{monday, monday & all in a day's work}

. . . after one of the most relaxing weekends ever, overflowing with excitement for a new week, and over time, have begun to fall in love with mornings over late evenings, for their hazy early light and their miles and miles of new hours yet to be filled, and have always, always adored new weeks for this very reason, and for all the promises of new and undiscovered things . . . and this week is lovely projects, meetings and appointments, unruly inboxes and long lost letters, and little things that will comprise, at the end, enormous and enormously life-changing events in a few months' time . . . and so, for now, a pair of elegant wide-legged jeans, a chic carry-all, a chignon, and today's paper, and it's back to work . . .

happy monday! it's lovely to see you again & hope your week is off to a perfect start, roséline xo


{images: les composantes via pretty stuff}

{hello & a brand new week}

. . . hello again! . . . monday, monday, and still very much in weekend mode, {and perhaps may have eaten far too much chocolate}, and after spending sunday under the spell of sunlight and very good company and {mostly} not working for the first time in forever, perhaps since paris, still feeling a little caught up in daydreams, and so things may be moving a little more slowly today . . .

hope you had a stunningly lovely long weekend & that your week is off to a perfect start, roséline xo

{p.s.} & o n e l a s t t h i n g : a million years behind on email correspondence once again -- please accept most sincerest apologies . . .


{images: photography by justine robinett via tory hoen at haven in paris}

{a new week, a favourite bedroom & a few links}

. . . you know weekends are good when friday links become late-sunday ones, and sunday links are moved to monday . . . and this weekend was paris vogue and spanish wine, a late saturday night of dreams and plans and moonlight, an always leisurely sunday brunch and drinks on a sun-drenched terrace {first of the season!} . . . and, now monday, monday and it's good to see you again -- how are things?

wherever in the world you may be, hope you had an extravagantly lovely weekend and that your week is off to a perfect start, roséline xo

a f e w l o v e l y l i n k s
* the perfect intermingling of: modern & ornate
* patterns & textures: fall versus spring
* architecture: a castle in miami, complete with a moat
* style: are you a marilyn or a jackie?
* photography: chandeliers & lace
* details: in black & white
* spring hair inspiration: ponytails
* spring things: container gardening
* travel: norwegian architecture & nature
* all in a day's work: this chiffon blouse & these shoes
* travel: horses & geysers in iceland
* décor inspiration: a lacy curtain {via 79 ideas}
* a study: in fireworks

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a s a l w a y s , a f e w t h i n g s y o u m a y h a v e m i s s e d
* spring things: april showers
* table for two: oceanside dreams
* favourite five: camille eddera
* style inspiration: plexiglas clutch
* spring things: organization

i n s p i r a t i o n f o r a b r a n d n e w w e e k
* two lovely things: green & white
* style inspiration: colour, colour, colour
* two lovely things: open selves & elegant black
* hair how-to: sexy & tousled

i f y o u a r e o n l y j u s t a r r i v i n g , a l i t t l e h a p p y n e w s
* an interview



{images: current favourite bedroom -- the chambre aux oiseaux -- in a 16-century french château, the wallpaper is antique zuber; scan by this is glamorous, photography by tim beddo for architectural digest}

{notes from the weekend + late-sunday links}

. . . this weekend was french wine and oysters, window seats in quaint cafes and watching the world go by, porchetta in the park on sunday afternoon and snow pea leaves for dinner, an evening in the country and beautiful plans for the week ahead . . .

hope you had a lovely weekend
& that your week is off to a perfect start,
xo

{a few lovely links:}
* photography: stunning sea-scapes
* spring things: fantastic florals
* in the kitchen: breakfast
* spring things: tulips
* at home: bookcases
* packaging: crabtree & evelyn
* shopping: for the work week
* at home: decorated minimalism
* diy: dorothy draper
* style inspiration: middleburg
* spring things: lemonade & seaglass

{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* like a fairytale: ribbons, ruffles & tulle, tulle, tulle
* colour inspiration: all the luck in the world
* in the bedroom: ruffles & lace
* look book: whispery nudes & shimmery champagne
* party inspiration: always classic camellias
* two lovely things: storage inspiration
* all in a day's work: elie saab
* spring things: coming up roses
* favourite five: denise pocaro

{new for the week:}
* storage inspiration: on display
* look book: lacy dresses & pretty neutrals
* a place for everything: shoes, shoes, shoes
* french chic: pretty polka dots

{elsewhere this week:}
* elle decor's design insiders' weekly finds

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{& most of all, as posted last week, ways to help:}
global giving | google person finder | british red cross | american red cross or text: redcross to 90999 to make a $10 donation | canadian red cross or text: redcross to 30333 to donate $5 & the canadian government will match the amount to $10 | australian red cross | or here to find a local chapter


{images: sandro spring/summer 2011 lookbook, discovered via the lovely eclecchic, images via zsadánka, eclecchic & sandro}

{a sunny monday & a brand new week}

. . . hello! lovely to see you again, and hope you had a warm & wonderful weekend; luxurious to spend a part of the time at home, a little shoe shopping and late-saturday brunch, but equally nice to head to the countryside on sunday, for dinner and après, a glass of wine and a crackling fire to a golden pink sunset and the languidness of nightfall . . . and now, a sunny, sunny monday of a brand new week, with so many beautiful things ahead, and it's nearly impossible not to fall in love with the spring-like sunshine . . .

happy monday! hope your week is off to a perfect start,
xo

{p.s.} a special thank you to alison for one of the loveliest comments x



{images: bed, kiss the groom via soft-alas via the paris apartment; perfume, miller harris fleur du matin eau de toilette; toothbrushes, jäneke; gold bobby pins, here}

{matchbook magazine}

. . . by now, you most likely will have heard about matchbook, a new online magazine that launched last week -- considered a field guide to a charmed life, it is filled with an enchanting mix of classics, letterpress and paris, and many other wonderful things and even more so, delighted to have been a tiny part {here} of the premier issue . . .

happy monday! hope your week is off to a perfect start,
xo

{p.s.} a fun checklist

{images from strikes our fancy & matchbook magazine}

{thoughts for a new week: toast & tea}

"time for you and time for me, and time yet for a hundred indecisions, and for a hundred visions and revisions, before the taking of a toast and tea"

~ from the love song of j. alfred prufrock by t.s. eliot

{image: flickr}

{elegantly chic: the classic chignon}

. . . for an evening out, often prefer flowing and softly skimming just above the collarbone, tousled and sexy, but at the office and for meetings and appointments, swept away seems best for a busy day, and beautifully swept into an elegant and always classic chignon is best of all . . .

{p.s.} more classic chignons & a side chignon

{image: lopp}

{a new week & a new year}

"i know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream"

~ van gogh

. . . hello again! feels like it has been forever since we last spoke, but after the champagne & sparklers, brie & gruyère, and plans & dreams, and especially after a few days away with less work and more play, it's back to business and so lovely to see you again! hope you had a beautiful holiday and can not wait to see what this new year will bring . . . more a little later, but for now, another cup of coffee and organizing and more organizing . . .


{frida gustavsson by david shields for lanvin}

{a new week & notes from the weekend}

. . . hello again! . . . unexpectedly called out of town and away since wednesday of last week, and while there may be a million things to catch up on, this morning was perfectly poached eggs with avocado & brie, and the scent of freshly ground coffee . . . and just a little note to say that things may be a little sporadic here for the next few days, with wednesday & thursday away, but still much, much to share . . .

hope you had a beautiful weekend & that your week is off to a most perfect start,

~ roséline xo

{a few lovely links:}
* inspiration: winter wonderland
* travel: a french organic farm {via chelsea on twitter}
* recipe: candy cane marshmallows & candied citrus peel
* fashion inspiration: natalie portman in lanvin for h&m
* holiday how-to: gift-wrapping
* photography: snow, snow, snow

{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* holiday inspiration: glittering gold
* a new week & happy december
* hello & brand new things
* in my closet: tartan hooded paddington
* photographers: bela adler & salvador fresneda
* table for two: the rose martini

{more glamorous:}
* feature: utterly engaged
* guest post: at home in arkansas

{images: georgia may jagger by alasdair mclellan for vogue uk, january 2011 via oh fashion models}

{hello & a few things}

. . . hello! another exceptionally wonderful weekend of gauzy mornings and dusky bookshops, ruffled eyelet and lacy bedskirts, sunny, sunny afternoons and inspiration everywhere . . . and it's monday again, and as you know, at the end of every week, there are always weekend wishes & a few lovely links -- oftentimes late, {sometimes even sunday}, and yet this past weekend was somehow and completely missed in the whirlwind of skipping town for quieter places, and since still away for a little while longer, thought it might be lovely to include a few things today . . .

happy monday! hope your week is off to a beautiful start,
~ roséline xo

{a few lovely links:}
* at home: sunny yellow & white roses
* for the holidays: naturally beautiful
* recipe: fig & walnut spaghetti {via simple blueprint}
* photography: balloons
* in dreams: once upon a time
* fashion inspiration: lovely leather for him & her
* at home: jen's entryway
* diy: vintage tin scented candles
* for the new year: the prettiest calendar {via d*s}
* in the kitchen: modern tea sets
* travel: hotel belle juliette, paris

{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* two lovely things: moments of repose
* a charming mix: polka dots & leopard print
* at the shops: lulu frost
* décor inspiration: tufted velvet & crystal droplets
* preview: lanvin by alber elbaz for h&m
* monday, monday: a brand new week
* travel inspiration: madrid, spain
* for a late autumn: massimo duti
* in the bedroom: tufted satin & bits of sparkle

{best of the week:}
* and most likely the most talked about, re-posted & re-tweeted tutorial ever: holiday hair how-to: the side chignon & best of all, someone who has actually tried it . . .

{recently:}
* thanks so much to melisa for including {this is glamorous} in hgtv's article on decorating with metallics

{& also new today:}
* travel inspiration: le chateau duranti, southwest france

{images: photography by carlotta moye for vogue australia december 2010 via a dustjacket attic; chateau la durantie, photography by one and only paris via junebug weddings; ffffound!; flickr}

{a hazy tuesday in september}

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

. . . hello! a new week and the unofficial end to all things summer, sun-kissed faces and bare shoulders, lunches on terraces and leisurely midnight swims . . . but with every end there is always a beginning, and always beautiful things to look forward to -- skinny jeans and tall leather boots, camel coats and nights by the fire . . .

hope your week is off to a perfect start,
xo

{p.s.} first evening of the season by the fire at the country house this past weekend -- so romantic!

{also:} how wonderful: {sexy & updated} beehives are back {via}

{and:} if you've only just arrived, new & wonderful things:
* colour inspiration: shades of hèrmes
* two lovely things: black & white
* happy september: live it up in a delicate dress
* at the shops: satomi kawakita, new york
* a fond farewell to summer

{images: editorial - diva; laetitia casta by marcin tyszka for harper's bazaar russia, september 2010 via fashionising}

{happy monday + thoughts for a new week}

. . . another summer weekend may have come and gone, but it was filled with french bread and escargots, nights in silk dresses and upswept hair, and a lingering of early morning breezes laden with a beautiful excitement . . . and over morning cups of coffee, reminded of a favourite winston churchill quote:

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

. . . a wonderful thought for a brand new week, and hope yours is off to a perfect start,
xo

{p.s.} late august, which means a wildly sporadic posting schedule and never quite seem to get into the week until it's nearly over, and so -- many new & wonderful things you may have missed at week's end:
* weekend romance & lovely links
* in the bedroom: only sweet dreams
* photographer: camilla akrans & autumn blossoms
* in the bedroom: crisp linens & scalloped edges

{my wonderworld}