fern & feather

Loving all the party-inspired snippets on Fern and Feather (tissue paper party from Design Sponge).

toot, toot!

That's me tooting my own horn- which I try not to do too often, but I can't help myself (sorry!). While I was doing a 9:30 p.m. grocery run on Friday night, I spotted the May issue of Better Homes and Gardens. On page 24, there it is...a shout-out to Party Perfect- hooray! Thanks to Miranda for putting up with me (I'm not the best interviewee as I tend to go off-point and then forget what I was saying), and to BH&G for choosing little ol' me as one of their faves! I'm so incredibly honored. And apologies for my tilt-y head, not quite sure what I was doing with that one.

sunday suppers

If you haven't seen the Sunday Suppers blog, you won't want to miss it. A very, very talented bunch.

via...thoughtful day (who gives a great description of the collaboration process)

p is for party

Fun ideas and inspiration at the 'P is for Party' blog. The candy favors in baby booties are a sweet idea for a baby shower.

thank you, joslyn!

I was so honored to be asked to compile a 'blogger's favorites' list for one of my favorite blogs, Simple Lovely. Thank you, Joslyn!

On a personal note... I've got a really, really full week coming up and anticipate my posts will be fewer and further between for the immediate time being. Don't give up on me, though! I will be back in full force soon.

current blog obsession

I love the pretty photographs and journal-y (a made up word?) entries of Jane Cumberbatch's 'Pure' blog. These brownies look particularly delightful.

thank you, Jen Gotch + Lucky

Thank you so much to Jen Gotch for listing the Party as one of her favorite blogs on Lucky mag's site! What an honor. The feeling is mutual...

(and thank you to Chelsea for letting me know!)

toast & tables

I'm sad to see that the Toast & Tables blog is now defunct. I hope its author will at least keep the archives up and running-- there is so much great table decor inspiration in one place! Above are some favorites.

thank you

Thank you to Chelsea of Frolic, and Meg of Designer's Library (who is guest blogging for Design Sponge this week) for the shout-outs! They are both favorites of mine, so it is a huge honor. Meg- thanks for the opportunity to show off my desk! I actually moved it out to the living room to photograph it for your post (the light was better) and decided it looked better out there as a console table. A happy discovery, as I am in the midst of decorating our newly renovated house!

so exciting!

Thank you to Holly at Decor8, for making Party Perfect the 'blog of the week'!

PERFECT roundup

There have been so many great posts on some of my favorite blogs in the past couple of weeks, I just had to share. 

From top: a special present wrapped by Anna from Absolutely Beautiful Things (she ascribes to my same philosophy, said in earlier post...see here); paper flower tutorial from Dozi Designs via Creature Comforts; Gene Hovis 'entertaining' closet from Peak of Chic; David Hicks table from Habitually Chic (reminds me of Gen's drink spread, pictured below); inspirational summer caps from MA Belle (vintage photo via Absolutely Beautiful Things); and lastly, here's a link to some great summer discounts from Decor8.