mikoh swimwear

hot damn, these swimsuits are so sexy. makes me want to go to a white sandy beach immediately.
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umm, completely awesome

"i'm afraid to drink soda because i'm afraid the bubbles will make me float up onto the ceiling"

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

masquerade

at some point in our adult lives we have all worn a mask. different masks for different people. for some reason as we get older we feel the need to use these masks much more often than we did when we were younger. sometimes the mask is for a protective measure, and sometimes it is only a projective one. 

to some extent, that's why I find children so refreshing. there is no mask.  they are open, honest, and real. they haven't learned the need to hide behind anyone or anything. for my children at school life is a ball but there is no masquerade. 

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us.”
- Charles Dickens

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satomi kawakita

beautiful rings from Satomi Kawakita.

... i simply could not choose one.
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designer sofas direct

i am helping my aunt furnish a new apartment, which gave me yet another great excuse to browse on the www for hours on end. 

loved designer sofas direct  dot com.

here's what i'm talking about.

some of my favorites on the site. 

you'll see on his site that the sofas come with all sorts of sizing and configuration options. also you can view all of these in 3-D online:

Lorenzo (love this one!)

Reims - so gorgeous in a library!

Dante

Madera

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L O V E

 

courtesy of Oh So Beautiful Paper

lovely

hello friends; i do apologise for my long absence, but i started a new job last week (hurrah!) which has left me time poor and with not much head space for lovely inspiration. more on the new job to come soon; all i can tell you is that it is a job IN ADDITION TO my current teaching job - and i love it! since it involves writing.
 
do bare with me, I promise I will be back up to speed soon.

on a side note, i am completely coveting the ad campaign created by JCrew to promote the new movie, The Romantics. i cannot wait to see it, it looks just like my kind of movie! 

i'm a big fan of Katie Holmes, so was thrilled to see her looking fab in these shots. she looks amazing as ever and is perfectly matched with JCrew's cute / chic / preppy style.

Check out the full trailer here: 

How good does it look?!

See the full JCrew shoot here.

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labor day weekend

hope you all had a happy labor day weekend...
these are just beautiful to share.

When summer gathers up her robes of glory,

And, like a dream, glides away.

- Sarah Helen Whitman

 

 

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