joie de vivre

Parvati's bite-sized french macarons from Petite Patisserie

 

diy...makes you want to try everything, so happy that these pompoms turn out really well :)

 

Keep Calm & Enjoy

 

KC was in charged of the cake, she had a friend that takes cakes&cupcakes orders, which saved me a lot as well from discounts. ooh la la love it :)

my birthday girl

 

I had a pretty set up for the cafe until the fondue suddenly decided to become an active volcano and erupted splashes of chocolate lava even before I could take a picture. (pag wala nga namang dating ganito sa barrio

 

checking how my paper mache teacup will look like as party favors. I think I paper mache'd 

around 50 teacups, didn't meet my 60 teacups goal :( 

but Ann Wood's  teacups did save me a lot from buying expensive party favors

 

   teacup+cupcake=<3>

 

@le cafe zadee: free teacups for everyone with heart marshmallows or chocolate rice crispies

my not-so-pretty diy paper bags, and zadee's merci-giveaways :D, something that I bought 15 pesos each @ toyrus :) and lest I forget, my diy cake stand 20 pesos platter, 35 pesos doily but got it for 30 pesos and 25 pesos bowl at our public market

& oh well I will never be somewhere in the bg, if I could divide myself into three, one in the kitchen, one in decorating, taking pictures...etc etc

couleurs de l'été

my poem..."softly "

 her birthday dress&her french macaron necklace

I tried my hands with these fabric peonies. I found this amazing link for zadee's paris birthday

I need to save a lot so this site has been very helpful for my perspective for this project.

http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com/

"Paris is always a good idea" ~ Audrey Hepburn

Bon anniversaire Zadee

 

elle est belle

When you’ve just turned seven
strolling up and down
the wide champs elysees

mistaken for mona lisa
under the eiffel tower

you just want to find
an outdoor cafe

where hemingway‘s
writing another short story

a place to just chill
you and your girlfriends

sipping from tea cups
with hand painted hearts
made of papier mache’

for a birthday girl by Ken Smith

oh the places you'll go...

"Oh the places you'll go

You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
                   
                         ~Dr. Seuss

                        

 I owe a credit to this link for the... Paris print  of the envelope

 

 

 

                       

...dreaming of Paris

A Paris

Regardant te ciel couleur miel

 Qui embrasse ce fleuve

Qui doucement se couchant

nous chuchote bonsoir

nous restons hypnotises,

 

sur ce pont

 

Audessus de la Siene

words by

suki salvador

oh Happy Zadee Day

 

Happy 7th Birthday Zadee

I know you want turon for your birthday

babaw ng kaligayahan 

and this is your new morning song

 

les fleurs

Hensley's poem is just beautiful, so I thought I might post it on my blog (ay hindi nya alam hehe)

...prickles of wild roses...

 When I say:
"let us cut—
our love string".

                     Your smile succumbs,
                     petals pirouette
                                                      like cardinals leaving
                                                      a beautifully covered nest;

                     I cannot self forgive
                     for loving you until today.

I found this blue butterfly basking in my pink hibiscus, so I thought of taking a photo of it.

since when did I become a butterfly paparazzi?

  

my pink pitiminis, I don't know why they are called this name

and my november's first bloom, a yellow rose

the weeks just go too fast, and it's zadee's birthday on wednesday. I am just out of words on days like this, and maybe some simple photographs can make me express that I am thankful for a good life