{holiday inspiration : gift wrapping with ribbon & rhinestones}

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. . . every year, love to come up with a new wrapping scheme for everyone's gifts, and a favourite was heavy kraft paper with wide lengths of snowy white grosgrain ribbon, and tiny pine cones & evergreen branches fastened around the bow; this year, quite taken with the idea of pretty white boxes tied at the corners with lengths of satin ribbon, pretty pleats of white and lavender tissue adorned with vintage rhinestone buckles and pins . . .

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{images : scanned by audrey at ~laura~ from the book vintage inspirations by jane cassini & ann brownfield, photography by caroline arber; similar images posted previously, here & here; see also here}

{style inspiration: ballet flats}

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. . . if you were to ask, anyone would happily tell you that was born in heels, and yet, these sweetly chic handmade palest pink leather ballerinas tied with organza ribbons may just change everything . . .





{images: from eclecchic, originally from elehandmade on etsy, shoes available here}

{summer style: a low ponytail}

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. . . may very well switch the signature summer chignon for a low, casually elegant & hermès beribboned ponytail . . .





{image: gabrielle, paris, photographed by aram bedrossian for terms of endearment via the this is glamorous tumblr and discovered via moodboard}

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{photography: salt caramels}

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. . . a few weeks ago, glamorous reader bonnie sent along a link to a few photographs she had taken of cherry blossoms in washington, and while gazing at all the beautiful blossoms, also discovered this utterly lovely salted caramel series, with its wonderfully hazy, dreamy, soft-flowing light . . .

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{images: all photography by bonnie sen}

{a brand new month}

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. . . an entire thirty-three days of the new year has already come and gone, and so far, things are off to a beautiful start -- have somehow, someway, managed to keep all resolutions, and for some long-forgotten {sentimental, perhaps, romantic, for certain} reason, february has always been one of my very favourite months . . .

happy brand new month! hope it is filled with endless love & possibilities,
xo

{p.s.} more tiffany's blue inspiration

{bits of beauty; rasha photography; photography by caroline arber via haute design}

{pale & pretty pink}

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. . . never one to look too far ahead, always preferring to stay in the moment, have been noticing {for quite some time now} valentine's day things already all around, and could not help but daydream {just a little}, remembering how simply pretty the palest pink satin ribbon can be . . .

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{fashion inspiration: yves saint laurent}

. . . the holiday decorations have been taken down, and there's nothing left to do but dream of open-toed shoes, and especially silver ysl cage heelsicon with navy velvet ribbons . . .

{p.s.} more spring things:
* the garden collection

* pretty pastels

{via the cherry blossom girl}

{be-ribboned stoles + feather capelets}

. . . already mid-november and soon it will time for late dinners in be-ribboned stoles or feather capelets around bare shoulders . . .

* 1 - ivory fur & organza ribbon stole, debenhams
* 2 - feathered capelet, morgane le fay

{via this lovely post by merci new york}