Weekend Shenanigans

Friday night, I had dinner at Comme Ca's on Melrose in West Hollywood. We shared a bottle of wine and the Seafood Plateau (oysters, clams, mussels and shrimp). After dinner, we walked over to Sweet Lady Jane's and picked-up a piece of Black Forest and Red Velvet to go. Saturday, I had a pretty easy day of sleeping in, a morning soy chai latte at Fix Coffee in Echo Park, lunch at Lamill Coffee Boutique in Silver lake, a nap, and dinner with girlfriends. Sunday, I spent all day at the Shrine Auditorium for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The Black Keys - Tighten Up

SAG Awards Greenroom

Ever wonder where celebrities go after winning their awards. Well, here is a little glimpse into the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards Greenroom, sponsored by Luxe. I was asked to solely design and implement all of the hors d'oeuvres platters for this years SAG Awards Greenroom.

www.bizbash.com

Your Mission 01.28.11

Your weekend mission,

should you choose to accept

1) Climb a Tree or Write a short story about climbing a tree.

2) Try cooking a new meal and invite friends over for dinner.

3) The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Create by Faith Ford with love

{photo} via www.flickr.com

A lesser Bloody Mary

Makes 1 pitcher, Serves 4

20 ounces freshly squeezed tomato water. To achieve this, place 8 large ripe tomatoes in a bowl and squeeze the juice out of them. Sieve and discard most of the skin and seeds.

6 ounces vodka

6 ounces beef stock

4 ounces lemon juice

A few dashes Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon horseradish

1 teaspoon Tabasco

Pour all the ingredients in a pitcher filled with ice and stir well.

Serve in glasses rimmed with salt and pepper and a tomato skewer.

Add tomato skin, for garnish.

via Sweet Paul

C'est Magnifique Wallpaper

via www.anthropologie.com

via www.youaremyfave.com

via www.pinterest.com

via the drifter and the gypsy

Vintage saucer centerpiece

Via www.frolic-blog.com

Thankful for Friends Party

via www.shannoneileenblog.typepad.com

2011 InStyle/Warner Bros. Golden Globes Party

Designed by Thomas Ford

This was my 2nd year working with Tom Ford on the Golden Globes. We created over 3'000 black books for this years 'Sexy Library' theme. Click here to view more photos.

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This is my wish for you,

it is a wish for happiness,

nothing more just happiness,

for this shall be the measure of everything else,

we could not wish for anything more.

via www.needsupply.com

via www.needsupply.com

Alice and Wonderland Party

via www.saraspartyperfect.com

Science Party

via www.saraspartyperfect.com

Your Mission 01.21.11

Your weekend mission,

should you choose to accept

1) Start creating an inspiration board.

2) Be your own kind of beautiful.

3) Practice the attitude of Resilience. For example, I'm not the least flexible person in yoga class. I am among the most flexible of the beginners.

Create by Faith Ford with love

{photo} Evolo Foto by Jasmine Safaeian: facebook - website

Los Angeles

This afternoon, I was out scouting venues for an upcoming event, and I decided to swing by Revival one my favorite vintage furniture stores in LA. - If you're in the neighborhood, St. Vincent de Paul thrift-store is another one of my faves.

Revival

181 N. Ave 21 Los Angeles, CA 90031

t: 1.323.222.6069

I really cannot handle the cuteness. The awning is adorable!

via www.youaremyfave.com

via www.annilygreen.blogspot.com

via www.karlascloset.com

This afternoon, I took a few hours off to enjoy the good company of my friend Milena and to soak up the sun and beautiful weather we've been having here in Los Angeles.

via www.flickr.com

Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane

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Your Mission

Your weekend mission,

should you choose to accept

1) Find something to celebrate this weekend.

2) Bake cookies with a friend.

3) We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. - E. M. Forster

Create by Faith Ford with love

photo via www.flickr.com

via www.flickr.com

via www.milenachka.tumblr.com

via www.youaremyfave.com

via www.thecitycradle.com

This is your LIFE.

via www.shannoneileenblog.typepad.com

via www.shannoneileenblog.typepad.com

via www.youaremyfave.com

via milen achka

Industrial Metal Pendant Cage

via www.etsy.com

via www.creaturecomfortsblog.com

I have a few obsessions: photo booths, making wishes, s'mores, light bulbs and Chinese lanterns. It is a wish of mine to take part in a Lanterns Festival - somewhere in Asia.

via www.blackeiffel.blogspot.com

Any Fun - Coconut Records

Formal Table Setting

via www.whitepod.com

Your Mission

Your weekend mission,

should you choose to accept

1) Be kind to yourself.

2) Take a long walk, and think about the upcoming year - and the person you'd like to be.

3) How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong; because someday in life you will have been all of these. - George Washington Carver

Create by Faith Ford with love

photo via www.tabithaemma.com

via www.blackeiffel.blogspot.com

via www.100layercake.com

www.milenachka.tumblr.com

Hotel du Moulin Petit

(Marais)

29/31 rue du Poitou, 75003 Paris

Tel: 33(0)1 42 74 10 10

www.paris-hotel-petitmoulin.com

Hotel du Petit Moulin offers the ultimate hip travelling experience in Paris - with rural or Baroque flair, 1960's pop culture design or Old Paris vintage, each room offers its own atmosphere and charm - straight out of Christian Lacroix sketch book.

Stenoflex

I have a mild obsession with photo booths, so when my beautiful friend Rachelle gave this Stenoflex mini lab to me in Paris - I was in love and my creative wheels started to turn. So excited to use it. Thank you R - you're the BEST!

www.stenoflex.com

Passion Pit - To Kingdom Come

Tombées du Camion

44/47, passage

des Panoramas

75002 Paris

www.tombeesducamion.com

We stumbled across this adorable antique knick-knack boutique. Tombees du Camion is filled with little bins-o-remember-when-memorabilia. If you're in the Montmartre area you should definitely pop in.

Hotel Particulier

23, Avenue Junot, Pavillon D, 75018 Paris

Tel: 33 (0)1 53 41 81 40

www.hotel-particulier-montmartre.com

The Hotel Particulier tucked away in the heart of historical Montmartre, Paris, is an exceptional mansion sheltering five suites all offering luxurious services, with contemporary design, that will leave you scratching your head with curiosity - truly unique and fabulous.

Masterpieces of the Louvre

Venus de Milo

Mona Lisa

The Wedding Feast at Cana

Sacre de l'empereur Napol'eon

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Odalisque

The Fortune Teller

David and Goliath

Group self portrait at the Louvre

Left to Right: Tamara, Tara, Me, Rachelle & Pablo

This is one of my favorite photos from the trip. The five of us were lucky enough to get a private guided tour through the Louvre - where we visited some of the Louvre's masterpieces. Please feel free to give yourself a little mini tour of the Louvre by clicking on the links above in the "Masterpieces of the Louvre" post.

Happy New Year!

Bonne année à tous! Je vous souhaite beaucoup d'amour et de bonheur pour la nouvelle année!

Wishing you lots of love and happiness!

Happy New Year!

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