. . . and the year still feels so new, one can not help but look back, [just a little], and with ever so much fondness, and a bittersweet nostalgia, at the last, and so, with plain disregard to numbers & figures, a few favourites from the past year . . .
[in no particular order]
01 | places: at the ballet, st. petersburg, russia
02 | table for two : oceanside dreams
03 | a beautiful spring weekend & late sunday links
04 & 10 | monday, monday & notes from the weekend
05 | thoughts for the weekend & a few lovely links
06 | weekend links, on tuesday
07 | ribbons, ruffles & tulle, tulle, tulle
08 | table for two : meringue-encased lemon cakes
09 | style inspiration : melancholia
11 | spring things : may flowers
12 & 13 | style inspiration : sexy scallops
14 | have a wonderful long weekend & a few lovely links
15 | mid-week musings & plans for paris
16 | on the market : a manhattan townhouse
17 | and not included in the collage, but always, always : like a fairytale : elie saab, paris
{top image: heart of gold hand-printed stationery set}
{the year in review : a few favourite posts from 2011}
{a new week & a new year}
"i know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream"
. . . hello again! feels like it has been forever since we last spoke, but after the champagne & sparklers, brie & gruyère, and plans & dreams, and especially after a few days away with less work and more play, it's back to business and so lovely to see you again! hope you had a beautiful holiday and can not wait to see what this new year will bring . . . more a little later, but for now, another cup of coffee and organizing and more organizing . . .
{frida gustavsson by david shields for lanvin}
{auld lang syne}
. . . even before the clock strikes midnight, already a nostalgia for the year we leave behind, {although suppose it is always that way with good-byes} . . . and yet, few things are lovelier than the overwhelming excitement and perfect anticipation for the days and months that lay ahead . . . and there are still so many things left to discover, words left unspoken, and plans to be made, there are new places to travel and dreams left to dream . . .
so let's raise a glass to the past, to no regrets and springtime in paris, to red lipstick and pink champagne, to art and architecture and the kindness of strangers, to meeting again and to friends, to morning cups of coffee and laughter on a winter's night, to dinners for two and little adventures, to lives well lived and impossible accomplishments, to beautiful happiness and kisses at midnight, and most of all, to you . . .
thank you for coming along with me & wishing you a new year lost in love and the beauty of dreams,
{images: 1 - from me to you via greige; 2 - we heart it; 3 - a previous post; 4 - 1st dibs via lonny; 5 - cupcakes & cashmere; 6 - we heart it; 7 - coin sculpture by justine smith via pinterest; 8 - a previous post; 9 - hand lettering by alan ariail}
Happy New Year 2010!
image via hereWe are unofficially on a blogging break this week, but couldn't resist this adorable pin-up picture with the champagne bubbles.
Did we mention that we are finally re-opening our boutique in a few weeks and launching our new online store?!? We're also bringing in some new brands...and some of those have the most incredible prices you can't resist!
We also have a few other surprises that we will wait until next week to announce. We're loving 2010 already!
{happy new year}
Wishing everyone a beautiful New Year, filled with love, happiness, and the promises of many new adventures ahead . . .
Happy, happy New Year!
xo
{happy new year!}
I begin every year with a new day book, for although most of my life is organized on my BlackBerry, I still like pen and paper to dream and plan and make to do lists. After the agenda, the second thing I like to do is plan journeys and explorations, and I recently came across this beautiful luggage by Globe-Trotter and was reminded of all the wonderful, exciting, undiscovered things that the new year holds . . .
{Beautiful black tartan broadloom in the London shop.}