Be inspired by Tine K ~ a sophisticated mysterious mix of dark and light tones from the Autumn/Winter catalogues.
I am enamoured by the depth of white that is created by the ingenious combinations of texture and shading from layers of lace and ruffles.
Givenchy haute couture autumn/winter 2010-2011
Balenciaga S/S 2006
Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live.
{Image: Princess Grace wedding day}
The Pothole Gardener took his green thumbs to Milan for design week. And Las Vegas is next!
{Source: Pothole Gardener blog}
This will make your heart sing ~ Steeve Wheen brings a little greenery to the streets of East London in his ‘ThePothole Gardener‘ project.
Australian born Londoner Steeve Wheen fills pesky potholes in roads and footpaths with soil and living plants, decorating them with miniature props to create gorgeously tiny worlds.
The project – which Wheen describes as part creative pursuit, part passion and part urban experiment – was inspired by a guerrilla gardening efforts, as well as a wish to bring a little greenery to the city streets ‘one pothole at a time’.
Steve Wheen started the Pothole Gardener project as part of a university course. Over time, the project turned into a blog that follows his gardening efforts around East London. Wheen describes his endeavors as “part art project, part labour of love, part experiment, part mission to highlight how s*** our roads are – the pictures and gardens are supposed to put smiles on peoples faces and alert them to potholes!”
Visit Steve Wheen’s Blog the pothole gardener And visit My Modern Met for more pics.
A happy house ~ this gorgeous cottage in lovely candy colours of yellow, pink and white with plenty of girly details would be an ideal weekend escape with your girlfriends!
Cream of beans & cheese soup ~ always sounds sexier in french!
300 g of beans
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 teaspoons chopped chives
Homemade vegetable broth or water
Salt + Espelette pepper
3 teaspoons fresh goat cheese
Bring salted water to a boil, then soak the beans for 5 minutes. Take them out and put them in a bowl of cold water to stop cooking (beans are good and green). Remove their second skin, it is usually sufficient to “pinch” to bring out the bean (if using frozen beans, refer to the method of preparation on the package).
Mix the beans with some broth, chopped chives, olive oil, a pinch of salt and a pinch of Espelette pepper (you can also add a clove of garlic). Add progressively to vegetable broth or water until desired consistency. Finally add the goat cheese and mix again. Reheat the soup and serve with a spoonful of goat cheese and some chopped chives.
{Source: my little fabric}
Candy Chang :: Confessions. New Orleans-based artist Candy Chang gives people a chance to confess thoughts without having to feel vulnerable to the outside world. Her installation, entitled Confessions, is a public art project at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“This project seeks to create a cathartic sanctuary for this temporary community can help us see we are not alone in our quirks, experiences, and struggles as we try to lead fulfilling lives.” Chang’s website
For one month, Chang lived in Vegas and turned the P3 Studio Gallery into an interactive exhibit. Visitors could stop by, enter a booth, write whatever thoughts they wanted to share, and drop the confession into a box that mixed anonymously with other slips. Chang then took the anonymous slips and displayed them on wooden wall plaques, and painting selected responses onto large red canvases.
{Source: all that inspires me& Lost at E Minor}
The Crystal Forest = a labyrinth of smokey quartz + amethyst mines.
Enormous shards of smoky quartz and amethyst, rising from sands of crystal like stalagmites in a giant’s cave, set the mood chez Chanel, where Karl Lagerfeld was thinking about minerals, from the crystal-crusted eyebrows to the crystal fragments jutting from the top of the faceted clear-crystal heels.
Hamish Bowles, Vogue
The runway was layered in white glittery sand that sparkled like snow and the clothes were glamorous and futuristic mixing feathers, metallic tweeds and and crystal embellishments inspired by the freshness of the lotus flower.
Enjoy a ride on the White Carousel Take pleasure in the journey. I hope you feel happy & inspired.
Love, Cate
