This Week: So long Spring!!

photo of Proseco with Watermelon Sorbet and Lobster Sandwiches from Food Fashion Friends by Fleur Wood

Can you believe Spring is almost over?! I love Spring, I really do! Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about Summer, it's great, but as I've already started to remember, Miami's Summers are soooo HOT! Here's to the last days of Spring! So this week...

1. Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Dads!! Be sure to spend time with them and treat them to some quality time and a little something special:) If you're stuck on what to get your dad/husband/brother/friend perhaps my Father's Day Gift Guide might help!

2. I Learned about a new amazing little spot in Miami!!! It's Chef Michelle Bernstein's latest project, Crumb on Parchment (isn't that the loveliest name?!) in the Miami Design District. They serve coffee and sandwiches and teas and offer the most lovely array of baked goodness!! With it's shabby chic inspired aesthetic of mismatched chairs and sofas in the most unexpected spot, it's the most pleasant little escape from the daily grind, check it out if you can!

3. We're heading out to lovely Palmetto Bay to partake in some Miami Food Truck action with the family!! There's plenty of other Food Truck spots tonight, find them here!

4. Don't forget to shop Tigerlily Dream on Etsy and receive 20% off your purchase by entering Coupon Code: HAPPY at checkout through Sunday, June 19th, 2011!

5. I want to try this Grilled Goat Cheese Crostini with a tangle of marinated roasted peppers recipe  (found on pinterest) for our Father's Day gathering(s)!!

Have a lovely weekend and squeeze your dads tight!! xo

Color Stories: Melon Pink(s) & Gray(s)

images from left to right: warped asterisk pattern by me, Fashion Academy 1933 vintage book, Space Travel by Lulu Wolf , melon pinks and gray palette by me

GIVEAWAY: And the winner of the lovely Tigerlily Dream BON BON Necklace is...

and the winner is...

 Lissette!!

Thank you to all of you who entered to win! And a BIG thank you to Yelsi Saravia of Tigerlily Dream for sponsoring the first ever giveaway on Lilly Pond(ering)!! Head on over to Tigerlily Dream to shop the rest of Tigerlily Dream's lovely accessory collections and receive a 20% discount now through Sunday, June 19th, 2011 just by entering Coupon Code: HAPPY at check out!! Lissette, please email your mailing address to me at  lillypondblog@gmail.com

Have a lovely day!! xo

Gift Guide: Father's Day 2011

Gift Guide: Father's Day 2011 by lillyphunq on Polyvore.com
*Click on the photo to shop the items:)

This Week: Visiting 1920's Paris

photo via Walrus Magazine

How was your week?!  It was a pretty exciting week, it went by so fast! I'm designing a Pent House in this building and spent the week preparing for our presentation. So after an exhausting couple of days, I was happy to spend a day of leisure with a friend who I recently reunited with that up until then I had not seen since Elementary School! We had a lovely lunch and went to watch Woody Allen's latest film, Midnight in Paris. It was soooo great! I walked out feeling as though I had visited Paris....in the 1920's!! Now I'm inspired to read Hemingway and Fitzgerald and maybe this book to learn all about the time they spent in Paris. I want to listen to Cole Porter and Josephine Baker and to be in Paris again, hearing accordions in the background as I walk down the street! I don't want to give too much away but you absolutely must go see it! So this week...
1. Our friends gave us a bunch of Indian River oranges so I put them to good use and baked this Orange Cake recipe with them! I used the cakes to build a trifle with berries and the cream cheese-whipped cream from this Martha Stewart  recipe (see step 2), it was sooo yummy:)
2. I fell in love with the Cesca, Elbow dining chairs and am torn between those and the Wishbone and the Era chairs as my current favorite! Which one do you like best?!
3. Design Miami Basel opens in Basel Switzerland next week!
4. Friends with You's Rainbow City opened in the lovely High Line Park in NYC!
5. Tigerlily Dream is sponsoring a giveaway on Lilly Pond(ering) blog!! Click here to enter to win this lovely necklace! Be sure to leave a comment to officially submit your entry to win!!

Have a relaxing, lovely weekend!! xo

Currently Loving: Candy Colors

 

cinderella shoes by Kartell via Nylon Blog, Button Candies via Bento Box Gifts, Sephora by Opi Digital Diva Collection  via Dazzle n Sparkle the cosmetic journal

GIVEAWAY: Enter to win a Tigerlily Dream BON BON Necklace!!

My lovely friend Yelsi Saravia is the shop owner of Tigerlily Dream an etsy shop where you will find beautiful, unique, handmade fashion accessories she designs and makes herself. Yelsi has offered to sponsor the first ever giveaway on Lilly Pond(ering) Blog!!!! She is giving away the Marimekko BonBon Necklace from Tigerlily Dream's Bonbon Collection that I featured here. 

How to enter: All you have to do is visit and "like" Tigerlily Dream's Facebook Page and/or Lilly Pond(ering) Blog's Facebook Page  then come right back here and leave a comment letting us know you've done so and your name on Facebook (if different than what appears on your google profile). If you already like us on Facebook, just leave a comment below to guarantee your entry into the giveaway! Be sure to enter between now and Monday, June 13th! A random entry will be selected and the lucky winner will be announced on Tuesday, June 14th. Good Luck!!

*If you have trouble leaving a comment, go ahead and leave it as anonymous and include your name/email address in the body of your comment:)

*Sorry, shipping is only available to addresses in the continental US

 

 

About the designer: Yelsi Saravia is one of the most creative, stylish ladies I know. She is a talented Interior Designer, a wonderful mother, and the designer of her own line of handmade fashion accessories available online at her etsy shop, Tigerlily Dream. Visit her shop, Tigerlily Dream to shop and support an independent designer! PLUS Yelsi has extended a 20% Discount to Lilly Pond(ering) Blog readers!! Just enter Coupon Code: HAPPY at check out!!