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Partying Pretty: March 8, 2012

Image by Tory Williams for Denise Fasanello Floral Design via Brooklyn Bride.




Splendid Source for Entertaining: Felt Like Celebrating

How sweet are these simple cupcake flags from Felt Like Celebrating? I love cupcake toppers as an affordable, easy way to upgrade your party, and these in particular are rather charming. Since they’re not really event specific, you could purchase a bunch in advance and have them on hand for any emergency pastry presentation upgrades, too!

Images from Felt Like Celebrating.




Partying Pretty: March 7, 2012

Image by Erik Ekroth Photography for Hatch Creative Studio.




Splendid Source for Entertaining: Party Poms

Time to kick the staple party poms up a notch! We all love these poofy balls of tissue fluff, but Party Poms, in addition to having a great selection of solid and patterned (read: stripes! Polka dots!) poms, also feature two great new spins on these great bits of decor. Party Poms offers them in garland and mobile formats which, in my opinion, are brilliant. The mobile is great decor for a children’s room or nursery (where they’re already popular), but can also be great party decor for baby showers and children’s birthdays as well. Garlands, of course, are great for any celebratory occasion, so combining two party decor favorites into one stunning piece? So smart, but also making me wonder why I didn’t think of that!

Images from Party Poms.




Splendid Source for Home: Lovely Gift for Kid

In my weekly quest to find the most adorable stuff for my nursery inspiration boards on Hellobee, I stumbled across Lovely Gift for Kid, which sells some of the sweetest theme-driven mobiles I’ve seen. While my personal tastes tend to go more modern rather than “cute”, I can’t help but be head over heels over these mobiles. The little owls in particular had me at “hello”! The best part? You can customize the colors that go into each mobile design to fit your nursery! Each listing has a color palette attached so if you’re like me and have the OCD need to stick to a color palette to a T, problem solved!

Images from Lovely Gift for Kid.




Splendid Source for Entertaining: Tuck & Bonte

Happy Leap Day! Today I’m excited to share with you some adorable party garlands I found from Tuck & Bonte. These beauties are made with colored fabric strips and would look adorable behind a dessert table, layered in a photo booth, or even simply strung up as decor in a bedroom or child’s room. I love the palettes in their two current offerings and have my fingers crossed they’ll come up with a few more!

Images from Tuck & Bonte.




Hunt and Gather: February 28, 2012

Today’s Hunt and Gather is a stunning tufted office chair from Cast and Crew. The gorgeous form of this chair, along with the amazing poppy orange color, make this an absolute must-have! Price at publishing: $195.




Splendid Source for Home: Wapa

Hello, everyone! Starting this week, I’ll be slowing down a bit as I prepare for my little girl’s arrival. Posting will continue during my pre- and post-maternity period, but I’m temporarily suspending the weekly articles and may take a little longer to respond to emails, so please bear with me! I’ll certainly pop in to let you know when our daughter has arrived, though!

Alright, onto what you really want to know – where I found these amazing candle holders! Wapa, a great ceramics store on Etsy, has a fantastic assortment of votive holder designs. I love the organic cut outs, which illuminate your walls with fantastic light patterns when have a lit candle in them. The versatile style of these beauties makes them the perfect fit in any style of home, from modern to classic.

Images from Wapa.




Week in Review: February 24, 2012

Hello, everyone! I don’t have much of a week in review for you this week, but I did want to check in and let everyone know that posting over the next week will probably be light as I focus on preprogramming this blog for my maternity leave. I can’t believe it’s come so fast – it seems like only yesterday I was announcing that we were expecting our little girl – but now she’s due at any moment and I want to make sure that Somewhere Splendid gets relatively uninterrupted posting in my absence.

Fun picks for this week:

Happy weekend, everyone!

Image from Love & Olive Oil.




Party Palette: February 23, 2012

Images by Maggie Harkov.