I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. -Maya Angelou
№ 01 | Herbed Sea Salt [besottedblog.com] № 02 | Three Wreaths to Make for the Holidays [ohhappyday.com] № 03 | Gold Leaf Ornaments [oh-sopretty.com] № 04 | Paillette Sequin Collar Dress [apairandasparediy.com] 05 | Balsa Wood...
AS YOU KNOW the holiday colours this year are pink & leopard print, with glittery white sequin ornaments intermingled with good measure. And while no year has ever had the traditional Christmas shades of red and green, in the form of a perfectly ornate and delightfully maximalist room and a pair of sexy bow heels, the combination is rather festive and fetching . . .
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...
TURKEY WITH LEMON BREADCRUMB STUFFING Serves: 8 // Preparation Time: 15 minutes, plus resting time // Cooking Time: 1 hour...
This beautiful, beautiful silk robe is perfect to lounge around on Christmas morning, with a glass of champagne in hand, emulating the silver screen sirens from the 1950s.
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?“
. . . 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...
. . . flowers and evergreen branches, candles and topiaries, for certain, but had never considered decorating the tabletop with...
. . . have adored this room for a very long time, and the fact that it was photographed over...
. . . for the past few christmases now, regardless of the colour scheme for holiday decorations for each year,...
. . . a little holiday inspiration for this new and last month of the year, in shades and hues...
01 Chateau Versailles [Vancouver] is dangerously right around the corner from my shop, and I have had my eye on...