{travel inspiration: italy}

. . . a very favourite thing is to look back at old photographs of past trips -- so many memories and beautiful moments captured forever, and for the same reason, also love glimpses of others' vacation photographs -- and so, ecstatic to happen upon these shots of rome and cinque terre and other stunning places in italy, and was immediately lost in an enchanting world of dusky cathedrals, charming coastlines, prosciutto-wrapped figs and sandy beaches . . .

{p.s.} also lovely: venice

{images: all photography by bawkbawkbawk}

{a charming mix of things - three}

. . . oftentimes things come together perfectly and there is endless inspiration at every turn, but sometimes, and especially during exceptionally busy weeks, inspiration is elusive . . . happily, one thing that fell beautifully into place was this collection of fluttering thoughts -- and so, on this early friday morning: a charming mix of things . . .

. . . cozy reading corners



. . . raindrops on the ocean


. . . smokey eyes & windswept hair


. . . seaside inspiration


. . . pretty underthings {from agent provacateur}


. . . skylights



. . . white blouses & summer sandals


. . . perfectly ornate


. . . eiffel tower pillow cover {via ephemerette}


. . . topknots & lacy summer dresses


. . . fires in the springtime {via ephemerette}


. . . pretty packaging


. . . elegantly hidden



. . . gracefully gilded {via aubrey road}


. . . chandeliers in entryways


. . . palest pink seashells


. . . palest pink lace {via definitely golden}


. . . grand ballrooms



. . . masquerade balls


. . . settes & staircases


. . . sea & sky


. . . secret doorways


. . . always & forever, butterflies


. . . and these french words -- il n'est jamais trop tard pour être ce que tu veux être: it is never too late to be what you want to be . . .

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{p.s.} past collections > original | one | two


{top image via [design] relevant], masquerade ball photographed by steven meisel, natalia vodianova photographed by michael thompson for w magazine march 2005, french print discovered via madebygirl}

{swedish inspiration: seaside}

. . . a million projects, appointments and e-mails and the week has been flying by at an astonishing rate -- very much looking forward to slowing things down over the weekend and even more so, for summer weekends filled with seaside dreams . . .

{images: hunkydory spring 2010 via simple blueprint}

{seaside daydreaming}

. . . still-lingering thoughts of the weekend and always plans for seaside daydreaming, sand-covered thoughts and windswept reflections . . .


{images: 1 - martha stewart via mary ruffle; 2 - flickr via design lovely; 3 - via felicity, more of this editorial here}