Colin Firth

Hello everyone! I wanted to tell you that my story on Colin Firth ran today, if you're interested in seeing it. The link is here.  He's considered an Oscar contender for his role in Tom Ford's  "A Single Man," based on the Christopher Isherwood novel. He's also smart, down to earth, and -- well -- very handsome (tall, square jaw, curly brown hair). ... Ok, I'll stop. Check out the story and let me know what you think!  It was a piece I was working on at the LA Times...

UPDATE: I'm loving this newly released poster for the movie.

Girls Who Wear Glasses...

I've been trying to decide for a few months now what sort of glasses I should get. Perhaps something bold, Anna Karina style...

But should they be round or square or oblong or heart shaped? Like these....

Or perhaps like these?...

I have a new life, so I decided to do something unexpected:  Big,  gold, and bold -- to match the new streaks in my hair.  With glasses from here.  In addition to being beautiful these glasses, hopefully, will finally help me see things clearly!

Hope you're having a lovely Wednesday...I can't believe the week is almost over!

(Photos from We Heart It, with credits on my page.)

Charming Stockholm Apartments

I love these photos from the Jeu de Paume series, which I found in my favorite bookstore in LA's little Tokyo recently! These little apartments have so much style. Have a look:

From the apartment of Cajsa Bratt & Pontus Frankenstein. I love the pink fabric.

From the apartment of Linda Karlsson. It's such a clever way to display a teacup collection -- just nails on wood.

From the apartment of Saga Ekman.  Ooooh I love the Chanel clogs!

From the apartment of Lilian Bäckman. I love photo walls, although they're complicated to put together, like a puzzle.

Have a lovely Tuesday everyone...I'm meeting a friend for lunch here in LA, where the weather is perfect today...

Now introducing: Lily & the Muse video sharing site...

There are so many photo sharing sites out there on the Internet, everything from We Heart It to ffffound,  but there are few places "curating" the sorts of videos we adore -- like the Sofia Coppola Miss Dior ad and the Temperley Zoetrope film.

So this week Liss at Daydream Lily and I are launching a video sharing site called Lily & the Muse.   Here's a sample of what it looks like, but please drop in and let us know what you think:

Would you like to be a contributor?  Email us!

Introducing....The Next Page, a blog about inspiration journals, etc...

Since we all seem to love inspiration journals, Liss (at the original dreamy blog Daydream Lily) and I decided to start a blog that's dedicated to featuring inspiration notebooks, boards, walls, journals and other ways people collect and save the bits of ephemera they find beautiful...So, I'm very proud to introduce The Next Page, a constantly shifting collage of beauty and inspiration:

And it seemed only fitting that a blog about inspiration journals should look like one itself:

So please have a look and let me know what you think! (It has some of my favorite English Muse inspiration images on it at the moment to give you something to look at!)  I hope you'll subscribe and contribute to The Next Page. We're also starting a very special project to feature all of our friends inspiration journals' in the coming months...Email Liss and me for more details at lilyandmuse (at) gmail (dot) com. We would love to include you!!

And tomorrow, I'll have another blog to tell you about!!

PS: Here's the link to subscribe to The Next Page.  Thank you.

Happy Weekend!

I'll be back on Monday with a very special announcement!!! Have a wonderful weekend! xoxo

(Photo above from the movie Atonement.)