snowflakes and cupcakes

the perfect note by Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls

On my recent trip to Long Beach Island, I stopped in "Summerhouse," a cute home and stationery store in Beach Haven. As I was looking through everything, I came across this adorable kit for writing "the perfect note." It makes use of the beautiful calligraphy drawn by the amazing Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls.

I love the pretty blue color of the box, as well as the adorable illustrations of birds and flowers. The quality of everything in the box is so sweet! The kit comes with a wonderful variety of cards and note cards as well as perfect little envelopes, stamps, stickers, and a booklet that will inspire you to want to write hand written notes every day!

photo courtesy of chronicle books blog

While searching for more information about the kit, I came across the wonderful blog of Chronicle Books. Kristen Hewitt, who designed the kit along with Maybelle, wrote about her friendship and working relationship with Maybelle here.

The best thing about this kit is the price, it's only $25! It's gorgeous and so useful! Definitely pick one up!

jenny's bake shop

Above is a beautiful print of a lovely painting by Jenny Heid. It is inspired by a little vintage doll named Charlotte. About this painting Jenny says, "Porcelain dolls figure big into our vintage collectibles and we just had to set them in a still life with our buttercream frosted cupcakes. Beside focusing on color and pattern, all these new paintings will serves as tributes to some of our favorite collectibles and inspirations. We literally filled a table top with inspiration when creating this piece...everything from lace doilies and tiny German doll busts, to sugar flowers and nonpareils."

Check out more of Jenny's sugary goodness at Everyday is a Holiday.

kind of in love with betsey

I discovered how adorable Betsey Johnson's accessories were on a recent shopping trip. I love the jewelry for it's collaging of different textures and visuals. The shoes are awesome too. I definitely need a pair of those cute ones on the right. We all know Betsey is a master of fabric, so it's awesome she's made sweet and fun accessories to go with her amazing works of cloth. Betsey's line can be found at her site and boutiques, or at select departments stores like Nordstroms and Macys.

hello kitty all dressed up

I love these adorable Hello Kitty's all dressed up with sweet patterns. Of course my favorite is the wood grain one. You can order them from Urban. The only bummer (but supposed to be cool thing) is that they are blind boxed, so you can't order your favorite. It's like a surprise party in a box! You won't know which one you're gonna get until you open up the package.

award for cutest thing ever!

Obviously I'm a sucker for when 2 things I love are combined into one. However, I think this is the cutest combo ever! I love mosaics and I love cupcakes, so I definitely almost fainted when I came upon these adorable Cupcake Mosaics. Ok, so the website isn't the fanciest, but Michelle Legler, the Mosaic Queen creates the most amazing things from pieces of old china, vintage jewelry and glass. I am in love and want 19 of the for Christmas!

Jr Gong and Miss Gwen

Two of my fave favorites Damian Marley and Gwen collaborated together in Gwen's "Now That You Got It" video. I lusted after this song when I first heard it, but now with the additon Damian's sweet sound, I'm now in full blown love! The video I found on YouTube is pretty crappy quality. I hope I see it on tv sometime soon! Gwen's style looks so adorable. I love that even though she's now a high fashion darling, she still throws back to her original 'Anaheim' tanks, all over hair buns, and boy shorts. Oh and of course Damian looks cute, as usual!

cupcake etchings

Walking around the Brandywine Arts Festival in Wilmington, DE this weekend I found the unique art of Karen Kemp. Karen is a graduate of RISD and now lives and works in Boston, Mass. I love Karen's paintings but her etchings are amazing! She adds different colors and textures over things such as butterflies, ladybugs, swedish horses, and of course, cupcakes. You can check out her upcoming show schedule to find out where she'll be traveling to next so you can go see her beautiful work in person!

daisy dose of sugar

These absolutely loverly cupcakes are pin cushions! They are created by felt artist, Betz White. Betz learned to knit when she was only 6 years old. The love for creating things led to her degree in Fashion Design. Today Betz makes original knitted designs along with recycled wool and cashmere. She combines ancient techniques of felting with today's cast-away sweaters to create what she calls 'felted wool, artfully stitched'.

I first discoved Betz when she was a guest on Martha, where she created the cup o' joe pincushions. I absolutely love the colors and fabric that Betz uses. It's also great that she uses old discarded sweaters and recycles them in to beautiful works of cuteness. You have to watch the Martha video to see how she does it!

Betz also makes great little purses, journals, and pillows. Everything is made with such care. I just want to stock my whole room with little soft cupcakes and latte's!

You can buy these charming little cuties at Betz's Etsy shop or at Cut+Paste.

Oh and not to forget my other Martha discovery and fellow frenchie lover, Lori Marie has updated her Etsy Shop with tons of new little totes, hoodies, pillows, and more. She's been working super hard and will be adding new things everyday! As soon as my paycheck comes in I think I'm going to buy this lovely fancy face purse.