Hello Friday! So are you up to this weekend my dears? Tomorrow is my second drawing class. Hope it will be fun… I’m also planning some weekend excursions for Christopher and I, something we definitely need! And of course I will be spending some time with little Egon. We’ll have a full moon this Sunday, great for an evening walk in the woods!

Here are some links for you to get lost in… Have a fabulous weekend!!

Love, Betsy.

 Child of the Moon

 Hot child in the city

 Swell Vintage

 The Constant Gatherer

 Mushroom Shelf Tutorial by FinderMaker

 Portraits of a Muse: Marchesa Luisa Casati by Nothing Elegant

 The Cramps - Faster Pussycat

 beinArt Surreal Art Collective

   Moon Phases: Next Full Moon Calendar Dates

I’m loving Paloma Faith’s new album!! The cover art for her new album Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? is just an amazing work of art.

I have also included the music video for New York. Enjoy!!

Hello Darlings, as promised last week: here are 20 items on my wish list. This is a list of rockin’ things I have selected from my favorite sites that I am dying to wear this fall and winter. Lots of vintage, velvet, satin, fur and gold. I love it! More to come!!! WARNING: very long post, start scrolling…

 Won Hundred Puff Sleeve Button Down Shirt

 Deep Purple velvet long gown with rhinestone clasps at My Closet Vintage

 Manoush Knit Top With Sequin V at ASOS

 Sapphire blue silk velvet 30’s dress with ascot collar at Dorothea’s Closet Vintage

 Sterling Filigree Art Deco Bar Pin at Bliss Street

 Unconditional Drape Pocket Velvet Jacketat ASOS

 30s black silk velvet gown with sculpted collar at Dorothea’s Closet Vintage

 Silk Velvet Jacket With Tails 20’s at Boudouir Queen

 Vintage 1920s Pin Multicolor Rhinestones at Wicked Darling

 Victorian Beadwork Blouse at Robin Clayton Vintage

 Philip Treacy Trilby Hat at ASOS

 Vivienne Westwood Gold Orb Watch Pendant Necklace at ASOS

 Egyptian Gold Gilt Peacock Eye Art Glass Swag Pin at Posh Adornment

 The Green Fairy Cape at Boudouir Queen

 Old Hollywood Glamour Peacock Blue and Black Sparkle Blouse at Green Dragon Lady Vintage

 1930’s Silk Velvet Black Dress at Robin Clayton Vintage

 Luxe black velvet 20s jacket with scarf collar/closure at Dorothea’s Closet Vintage

 Burlesque Lace like Black Wiggle Dress at Green Dragon Lady Vintage

 18k Gold Art Deco Snake in the Garden of Eden at Bliss Street

 Edwardian muff with velvet ruched openings at Dorothea’s Closet Vintage

So kittens, what’s on your list for the chilly months to come???

Love, Betsy.

My sweet readers, what are you doing this weekend? Tonight, Christopher and I are on babysit duty and tomorrow we are going to a fair. We haven’t had much time to relax the last few weeks so that something we’ll be doing also. Have a wonderful weekend, and meanwhile, here are a few great blogs and posts from around the web this week…

Love, Betsy.

 Urban Outfitters Blog 

 The Art History Blog 

 LuLu’s Vintage Blog 

 A Personal Vanity Project of Little Consequence

 An Interview With Vintage Swimwear Collector Pam Fierro at Collectors Weekly

 Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight at TED

 Looking Into the Past Flickr set by Jason Powell

 The fantastical and grotesque by Barnaby Whitfield

This is a special little post for my new special little friend, Egon!!! He’s going to be so spoiled! Egon Snoekx was born on September 21, 2009. They are well and my sister and Jan are so very happy. Congratulations Sofie and Jan!!! Love you! Oh and I’m a very proud godmother…

Here’s the birth announcement I made and a photo of Egon…  How cute is he!!??

Need some inspiration for your new season wardrobe? I made a Winter Style moodboard, even if it is only to weep over the beautiful things I’ll never be able to afford. So this is what I would look like if I was a few thousand dollars richer! I’m sure I’d be able to somehow legitimize these gorgeous, gorgeous finds…  but I guess I’ll just have to suffer. I give you these looks, so that you may have your heart broken…

Next week I’ll post a Winter Wish List of things we can afford!

I have a slight obsession with Shourouk, she’s french and her jewellery is stunning!

Made up  of sequins and crystals, handstiched, they’re little pieces of art right out of a magical fairy tale world. Shourouk describes them as: Completely embroidered by hand, my jewels are a mixture of luxury and poetry, a touch of chic. Team her sequin and beaded necklaces and brooches with a dress for a truely unique look. Find them at luisaviaroma.com.

Well we’ve come to the end of the week… hurray! I’m finally back with Weekend Links! I hope you all have exciting things planned for the next few days. I will be back Monday and leave you with some weekend clicking pleasure. Enjoy your weekend everyone! See you next week!

Love, Betsy.

 Dreams Made Flesh

 Mocking Bird

 Vic  

 The  Cloud Appreciation Society

 The Night of the Hunter (1955).  The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL… THE SUSPENSE!

 Beautiful art by Lori Earley

 The Lure of the Open Road: Wartime wandering through the Eastern states by bicycle, truck, and riverboat. 1944.

 Gallery of Zigfeld Grils…

Well it was about time… From Betsy with Love’s facelift is almost done! I still have a few pages to finish but I can’t stand to see any more HTML code this week! I would love to hear what you think…

Really, I want to know your thoughts, not only about the design but also about the content… How do you think I could improve FBWL? Do you want more interaction, a forum, a Flickr group, a newsletter…? What do you want to know more about? What do you not really care about? I mean, do you REALLY want to see my wish lists? Would you like to see more art articles, fashion article, my daily outfits? Interviews? Videos? Podcasts? Longer or shorter articles? This is your blog too. The whole point of it is that I give you what YOU want. So what do you want?

UPDATE: I’m not sure what is happening, but luck has not been on my side the past few week. First I accidentally cut off the tip of my finger, then I almost got run over by a car and last but not least this weekend we had dinner in the Atomium and I decided to have Steak tartar for the first time in my life and got infected by the Salmonella bacteria. Trust me you don’t want to get Salmonellosis… Urgh!

Anyhow…  I seem to be feeling a little bit better today and I’m trying to finish the new design. Maybe I’ll post a sneak peak tomorrow.  I hope to be back after the weekend with a new and fresh FBWL. Thank you all for your patience and understanding.  See you soon!

Pardon the mess, my dears readers. I’m trying to give FBWL a bit of a facelift, and it might look a little upside down here! Oh and… I am so behind on my comments, my emails, and my posts, I am going to try and catch up… 

I promise to resume my normal blogging when this is all done…

Love, Betsy.

Hurray… Hello Friday. We’ve missed you! My sweet readers, what are you doing this weekend? Tonight, Christopher and i are heading to the Belgian coast and we are planning to stay there until Monday. Have a wonderful weekend, and meanwhile, here are a few great blogs and other stuff…

Love, Betsy.

 You Were Never Lovelier

  Gin & Roses

 Sighs and Whispers

 La Photocabine

 DIY Fringe for your pins

(Image by Brandi Thompson)

I work from home so i’ve been spending a lot of time alone and i would love a little compnanion. We live in an apartment and i don’t want to go out to walk a dog 4 times a day, so a puppy is out of the question. Fish, Birds, no animals in small cages! What about a kitty? I’ll have to make sure that we’d have someone to babysit if we both had to be out of town (that isn’t a problem), and i know my boyfriend visits and i’ve got a birthday coming up in Oktober… A great gift would be a beautiful little Russian Blue!

OMG! I think I’ve found my all time favorite vintage shop, until I’ve visited them all I can’t possibly say that without a doubt… But when Dita Von Tees says it’s her favorite place for vintage you can assume it’s the best!

The Frock, owned by Christian Madrigal, is THE shop for anybody wanting to buy designer couture, Marlene Dietrich’s castoffs or beautiful vintage clothing for nearly every fashion decade.I’m in love, if I only had the money I would buy everything!!! I can see myself totally rocking these clothes… Enjoy!

Just look at all these beautiful goddesses! These paintings make me want to draw and paint again… I start drawing classes in September. Yay, I’m so excited to get started again! Maybe I’ll share some of my own work in the future…

I think Mia’s surreal work is very intriguing and has such a deep sense of spirituality. She shows all the layers within these beautiful woman - spirits, inner demons, conflicting emotions, the imagination, personal mythologies… Our identities are so complex and Mia paints it so beautifully! What would your portrait show? Spiders, demons, roses?!…

Hello lovelies!  I’m going dancing today! This weekend is another edition of the annual music festival Pukkelpop, that takes place just two blocks from my house. It is one of the largest music festivals in Belgium and the line up is pretty good.  I’ve decided to not only list great blogs but also round up the funniest, weirdest, cutest & most delicious things I’ve seen on the internet for your pleasure! Enjoy!

Love, Betsy.

 Retro Ways: Vintage Fashion and History

 The Human Marvels

 Where Science and Buddhism Meet PART 1

 Where Science and Buddhism Meet PART 2

 The World’s Most Grandiose Personal Ad In Online Dating History is here…  TOTALLY worth a read! So funny!

 The Bedroom stories: A bedroom can be a very intimate place. Beautiful and timeless moments or a sad neverending time.. another body there, touch, smell. Little whispered words or loud conversations…

 Astronomy Picture of the Day

I came across an online shop named Sacred Accessories. Well if your the type of person who, like me, is interested or intrigued by the spiritual, then go take a peek (click on the Sacred Accessories link on the left). It has everything from ethnic rings, handbags, third eye bracelets, Om necklaces and scarfs to glorious head pieces by designers from all around the globe.

GO SEE, I’m sure you’ll find just the thing to ward off those evil spirits! Here are my favorites…

 Skinny Black & Gold Beaded Scarf by Lena Bernard

 Brown Leather & Orange Paisley Fabric “NOAH” Handbag by LaBosh

 Chanel Enamel Pendant “Tenebrist” Necklace by Catherine Page

 Antique Gold Textured Adjustable Ring With Black Diamond Swarovski Crystals by Double Happiness Design

 Gold Filled Adjustable Ring With Large Faceted Labradorite Stone by Double Happiness Design

“Immortal” Bracelet With Czech Glass Ivory Sculls & Tiger’s Eye Beads by Haute Betts

YAY! I received an award! Many thanks to the marvelous Christina of Fabulous Finds & Co for granting me this lovely award! Love you back! It doesn’t get much more stylish than this darlings blog, which you simply must go and visit!

This award came with a tag as well, so here goes… Ten Things You Don’t (and might not want to) Know About Me:

1. My mother and I have the same birthday. What a great birthday present!

2. I need my privacy. I like being alone from time to time.

3. I can bend my big toe upward to the sky. My sister can do it too!

4. My legs are all marked up with scars from my childhood tomboy years, falling off bikes, roller skates, trees…

5. I’ve watched every episode of True Blood. I download it every Monday, I can’t wait for the next one!

6. If I died right now, I’d feel at peace and no regrets.

7. I’ve never had a cup of coffee. Eeek just the smell of it!

8. I chewed my nails to BITS up until I was 21.

9. I have 6 - 10 more kilo’s to gain to get to my ideal weight.

10. I crack my knuckles, my wrists, my elbows, my neck, my back, my toes, my ankles, my knees…

I’m not going to pass this award along to 10 other bloggers because all my Weekend Links get this award! So if you’re (or have been) in my Weekend Links come by and grab your award!

Love, Betsy.

Kit Willow has created yet another amazing collection! So luxurious, sensual, timeless, and romantic! You can view the entire collection on the Willow site. Available here. Here are some of my favorite outfits…  

(Via Mrs Gorman)

I’m getting ready to go to a flea-market in Liege with my mom and dad. I can’t just leave you empty handed for the weekend, so I’ve compiled a little list of gorgeous blogs… If you have links to share, please do so in the comments and keep them coming!

Love, Betsy.

 Absolutely Ladylike

 Le Mode & Vintage

 Lovers In Highschool 

In the late 1940s, Duquette and his wife built their home “Dawnridge”. Duquette’s love of the exotic and the eccentric is certainly evidenced by the interior decoration of the home. The pictures below were taken in the 1980s and show the house as Duquette had decorated it. Duquette passed away in 1999 at the age of 85, but his legacy lives on through Hutton Wilkinson, who still creates fine jewelry and home furnishings collections inspired by designs he and Tony Duquette created together.

If you love Duquette style (like I do) here are some books you will like There are heaps of pictures of Duquette’s designs for interiors, theatre, jewellery and museum exhibitions on the Tony Duquette website, but for the moment, here are some images of the Duquettes’ mighty house Dawnridge in Beverley Hills…