Happy Mother's Day!

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Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there! I hope you will be surrounded by love and loveliness, and get to relax on this special day.

I'm so excited to celebrate my first Mother's Day tomorrow! Having my sweet baby boy is certainly the best gift I could ever ask for. Now I feel like I truly understand the meaning of this holiday--and it will be fabulous to enjoy being the one celebrated, of course! My fiance is going to make dinner, which will include oysters Kilpatrick, I'm told. Sounds fancy. I'm liking this holiday already!

my sweet boy, Levi, age 6 months

Here are a few lovely things which, I'm sure, many moms would love to have...

oh happy day

 Ariel Dearie flowers

 meyer lemon-raspperry scones

zulily earrings

for the love of bunting

Like many of you, I've become a little obsessed with bunting. For weddings, baby showers, kids' rooms and parties, or anywhere else you want to add a festive touch, the charm of colourful fabric bunting has a timeless appeal.

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Starlit Nest Gifts, from Santa Cruz, California, USA, offers a huge range of bunting banners, as well as other fabric garland, baby quilts, and other custom fabric creations, for parties, weddings, interior decoration, and photo shoots. I'm smitten with their adorable creations. I love the colours and prints of the fabrics used, and the sweet details, like tiny white pompom trim on baby quilts. You can see more of their gorgeous wares here, on etsy. They ship worldwide, so even those of us who live in far-flung places can enjoy their lovely things. 

{This post was sponsored by Starlit Nest Gifts. I only post about products I sincerely like and believe that my readers will like, too.}

Happy Weekend!

Style Me Pretty

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 flirty fleurs

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Audrey Hepburn, 1962, photo by Bob Willoughby 

 Chateau de Losse, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France (source unknown)

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 Untitled by Benjamin Zank, 2012

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 French Essence

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 opusdesiderium photography

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Wishing you lots of loveliness this weekend.

Cheers! Kim

Happy Weekend!

In an autumnal mood...

photo by Tammy Hughes

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 pumpkin doughnut muffins with vanilla glaze

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 hot apple cider rum punch

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 no-bake pumpkin cheesecake with a gingersnap crust

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 DIY glitter pumpkin candle holders

pumpkin dream cake with cinnamon maple cream cheese frosting

 Champagne, France

 gilded leaf place cards

 Chateau de Cheverny. France

apple cinnamon roll cupcakes

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 quince and co.

 pumpkin roll

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melt-in-your-mouth pumpkin cookies

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I hope all of you in the Northern Hemisphere are enjoying the splendour of autumn. 

I always loved October in Ohio... the sharp golden light, brilliantly-coloured leaves, crisp cool mornings and warm afternoons, apple cider, the scent of wood-fires burning, and the myriad apple and pumpkin-laced baked goods--more and more of which seem to be invented and shared every year. Seeing such things on Pinterest and the like is making me feel a little homesick. At least I can file away all of those delicious-looking recipes for next fall.

Have a beautiful weekend, wherever you are!

Cheers, Kim

{for more autumnal inspiration, see my autumn Pinterest board}