mellow weekend while i'm on the mend.  

I'll take two of these and call you in the morning.

frenchie friday : shelby!

3 things i love about this dog:

1. she's an adorbs frenchie.  obvs.

2. her name is shelby! {if you don't know already, read about my bizarro shelby significance here}

3. she came to my attention via a rando new ack friend, and there's few things i love more than rando ack connections.  

{PS headed there today where said friend is buying me a birthday smash.  holla!}

luff.  her.

thank you to danielle klebanow{shelby's auntie} of danielle weddings for the images!

frenchie friday: a tale of two Lus

brought the gang to my happy place yesterday.

needed to hug my dear friend Lucinda of chocolate creative design.  she just lost her bestie, Mr. Hobbes, last week and my heart hurts for her and her family.

seeing as i cried when george turned ONE because he then actually had an age, i obviously cannot even fathom the extent of her sadness.

she thought holding this pork chop was very therapeutic. 

and miss looloo didn't seem to mind a bit!

it was such an amazing treat to spend time on the island.  the girls went to bed with the dirtiest feet . . . the best kind of dirt. . . island dirt.  we all five ran until we were out of breath {doesn't take much for me}

it's just magic.  pure elihu magic.

thank you, lu.  

frenchie friday: ack bound

i'm feeling a little guilty leaving my two 4 legged babies behind this weekend as i head to nantucket for winefest.  i'm sure i'll get over it after one million cocktails.  but much like their mama, nantucket is george & loo's happy place.

excited for a trip in the family truckster

even horseface and georgey bond on ack

maniac!

loo is a bit more chill.  obvs.

be good, my sweet ones.  i'll miss you.

happy weekend, everyone!

frenchie friday : jen huang photography

so i stumbled upon a glorious image of a cake by jen huang on pinterest

. . . minutes later i found this one.

so i did what any crazy dog lady person would do, and sent her an e-mail asking all about the pups and bombarding her with the stunning images of my george & loo by white loft studio while i was at it.  obvs.

lucky for me, these adorbs pups {gatsby & pepper} do belong to jen and she didn't think i was a complete nutjob {well, at least she didn't tell me if she did}.  also lucky for me, this led me to jen's other work.  it is so beautiful and goes way beyond frenchies. 

check out her pinterest page, facebook page and/or blog if you're looking for some eye candy today.

here's a preview.

swoon.

frenchie fete

my fave lil hoot party was featured on amy atlas yesterday.  i had such big fun working on this frenchie fete for my four year old daughters who are somehow fixated on going to paris {obvs not happening}.  

hangin' with george & looloo {our french bulldogs} and a 7ft. light up eiffel tower prom decoration will have to do for now!

jayme marie designs never ever disappoints and we just had too much fun with this one! look at the adorbs invite she created for the lucky birthday girls.

she also created all of the paper goods for the party, including the keepsake poster behind the dessert table.  and the pin the beret on the frenchie poster!  and the precious favor tags, and jar labels, and the dessert labels  . . . the mini french flags . . . i could go on and on {literally because i worship this woman and her positively charming designs!} 

speaking of the dessert table, pickwick baking co. outdid herself . . . again.  every delectable french creation she slaved over on that table tasted every bit as good as it looked.  {i should post the pics of the post-party croquembouche.  i meaaan, not okay.  had many a miranda moment when i was eating the remaining morsels out of the trash. TMI?}  

BEYOND delish.  ali is a french pastry genius.

 pickwick for prez!

btw, how miz pumped are george & loo in their striped shirts?

i am drooling reliving this dessert table.  the chocolate mousse. . . omg, sinful.

and the "pancake cakes" for C & P!  they each had their individual crepe cakes with their fave flavors.  

 if i absolutely had to choose a fave, it would be the sweet charlottes.  they were divine!

but wait, the croissants?  i die.  they were perfection.  if you ever have a chance to buy some pickwick croissants, do it.  {or don't do it because it will ruin every croissant you ever taste again on this side of the atlantic.}

some other fun deets . . . my parisian themed books for the kiddos to read . . .

 pin the beret on the frenchie. . .

monkeying around the eiffel tower and demonstrating impressionistic techniques on their favor mugs. . .

{p.s. love that the guests dressed the part!  or wait, i maybe suggested that. . . either way impressive that they listened to miss bossypants hostess}

the mugs at each place setting on the bistro tables with the frenchie cookies . . . 

the cookies created by batches.  so yummy and so adorbs!

the personalized favor jars with hot cocoa and mini-parisian landmarks spray-painted silver.

viva la france!

and viva la meredith michaud nelson of meredith nelson photography!

thank you for commemorating yet another birthday with your beautiful work.  can nevah evah thank you enough.  merci beaucoup just doesn't cut it!

so again, so much vendor love to jayme marie designs, pickwick baking co., and meredith nelson photography.  so inspired by you all. . .

and thank you to our little guests - we love you!

but the biggest thank you of all goes to my favorite "clients".  seeing the world through your eyes is a joy greater than i could have ever hoped for or imagined.  

joyeux anniversaire, mes filles douces !

{yikes, i am super emo today!  big post tomorrow on why. . . stay tuned}

good frenchie friday

cannot believe i forgot to post this yesterday.  i must have been busy not eating meat and repenting or definitely not either of those things something.  anyhoot, my most amazing meredith nelson took this pic a couple years back.  looloo wasn't supposed to be part of the shoot but then we slapped some ears on her and she started eating carrots so ummmm, how could meredith not start snapping away?

and i know you're all probably going to want to give props to C's very special haircut.  thank you for that.

hoppy easter, peeps!

xoxo

frenchie friday: naughty george. . .obvs

via flickr

this image from flickr looks so much like my george.  miss him so.

grab a chair because i don't want you to be shocked and keel over when i tell you that george has been a bit naughty since i left him nearly a week ago.

here's a text from CBC from a couple of days ago.

and this came in from lucky dogsitter, amandy-pants, last night.  

don't worry that was only a million dollar box of fran's gray salt caramels.

even loo is being a tad naughty, perched up on my prized pillows {via julie from shelter}

good luck, amanda.  please give those naughties hugs from mommy!