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The most wonderful time of the year…

 Holiday time— decorations, sweets, Christmas music and more, all so festive and wonderful.  Bellagio Holiday Gardens and Display Put a bow on it! Nutcracker Ballet “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is […]

Pretty Stuff

Pretty pretty stuff for your wonderful Monday. via:dailydoseofstuf love love via:vecookies Dolce and Gabbana Spring Summer 2017   Milan Fashion Week Agent Provocateur bra Chanel  Pre-Fall 2017 via:nv72 via:lacar via:bellisvintage via:fashionclue oscar de la renta Elsa Hosk Marchesa Spring Summer 2017  New York Fashion Week Fringe Fabulous via:bellisvintage

The Elegant Holiday

Decorator Suzanne Rheinstein Shares Tips for an Elegant Christmas   via:  One Kings Lane Having grown up in New Orleans, Suzanne Rheinstein remembers Christmas as a time for grand gestures. “I have a memory of my mother—I must have been eight or nine—making a della Robbia-style garland. It went all the way around our doorway, and it had […]

Whimsy and Delight

Etsy Shop: Uno Print No worries, no holiday stress- just laugh it off. One day at a time.  Smile! Seriously, what wonderful words of wisdom. Joana via:letsmakeitpreppy  robin isley Bracelet. Date: A.D. 7th century Place of finding: Ukraine, near Village Malaya Pereshchepina Material: gold and emerald hermitagemuseum.org Charlie Brown Blood Orange Thyme Cake,   Twig Studios Stella McCartney […]

Pretty in Pink: Holiday Home

STYLE MEETS SENTIMENT IN THIS PRETTY-IN-PINK HOLIDAY HOME   via:styleathome   Lifestyle blogger Monika Hibbs gives her home a fresh look for Christmas. Image by: Tracey Ayton Author: Style at Home For lifestyle blogger Monika Hibbs, Christmas is all about sentiment and style.    Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without family and tradition, sure, but in […]

Art and Home: Neutral Beauty

“Radiance”, by ZsaZsa Bellagio via:theletteredcottage Hans Heysen (Australian, 1877-1968), Morning Mists, 1917.  Watercolour on paper, 47 x 62 cm. via:freshfarmhouse via:theletteredcottage Adolf Hölzel (German, 1853-1934), Landschaft (Nebliger Morgen, Fabrik) [Landscape (Misty Morning, Factory)], c.1904.  Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 50.3 cm. via:vintagehomeca via:theletteredcottage Gregorio Prieto (Spanish, 1897-1992)   Musicians   Pen and ink, 18.5 x […]

Pretty Stuff

A whole lot of pretty to share today… enjoy. David Burdeny – Jordan Stairs I & II, State Hemitage, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014 Seem Acra Spring 2017   Rudolf Stingel (Italian, b. 1956), Untitled, 2014. Oil and enamel on canvas, 241.5 x 193.5 cm     twigs & honey Autumn – Margaret Thomas   British, 1916–2016   Oil […]

Blue Life and Beach Riot

A super chic and stylish swimwear collection to share today from “Blue Life and Beach Riot”.   Bikinis and One-Pieces in warm, earth tones, tie dye cover-ups, and sassy florals are some the fab designs you’ll see here. BLUE LIFE AND BEACH RIOT SPRING SUMMER 2017 SWIMWEAR COLLECTION