. . . lately have been falling back on the always classic and utterly elegant french dots for design inspiration, on sheer white blouses and bed linens, on legs, and certainly on pretty table tops, made for lingering on late-summer nights . . .
{image: style me pretty via patterson maker}
{style inspiration: french dots}
{colour inspiration: pale daffodil}
. . . and while on the topic of spending the rest of these summer days outdoors, dining by sun & stars, a sunny yellow table setting to brighten things up even more . . . pass the champagne, please!
{image: southern living via the ritzy bee blog}
{work of art: photographic still lifes}
. . . while the worlds of décor and fashion often collide here, every once in a while, the intermingling of fashion and art, such as the glimpses of of paolo roversi's ethereal, painterly work, and now, michele gastel's photographic still life, naturalistico, an artful arrangement of fashion accessories and everyday objects, resulting quiet captures of beautiful moments in time . . .
{images: photographic still life by michele gastel for the february issue of italian amica via life is a puzzle & the terrier & the lobster}