Tea for Three

Tomorrow brings a small but special afternoon tea complete with a little work on a puzzle,  perhaps a game of cards and great company, bien sur!

Tea sandwiches are my contribution to the afternoon tea and although I already plan to make chicken salad and cucumber tea sandwiches, I have been looking for other tasty ideas.  Amidst all of this are some beautiful pictures for inspiration...

{via this is glamorous}

{caroleraleyinteriors.onsugar.com}

To balance out all of this food talk on my blog recently, how about a little fashion?  New sparkly blush flats with fluttery little bows on the toes...

Wishing you a lovely weekend, xo Alicia



Gatsby Inspiration

I love The Great Gatsby  by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  It was one of the few books that I actually read in its entirety in high school (or at least didn't ask my dad to help me finish reading so I could work on other homework like most other assigned literature).  Recently I learned that a new rendition of the movie is being released in 2012, starring none other than...you guessed it...Leo. DiCaprio, that is.  He always seems to play a convincing 'time period' character and I'm sure he won't disappoint.  Mostly, I'm looking forward to the costuming and the movie set, hoping it encompasses some of these beautiful ideas:

  

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{Modcloth dress}

 
{Giles Fox dress}



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{mint juleps}

Favorite Four: Whimsy White

Whimisical white favorites of the week:



 

 {A wildflower bouquet of white Queen Anne's Lace}

 

{Fun, city block Paris plates perfect for entertaining} 

 

 {A $7 hideous secondhand gold light fixture spray painted white & prettied up with crystal pendants..the reason this replaced our antique crystal chandelier is soon to be revealed}

 {A flurry of handmade confetti}