{Happy Weekend}

"Surround yourself only with the people who are going to support you and lift you higher"
 - Oprah Winfrey

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Here's to enjoying a weekend with family, friends and loved ones who make our lives a little happier!  I hope you all have a fabulous weekend planned.  And if you are tackling your Bake-N-Blog (click HERE to find out more) project please keep me posted over the weekend!  

{Bake-n-Blog Update}

Well, it has been one week since my the Bake-n-Blog idea was posted and there has been a lot of action since, so I felt it would be good to update everyone!  {If you have no idea what I am talking about then click HERE for the info} Here is a list of Ming's cupcakes, and who is baking and blogging about them...

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Cupcake # 1 - Esspresso Fudge Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing:  No one has signed up for this one yet... Can you believe that? 

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Cupcake # 2 - Yellow Cake Cupcakes with Cream, Meringue and Strawberries:  Another delicious looking cupcake with no baker... Sad.

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Cupcake # 3 - Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes with Whipped Cream:  This cupcake belongs to Tanja at Tanja's Cupcakes!

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Cupcake # 4 - Red Velvet Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Vanessa at Decor Happy and Lindy at Crafted By Lindy!

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Cupcake # 5 - Sis's Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Kristin at Kristin Pot Pie!

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Cupcake # 6 - Banana Cupcakes with Maple Brown Butter Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Andrea at The Hip Hostess!

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Cupcake # 7 - Lemon Cupcakes with Jam Filling:  This cupcake belongs to Angela at Out Of The Moment!

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Cupcake # 8 - Chocolate Cupcakes with Mint Marshmallow Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Cristin at Simplified Bee!

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Cupcake # 9 - Mango Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting and Coconut:  This little cupcake needs a blogger... Come on, you know you wanna!

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Cupcake # 10 - Apple Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Shannon at What's Up Whimsy!

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Cupcake # 11 - Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache and Cream Filling:  This cupcake belongs to Jaimie at Mom's Page!

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Cupcake # 12 - Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting:  This carrot cupcake has no owner, don't you think thats a little silly?

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Cupcake # 13 - Sour Cream Fig Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Natalie at Oven Love!

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Cupcake # 14 - Red Devil's Food Cupcakes with Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Tricia at Life At The Zoo!

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Cupcake # 15 - Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Kim at Living With Little People!

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Cupcake # 16 - Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Nick at Cupboards!

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Cupcake # 17 - Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Ganache:  This cupcake belongs to Xine at Xine Thoughts!

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Cupcake # 18 - Sour Cream Apricot Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting and Toasted Almonds:  This cupcake belongs to no one... Gasp!

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Cupcake # 19 - Blueberry Cupcakes with Maple Brown Butter Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to The Sweet T Family!

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Cupcake # 20 - Coconut Sponge Cupcakes with Chocolate Espresso Buttercream:  This cupcake belongs to Plum Tree Studio and Steph at The Granite Gurus!  

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Cupcake # 21 - Parsnip Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake has no blogger, parsnips need love too you know! 

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Cupcake # 22 - Sour Cream Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Molly at A Foreign Land!

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Cupcake # 23 - Vanilla Cupcakes with Lemon Filling and Meringue Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Ms. Pink at The Pink And Blue Blog!

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Cupcake # 24 - Coffee Chocolate Cupcakes with Baileys Irish Cream Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Christine at The Glam Blog! 

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Cupcake # 25 - Sour Cream Raspberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to me, Staci!  

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Cupcake # 26 - Port Wine and Cherry Chocolate Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting:  Sigh.  Another cupcake with no one to love it... Do you realize there is wine in this one?

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Cupcake # 27 - Vanilla Almond Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Julie at My Life Inspired!

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Cupcake # 28 - Gingerbread Cupcakes with Fluffy Cream Cheese Filling:  This cupcake belongs to Jacqueline at Marbles Rolling!

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Cupcake # 29 - Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Filling and Milk Chocolate Glaze:  This cupcake belongs to Joy at Chat Your Mouth!

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Cupcake # 30 - Coconut Rum Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Shari at Spearmint Baby!

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Cupcake # 31 - Flourless Beet Chocolate Cupcakes with Whipped Cream:  This cupcake needs a baker... It is by far the most designer looking of all!

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Cupcake # 32 - Graham Cupcakes with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting:  This cupcake belongs to Kelly at Design Ties and Sara at The Coyote Family!

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Cupcake # 33 - Chocolate Cupcakes with Chambord Chocolate Frosting:  Okay, now this is just crazy!  This is one of the yummiest looking cupcakes and no one has claimed it as their own. Thank goodness it's not too late!

There, now everyone is caught up.  To those of you who have blogged about all the fun, I thank you very much for the Bake-n-Blog love!  And there are plenty of cupcakes who need homes, so to anyone who has not signed up, please feel free.  I will post a reminder one week before posts are due to be up just in case people get busy and too caught up in real life.  

Happy Baking!

{Kate Spade Contest}

I just came across big news at Deliciously Organized last night and wanted to share it with you!  Kate Spade is having a very fun contest, and all you have to do to enter is head over to Polyvore and create a collage using Kate Spade products and submit it.  This is what I put together...

Kate Spade Contest by staciedwards featuring Kate Spade

What's up for grabs you ask?  Well, if you enter you have a chance to win a trip to Chicago, San Francisco, or New York with a friend PLUS you each get $1000 to spend at Kate Spade !  What are you still doing on my blog?  Go enter the contest!!
Good Luck!

{All A Twitter}

I recently joined Twitter (please feel free to join me by clicking HERE, I would love to tweet with more of my readers), and one of my new followers happens to be a very talented photographer from Boston, named Greg Premru.  I was so excited when I saw his lovely interior design images that I knew I had to share them with you!  Here are just a few of my favorite shots...

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I am loving these photos of this house, so classic, clean and flawless!

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Doesn't this space make you want to sew drapery to hang wall to wall in a room, and then rush out to by a mirror to hang in front of it?  It makes me want to do the same!  Gorgeous, right?

 

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These last 4 photos are perfect to add to my collection of inspirational images for my {hope to have one day} cozy beach house.  They all have a casual beachy vibe, while still maintaining an overall classic look... Yes please!  

{J'adore Kate Spade}

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Is it just me, or do weekends pass by way to fast these days?  Ah well, the good news is I have some great pieces to share with you today for my J'adore picks of the week!  Seeing as I could not pick one, I am posting all of the vases from Kate Spade 's Home Collection...

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These tall cylinder crystal vases are simple and stunning!  I would love to have a few of these placed down the center of my dining room table as a centerpiece grouping.  

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These beautiful jewel-toned vases look great empty on their own, or in a colourful grouping together!  I could see these grouped on a console table in foyer to add a pop of colour.

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These etched crystal rose bowls are just darling!  I would love to have one of these on my bedside table filled with white tulips.  See why I had to post all of these vases?  It really is way too hard to choose just one favorite, can you pick one?