{a beautiful idea: gold placeholders}

. . . absolutely adore the idea of painting vintage pin flower frogs a shimmery & always elegant gold and using them as placeholders, or for displaying favourite photographs, or even for beautiful holiday cards along the fireplace mantle . . .

{image: 100 layer cake}

{inspiration: vintage brooch bouquets}

. . . have come across vintage flower brooches many times in quaint little shops on the way out of the city, and while have thought to group pretty clusters on the lapel of a boyfriend blazer, had never thought to fashion them into utterly enchanting and everlasting bouquets . . .

{images: vintage brooch bouquets by fantasy floral designs, photography by alice hu; ruffled via beautiful things to share}

{holiday inspiration: artful arrangements}

Recently came across this unusual and unusually beautiful arrangement of baby flowering kale {above} and was reminded of a Swedish florist who created wonderful wreathes of fruits and vegetables . . .

Amazingly creative wreathes made of everyday {edible} objects such as artichokes, Brussels sprouts and fallen apples that, after careful arrangement, become anything but ordinary, and add a charming twist to festive tradition.

{mustard leaves and green kale in a dramatically dark vase}

{images: 1 & 4- domino september 2006, photography by mikkel vang; all wreathes via the lovely swedish blog blomsterverkstad}

{the afternoon away}

Many beautiful memories of swinging the afternoon away in pretty dresses, feeling perfectly carefree, hair flying behind me . . . . And then discovered this incredible loft swing, with its promise of indoor carefree happiness, any time of day, in any weather and completely fell in love with the idea . . .

{not unlike Christian Louboutin's office trapeze}

{images: 1 - lolita; 2 - desire to inspire}