Free Travel: 03/01/11 ~ freeTravel247

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

{style inspiration: going on a picnic}

. . . while it may be a few months yet before blissful picnic weather, this special edition hermès kelly bag in summer wicker may brighten up blustery skies just a little . . .

{image: hermès via rdujour}

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{at the shops: mariage frères, paris}

. . . after one too many cups of morning coffee, one of the best ways to spend wintry afternoons while working, is with the intoxicating scent of french candles and a perfect cup of tea, especially if the tea is from parisian salon mariage frères, steeped in history and a staggering number {over 500} of varieties to choose from, and best of all, the most beautiful hand-blown glass teapots one could ever hope to find . . .

{p.s.} for vintage lovers, they also have 1930's art deco tea pots

{image & layout by life.style.etc}

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{travel inspiration: paris by lomo}

. . . and while on the topic of paris, {as we so often are}, still and always a fascination with travel photographs, especially the photographs of favourite places, and these hauntingly beautiful shots of la ville-lumière capture the city of light in a way that beckons for one's return at once, as fewer things are more inspiring than to fall once again into these familiar places, along the seine and palais royale, and if it is not possible to steal away at the moment, then even a glimpse, in photographs, are inspiration enough until the next time . . .

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{the first exciting news of the new year}

. . . hello again! . . . had mentioned much, much earlier there would be fun news today . . . and so, a little fashionably late, {and those on twitter may have already heard}, but in case you haven't . . . as you know, have loved lonny magazine since the premiere issue over two years ago, but absolutely adore the current issue most of all, for it contains the most beautiful feature . . .

{a few of my favourite things}

thanks ever so much to ellie and everyone at lonny -- and to you, of course -- for always making everything so much more fun xo

{images: lonny}

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{island dreams}

. . . there has been much dreaming and planning lately, which somehow, always leads to the ocean, and today, thoughts are drifting to glittering coral sunsets and ocean waves in that magical, inexplicable shade just between turquoise and azure . . .

{images: malgosia bela by jan welters for elle france, may 2010; shoes by charlotte olympia, necklace by dinosaur designs, all images via electric feel}