Welcome to Los Olivos, a cute town nestled into the Central Coast

do you remember april?

it seems so long ago now that us californians are lounging on the beach catching sunrays and vitamin d

it makes me so happy

(avila beach- memorial day)

all my blues go away when i feel the salty air on my face & see my niece & nephew with their sandy faces & wet buns.

i turned another year older in april

but

i still feel like i'm 20 something!

i want to take you along with me to where i celebrated my birthday

you'll probably want to have your own girls day afterwards there too

& this is my personal INVITE to you

saarloos & sons was my pick for a birthday spent with girlfriends

(located in los olivos , neighboring solvang)

it's a place where wine & cupcakes come together to make HEAVEN

the owners have combined wines that pair with mini cupcakes for the BEST taste ever

plus.plus.plus. extra plus it's a modern vintage tasting room layout

all my eyes saw was pretty

pretty details everywhere

pretty wallpaper

pretty treats

pretty everything

lets go sit there together

i really want that chair

amber & her husband kevin of ENJOY CUPCAKES

her cupcakes are mobile

she fixed up this little vintage camper and it arrives at your event cupcakes in tow

(enjoy cupcakes photo credits jose villa)
(other shots via saarloosand sons.com)
just one more reason you need to come see me
i can't even wait to go back there
& i think you should come with me

DIY ICE CREAM PARLOUR PARTY

i've been without internet for a long time but finally have it back. i am so behind in blogging that i don't know how to catch up. but my goal is to do it. i have to blog my birthday, easter, disneyland with the family, etc. i thought instead of trying to catch up tonight i will just go backwards and share a recent 5th birthday party that i helped plan with a friend. she really did most of it but it was so fun to contribute.

one day awhile back i happened upon the cutest ice cream parlour party (from eat drink chic) and i fell in love with all the little pink details. so when my friend said she wanted an ice cream bar at her daughters party i couldn't wait to share this one with her.  

my photo won't enlarge if you click it but if you go to eat drink chic's site here it will

above photos via eat drink chic
every detail is so cute and pink and perfect for a little girl's party! her site has all the label downloads for free here.

ella's birthday turned out so cute and it was so fun to be apart of!

stripey straws here and here. i'm pretty sure the silver trays are from the dollar store and the cotton candy bags are from wal-mart.

my friend julie (birthday girls mom) homemade the pink cookie flowers

i cannot tell you how good the mini cupcakes tasted. chocolate cake filled with chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting. uuuummmmm yummm!

glass candy dishes at michaels

i really liked julie's scalloped spoon holders

party compete with face painting by the talented hannah

all the kids painted their own bird house

fruit cabobs with sugared ends made by julie's sister

ella the birthday girl. she is so cute. i used to watch her when she was just 2 and i've always loved her. she's like so cute with a squeeky little voice and girly but can sure hold her own because she has 2 older brothers.

now i wanna have a ice cream parlour party, wanna come????

silly faces on kelly circle drive

i have a ton of blogging to catch up on but for now since i don't have the time i'll share a memory with you and some pics to sum up what a fun spring it's been. 

when i was a little girl i lived in los angeles about 10 minutes away from grandma & grandpa's house. my brothers & i didn't play with our cousins like most kids did cause we didn't have any on my mom's side & our cousins on our dad's side lived pretty far away so we only saw them on special occasions. this fact never bothered us because my mom's brothers & sisters still lived at my grandpa & grandmas house since they were still in high school & grade school. they were super cool & fun and spoiled us until we were grown.  i remember many memories of big family dinners over there, getting together for 4th of july & lighting sparklers in the driveway, thinking they wore the coolest shoes called vans, watching my aunts get ready to go on a date, getting my nails painted & hair crimped, listening to my aunt's beastie boys album and giggling uncontrollably at my funny uncle jimmy. eventually we grew up & they had long since moved out of my grandma & grandpa's house. pretty soon they were starting families of their own. now i have 7 little cousins & one of them is getting ready to go to prom soon, while another is 10 going on 20 full of spunk & cute as a button.

this weekend we took a family trip down to LA &  made some good memories back on kelly circle drive on the very sidewalks i've played on since i was in pampers.    

  

it went from silly faces on the curb to dancing on the sidewalk.
such sweet cousin memories.

annie

judah

& as you already know I love them

sometimes i wish things were just free

like these branches i found around our property 

they're wild 

&

theyr'e huge 

i'd love to have some of these braches in my home

not sure where this photo is from?

or some beachy driftwood

elements of style

but for now i'll make do with my backyard finds

i love this bed

ashley raubach photography

& love this room 

allice lane home

see how the nightstands don't even match

the heights are varying of the lamps and the nightstands

but somehow it works

i really think when you design your home you have to make things work

because lets face it 

we can't always buy what we want

that's where creativity comes in

 & i believe everything doesn't have to match

it just has to flow like this bedroom

& kirra's bedroom (check it out here) is a great example of that

she just repainted her husbands nightstand

 & i think it looks great especially because it's a salvation army find

so she got real creative and made someone else's "throw-away" a treasure

her and her husbands treasure

kirra sue photography

see her nightstands don't match either but they don't have to

it looks so pretty

country living mag

elements of style

elements of style