Glass & Ice(ing)

As Valentine's Day approaches (and three February birthdays in my immediate family), I have cupcakes on the brain.

The hand-blown cupcake stand from fredflare.com in two words or less...

precious, useless

I still want it!

That Scent

Limited edition handcrafted scent by NY artist Anicka Yi and architect Maggie Peng. The fragrance is inspired by the Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, who was believed to be in exile in Lebanon for many years after orchestrating some of the group's most political statements. Yi and Peng have chosen cedar wood as a central theme of this fragrance's narrative, as cedar is highly regarded in Lebanon as a national emblem. The scent uses three different kinds of cedar wood as its base note, along with violet leaf and nutty heart notes, and top notes of yuzu, shiso leaf, and black pepper.

Gold Buzz

Saw these neat gold leaf painted bottled on design*sponge via vivre.com. For a $140, you won't see these on my table-- it pains me to see something super expensive that could EASILY be replicated at a lower cost. Who are these people kidding??