Handmade, charming, creative — all fabulous finds from ETSY! *\ * RUSTIC, HAND PRINTED HUMMINGBIRD WRAPPING PAPER ETSY SHOP: HandmadeandHeritage * * Love the subtle pattern and contrasting tips on these handmade leather oxfords, crafted in Tel Aviv. ETSY SHOP: ImeldaShoes * * Madrid-based maker Leticia Oyola’s handmade cotton toys are no run-of-the-mill rag dolls. * * […]
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Ballet Gorgeous
Gorgeous backstage photography of the dancers from The Cape Town Ballet by photographer Lar Rattray. * Photographer Lar Rattray: “I know I’m not alone in saying that I’ve always been drawn to what happens ‘behind the velvet curtain’. It’s one of those inexplicable childlike fascinations… so I literally leapt at the chance to go backstage with a friend […]
yours, yours, in everything and always
“Sometimes I touch the things you used to touch, looking for echoes of your fingers.” — Iain S. Thomas Thimble Hall, Derbyshire, England Henri Matisse’s illustration for Baudelaire’s poetry collection, Les Fleurs du Mal. via:openculture via:domus-aurea2 “It is so much safer not to feel, […]
Ballet Beautiful
Beautiful photos of the Paris Opera Ballet dancers rehearsing La Sylphide. © Anne Deniau *
In the Details
“You must remember, Madame Harris, elegance is in the details.” ― Lynn Sheene, The Last Time I Saw Paris via:goodreads Charles-André Van Loo, Portrait de Jacques-Germain Soufflot (detail) 18th century Gucci Resort 2016 “When a problem threatens to engulf you, there’s nothing like irrelevant detail to keep […]
Fancy That
Title: “But Darling…” by ZsaZsa Bellagio see more here: ArtPassionZsaZsaBellagio * via:beautifulinteriors “Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they’re shy.” ― Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality Hayley. Bowery Hotel, New York. Photography: Samm Blake Because she competes with no one, no one can […]
Ballet Beautiful
“Movements of the body are a reflection of the soul.” ― Shah Asad Rizvi via:goodreads Frederick Ashton, Marguerite and Armand Zenaida Yanowsky and Federico Bonelli ph. Tristram Kenton Mariinsky Swans by Gene Schiavone “You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing […]
oh my
Tosencium Kunst & Design, Natalia Grądzka. Oh my by Melody Hansen * Etsy: Lauren Photo and Craft * “The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no-one else has ever been. “ -Albert Einstein * via:sophisticated-harmony * […]