Chair Lust

Has anyone seen this chair in person at Anthropologie? It is so stunning and vibrant...and expensive. I'll have to settle for dreamy scenarios in which I redecorate my living room around this fancy number...

Charming Sonoma Wedding

Sweet flowers for a small wedding up in Sonoma this weekend. I really love how they turned out - I only wish I remembered to snap pictures at the reception site! Made with several kinds of dahlias, astilbe, jasmine, garden roses, billy balls, scabiosa, ranunculus, clover, sedum. Congratulations again Quentin and Samya!!

Feeling Casual...

My clothes lust just will not settle down...Plaid jacket and striped sweater from Lauren Moffat, tuxedo-striped pants from the Gap, navy dress and booties from J. Crew.

Most exquisite blankets ever...

The colors...the lusciousness...the luxury oh my! Can a blanket this artistic be so louche at the same time? I might daydream about these forever...available here.

Feeling Fancy

I love these floaty dresses for fall - I would pair them with heathered tights and these gorgeous purple flats and a chunky sweater. Yummy! Since I feel like I've been shopping deprived I'll be posting about fashion a bit more here, so I can plan outfits I am not going to buy anytime soon. Dresses by Madewell. Flats by Kate Spade.

Most Romantic Dress Ever

This lacy confection has me swooning...from J. Crew.

Feeling Happy-Go-Lucky

Late summer melons are unbelievable this year. Just had the best watermelon of the season and have many other types of melon waiting at home for dinner tonight! Thanks to my lovely husband for lugging them all home for me.

Oakland Wedding Part Three: Tables

I made so many arrangements, flowers were practically hanging from the rafters. It was fun for the flowers to be so lush and plentiful, I think life should always be like that!

Oakland Wedding Part Two: Altar

Lovely Oakland Wedding - The Bouquets

I was so lucky to do a beautiful wedding with an amazing, low-key bride this weekend. It was held at the pizza temple in Oakland known as Pizzaiolo, which is a beautiful restaurant and one of my favorites. There are the loose bouquets. Altar and table arrangements coming up next.

Flowers included: garden roses, 6 or 7 different kinds of dahlias, chocolate cosmos, scabiosa, yarrow, sedum, billy balls, celosia, jasmine and a few more that I can't remember.

Pillow Pile

Can't get enough of color and pattern these days. Somebody stop me!

Feeling Happy-Go-Lucky

I still can't believe this is the view from my living room. My husband and I feel like we are living in a vacation cottage rather than an apartment in Oakland! More pics to come of the actual apartment once we're more settled.