It's almost end of the summer and the thought of Autumn just around the corner is exciting yet depressing at the same time for me. I love summer!! Most of all, I love to wear breezy summer dresses!! I decided to throw a summer party with flower theme. Summer + Flowers = Happiness I planned it out and even designed a special floral party invitation. I went to the flower district in Manhattan to pick out a group of my favorite colorful silk flowers to make handmade floral headpieces. I had a vision that all the girls will wear their beautiful floral dresses and crown with my handmade floral headpieces. The boys hopefully would wear a flower shirt or something light, and I will make green leis for them. And what's a party without food, so I came up with a full menu of home cooked little pretty finger food. The overly ambitious me always think that I can pull this off. And I am proud to say that I did! The party was perfect, all of my favorite ladies showed up with their brightest floral dresses. It was a perfect end to a happy summer of 2013.

All food were made by me, please check out my food blog here for some of my other recipes.

I've been obsessed with all the tissues DIY craft projects that people posted on Pinterest for a while now. From balloon streamers like Geronimo Balloons to sparkle garlands, I love them all. Growing up naturally crafty myself, I can't imagine why people would spend that much money to purchase these when you can do it yourself at home. There's something super girlie and cute about them that brings the little girl out of you when you are surrounded with fringes and sparkles. The ultimate sparkles I came across is CONFETTISYSTEM!! They are this duo artist | designer who make these incredible tissue paper creations. I was excited to find out that they did an exhibit at PS1 MOMA. It's on view now until the end of March, so make sure to check out if you live in the city. It's a must see environment, I went today and it made me extremely HAPPY.

Photos by Hao Lam