Summer Travel

As I write this I'm spending some time in Portugal to celebrate a sculpture project my husband has been working on for the past 2 years. This weekend is the start of Portugal's first ever Art Biennial. I can't tell you how impressive the work that my husband and his partner created for it, and I look forward to sharing many photos with you when I'm back home. In the meantime, I thought I'd share some photos of our family vacation from last summer in Portugal. Lyla was only 4 months old and it was such a perfect time to travel with her (she's the little bean on the sofa). We were here for almost a month, rented a car and traveled along the coast. Portugal is a lovely country with kind people and incredible scenery with some of the most amazing castles, enchanted forests, and small villages I've ever seen in all of my travels.

I hope you all are enjoying your summer and that you, too, get to have some down time.

Have a wonderful weekend!


{photos by thoughtful day}

Angelic & Lovely

These glowing, angelic photos are by the talented Anna Wolf. She just launched her new website and it is amazing!
I can't get over how beautiful the makeup is on these girls, the eyes and lips are perfect, and I simply love the billy ball adorned braid!

stylist: Caroline Prince
makeup: Junko Kioka


{photos from anna wolf}

Monogrammed Love

Recently I was in an Anthropologie store and as always I left inspired and my pockets were a little lighter. What I have been most impressed with lately is there abundance of monogrammed items. I saw these monogrammed soap dish sets and they are gorgeous. There are a lot of places that do monogrammed items and often they lack personality, but Anthropologie has really taken it to the next level.

{photos from anthropologie}






On the home front, Jonathan Adler has a fun selection of monogrammed letter pillows, how perfect would these be as a gift for a couple, their two initials and an ampersand or even personalized for your wedding party?

{photos from jonathan adler}

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!

Brideshead Revisited Event!

Brideshead Revisited is showcasing their Spring 2009 Collection this Thursday, October 16 from 6-8 pm. Not only can you view all of their lovely items, but also Laura Nadeau of Lo & Co will be there showing some quick and easy makeup tips for brides. Be sure to RSVP!

{photo from brideshead revisited blog}

Harajuku Lovers

I want all five of these perfume bottles, not so much for the scent, but just as objects they are so cute!

Have a great weekend!

{harajuku lovers via bella sugar}

Bridesmaid's Gifts

With only 18 days left to go for our wedding, I have been checking off my list of gifts to give to everyone that will be part of it. I bought my two bridesmaid's (my sisters) a gift box full of Fresh Sugar goodies. The sweet lemony scent of Sugar goes well with our theme of the yellow and lemons. Here are some of the things that came in their gifts and I just had to throw in a Sake candle too as it is my favorite candle scent ever.

I happened to go to the Union Square Fresh a couple of weeks ago to get a makeup lesson done by Vané's friend Claribel and she did an amazing job! I am not totally confident with applying makeup and she gave me step by step guidelines and then numbered each product with the steps. She was so helpful!

{images from Fresh}

Matchsticks

I bought these Matchsticks as soon as I saw them on shopbop.com. You never know what could slip out or come undone, double sided tape can solve a lot of unforeseen problems! I can already see myself using them on my shoes in case my feet start sliding out of them.

{images from shopbop.com}

Free Makeup Lesson from Bubble and Lo!

Laura from Bubble and Lo emailed to tell me about a free makeup lesson (a value of $275) they are giving away! Be sure to sign up on their website, the contest runs through May 1, applicable to the Tri-State area only.

Also check out her blog, it has some great tips on makeup, with instructions and product recommendations.

{images from Bubble and Lo}