Happy Birthday America

photos by JengTing_政廷

I am so looking forward to the fireworks show in the Marina. For a small city they put on quite a show. I enjoy watching the show with my closest friends while we watch the boats in the Marina float around and the fireworks reflect off the water. Perfection!

Have a wonderful, safe, sunny and fun weekend!

Forever Frugal Friday

I cannot think of a more perfect dress for this three day weekend than this Pattern Belt Dress from Forever. I love the style and I love the belt which jazzes it up a bit and sets it apart from all those other dresses hanging in your closet. It would be super cute paired with some gladiator sandals and your hair simple and not over styled.

Happy 4th everyone!

Peacock Inspiration

This beautiful board over at Style Me Pretty has me loving and craving the rich jewel tone blues and greens inspired by the peacock. Definitely colors I am looking at for dresses to wear to weddings this summer. Stunning! Plus those beautiful blue shoes remind me of the shoes Carrie owns from Sex and the City!

Happy Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds!

I cannot believe it has been three years since my BFF got married! A traditional Scottish wedding wouldn't have been complete without the kilts and the handfasting ceremony. It was a beautiful and joyous event and she was the epitome of Bridal Barbie!

The Bridal Party shot with the beautiful Lake Washington behind us. Gotta love the kilts on the boys!

All of our pretty bouquets that just so happened to also be very heavy!

Petal Pillows that we helped Mrs. Reynolds assemble, filled with petals that guests threw as bride and groom left the church.

Mrs. Reynolds is quite crafty and created all of her programs (also all of mine) and we helped her assemble them and tie the tiny knots at the top. Mrs. Reynolds did a great job of personalizing everything and incorporating the colors silver, black and white into all the details.

Talk about picture perfect! These two were full of glee and cute as can be!

The little handmade touches were my favorite!

AGD Girls!

The cake tied into the theme also and was oh so delicious!

Perhaps one of my favorite parts of the evening was the farewell with sparklers. We sent them out well!

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds! Cheers to many, many, more!

Wino Wednesday

I received this delightful bottle of Morgan Chardonnay for my birthday this year and sampled it a few weeks back. I was very pleased with the bottle. Smooth, and well balanced with just a slight crispness to it.

I was also pleased to find out that one of my favorite joints for happy hour Canal Club serves up a nice decent priced glass of it with your half priced sushi. It is a bit on the pricier side to drink often and regularly for me, but for a special occasion or splurge a wonderful treat!

YES!!!!!

One word to describe how I am feeling right now....EXCITED!!!

Dream Dress

Photo from Fashion Magazine

For Shelby's wedding she has encouraged all of us guests to wear bright colors for what is sure to be an incredible wedding. When I saw Eva Mendes in this Christian Dior dress from his Fall 2008 collection, I immediately fell in love.

Photo from Imaxtree.com

I love how Eva looks perfect in the dress, proving that women with curves sometimes beat out those skinny model girls. However, I am loving the models shoes better, as that bright pink adds a nice little pop! Bright, fun, cheery and blinging, I couldn't think of a more perfect dress to celebrate Shelby's nuptials. Unfortunately, my bank account seems to be disagreeing with my lustful eyes.

Hopefully another designer will come up with a similar frock for half of the cost.