Macaron Craze

My love for macarons started back in 2007 when James and I visited Paris for the first time. I was hooked after one bite of a Laduree macaron. I have never seen a cookie that was so pretty and tasted so good. I was obsessed but it was hard to find a bakery that sells them back home. They weren't really well known back then. That was why I had to learn how to make them myself. If you follow this blog, you already know how often I make them :) Nowadays, macarons are everywhere! They've become super popular and I really love all the macaron-related things that I've been able to buy lately. Here are some of the lovely items. There are more but I'll have to share them at another time. I really am obsessed! :)

I saw these trinkets on Bakerella's post last fall and had to get them! There were a few other colors but I really like these three colors (pink, yellow, and green) together. They were the theme colors for my engagement party and I also made macarons in this same color combination before too! These trinkets are perfect for storing my jewelry.

Btw, you can enter for a chance to win a raspberry macaron trinket here!

This charm with 3 tiny macarons was from Swarovski. I love the sparkly crystals. Too cute!

During our honeymoon, James and I stopped by Laduree in Ginza, Japan where I found all of these goodies. As you know, this collaboration was almost too much for me to handle. (I wrote about it here and here.) Two of my favorite things...together! I hope they will do it again in the future.

The sticky note set (on the left) is part of my macaron giveaway so you can read more about it here. I bought it at Paper Source and right now they have a whole macaron collection at their store! Go check it out! The little note set on the right was purchased in Tokyo. They love macarons over there as well :)

 I bought these cute kitchen towels at Sur la Table. I love the macaron tower on the right one!

Lastly, here's a towel that I bought at Forever 21 when they also had a collaboration with Hello Kitty. She's wearing a huge puffy skirt made out of macarons and there's a macaron on her hat too :)

Have you come across any cute macaron goodies? I would love to know! And don't forget to enter in my Macaron Giveaway if you haven't already! Happy weekend!

Matching Couple

We did not plan this...from the greyish tones to the cats, the red bows, and our sunglasses. Hard to believe but it's true. I almost changed my shirt because I didn't want people to think that we matched on purpose lol. It's annoyingly cute though, isn't it? :)

Hello Kitty Laduree Notebook

Remember when my sister bought me all of those wonderful Hello Kitty stuff at Laduree? Well, this is what was in the fancy green pillow box. The notebook is so pretty. It even came with a sweet little bookmark. I don't know if I have the heart to use it because it's so cute. I think I'll just keep it in its pristine condition until I can find something worthy enough to write in it ;) Here are some more photos of this lovely notebook:

I love all of the Hello Kittys peaking out from behind the macarons :)

I love this illustration so much! Wished they made a notebook with this as the cover too!

Hello Kitty is sitting with a macaron on the corner of every page :)

The last page and the bookmark...so cute!

♥ Hello Kitty at Laduree ♥

I can't get over how cute these boxes are! Thank you so much sis! :)

I don't think I have to tell you how exciting this is for me. I love Laduree and I love Hello Kitty. The collaboration between the two is almost too much for me to take. I received a newsletter from Laduree announcing this exciting news and I promptly asked my sister to go buy them for me since she lives in NYC. Not only did she get them on the same day that I called her, she even took these wonderful pictures for me. She's so awesome :) I can't wait to share more photos of the goodies. There are notebooks, stickers, and letter sets too! The only thing they're missing are these Hello Kitty macarons hehe.

I love the contrast between the sweet pastel Hello Kitty box and my sister's super cool spikey bracelet lol

Happy Thoughts

My sister knows me too well. Look at this pretty notebook she gave me. I love it so much! Can't wait to use it to jot down thoughts and inspirations :) 

Happy Purchase

Look at what I snatched up the other day! I love it so much and it was only five dollars! My love for Hello Kitty have lasted for over a decade and she still makes me so happy.

How cute is the inside of the purse? I love all of the little details and I especially love the pop of red color. It's so fun.

I can't wait to use it. Have you made any fun purchases lately? :)