Christmas In London town

I forewarn you this is a sorta depressing post.
I wanted to do this post awhile ago but as i sit here at midnight bored tired and not filled with Christmas cheer i decided why not.
For most people Christmas is a wonderful and cheerful time in the past ten years Christmas keeps getting more and more miserable. My dad started hating Christmas about 12 yrs or so ago and my mom just had no opinion really after all my older relatives died our big Christmas parties just stopped happening i tried to keep it going for a few more years but in the past few years i just kinda gave up it was like pulling teeth trying to get everyone together.
Now its just something i do i don't really enjoy it and i can't wait for it to be over.
Last year i spent Christmas alone this year I'm going to my dads just to make him happy i don't really care for either side of my family so id rather be without them and them frowns.
Last year Christmas was really hard i was suppose to be in London for Christmas and when i ended up back in NJ alone i was rather disappointed maybe next year i can venture over by myself or convince my boyfriend to join me.
The only thing i look forward to is one day when i get married having my own Christmas parties making my own family with my husband and friends and starting my own traditions.
Okay enough whining here's the post .

Christmas in London a few pics i found to show how magical and beautiful it is there.

Modern Day Beatnik Style

Ever since i can remember Ive loved the classic beatnik style i would love to walk around everyday in classic black skinny pants black turtle neck and beret lol.
Audrey Hepburn pulled this look off once

Also one of my favorite pinup artists Tyson McAdoo drew what i would call a modern day punk Beatnik
I finally jumped on the polyvore bandwagon and made what i call the modern day beatnik look.
I replaced the pants with a pencil skirt and the flats with some black sexy pumps and of course a cigarette holder and bongos!

Modern Day Beatnik by thefancylady featuring Dolce Vita shoes

Items in this set:
Cut Out Turtle Neck Top, 525 GBP
TORY BURCH AW09/EIFFEL 477 COTTON MAGLIA, 126 GBP
Crepe pencil skirt, 565 GBP
Dolce Vita Beam Pump - Black Napa, $143
Sequin satin bow sandal at karenmillen.com, 120 GBP

Week Before Christmas Prep!

Okay so this past week i have been so busy doing a million things orders presents ect here's some photos instead of typing it all.
Packing up Christmas orders above(just one of them)



Wrapped up presents for my friends
Here's my friends adorable daughter waiting to eat the Christmas cupcake i made
The gingerbread men ones are the gingerbread for the Martha Stewart cupcake challenge
Greens ones are the white chocolate peppermint mocha
Cookies i made for my boyfriend for his birthday party
and now i have to go back to baking ...

Experiments In French Pastry

I am finally taking a break where i won't have a million orders to do after Christmas baking and the cake convention the following weekend I will finally have some time to experiment in baking new things . I love french pastry but lately i have not had any spare time to branch out and try making anything of these sorts so I'll be experimenting with my 2 new books i ordered which i have been eyeing for months.
These 2 books have recipes for their famous french macarons and amazing chocolate desserts .
I can't wait to get into the kitchen and bake up all these decadent and rich desserts for all my testers (aka friends,family,boyfriend) to try .
From now till Christmas i won't be posting very much but after Christmas my blog will be up and running with more daily posts and updates in my french culinary adventure and more giveaways!
So in case i don't post again till after Christmas i wanna wish all my Kittens a happy holidays and also a big thank you for all your comments and support i love reading your comments !

The Addams Family Musical

I'm so excited for this The Addams Family Musical tickets go on sale in march for the NYC shows .
I love Nathan lane but I'm not sure if i like him as Gomez and Bebe Neuworth as Morticia not so much but Ive loved the Addams family since the show when i was little so i of course have to at least go see it.
I wish i had pics of when i went as Wednesday for Halloween when i was little.
If you want more info here's the website
theaddamsfamilymusical.com

Christmas Table on a budget Part 2

Hey kittens sadly i won't be hosting christmas anymore so i won't have the final table pics for you but i still wanna do the last part to help finish your perfect holiday table on a budget.Napkins
Lets start with napkins. You can purchase a set of ten here for only $5.50 once you have a set of plain colored cloth napkins you can use them for any occasion and use a ribbon to tie them up you can buy cheap ribbon with your holiday theme at your local craft store.


Place Card Holders
You can make your own place card holders instead of buying the pricey kind.
You can make the pine cones by collecting some pine cones and either painting and glittering them or just leave them plain. If you can't find pine cones outside you can normally find them at the craft store.
Or what i was going to do was Christmas ornament holders the picture are the store bought ones but you can easily make them yourself.
You can purchase a set of decorated balls walmart and target have some great deals on sets.
You can use card stock circles glue to the bottom to stand them up and attach wire to the top to hold the paper and wallah! Your done




Flowers:


For me a dinner table is not done till there are pretty flowers on the table.
But since ordering these flowers from martha stewart on 1-800flowers.com isn't always in the budget you can make a beautiful floral center peice by yourself.

You can start with either a metal tin $3-5 at a craft store or just a plain vase you having lying around the house. Then head to your local market or if you know of one a flower market don't confuse this with a florist a flower market is kinda like a flower it where some florists and people doing there own flowers for their weddings go to get flowers.
Theres a local Italian market that sells amazing flowers for really cheap by my house. So go pick out your favorite flowers and then arrange them however you think looks best your can even paint the leaves like the picture or add holly berry from the craft store.If you think i should add anything else or wanna know any other ideas leave a comment and ill do another part tomorrow . I hope this helped and i hope everybody has a great and beautiful holiday!

Coffee and TV ...Apron ??

Blur - Coffee And TV [MV]
Uploaded by skanel. - Arts and animation videos.

So i recently request a custom apron from my favorite apron maker handmaidens cottage on etsy inspired by the adorable egg cartons in this awesome blur video above i was so excited i couldn't wait till i got it to show you so i got the pics from her shop how fantastic did this come out!

i love it !!!
I'm going to do the last of Christmas shopping tonight wish me luck lol