frenchie friday: wedding dress

so i've been looking forward to this since we were lil girls.  we are going wedding dress shopping this weekend for the ash.  to say i've been obsessing is an understatement.

if y'all are interested i'll post a full report on monday.  the ash would look gorge in a paper bag so i'm anticipating some true ridiculousness when she dons an actual wedding gown.

anyhoot, it's frenchie friday so here ya go!

swoon.

hey ashy, mind if i bring loo and/or george to l'elite with us?  i think they would look stunning {really} next to an oscar de la renta.

happy weekend!

ain't no big DVF

so ummm, yeah, we've got this to look forward to on march 15th.

DVF + baby gap =

owl take two of each, please, thank you.

pre-wedding wednesday

this will be the last post on a wednesday you see that's not titled WEDDING wednesday, as i plan to write a bit about the upcoming weddings I am currently obsessing over.  it's been 7 years since I was in the thick of it with my own nuptials, so i am having such. big. fun. anticipating the joyous occasions on the horizon for two of my fave ladies EVAH.

okay so, that being said, not much time for a proper post today. . .

recap of v-day, CBC had no clue what "the 24" meant.  {obvs.}

poor horseface was forced to read the blog to find out. 

so i went ahead and bought myself this glorious sweater from calypso {already sold out today}

i've been eyeing this beauty for months and it finally went on sale.  hope it's fab in "real life"

also ran to ikea this am with one ms. very preggers sugar on top!  she was trying to induce labor while i ran around filling my cart {and hers} with a gazillion things i don't need but plan on thoroughly enjoying, like these canopies for C & P's beds.

this is great in theory but i'm pretty confident it won't end well after the garland fiasco.

womp.

happy hump day!

24 and other memories with my valentine

sorry for the late post.  i spent most of the day with the wee valentines.  we went to deliver hugs to daddy at work-  good times {except when c. almost choked on a jolly rancher given by daddy's co-worker - hey timmy, nice work!}

i wasn't prepared with a gift for CBC this year but low and behold i stumbled upon just the right 'something' today.

one of my fave gifts to give are john derian decoupage.  

they fit my gift criterion: something one probably wouldn't buy for themselves, aesthetically pleasing, and meaningful.

i know i've mentioned this lil gem in my mom's day gift guide.  love-love.  and I would gladly accept this as a gift myself {hint, hint}

this beauty would not be cool with CBC, however.

if i was perusing the actual john derian store i could have settled on any number of the following, as they all conjure up wonderful memories of my valentine:

the central park essay 

{we got engaged overlooking central park when we lived on the UWS}

enjoyed many a jet-lagged creme brulee in gay paris

our lobster bake rehearsal dinner

obvs

obvs, again

triple obvs

this cupid would only fly on v-day- altho even that's a stretch . . .

awww, our lil twin cherubs!  adorbs, but again, not quite CBC's style.

as it turns out, the totes appropes start to his 'collection' was on sale at one of my go-to gift shoppes in marblehead, 

c'est la vie.

6.24.05

hey CBC, i'm glad we got married.  i really like you, a lot.

and then on my way out i stumbled upon the perf card . . .

this reminded me that i gave CBC a wheel of pierre robert for his first birthday we spent together {10 years ago}.  it dawns on me now that this was an odd gift - but it was meant to be, or this card wouldn't make sense now - see that folks?  it all. works. out.

happy valentine's day.  remember the love.

the ash-gagement

you found him-  

happiness abounds.

HBD, Hoot!

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear mr. hooooooo-ooot.  happy birthday to YOU {and me}!

image via

trying not to be emo over here- i mean, it's just a blog, for george's sake.  let's not get too carried away.   that being said, bear with me as i thank some muy importante peeps . . . like YOU.

a year ago i launched lil hoot.  it's still pretty small potatoes {maybe always will be} but what isn't small at all is the overwhelming amount of encouragement i feel from my readers, friends, family, and colleagues {such a foncy word}.  

i am forever grateful for my cheerleaders {you know who you are} 

and also the relationships i've made because of my lil biz.  it's been such big fun to conspire with such serious talent - wor-ship all of these ladies who are so. darn. good. at what they do.

paiges of style

jayme marie designs

chocolate creative design

sugar on top

pickwick baking co.

no. 8 photography

white loft studio

life in graz

meg caswell

in a {party/blog} world where competition and pettiness can prevail- you gals have managed to support and inspire in ways i don't even think you realize and it is truly appreciated.

you rock.

and now please excuse my open love letter to ms. meredith nelson.

dear meredith, 

you have given me and mr. hoot a gift like no other : your bananas documentation of my parties with heart . . . and for that, my gratitude measures beyond words.

but i have to say our friendship is really the wind beneath lil hoot's wings.

thank you for always showing up with a smile - even when i ask you to pick up ginormous balloons on your way to shoot a party, or walk in to find a very "unfinished" party scene {ahum, sprinkle. . .}

you are the real deal, sister.  and that, my friend, is worth celebrating every day.

love,

me

totes creepster, right?  hey CBC, i promise i'm not leaving you for meredith . . . yet. ha.  seriously tho, she's legit. {but no one compares to CBC.  i really like you, a lot, hunny.}

okay, i'm babbling so i'll leave you all with this.

ahhhh-maze-balz.

i'm off to walk my dogs.

happy weekend!

and P.S. i love you. {okay, i'll try to refrain from overly corny blog posts for another year, but that's highly unlikely}

ooxx

vivi "the peanut"'s 1st birthday

sooo, it was almost a year ago that i was swooning over bebe vivi's glorious nursery on fabulous blog laybabylay.  joni lay has impeccable taste and i worship her style.

i even bought vivi's rug for LHH {lil hoot headquarters}

we have a very important first birthday coming up in these parts . . .my fifth baby, lil hoot, is turning one this week. . .so cray cray!

i'd like to kick off the celebration by sharing vivi's 1st birthday party. 

j'adore that there was no hokey theme, but the adorbs "peanut" herself.   

they truly celebrated her first year of life in the best way possible. . . 

with vivi's fave foods, family, and glorious paper goods {mustn't forget those.}

hey, lay fam- you nailed it!

what a lucky lucky peanut.

thank you for letting me share your real life party with heart!

and everyone run don't walk to see all the glorious deets {and soooo much more eye-candy} on laybabylay.