Sunshine & Champagne

I'm back!!!

2011-12-29T14:52:00.003-05:00

Hi everyone, its been a long long time since I last posted Anything here... Well it has been almost a year! Shame on me! I missed blogging A LOT! I wanted to be back on the blog before the beginning of the new year, I did not want to make this blog a "new years resolution" since no one keeps them anyway. I do plan on posting a lot during the new year. My plans for this blog changed a bit since I first started it, I will continue to post about interior design, but from now on I will post about my adventures in the kitchen and my love for crafts too! I think it will make the blog a lot more personal.

Now, I want to wish all of you out there a great new year! May this new year only bring good things!

Because this still is a blog about "things" I want to share with you my latest obsession- Crochet!
I first bought some yarn and a crochet needle at the beginning of the year,but with so much going on in my life i didn't give the attention it deserved. Just yesterday while talking to a friend I recalled it and now I can't stop crocheting!

The pictures below are from my first "project", it is a simple flower and knowing I'm only a beginner and it looks a bit weird I still love it.

Please excuse the quality of the pictures, they were taken with my phone.

enjoy the weekend!

2011-01-14T13:44:00.001-05:00

Hi there everyone,

the room below its so colorful but it brings me so much peace at the same time. What do you think of it? O love their use of color.
Enjoy the long weekend (at least for some), go out and have some fun!!!

love,

Stefany

art| watercolor by Laura Trevey

2011-01-11T09:23:00.000-05:00

Hi there everyone,

How did monday treat you?? I hope you had a great start to the week.
while searching for unique art for my apartment I came across watercolor artist Laura Trevey.Laura has a shop on etsy (as most of you know, etsy is hands down my favorite website) and I came across her work by search watercolor :) (how lucky am I??)

My love for watercolor just grow after seeing her work..
enough said, check out my favorites
P.S you can buy originals and prints on her shop!! :)

this one is called Sex and the city( I'm sure if Carrie saw this she would get it instantly)

http://lauratrevey.com/

Monday obsession| Moroccan pouf

2011-01-10T13:33:00.000-05:00

Hello there everybody, I'm BACK!!

First of all I want to wish all of you a Happy NEW YEAR!
I hope you enjoyed your holidays with the ones you love.
My holiday was super quite (and a bit busy, I moved again!!)
I have lots of great things to post about (and lots of news coming your way!), taking a little time from posting made me see how mush I really like doing it!
The first new thing on the blog is that every monday I will share something I'm obsessing about.

The item Im sharing this week has been on my mind at least for the last 3 months. I be getting one very soon for my new place.
Can you guess what it is?? Its MOROCCAN POUFS!!
They are just adorable and chic. they serve for setting, for resting your legs after a long day, as a side table... you name it.

here are some pictures of some spaces with this cutie

image:decor pad

image:martha stewart

image: we love domino

image:decoratorinabox

image:andreasuskey

image: decor pad

What do you think of the poufs? Do you own one?? Please let me know if you do. I'll get my hands on one pretty soon! :)

Have a great week!

happy holidays!

2010-12-16T07:01:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone, how is everyone doing??

Life has been pretty crazy around here (im moving yet agaaaain). I'm in the hopes of start blogging again come January, and I have sooo much to share! :)

I just came by to wish everyone a great holiday.

see you next year ( can you believe its almost 2011?)

Stefany

rainy day| sun inspired decor

2010-10-27T07:02:00.001-04:00

Hi there everyone,

The day started with rain this morning. :/
To make our day a little brighter I decided to post some yellow(sun + bright) decor ideas. Just looking at this fabulous decor already makes me feel better (yes, I do hate rain!) enough said!

enjoy
:)

inspiration mondays| white

2010-10-25T06:55:00.000-04:00

Hi there everyone!!

Happy monday?? :/ yes, I know the weekend goes by too fast.
Lets try to make the best out of this week!

here is some "white inspiration" to make our monday a little better :)

enjoy,

Tours| Kate spade store in London

2010-10-24T11:10:00.000-04:00

Hi there everyone,

I know I haven't updated in a long long time, but now I'm here. Im in the middle of lots of work, and possible moving soon. Yes, I know we just moved 3 months ago but its for the best! :)
Today, I will be sharing with all of you the amaziiiing Kate Spade store in London. its beautifully decorated and staged, I'm sure you guys will love it a much as I do.

enjoy,

You can find more pictures here

check out this amazing video of the store :)

1,206
views

katespadenewyork | October 20, 2010

to celebrate the launch of our pop-up shop in london we invited a few of our ...

photography| Jen thompson studio (via made by girl)

2010-10-15T06:34:00.000-04:00

Hi there,

Today while on my favorite blog of all time and everyday read (made by girl) I saw a post that I missed. This is Jen Thompson photography studio, and I have to say its any photographers dream! I had to share!

Enjoy this beautiful tour and your weekend!

inspiration

2010-10-12T06:30:00.000-04:00

HI There,

I know I usually have inspiration mondays, but since I had a different post yesterday I wanted to have some inspiration today!

enjoy your tuesday!

images via here

LOVE| LONNY MAGAZINE

2010-10-11T12:05:00.000-04:00

Hi there beautiful people,

How did the weekend treat you??

I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather with the ones you love!

This weekend I received an e-mail with the link to the latest issue of LONNY MAGAZINE

Lonny magazine, is this beautiful online decor magazine. please check them out!!!

These are my favorite pages on this new issue!

enjoy,

images: lonny magazine

change is good!!

2010-10-08T06:55:00.000-04:00

Hello there!!

I know I've been missing for a long time now, but is all for the good!!

I'm making some changes on the blog(as you can already see) on my business and on my life and its all for the better!!

I just wanted to come by and wish you all a great weekend!

I miss posting and hopefully this week everything will go back to normal!

Enjoy the beautiful days that follow with the ones you love!!

Picture: house beautiful

ETSY JEWELS| Handmade Jewelry

2010-09-28T06:45:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone!!

This past saturday my husband and I went to the Brooklyn Flea for the first time.

and I have to say that I Just loooooooooved it!!! :)

You can find all kinds of vintage & handmade stuff there. We are going back soon!! :)

We just went to visit this time, and since we went by train we couldn't get anything that was too big. My hubby got a pair of vintage aviators ( suuuper cool!!!!!) and I got a handmade shoe horse ring.I lost the business card from the lady that made the ring, but I will find it and post it here!!! She also has a store on Etsy, so I reaaaaly need to find her card.

For now Enjoy these beautiful jewelry finds from michellechangjewelry on etsy!

enjoy

My ring looks just like this one, but in yellow gold!

I sooo want this one!! :)

inspiration mondays

2010-09-27T06:18:00.000-04:00

Have a great week!!!

I hope monday treats you well!

photography| food

2010-09-24T06:39:00.000-04:00

I'm back!!

I just went to check out one of my favorite food blogs what katie ate and found these amazing pictures bellow.

IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WEEKENDS!!!

enjoy,

images by KATIE QUINN DAVIES PHOTOGRAPHY

animal prints

2010-09-24T06:33:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone,

Its friday!!!!! :D we made it though another week!

I wish I could be posting more often, but time is really a problem for me right now. :)

I,ll try to blog at least two posts over the weekend, to make up for the week.

I love animal prints, and today I'll be sharing some beautiful pictures I found at ELLE DECOR

Have a great weekend!

enjoy!

wallpaper anyone?

2010-09-21T06:07:00.001-04:00

Hi there,

How was your monday? I hope all went well at your first day of the week!!

Tonight, we welcome fall. Now, how crazy is that?? This year went by so fast, its scary!!

I've been questioning myself about putting up wallpaper in on of my office walls, but I wanted something super fun and beautiful. This is what I found, i hope you like it!!

Enjoy!

I just love the idea below of putting he wallpaper on the door too! :)

images found via Google

Inspiration mondays

2010-09-20T06:33:00.001-04:00

Hi everyone,

How did the weekend treat you?? Hope well!

I wish you ALL a great week, full with great accomplishments( and may it go by fast so we can enjoy the weekend again!)

I'm talking my husband into making one of our bedroom walls like the one bellow! Now, I just need to buy shoes!

image via ELLE DECOR

Fabulous|Home tours

2010-09-17T06:26:00.000-04:00

HI everyone,

Its FRIDAY!!! (about time!)

Thank for all the love on my last post!! (you guys rock!!)

Today I'll be sharing a fabulous home office tour that I found while on apartment therapy ( one of my favorite blogs) Unplggd site. The owner of this beautiful office its Rebeca Orlov from love living small (pleaseee, check out her blog. Its full of great places).

Since I'm in the middle of decorating my on house, her office was an inspiration for my home office ( that only has my table, computer and chandelier right now!). If my office turns out the be as beautiful as hers did, I will be the happiest girl!

enough said, I'll leave you with the fabulous pictures from Rebeca's office!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!

all pictures found here

Styling| weddings

2010-09-16T06:21:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone,

how is it going??

I know I've been missing for sometime, but life has been crazy (gooooood, but crazy)

In the middle of all this craziness my life is about to get a little crazier ( I know, that is a lot of "crazy" for just one person") las night Evelyn and I had a client meeting, and it was just going to be another meet the bride/groom meeting. We were wrong!!! After seeing my bridal shower pictures the Evelyn toke the bride loved the decor, and just right there and than she asked me to style her wedding.

I almost fainted! but accepted! I've been thinking about wedding/even design for a long time right now, and its one of the main reasons I started this blog.

I'm very excited and nervous!!

Now,some of MY bridal shower pictures taken by my adorable business partner Evelyn..

enjoy!

this last picture was taken by a guest

food & photography

2010-09-08T06:27:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone,

I'm still down with a cold, this one got me good!

As soon as you meet me I'll let you know how much I love FOOD and PHOTOGRAPHY.

This post is dedicated to an amazing food photographer from Sydney , Australia. Katie Quinn Davies (the photographer) have an amaziiiiiiiiiiiing appetizing, mouth watering portfolio which you can check it out here. Katie also has a blog WHAT KATIE ATE and this blog is my new addiction :) FABULOUS!

I first found out about Katie's work at one of my favorite blogs ever EAT DRINK CHIC( amaaaazing blog, please check it out!)

Now I'll leave you with some of Katie's work,

enjoy!

All Images © Katie Quinn Davies

All Images © Katie Quinn Davies

All Images © Katie Quinn Davies

inspiration

2010-09-07T06:32:00.001-04:00

Hi everyone,

how did the long weekend treat you?

My weekend was not so fun since I felt sick.. (cold and shore throat)

To make all of us feel a little better that we have to go back to work today after three days, I have some beautiful inspiration to share with you.

Have a great tuesday!

Enjoy!

images found here

PInk is on my mind...

2010-08-30T06:30:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,

Its monday again! How fast did the weekend go by??

I hope all of you had a great time with you loved ones.

To make our monday a little brighter, today I will be posting some PINK inspiration.

Have a great week!

Enjoy!

image: home decorating ideas for all

image:hooked on houses

image: set to a tea

image: alinya

image: knight man

image: style hive

image: decor ideas

Its the weekend

2010-08-27T06:13:00.000-04:00

Hi Beautiful ones,

Its finally friday!!

Enjoy the weekend with the ones you love, and always remember that a new day is a gift from God!

Stay Beautiful!

Stefany

Image copyright Stefany Kueive photography

Well-Worn Patina home

2010-08-26T06:29:00.000-04:00

HI Everyone,

I know I've been missing in action, but this is my first week back to my 10-hours-a-day-job! I have so many cool projects to show, i'll post them next week. For now i'll leave you with this beautiful home featured in this months issue of HOUSE BEAUTIFUL .This house belongs to designer Penelope Bianchi and I just love it!!

Enjoy and stay beautiful!

I Wish I could have this right now:

My home| Reupholstering

2010-08-19T09:55:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone,

How is this week treating you so far? I hope great!

If you knew me a little bit, you would know that I love all things vintage, and I absolutely love design. I love all kind of design!! For me it does not really matter if the piece that I like has a famous designer behind it. What really matters for me are the forms, shapes and textures in that piece..

With me loving all this things so much, my husband and I agreed that we would not buy any furniture for our house before the wedding aside from what we already had. ( we only have a bed!!! and my office furniture :p) and take the task of decorating our home with all the things we love and find along the way. My husband and I loooove thrift shops and flea markets, but we never really get anything because we never had a lot of space to storage. Now that we have this big empty house our projects are going to start. :)

My husband knew that I was looking for a set of vintage looking chairs(for my office) because I wanted to learn how to reupholster. Yesterday,I was surprised by him with these two beautiful chairs below

Sorry about the picture quality, we are in the middle of moving and I can't find the cables for my camera :(

I'm in love with the blog all thing thrifty and on her blog she has a post about reupholstering, and it was that post that got me into the reupholstering idea.

Look at how beautiful the chair she reupholstering turned out:

You can check her full post here

Now, lets pray that all goes well with my project and that I don't have to end up paying someone to finish it for me :p

Have a great one!

Kitchen love | MOZI tea towels

2010-08-18T08:39:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone,

Can you believe is already wednesday?

We already passed mid August and summer is almost gone :(

Today while surfing the web for some cool stuff to post here, I found these cute as a button tea towel that already come with a printed recipe :) . They are from Mozi a company in Australia that makes the cutest things ever.

Be sure to check them out!!

Now, with these towels my husband can't say that he can't cook...

Enjoy!!

Let your light shine

2010-08-13T09:33:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,

Its finally friday!! Today I bring to you something I found while blog surfing today and I found it to be totallly beautiful :)

Everyone knows that "diamonds are a girls best friend" and today I saw this amazing "diamond" light bulb...Its so diferent from all the light bulbs we see out there. I love it, and I hope you guys like it just as much as I do. the designer of this buld is Eric Therner Check him out!!!!

enjoy your weekend and shine on!

;)

image found here

Rich & Famous| Keith Johnson

2010-08-11T09:35:00.000-04:00

HI everyone,

If you know me, you must know that I love vintage fashionable looking stuff (for myself, my house, my dog... you name it)

Anthropologie is my dream store... it has everything I could ever dream to own rsrs...

Keith Johnson is the head antique buyer for anthropologie ( now, how cool of a job is that??)

He travels the world buying beautiful antiques to decorate the store...

Here are some pictures of his amazing apartment in NYC :)

Enjoy,

All images are from ELLE DECOR

BOOK| American fashion Designers at home

2010-08-10T11:47:00.000-04:00

Take a look at this amazing book by Assouline that is comming my way!!

I cant wait until it gets here :))

Enjoy!

to color or not to color?

2010-08-09T09:35:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone, how was the weekend?? I hope amazing.

My weekend was mostly spent at trift shops, furniture stores and the CITY of course.. In the process of decoratyin my own place I've come to the dificult decision, shlould I paint the walls with diferent colors or just pure, clean, crisp white? I problem is, I LOVE BOTH!! on the pictures below you will see the reason of my confusion...

Enjoy!

COLOR

Image Elle decor

WHITE

Image Elle Decor

COLOR + COLOR

image Elle decor

COLOR

Image House Beautiful

WHITE

Image Elle decor

COLOR

Image House beautiful

WHITE

COLOR

Amazing bedrooms

2010-08-05T08:56:00.000-04:00

Today I decided to come here early and blog before I had to run out and start the day. I have relatives going back to Brazil today, and I need to take advantage of the last few days I have my husband around before he goes back to work.

We are still at my parents house because the apartment we leased is under renovation, but yesterday we recieved the owner gave us the good news that by the weekend everything should be ready. I can't wait to move in and start to decorate :)

On this blog,I will be posting all the steps of the decor of our apartment, and the crafts projects we are going to be doing alon the way.

Today I was looking for some bedrooms inspirations, this is what I found.

enjoy!

images:Decorpad

"A Bright and Bold Summer Beach House"- as seen on house beautiful

2010-08-04T16:12:00.000-04:00

I've been a big fan of house beautiful for the longest time. When I saw this beach house designed by Krista Ewart on their latest issue I found it to be so clever, playfull and pure... it just makes me want to pick up a great book,sit back and relax.

I hope you like it as much as I did...

enjoy!

First Post/ etsy jewels

2010-06-10T06:34:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone ( if there is anyone out there reading this first post) Since this is my first post I decided to talk a little about me. Im a photographer, and I love God, design, food, sunshine, champagne and many other fabulous things. I just got married to a wonderful man (July 25,2010- Yes, I just got back from my honeymoon today) Blogging has always being a desire of mine, but with all the wedding planning I never really got to do it. I do have a photography blog and a wedding blog, but I'll post the links to those later.

On my first post I decided to feature the website ETSY. Planning for my wedding I came across this website and now I think I just might have some kind of separation anxiety when I can't go on it at least once a day t. They sell vintage and handmade(a.ka unique),and if you are crafty you can open your own little shop and sell your stuff, HOW COOL IS THAT??? I'm thinking about opening my own for a while now.. well we'll see how that goes.

Here is some of the cool stuff that I found in my last search...

enjoy!

Owl throw pillow- found here

imagine all the cool stuff one could do with all these great frames found here

I just love topiaries :) these are found here

I just love this lampshade, I want it for my kitchen! found here

I'm keeping this first post short, I just wanted everyone out there to know about the great jewels you can find on this great website. Thats it for today! Have a great one!!