colorized

If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a huge fan of Shorpy, a blog soley dedicated to historic photos from the 1850s to 1950s. If you've never been over to the site I highly (I would have super italized this if I could) recommend having a look around over there!

Normally I'm keen on the black and white images, using my imagination to conjure up color into each photograph. However tonight, I'm drawn to the colorized photos. One of the things I find most interesting are the comments. Quite a few people talk about how horrible it to colorize photos. I must be honest, I don't know what the big deal is. It's not as if the original was colorized folks! I could understand the rants a bit more if that were the case, but it's not at all. Most of the complaints revolve around robbing the image of it's original beauty. Well again, they've got both images. If you so desire to see the colorized in it's original black and white, you can easily do so. Actually, I find it rather fun to check out the black and white, imagine it in color in my own little head, then get the chance to see someone else's take. What are your thoughts?









Now colorization drama aside, can you tell I'm dreaming of Summer? I know it's supposedly here but I'm not quite convinced. Until the sun tells me otherwise, I'm taking warmth and inspiration from each of these bathing beauties! One pieces galore and that last with the belt, just darling.

Amazing Cakes

Ok, ok, ok…I know some of these cakes don’t even have flowers on them, but they’re just so amazing I had to share them with you…

…wish I could get married again just to have this cake…look at the detail in those circles…

image via Sweet and Saucy

…love the vibrant colors and flower choices in this topper…and the icing swirls make me want to poke my finger in the cake for a taste…

image via Carla Ten Eyck Photography and Blush Floral Design

…don’t know if I could bring myself to eat a strawberry and mess up the perfect symmetry of this “cake”…so interesting…

image via Sasha Souza

…raspberry pink never looked sooo beautiful…

image via Simply Bloom Photography

…hand painted motif and sugar orchids…did you hear that?!…sugar orchids…astounding…

image via Sweet and Saucy

…every guest gets his/her own miniature cake…amazing…wish I were invited…

image via Wild at Heart

…simplicity is always chic…

image via Bella Fiori

…perfect for a woodland wedding…so striking and unique…

image via Flower Wild

…clouds of white hydrangeas…pure and simple…

image via Mille Holloman Photography

…love the simplicity of the cake against the lush floral table topper…side note: check out the bar area!

image via Hidden Garden

…black (or brown?) and white…striking…

image via Lilla Bello Studio

…a tower of cupcakes…yum…

image via Simply Bloom Photography

…love everything about this photo…

image via JL Designs

…never seen anything like this cake…just love it…

image via Salt Harbor Designs

…can’t get over how perfectly flawless and unique Sweet and Saucy cakes are…

image via Isari Flower Studio and Sweet and Saucy

Hey, you guys…the weekend is within sight! 

 

Flowers With A View

image via Robert Evans Photography

image via Yvonne Design

image via Louloudi

image via Flower Wild

image via Bella Fiori

image via David Sutta Photography

image via Yvonne Design

image via Jessica Claire Photography

  Aren’t these locations breathtaking?! Have a great Wednesday…

 

My (Not So) New Favorite Color

I guess I’ll make it official and admit my obsession with grey. The love affair has been brewing for a while. I love it in interior design and I love it in floral design…

image via Velvet and Linen

image via Lane Dittoe

image via Simply Seleta

image via The Treasured Petal

image via Tracery Interiors

image via The Hidden Garden and Asiel Designs

image via Jessica Claire Photography and Flower Wild

image via The Sweetest Occasion

image via JL Designs

image via The Nichols

image via Style Me Pretty

image via Pink Wallpaper

image via Haven and Home

image via JL Designs

image via Tracery Interiors

image via Rountree Flowers

image via Jeff Greenough Photographers

image via The Sweetest Occasion

    image via JL Designs

I’ve always been drawn to the grey tones of dusty miller, certain succulents and brunia berries so it just thrills me to see floral designers using them in fashion-forward arrangements and bouquets.

Last summer I painted the outside of my house grey…my bathroom is grey (and turquoise)…my new sheets are crisp white cotton with slate trim…our TV room sofa is a graphite leather sectional…and from the looks of these pictures, I’m destined for a greyish kitchen!

Anyone else feel the love for grey?

a little listing & relax time

After an unbelievably long and somewhat torturous day, all I can bring myself to do is edit a few photos and list these darling vintage pieces all from the 1960s and 1970s. I hope you like what you see! If my evening goes as planned, they will all be up in the shop by the end of the night.