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Saturday, 26 June 2010

tea rose, stil de grain & old lace

Woken quite early by Miss Cami's cute little nose begging for food at my bedside, I jumped out of bed excited about the estate sale I had planned on going to this morning. Country roads. Check. Old barn. Check. Heaps of vintage clothing. Check.

Now maybe it's just me, but seeing a combination of the above in a single estate sale ad had me pretty darn fired up. Throw in a breakfast of homemade coffee cake and two cups of coffee, and you've got one wired gal.

I had a few stops to make along the way. At my first stop, I scored a 1940s/1950s tea rose slip made of the softest rayon and a most becoming 1960s wedding gown! Not too shabby I must say and all in about ten minutes time. Onward I was, out to the countryside just on north of Bellingham to said estate sale. The directions they had given were quite shady, but I wasn't hindered. I had confidence in the "well marked signs" they had bragged about.

Alas as soon as I headed off the highway, there were no signs to be found. What the devil. Driving and driving down back roads and country lanes, I stumbled on a few sales but definitely not the sale. The sale that claimed to be the sale of the year. In fact, at one garage sale I asked the woman holding it if she had any idea about this infamous barn sale to which she replied. "You know what, I don't. But there have been a few people who dropped by here looking for that same one! Good luck to ya." Well, after about an hour and half of driving I gave up and headed back to town. I ended up with a few good finds, but was definitely grumbling about the phantom sale.

Now why this ramble? Well, I have a plea to all those holding estate sales. If you're going to have a sale and aren't providing an exact address or contact information, please have the decency to let folks know if you decide to cancel it! That is all.

On the brighter side, several of these lovelies will up in the shop tonight. The rest will go up throughout the week. And of course, let me know if you have any questions!

Friday, 25 June 2010

Revisiting White

Yesterday I received the sweetest email from a bride-to-be asking about flowers for her all white wedding next spring in New Orleans…which got me thinking…again…about white. So, here’s to you, Heather!

…fringed tulips…

image via Belle Fleur

…submerged gerberas…

image via Bella Fiori

…love the draping effect of the lilac…

image via Blooms by Martha Andrews

…a bit modern…would love to see the reactions of the guests entering this space…looks like a magical cocoon…

image via Yvonne Design

…roses and more roses…perfect….

image via Mi Belle Photography

…tulips…ruffled just like her skirt…

image via JL Designs

…lily of the valley…

image via Louloudi

…love this bouquet…looks freshly gathered from the cutting garden…more tulips for Heather…

image via 100 Layer Cake and Jose Villa Photography

…callas and lily of the valley…

image via Jeff Greenough Photographers

…strands of orchids and crystals…

image via Caroline Tran Photography

…modern and sophisticated…love the chair…

image via Wild at Heart

…white peonies…sigh…

image via Lilla Bello Studio

…over 100 stems of stephanotis…sweet…

image via Beautiful Blooms

…hydrangeas and orchids…a more traditional feel…

image via Jessica Johnston Photography

…pure white…I see peonies, ranunculus, callas and tulips…love the total absence of color…

image via JL Designs

…lilac and orchids…

image via Rountree Flowers

…get me some oxygen…I can’t breathe…look at those chandeliers!

image via James Christianson Photography

…beautiful freesia…a favorite fragrant flower…

image via Mondo Floral Designs

…fabulous wedding gown…fabulous anemones…

image via Hazelnut Photography

So there you have it…a little white inspiration…inspired by Heather.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Thursday, 24 June 2010

colorized

If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a huge fan of Shorpy, a blog soley dedicated to historic photos from the 1850s to 1950s. If you've never been over to the site I highly (I would have super italized this if I could) recommend having a look around over there!

Normally I'm keen on the black and white images, using my imagination to conjure up color into each photograph. However tonight, I'm drawn to the colorized photos. One of the things I find most interesting are the comments. Quite a few people talk about how horrible it to colorize photos. I must be honest, I don't know what the big deal is. It's not as if the original was colorized folks! I could understand the rants a bit more if that were the case, but it's not at all. Most of the complaints revolve around robbing the image of it's original beauty. Well again, they've got both images. If you so desire to see the colorized in it's original black and white, you can easily do so. Actually, I find it rather fun to check out the black and white, imagine it in color in my own little head, then get the chance to see someone else's take. What are your thoughts?

Now colorization drama aside, can you tell I'm dreaming of Summer? I know it's supposedly here but I'm not quite convinced. Until the sun tells me otherwise, I'm taking warmth and inspiration from each of these bathing beauties! One pieces galore and that last with the belt, just darling.