Have A Fab Week My Lovelies...

(via Once Wed)

(via Polka Dot Bride)

...so I may have panicked yesterday when I posted about my frustrations for the party today. It turned out to be a wonderful day.  The two pictures above were a huge inspiration as I made paper garlands and had a photo booth up which was so much fun to do.  I seriously now want to do it again and again.

Hope you all have had a great weekend, here's to the start of a good week xx

Frustrated With Myself...

(via 100 Layer Cake and Once Wed)

...I had the honour and opportunity of decorating a pre-wedding lunch party and I'm so frustrated with myself. I had a clear vision of how I wanted to decorate it, but somehow convinced myself that I couldn't do it. Now that the day is close I am already faced with a feeling of 'I should have...'.  The sad part for me is that I won't get a chance to ever do this again.

A Wish For My Love...

(via Dwell)

...that he can one day own a house and build a wall of shelves to house his record collection.

A Great Use of Wood...

(via Dwell)

I am loving this kitchen table/bench made from a 14-foot-long walnut slab which came from a tree that fell into a Californian street. It really does help to ground the space and make it feel like an inviting and warm home.

Why People Are Fascinating...

...because you can never really know what to expect from people. Case in point this pretty girl...

I never would have expected her to have these...

and then comes the killer tattoo...

(via Freunde von Freunden)

Don't you just want to hang with her for an afternoon and ask her a million questions.

Some Bad A** Shoes...

Thank you Sea of Shoes for bringing to my attention these magnificent Jill Sander shoes.  I'm not usually into shoes with this kind of a heel but heavens these have stolen my heart. They make me want to wear leather, go to a dirty rock n roll show and smoke cigarettes all night with a dirty martini in my hand.

Happy Birthday My Love...

(image source unknown)

xo

I've Had Enough...

(image source unknown)

...of hairdressers! There I said it. Why is it that even when you spend a lot of money on your hair, they still can't manage to get your hair right.  I went in today for the same colour that I had done on my last visit, yet somehow managed to come out with a much darker hair do. Not happy. Especially considering I am not asking for a radical colour. I'm talking about basic brown hair, much like Anne's in the pic above. AND while I'm on a rant, why is it that there are only older men as senior stylists or owners of the salon and then 21 year old's as apprentices in most salons? What happens to women hairdressers in the 20's and early 30's? Where do they disappear to?

Oscar Perfection

(Images via Vogue US)

Just a few favourites.....Oscar de la Renta, NY S/S 2011

These Shoes in My Size Please

(Image via Twitter @DitaVonTeese)

I love shoes, we know that. I've professed my love for lots of glamorous shoes, we know that as well; but these hot pink Louboutin's.... they're different. I feel like I was born to wear these shoes...that if Christian Louboutin knew me, he would call them the 'Edie.'

A love like this is bittersweet. I'm starstruck just looking at them and that makes me happy, but then I realise it's high unlikely that I will ever own them....poor orphan Edie.

Hello...

(via Poppytalk)

...my willpower and motivation. Where have  you gone? Please come back, I don't know how long I can go without you.

The Two Sides Of My Fashion Personality...

(Monique Lhuillier via Style.com)

ASide - Soft and feminine, I love a beautiful print, floaty fabric and dresses that bring to mind garden parties and happy days

(Theyskens' Theory via Style.com)

B Side - long, lean, masculine looking. I love the rock'n'roll edge to it, and how it's so simple but yet tells a strong story.

Monique Lhuillier, You Are My Queen

(Images via style.com)

Too Good Not To Re-Post...

(via The Goodie Life)

Thanks New York Fashion Week...

(top Prabal Gurung, middle and bottom Jill Stuart via Style.com)

...you make Monday a little more bearable!