The spring fashion season is officially in full swing. I liked several looks from the Golden Globes red carpet, my  favorite being Paula Patton in her bright yellow Monique Lhuillier frock and Kotur clutch. She looked gorgeous, her hair ,dress ,accessories and her beautiful smile (always a big plus) all looked effortless.  Reese Witherspoon and Viola Davis also looked stunning.

All photos courtesy of NYDailynews.com

What were your favorite looks of the evening?

~Styled with love,

Wande

Hello hello! I hope your weekend was lovely and your week is off to an awesome start. Here’s the 2nd part of the spring trend post, my favorite spring 2012 trends are listed below-

Pink , lady-like frocks, yellow, floral prints and peplum from Jason Wu-

Photos-www.style.com

African inspired prints from J. Mendel and Derek Lam-

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Tangerine, baroque accents (skirt) and more pretty florals from Tracy Reese-

Photos-www.style.com

Flowy 20’s inspired frocks from Derek Lam and Rachel Zoe-

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Lace from Valentino-

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Now a sneek peak of some items we have coming to the boutique for spring-

Have a a great week lovelies.

Styled with love-

Wande

Hello hello! I hope you made the most of your 1st week in the New Year.  In the past year, I baked more than I ever have; I don’t have a major sweet tooth but my hubby on the other hand loves cakes, fresh baked cookies and desserts, so I’ve been dabbling a little. My favorite dessert to bake at the moment is this glazed lemon pound cake. It’s extremely easy to make and always delicious.

This is what mine looks like-

Glazed lemon cake recipe from Martha stewart {recipe here}

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
• 3/4 cup, plus 3 tablespoons sugar, plus more for dusting
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, plus finely grated zest of 2 lemons, plus more for garnish (optional)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 large eggs

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Dust with sugar, and tap out excess; set aside. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Stir together 1 tablespoon lemon juice and the milk.
2. Put butter and 3/4 cup sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in eggs and zest. Working in two batches, alternate mixing in flour mixture and milk mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, stir together remaining 3 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Upon removing cake from oven, immediately brush with lemon glaze. Let cake cool in pan 10 minutes. Unmold cake. Brush remaining glaze on top. Garnish with zest.

This weekend I’ll be trying a new pancake recipe (my family could literally live on pancakes!)

Have a lovely weekend and I’ll be back next week with part II of this post from Tuesday.

Styled with love-

Wande

It’s the 3rd day of 2012, freezing cold in most parts of the country and here we are pondering spring fashion trends already! Well, that’s the way of the fashion world; new collections are released four to five months ahead of actual deliveries. Just thinking of all the amazing fashions and bright colors coming our way in the next few months gets me all excited about the warmer months; spring and summer also happen to be my favorite seasons of the year.  On to trends for spring…

Color trends-
These colors cover a wide spectrum from enticing brights to classic neutrals. The Pantone fashion color report does an amazing job of compiling the most prominent colors of the season based on reoccurring trends on the runways, interviewing designers and fashion industry experts. The names of the colors are  creative and pretty descriptive; I have tried to describe them as plainly as possible below-

(Click on the chart for a larger version)

• Tangerine Tango-  a perfect combination of orange and red

• Solar Power-  warm vibrant yellow

• Bell flower- muted purple

• Sodalite blue- a classic deep navy blue

• Cabaret- passionate pretty pink

• Margarita- handsome sage green

• Sweet lilac-  lilac ( just that)

• Driftwood- grey

• Cockatoo- aqua blue

• Starfish- safari brown

Stay tuned for Part II, where I share my favorite spring trends and a sneak peak of items you can expect for spring at Ladyee Boutique. I hope your week is  going well so far.

Styled with love,

Wande