Last week I let you in on the inspiration behind a fun little Easter tabletop we put together in the new office, and today, I’m sharing! I wanted to punk out pastels, and breathe new life into traditional china. Like Sofia Coppola’s version of Marie Antoinette, nothing was to girly or whimsical for this setting… [...]
Hi, everyone! It’s Kelly from Design Crush popping in while Cassandra is off being adventurous in Africa. I’m here to chat a little about Valentine’s Day – it’s right around the corner, you know. I have to say, Valentine’s Day is about as personal as a holiday can get. Whether you’re reminding your sweetheart how much they [...]
JEN RAMOS im all about sweets..my husband recently made some parfaits with pink velvet cake at the bottom. I posted it on my blog today…and these look so good. Im all for the ones Style me pretty made, yup!
jess Um, I am sure they taste delicious, too, but those cherries look AMAZING!
Ann I have a sweet tooth so all sweets are a welcome treat for me.
And those really look so YUM!
KC Saling I can’t wait to try that flourless cupcake recipe. The blackberries sold me 
While most of us tend to spend Valentine’s Day with our one and only (or, you know, a box of chocolates), I think it makes things way more fun to spend an evening with all the people we adore, right? (You can go make out with your sweetie later. Nobody wants to see that at the dinner [...]
Sadie + Stella This is fabulous. Truly. Especially those napkins. Oy!
Rochelle Nigri I love the idea of this! What better way to show the people you care about that they are important to you even on the most “couple specific” day of the year.
Stand Out Great mise en place and lovely atmosphere
Anna Louisa I love this idea for a mexican wedding reception (instead of the brights you usually see). Fantastic!
Kate Can we talk about your dress?? Love it!! Where is it from??
Cassandra LaValle Post author Hi Kate! The dress (I think I mentioned in the post…) is vintage and was the inspiration for the whole table! I found it at a local vintage shop! No label
Kate I would give my left pinky if I could set a table that nicely! You don’t really need your left pinky, do you?
xx,
Kate
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Andi of My Beautiful Adventures This is beyond amazing!!!!! I love the white dress too!
Molly {Dreams in HD} so creative and lovely!!
Becca I LOVE this whole thing. I think celebrating Valentine’s day with all of the people you love is definitely the way to go – and who doesn’t love Mexican food? Are you going to share recipes for some of the things you mentioned? The table setting is really fantastic. The Anthro hand towels work perfectly as placemats.
Cassandra LaValle Post author Thanks Becca!! My feeling towards Mexican food is mutual The recipes for all those courses are linked in the post!!
Krisztina Williams So lovely, especially the subtle touched of red.
Maria @ Orchard Bloom This is so beautiful and understated! I really love the ‘place mats.’ and the mixture of texture in the place settings. gorgeous!
Lauren Ashley what a sweet thought – and the red embroidery on the placemats is so beautiful!
Emily I absolutely love Glassybabies and they really give the table that special V-day punch here. And what shows love and gratitude like yummy mexican food? Seriously.
emily I love this, Cass! So inspiring…and the photos of you are beautiful.
vintage market place wow, this is so beautiful and LOVE the pops of red.
I just think it is so inviting and would love to set my table this way for a small dinner party with friends.
Loving the idea of blankets too.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Amy
blair @ design that inspires love this! so classy, especially when people usually think of bright colors and piñatas at Mexican themed parties!
Kelly Golightly Perfecto in every way!!!
Jeri I am in love with this. It makes me miss you & sharing a dinner table with my girls. I’m sure you’ll start the party off with some glamorous margaritas. Lots of love.
Cassandra LaValle Post author miss you tons miss jeri!!
Kory Beautiful! I love the idea of doing a Valentine’s dinner for friends too. I completely agree that the day should be about sharing the love with all of the important people in your life.
mikky Mexican Valentine’s dinner, I like it! I love the paper chandelier, it is just so pretty and festive. Would love to do one like that outside this summer. And love the runners too, very cute. And those red rimmed glasses are great.
Now what about that dessert? 
mikky
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joanna i designed those towels you used as placemats! they look great like that
Ileana What a lovely idea. I especially love the menu.
leslie Love, love, love this whole look!
What color glassybaby did you use? They are GORGEOUS.
Cassandra LaValle Post author hi leslie! the red on is ‘love’ (so appropriate, right?) and the white ones are a mix of pearl, hope and cream (i believe). it made me want to add a ton of white ones to my small but growing collection!
Carolyn This refreshing, elegant table setting proves there more to Mexican style than sombrero chip bowls and garish colors. I’d love to know where you got your lovely dress!
Maureen Goldman This is a totally cool idea! You took Valentine’s Day dining up a notch (or two.) I love that the table has so much visual interest without looking crowded or too touched by color.
maureen goldman What a great way to reimagine a Valentine’s Day dinner! Your table setting inspires me because it is full of visual interest without looking cluttered.
I woke up in an introspective mood this morning, as I’m sure did many of you. It’s always a bit of a shock to sit back and look at the entire year that’s passed us by, isn’t it? Well… not really passed us. More like spun us ’round until we’re completely dizzy and then thrown [...]
Donna Khoo A lovely and well written post – Happy New Year x
Carla Schwartz Love your new web design –www.motownsavvy.com
Franki Salute! franki
Lejla All the best on the New 2013.
Clare I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a great NYE celebration. Wishing you the best in 2013, Happiest of New Year’s!
Toodles,
Clare
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Deana Happy New Year! I hope you had a great NYE!
Deana
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Camille Iman A wonderful post! It’s nice to be reminded of the magic of childhood
You may remember a few weeks back my little feature on Glitter Guide where we talked about how to throw a party in a small space (ie, my apartment!) and we featured a fun little metallic fringe garland setup above the bar. The fab fringe also made an appearance in yesterday’s New Year’s Eve outfitting [...]
Ivy Lane simple and great! Cheers! “clink, clink”!
Tiffany So awesome! I love tinsel garlands but they can get a bit pricey. This is a great DIY!
Elizabeth Love this tutorial!!
Karena Cassandra I love this festive idea! No way would you ever find me trying to cut even strips pf Mylar!!!
All the best in 2013
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Chloe Moon Ooo how festive and fun!! Love this idea!! =)
chandra ~ oh lovely day LOVE!
Franki Partee’!!
Lejla Great idea..
Cindy What a fun idea. Quick question. at the very beginning of the tutorial I got lost…when I am cutting the curtain, am I cutting from the end?
Cassandra LaValle Post author yep! cut from the end up – it’s easiest!
Lyndsy love this idea so much! thanks for the tutorial!
Baby, it’s cold outside! So, what’s a girl to do when she needs to dress up, but the weather isn’t cooperating? Find a razzle dazzle holiday snazzle pair of pants, that’s what! Dinner at the in-laws? Last minute get-together with friends in town? This is your outfit. It’s festive, it’s cozy, it’s not trying too [...]
I AM TURQUOISE these are lovely!
Hannah Oh mah gah, those pants are the hotness. You look *amazing*!
julie / loot design house Awwww the last one of you in the fur hat is SOOO cute! you are just endless amounts of adorable!!
stephanie @Babasouk That little dancing purse is a keeper!
celesteandpearl.blogspot.com I love wearing pants when it’s cold outside! Cute pair and love with the green shoes.
xx Liz {celesteandpearl.blogspot.com}
the chocolat Cute pants!
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Fatou I am LOVING your holiday outfits! You look amazing! The shoes, the pants, OMG love all of them!!!
madeleine the dancing purse is amazing! I couldn’t stop looking!
Andi of My Beautiful Adventures Could you be any more beautiful!?! LOVE that clutch!
Franki EEeeekk! Everything just looks so….bad ass!! LUV IT!! franki
Julie What a fun shoot. You look fabulous, so retro inspired. Happy Holidays!!
maureen stevens you look absolutely adorable! Channeling *Audrey* might I add!
kaitlin love the equipment sweater with the fancy pants! so festive and equipment cashmere is the absolute best!
Elle The green bow heel are adorable! great shooting!
xx Elle
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Bekah Whoa. This look is awesome! You look so happy. I love these fashion shoots you’re doing now. You have great style! Love that last photo. And your shoes! Gaaaa!
Sketch42 You are the cutest!
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Maria Johns absolutely love this and every outfit in this series!!!
Kecia You look totally adorbs!
xx
Monica@beautyparler LOVE this! I have those Valentino shoes too (but in nude) fabulous!!
Merry Christmas!
Kacie You are SUCH a babe. You look fabulous.
xo
Deana What a great look! I love those pants!!!
Deana
TesoriBelle.com
Kristin Dying over this entire look…The ring…those shoes…SWOON!
caroline lee you are completely adorable.. so fun to see those valentinos gettin’ more use! much love, lady xx
katie kate the pants are spectacular! you look fantastic. again.
This morning I woke up to a dusting snow on the ground and a little more Christmas spirit in my heart. So, I’ve reserved the afternoon for gift-wrapping, holiday card writing, and this little bit of holiday cheer that has become my new favorite cozy cocktail… I hardly ever indulge in things like mochas and [...]
Camille Iman This looks absolutely delicious, I think I’ll have to try on Christmas Eve!
Yelle Yum! I’ve never had snap but I bet it makes this delicious!
Cecilia Snap! I love this!!
Hannah Yummy, this looks so delish! Thanks for sharing x
Franki CHEERS!! franki
Andi of My Beautiful Adventures Yuuuuummy!!!!!
Lisa This does look delicious. At first I thought it said the MERCY mocha.. And I was thinking this was headed in a more depressing direction!!!! However, I must admit, that if it was the mercy mocha, I am sure this recipe would go a long way in cheering someone up
Diana This sounds like the perfect pick me up during a chilly night!
Chloe Moon OOooo sounds yummy!!!
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Cassandra – this is seriously FANTASTIC. The balloons, the transferware with those dessert plates tipped in gold (!!^*&$#($(#). Love. Now I wish I were hosting Easter brunch!! So so pretty!
thanks lady!! the dessert plates are my actual grandmother’s china
pretty sweet huh? xo
OMG, I die. That just made it 900x better!!! xo
Those lilac glasses are gorgeous. I love this whole table top! Now I’m craving a donut!
Love X a million!!! And those donuts…OMG!
Beautiful colors!
Where are the napkins from? Or did you make those?
x Bianca
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yep – we made them! we’ll be showing the DIY tutorial tomorrow!
Ah I love it! It’s like Easter with attitude
i need to hear about the napkins and balloons- the tie dye effect is so cool!
How gorgeous! I just love all the colors against that purple table cloth! All the colors shout spring and it’s beautiful!
Gorgeous! Feels like Easter!
♥, LONDA
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That tulle table cloth is amazing!
I love Easter colors! Thanks for the table-top inspiration!
Just beautiful, pretty fresh colors.
Simply beautiful! Where can I get those balloons or something similar?
i got mine at a local party supply store (linked at the bottom), so try calling around! i also ordered a few off of amazon, but none of the colors were quite right…
Everything about this is awesome. You really hit the ball out of the park with this one. Love the color palette and love the mixing of matching of the dinner plates. Thanks for the amazing inspiration, I might be using a couple of ideas for my Easter Brunch this weekend.
xo Quinn
Quinn Cooper Style
those marble balloons are amazing!
So cute without being too cutsie…love it! Love those balloons!
Great job! I can’t wait to see your diy on those gorgeous napkins! And I love the balloons, they are my favorite part.
mikky
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OMG! I think I just died and went to Easter Heaven! So pretty <3
Oh, I just love it! The marbled napkins and balloons are ahhhmazing.
I would love to try this for my daughters 16th birthday. Since we will be away in Europe, I was considering having a celebration dinner with our closest friends for an intimate dinner. Thanks for the fab idea.
Love this setting! I really like the marbled napkins and the eggs! Such a great idea!
OBSESSED with that purple china — I have my grandmother’s ‘thanksgiving’ china and it looks just like that but it’s brown i love it soo much! I LOVE the way you put old & new together …looks beautiful — does anyone know where I can get that purple china?