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Next stop, London town!!!!

Ahhh....what up, mate?!  We LOVED London...best part about it...the transit system , or the "tube", as they call it.  You could get from one end of the city to another in no time flat.  Such history and wonderful, wonderful people who went out of their way to help us if we were lost, smile for no reason and help us with our suitcases...well...my suitcase.  Expensive as heck, but worth the trip!
Enjoy.....

Till next time...

Pink and Sparkles,

xoxo

My travels with hubby...first stop, Paris!

The taxi picked us up from the airport shuttle stop on a beautifully sunny (but crisp) spring day.  We drove right into the heart of the city of lights and I caught a glimpse of her...and found myself beginning to tear up....

Honestly, it was like a dream...below, the view from our hotel...

Breakfast...

The Iron Lady on our 1st year anniversary! 

My hubby and I...

Louvre...

Napoleon's dining room....

Beautiful necklace anniversary gift from hubby...

The Eiffel Tower sparkling!...

Till next time...

Pink and Sparkles,

xoxo

Peony & Things

I've been experimenting with some new photography (hubby teaching me) and some new photo effects. These are photos from flowers in my garden and some weeds that need killing :P Also, some farms around my house. Enjoy.

Pink and Sparkles,
Alessandra
xoxo

Admiration

I find myself in a place of admiration (and a teeny bit of envy) to all those wonderful designers, decorators and entrepreneurs who make their lives all about beautiful things, using their talents to create a world where their art and passions work in harmony to offer the best of what they have.  I have yet to get there and I know this now.

My love of anything beautiful really transcends aesthetics and trends alone. I love the way a beautiful environment, things, places, foods make people feel.  I promise you, I will create a business helping people find that wonderful feeling from their environment and what they do, how they live, everyday. I'm almost there.

Until then, I would like to send kudos to some of the many blogs and bloggers who have inspired me....and for this I thank you :). 

Shoebox Decor

Made By Girl

Pink Bow

Pink Wallpaper

Bardot in Blue

Lifestyling by Maria Gabriela Brito

Pretty Little Things

This is Glamorous

The Cherry Blossom Girl

Of course, there are tons on the right side of my blog that you would enjoy perusing!

Have a fabulous one!

Pink and Sparkles,

 xoxo

Our first year

I simply can't believe an entire YEAR has passed by since our wedding.  I thought I would do something extra special for my man by recreating our entire wedding reception in our house!  I took the reception menu and some decor (I tried to assimilate my wonderful linens) and surprised him.  The hardest part about this was that he was in the basement the whole time, editing wedding videos for clients on a rainy day.  Tough, but I worked it out.

I recommend reading the menu first ....

The kitchen before the venture...

  

 Assembling my rotolo.  That's ricotta and spinach...

The semi-finished product...

Two lobsters whole...

And not whole anymore :( ...

Claws...

Me doing some surgery...

Prepped for Panko!...

With Panko topping...

The decorated table...

The cake top! Recreated by Papillion Cakes!...

I even did a mini antipasto bar...

Can't forget our pink champagne...

Here is the rotolo with rose sauce...

Chateaubriand with lobster tail and panko topping (veggies on the side)...

Dessert time!!!...

Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.  xoxo 

Till next time,

Pink and Sparkles

xoxo