What up, homefries?!? It is GORGEOUS out here! Very spring-like which is kind of rare in the Northeast and to celebrate (along with BBQing, rooftop Dark ‘n’ Stormies, getting sunburnt and covered from the ankles down in bug bites) I’ve found some happy spring-y things.

Starting with this one:

Seemingly awesome/easy moss centerpiece via Sunset Magazine. I just found Sunset Magazine/Books this fall and I loves. They always have such nice ideas that aren’t too stuffy and just plain fantastic, if you ask me, which you did not. The directions are:

Just soak floral moss in water to make it easier to work with, tear off chunks, squeeze out excess water, then place moss atop a table. (Use a cookie sheet on a water-vulnerable surface like wood.)

And then it has some varieties of floral moss to consider and in their photo they have a candle holder but what you can’t see if that there are succulents in the spaces instead of candles. So the great thing about this is, say you like the idea but have round tables: round cake pan, dudes! Simple simple. If you like this you may like everything I’ve raved about Harry Potter weddings.

Secondly, as I have been trying to update my old blogger posts so that the photos and formatting show up, I came across my “wedding invitations don’t need to be on paper” thing and was kind of tossing it over in the lower recesses of my brain and then I saw this on FPO (For Print Only):

How fun/cute/special/adorable?! I love it and am so jealous that I didn’t think of it first. AND it uses Archer my super love/hate font. You know it- it’s used in Martha Stewart and everywhere else on the face of the Earth but it costs as much as my kidneys and is slightly played out. So it’s gorgeous and I want it but it’s so default for people these days that I know as soon as I fork over the money everyone will be like “Meh, that’s so 2006″. But I love the balloon. Good job and congratulations to Jen and Kevin from L’Office Optimiste (from what I can tell, the couple are both designers).

And then shortly after I saw this:

And thought, maybe the type can do a little more too! The above is by Studio Aad for (shockingly) The Cake Sale.

And since it’s cruel to mention cake and not have more sweets: something tells me this New York Cheesecake will the the New York Cheesecake to end all other New York Cheesecakes (because that’s just the way Smitten Kitchen rolls)