Something sweet is always a must for any celebration. If my family has a get together you can bet there will be some kind of insanely delicious cake or dessert. I looove wedding cakes! I love the 'marriage' between something that tastes like heaven, but also manages to look like a work of art. Martha stewart has her top 50 wedding cakes on marthastewartweddings.com. Some are simple, minimalist cakes with fresh flowers; some of them are all about lots of texture and some have extremely time-consuming, intricate sugar flowers & extensive piping. Here are some of my favorites: 

What did you love about your cake??? 

Wow....As a lover of Architecture and beautiful clean spaces I am disturbed by this. Feel free to rant , I know you'll want to.......(Read this on the fab littlebrownpen blog, make sure you visit it!)

Traveling has become one of my greatest passions. There's nothing like experiencing different cultures and seeing different landscapes. While I travel, I always have Friago in the back of my mind. I'm always looking to find beautiful & fun things to bring back. On my last trip to Chile, I found a ton of different pieces to work with. My favorite so far? Check it out:

Copper Loops Earrings:

Brass Loops Earrings:

 I find these to be so visually interesting and simple at the same time. I'm a huge fan of metal jewelry, especially with different tones. They are very lightweight, which is always a factor with METAL....I'm actually thinking about keeping a pair, which is rare for me!

What do you think.......Would you wear these?

Please join us for the Valentines Sale at Friago......All prices have been reduced by 20%!

Girls, get something for the special woman in your life; mom, grandma, aunt, sister, BFF.....

Guys, get the special woman in your life a little something, whether it's mom or wife of girlfriend, every girl loves some cute accessories!

We've been married now for about 17 months and the baby fever is creeping in! In all honesty, we've both been pretty anxious to start our family, but we're cautious to not jump the gun. I just turned 29 and that was a little scary for me. So scary infact, that I had blocked it out completely. I honestly and truly thought I was still 28 until hubby viciously broke the bubble today and reminded me that if we got pregnant this year, I would most likey be a 30 year old first time mommy. Thanks honey!!!!  

It was agreed upon fairly early that our Euro trip had to come before little munchkins. So....it only seemed natural that this should be our babymoon (babymoon - a romantic baby making vacay! hehehe). We've traveled a lot together, but his trip in particular has me so super excited since neither of us have been to Europe!! I just wanted to share the 4 countries that we've narrowed it down to....so far.

Top priorities:

#1 Romance

#2 Relaxation

#3 Baby! lol...

What do you think?

Any tips on time of the year to go, romantic hotels, Italian beaches....etc. Anyone have invaluable European experiences that they would love to share? Please leave comments!! Can't wait to hear stories or suggestions!

Thanks ;)

Commercial or Romantic?!

Either way, Whether you believe in the holiday or not it's always a perfect excuse to express some love and appreciation for the people you love! Most of the time, busy everyday lives get in the way of quality time and romance so here are some get-in-the-mood for Valentines Day images!

Which one gets you in the mood? :)

A friend of mine is having a baby and her nusery is hot pink! What a rockin baby that will be, huh? Hot Pink is my new favorite color (until I get sick of it in a couple of months and pick a new one! lol) Here are some fab hot pink ideas for sweets, dresses, weddings, parties, shoes, art and gorgeous flowers.

Pictured above is the beautiful and always put together, but waaay too skinny, Mrs. Beckham with a hot pink Hermes bag (yea, I never said you could actually afford everything I picked out! BUT we can dream, girls.) Hot, hot shoes from Zappos.com Chloe Sevigny in a super short & chic Luella mini dress. Hot pink flowers, yummmmmy cupcakes and the gorgeous fashion icon Marilyn Monroe.

A standing ovation for the fashionista that is Gwen Stefani, skipping the traditional route to don a hot pink and white wedding dress! Pretty Gerbera daisies, more yummy cupcakes, a candy necklace, & chic shoes from zappos.com once again. A cute Donna Ricco hot pink dress....Izze has awesome bottles that are simply designed and yummy enough to serve at any party & match almost an color scheme. For the daring ones (like me, 10 years ago!) you could sport some hot pink hair??!! Ok, so maybe that's a stretch, but it would absolutely be fun! Hot pink incorporated into invitations, announcements, & favors is always fun as well as some pink coral, for a centerpiece.....

Enjoy the Pink!

Looking for a new addition to your accessories collection, but don''t want to break the bank & don't want something cheapy? Friago has added some new earrings and all of them will cost you exactly $10 each! Let me know what you think....

Thanks a bunch Fabulous, Fabulous!

The mastermind behind the cute Fabulous Fabulous blog, Jill, was kind enough to mention Friago in her blog. She even picked out some of her favorite pieces! Check out her blog, you'll be sure to find some yummy, handmade things to read about!

I looooove sweets....I lose all self control around them. It's a serious problem, which is why I didn't hesitate at all when I saw two mothers at Starbucks with huge boxes full of Girl Scout Cookies. Yes!....Nooooooo!! I was all excited and pissed at the same time. Thinking, you know, I bust my butt at spin class 4 times a week to let it all go down the drain with a couple of boxes of Samoas? Crap.....BUT as I'm walking toward them, with self control totally out the window, I realize that they are both smoking cigarettes. Now, I do not smoke and I don't really care if you smoke, but come on! I swear, they both looked like chimneys and all the smoke was blowing in the direction of my Samoas! I turned around thinking that #1. As a mother of a girl scout shouldn't you be setting a better example for your daughters? I can only crack up laughing when I picture a dozen girl scouts rebelliously smoking cigarettes in their uniforms thinking, hey, my mom smokes. #2 My Samoas just won't taste the same with a tobacco aftertaste, Yuck! I'm glad I didn't get the cookies, but I'm sure the girls will find me the next time I'm walking out of the grocery store. Which reminds me..........We really need milk! ;)