Oh come Spring come!
I just discovered Vicki's photographs on Etsy. She comes from Seattle and is all about Spring and Summer, I just love the way she captures light.
Daydreaming, what a lovely way to begin the week-end...
Source here.
"A true Gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude." Oscar Wilde
Complete your education here.
Complete your education here.
I have a devotion for Books. I like the fact that they travel from one home to an other, I like the stories and knowledge they carry, I like that they can make people feel closer to one another... Therefore I find it painful to tear them up, and was horrified at first when I came across this project:
Then I thought about all those books I was never going to read again, and had to give away. I figured that hanging the pages on a wall where anyone could read them instead of keeping them locked in a book, was just an other way of enjoying them!
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"Le plus beau vêtement qui puisse habiller une femme, ce sont les bras de l'homme qu'elle aime.
Mais, pour celles qui n'ont pas eu la chance de trouver ce bonheur, je suis là."
Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent and Paloma Picasso - 1981
"The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves.
But for those who haven't had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there."
Yves Saint Laurent
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Bunnies! Yes Sweethearts, I use the occasion of Easter to introduce you Miss Caitlin Bellah. She is a very talented 22 year old photograph from San Francisco. She is specialized in portraits. Each of her photographs tells a story. She works a lot on light to create a timeless ambiance.
You can visit her blog here.
I already mentioned this blog here but I can not get enough of it, and a long week end is just perfect to fantasize about breakfast. Especially when you helped a friend move to her new flat the day before like I did: 6th floor, no elevator (Oh Paris! One has to earn the right to live in such a beautiful city!). I need a good and nice breakfast today!
Take the time to lust for beautiful breakfasts here.
I love airplanes! I feel at home when I am in an airport, holidays begin in the taxi that drives me to the airport. This probably comes from my childhood: I was 6 months old when I flew for the first time of my life and I learned how to take the train at the age of 22! I have to admit I still find it tricky to find the right coach, but airports are like playgrounds for me.
Source here.
You know how much I like vintage, well, I admire those who can transform old furniture and give it a new life, especially if they keep it simple.
How cool is this closet turned into an office?
Source here.
How cool is this closet turned into an office?
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A fun, yet delicate DIY project! I usually go for simple designs but sometimes my fondness of vintage just takes over. How cute is this lamp!
Source here.
Source here.
Jeeves and Wooster are two characters created by the English writer Pelham Grenville Woodehouse in the 1920's. Jeeves is the typical English Butler, stylish, clever, but also cheecky who is always there to rescue his clumsy, and sometimes a bit slow master Bertram Wooster. Wooster, known as Bertie, is a wealthy young man, very stylish, quite bohemian, he has a good heart, is properly dedicated to doing the right things but often ends up in inextricable situations. Wooster is perceptive, crafty and likes to tease his master. They are more or less the English equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor watson.
P.G. Woodehouse wrote 35 shorts stories that make up 11 novels. These stories were turned into a TV show in the 1990's, starring the exquisite Stephen Fry as Jeeves and the hilarious Hugh Laurie as Wooster.
The style, the scenery, the scenarios, the jokes... and of course the accent are so English and so 1920's, it is a delight! I love everything about it!
It is the tv equivalent of comfort food, I like to watch it cuddled under a blanket when I feel low...
Try it!
Here is some very interesting work by Miss Moss. She matches Street Style Photographs with actual Paintings. It is an amazing work of research on colours.
Citizen Couture / Edgar Degas
Citizen Couture / Cecilio pla y gallardo
Stockholm Street Style / John Singer Sargent
One word: Stunning.
Sunshine, warm evenings, it makes me want to leave Paris to spend a few days in Countryside.
EmersonMade's countryside looks make me want to have breakfast on a wooden table outside, in the sun, and plan pic nics and walks in the fields.
EmersonMade's countryside looks make me want to have breakfast on a wooden table outside, in the sun, and plan pic nics and walks in the fields.
This is the day I tell you about the lovely Harry. She is a half british half american Food Writer, the most creative, fun and cheerful Cook I have ever met, she loooves getting her hands dirty and is, in the mean time, a real Party Girl. She loves to host, knows how to make you feel comfortable, fancies dresses and is so spontaneous you just want to hug her!
She likes to understand her ingredients, and is passionate about tracking food back to it's roots. She loves cooking and she loves to party, but then, how do you stay thin when you are out dining and wining every evening? This is how she began writing recipes to help women stay thin without losing their appetite, not an easy task! The show was called "Cook yourself thin", and she wrote two books out of it: "Cook yourself thin, a delicious way to drop a dress size" and "Cook yourself thin, quick and easy".
But living for food, her mind kept on thinking and she came up with this crazy, and yet genius idea of replacing butter, oil, let's say the fattening ingredients by... VEGETABLES! Sounds incredible and I personally think that only a British could have come up with this concept. Being devoted to chocolate, she began working on pastry recipes involving vegetables, and wrote a whole book : "Red velvet chocolate heartache: the ultimate feel-good book of natural cakes that taste naughty". Not only do I love these real puddings, but I can give you garantee that even my french conservative Father who loves butter and cream could not feel the vegetables in the vanilla/courgette cakes he happily ate thinking they were regular cupcakes! The vegetables cut the fat in the pastries, but they also soften over time, rather than stiffen, improving the taste and texture of the cakes the longer you leave them... Although they never last long!
And the story does not stop here. Harry is passionate and a hard worker: she came to Paris to write a book about french cooking and how to keep the taste of our national recipes while lightening them. The book was juuust published and is called: "The skinny French kitchen". I have a special message for her: Harry, I think I will never forget the first time I met you. You arrived with 10 boxes... I am still wondering how you managed all the way to my home on your own: the Cheese Gougères, the Boeuf Bourgignon, the Green Beans, the Potatoes, then the Chocolate Mouss and to finish, the Red Wine Granité, it was a delight! Jazz music and stories from all over the world, to accompany this Feast, that was an unforgetable evening!
While working on these recipes in her little kitchen underneath the roofs of Paris, she found time to create a company with co-founder Ashley. "Petit Pois" is an extraordinary line of cakes that perfectly captures their motto: ‘Have your cake & eat it!’. Petit Pois cakes have half the calories and fat of ‘normal’ High-Street cakes and are both gluten- and lactose-free, they are sold in boxes of two different flavoured cupcakes that complement each other: Chocolate & Vanilla, Lemon & Orange. The recipes were developed in Harry’s kitchen in Paris and are made by a family bakery in Wales using the best quality, natural ingredients available, including 70% chocolate, Madagascan vanilla extract, freshly grated lemon and orange zest, and free-range eggs. They are sold at Selfridges, but if you'd like to have Petit Pois Cake's for you Birthday, Wedding, Baby Shower... you can contact Harry and Ashley here.
Let her enthusiasm cheer you up!
Harry's website here.
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