Kate Spade has some cute summer jewelry. But what really caught my eye was this fabulous little box the jewelry comes packaged in. I have quite a thing for tiny well made boxes. I picked up a couple in Paris. One mint green one from Ladurée. Another very tiny one from La Maison du Chocolat. This round Kate Spade box would go so nicely with those.
Today the very famous Eiffel Tower celebrates its 120th anniversary. I thought it would be very fitting to highligh this gorgeous structure today. Hands down, it was one of my favorite things in Paris. I never would have dreamed I would have been so smitten with such a wrought-iron wonder. But I was. I took a zillion pictures of her.
I just stumbled upon Martha’s treasure trove of wedding cakes. They are so, so beautiful. I especially love these white on white, cream on white and muted colored ones.
Right before jetting off to Paris, we dropped these cheery, custom graduation announcements into the mail. The graduate, Julie, contacted us for her special project, and she suggested “Finally” be pressed into the envelope. So, on the back flap, I incorporated a hand drawn graduation tassle with her request. I love how they turned out! They’re fun, yet formal. Happy graduation, Julie. And big congrats to you!
Maybe this is old news, but we just found out you can track the stats and traffic of your Etsy shop using Google Analytics. We just signed up for it for our shop, and it was really easy. If you’ve got an Etsy account, login and click “Web Analytics” under “Shop Setup” and follow the directions. It’s easy + free, and in 24 hours you’ll be able to view stats for your Etsy shop including site visits, page views and referrals. Yipee + hooray!! This just about made my day!
Thanks to Kate Spade’s Things We Love series, I too now love these sweet dresses. They are fashioned out of maps by Elisabeth Lecourt.
Paris is dotted with lovely and distinctive metro signs. Their metro system dates back to 1900, and the signs were originally designed by Hector Guimard in an art nouveau style. Back then, the metro entrances had two different looks – the cast iron structure containing orange globe lights [second horizontal pic], and the elaborate glass canopy [top right + bottom left pic]. In all of Paris, these are only two glass canopy stations left. And, let me tell you, they are gorgeous. We actually set out one morning to find them. The first one we found was the glass canopy one pictured at the top right. It is quite detailed and quickly became my favorite. It’s amazing that they have survived all of these years.
As expected, there were a ton of cafés in Paris. What we didn’t expect were all of the colorful and detailed chairs. Such a variety from café to café! But more surprising? The chairs frequently faced outward. Onto the street. Often times theater style with the street and people becoming the spectacle.
