PS: This lovely photo is by Persisting Stars.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Goodbye 2009, damn hard year
PS: This lovely photo is by Persisting Stars.
The shoes I'd wear to the party...
Gold ballerina flats with gold grosgrain ribbons. (The rest of the outfit is over here!)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
iPhone photos: Buttons & Beads
Monday, December 28, 2009
Where I am this week...
My dears, I wanted to tell you that I'm guest blogging this week at Daydream Lily! Please come visit. I just posted a really sweet Vimeo film featuring Peppermint magazine covergirl Rhiannon of Liebemarlene Vintage (that's her in the photo above).
Let me know what you think of the film!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
This weekend I'm so....
....blissed from holiday loveliness. Like this:
A camellia, plucked on a Christmas walk.
Finding a wonderful new blog, the Little Deer, featuring this beautiful photo of a girl in sunlit hallway filled with paintings, drawings and photographs...And this charm to fight the blues:
Saying goodbye to my friend Liss at Daydream Lily. I will miss her during the several weeks that she's traveling...
But I will think of her visiting this exotic and beautiful place.
I love holidays for the simple pleasure of listening to gorgeous music, like the harp masterpieces played by Catrin Finch...
A sample: Aria Mit 30 Veränderungen ...
The perfect music to accompany an afternoon of reading. Yesterday, I re-read a few of my favorite stories in this book, Interesting Women...
Andrea Lee writes so beautifully: "We pause alongside the back garden wall, where the stone urns are full of yellowing geraniums. From here, on those rare clear blue days that sometimes descend on Turin without warning, one can see green slopes sweeping down to the city; streets and buildings and factories as if in a diorama; and beyond the Po, rising into the sunlight, the snowcapped wall of the Alps."
Love.
PS: I'm very proud to tell you that I took the top photo of the camellia with my iphone camera!
Friday, December 25, 2009
Xmas in LA
The camellias are already blooming, along with the last roses of the season...Hope you had a lovely holiday...
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Happy Christmas!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Holidays: At a snow-covered cabin
and here....
and certainly here...
Happy Holidays! I'm doing last minute Christmas shopping today -- as usual!! What about you?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Lori Shepler: Artist Extraordinaire
Examples of her colorful work:
And one of her celebrity portraits (my favorite!) of the singer Shakira:
Lori was caught up a year ago in the insanity of the ongoing layoffs at the Los Angeles Times. But she, too, is creating a beautiful new life. Her paintings are for sale and you can see her full portfolio {here}!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Ta-da!! English Muse Reading List Updated!
Many among us are Janeites, of course! But you're also interested in a mix of modern literature, current affairs (like the treatment of women in the Middle East) and the gorgeous and colorful culture of India. My little graphic above -- featuring model Karlie Kloss from the August 09 issue of French Vogue -- includes a list of all the books on my nightstand at the moment.
My wish for you for this holiday is that you have plenty of time to read whatever you find interesting, beautiful and thought provoking.
Here's our Amazon link: English Muse wishlist.
xoxo
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Anthropologie: Winter Solstice
White washed...
Funky...
Cool...
Definitely saving this one! I keep the Anthro catalogues in a magazine case, along with the Urban Outfitters catalogues. Free little luxuries!
Handmade Collage Holiday Card
I was really nervous about posting it because I've never really tried collage before!
I suppose it's giving a new use to my old magazines.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
When the going gets tough, the tough go to.... Paris
Have a look:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Discovered: Fabulous Fashion Polaroid Blog
World renowned fashion photographer Antonio Barros honored me this morning by stopping by my blog and leaving a comment (from the Ukraine) on my snow post. He was kind enough to leave a link to his blog, the Singular, which he started in June...I had to click over and take a look! Wait till you see it!! The blog is comprised entirely of Polaroids that he's taken of models, celebs and fashionistas on his travels around the world. Photos like this, for example:
He explains the blog this way: "One unique polaroid picture. One single moment. An attempt to be out of the ordinary."
Here's the address: thesingular.blogspot.com.
Have a look! You'll love it!
He explains the blog this way: "One unique polaroid picture. One single moment. An attempt to be out of the ordinary."
Here's the address: thesingular.blogspot.com.
Have a look! You'll love it!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Snow Day
I grew up in Albuquerque, NM on the base of the Sandia Mountains. We could always count on a few snow days during winter. I especially loved nighttime after a snowstorm. The ground and sky were illuminated by a white twilight.
It never snows in LA. It only rains and rains...
What's your favorite snow memory?
Photos from {here}.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Bonjour, 1962
They've made their rounds across the internet, but I can't get enough.
The story goes that they're images from Parisian cafés & nightlife in 1962,
the very same week Yves St. Laurent's first collection hit the runway.
...and the world has never been the same since then...
Guest post by Lisi from The Beauty File
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