THIS WEEK’S 30 Images of Inspiration is the 2014 Holiday Edition, filled with red roses and pale pink wreathes, chandeliers and cable knits and coffee on December mornings . . .
[slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] EVERYONE IN THE CITY seems to be on vacation from work,...
THE REALISATION THAT IT IS already December 10[!] just set in this morning, and while the tree is up, and the Christmas Markets are filled with ice skaters and the scent of gingerbread and mulled wine, there is still much to do.
WE ARE ON THE WAY TO PICKING UP OUR TREE today, but before we go, in excited anticipation, a quick & lovely Holiday Slideshow filled with Christmastime inspiration...
AND WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING the past few days together, just the two of us, in last-minute Christmas shopping, in the romance...
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” —Norman Vincent Peale
ONE OF MY VERY FAVOURITE THINGS during the holidays [and there are many] is wandering about Christmas tree yards in search of the perfect tree. Last year, we chose a very full and rather bushy Douglas Fir that was decorated in chartreuse glittery baubles and yards & yards of tartan ribbon. And this year, it is a very tall, thin and elegantly sparse Nordmann Fir, with gold leopard print ornaments and wide lengths of fuchsia satin ribbons . . .
AND IN ALL THE EXCITEMENT had barely realised that November had slipped into a new month, and hadn’t the chance to...
. . . and it’s off for a beautiful few days to exchange work for play [with the exception, perhaps,...
. . . spent the afternoon traipsing about town in search of last-minute gifts, stopping in for a festive glass...
FEED “how to GiftSquared” holiday party hosted by Lauren Bush Lauren with cookie decorating with Karlie Kloss and Christina Tosi...
. . . la vie est faite de petits bonheurs / life is full of little pleasures, and of those,...
. . . and as you may well know, often most drawn to bright & airy palettes, and especially at this time of year, but there is something about this deep and rich and warm and sultry festive scene, that is nearly impossible to resist . . .
. . . and somehow, we have arrived at this, the last week before christmas, and the past few days...
. . . gilded candelabras and champagne, velvet and sequins and the scent of pine cones — a little holiday inspiration for this, the most wonderful time of the year . . .