celebrate

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On the last day of 2010, look back on a year well lived.

Look forward to an even more exciting and chic 2011.

Remember to smile each day, love every second and as often as possible dance as if no one is watching.

I wish you all a very happy new year.

a few of my favourite things

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laugh and love

Not just as a New Years Resolution, but as a daily one.

Enjoy the last days of the year.

xx

interiors

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tulips

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interiors

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celebration of lights

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Have a magical celebration of lights.

Enjoy all the beauty this day brings you.

it does not fail

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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”

-1 Corinthians 13:4-

kindness

"Kindness is the greatest wisdom"

dreaming of...

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....brunch in Paris.

have yourself a merry little christmas

chic interiors

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dear santa

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the stars

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" I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the starts makes me dream"

- Van Gogh-

the exquisite

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Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights writen by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins

cadeau

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Today, on one of my favourite blogs "The Simply Luxurious Life" I came accross the following quotation:

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

-Elizabeth Kubler Ross-

Have a happy Monday.



a chic sunday

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After a hectic week, we enjoyed the sun, the boat and great food at the Kura Hulanda Lodge this weekend. 

Have a wonderful week. 

a little birthday party

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"lets party till the sun comes up" 

-anon-

happy friday

 

Have a wonderful Friday and a lovely weekend.

let it snow

Photo by DR

Winter in Amsterdam

coco and jewelry

Photograph by Mark Shaw

Image of Coco Chanel designing her jewelry line.

     “I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”

-Coco Chanel-

happy monday

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By Tricia Foyel

Good morning and welcome to a week of Christmas dinners, birthday party's, intense studies and I am sure one filled with great laughter.

"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart"

-Henry Clay-

bejeweled II

Design by Lara Schweighofer

Photo from Mon Art Galler

Design by Margo Nelissen

Photo from my own collection 

Design by Nicoline Winkel Querido

Photo from my own collection

Design by Sherine Kessock Leenders

Photo from my own collection 

Design by Rebecca Paz

Photo from Beck 

Design by Evelien Sipkes

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Yesterday the show at the Mon Art Gallery in Riffort, Curaçao was impressive. It brought together a creative ambience which combined the different styles and creations form the designers, all in some way either inspired by or connected to Curaçao.    

Make sure to visit the gallery. 

bejeweled

photo from Beck

Tomorrow the Mon Art Gallery in the Riffort in Curacao is hosting a wonderful show of artisan adornments.

Some of the designers are Evelien Sipkes, Sharine Kessock Leenders, Lara Schweighofer and Rebecca Paz.

Enjoy your weekend.

xx

Priscilla

the creative muse

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Theodora, empress of Byzantium from 527-548, one of the most influential and powerful woman in the empire's history.

paris - byzance

Chanel

Paris - Byzance show

December 7th 2010

Rue Cambon, Paris, France

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The Byzantine Empire, one centered around the capital of Constantinople, ruled by emperors, inhabited by the powerful, the cultured and the prevailing. With gorgeous colours and hints of gold Karl Lagerfeld has yet again created an extraordinary collection.
The Empress Theodora, from the early 6th century was the creative muse for Lagerfeld, who noted that Theodora, first a circus performer before becoming Empress, shared a similar unusual destiny as Coco Chanel.

a good read

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Coralie Bickford-Smith is a cover designer at Penguin Books.



a few lovely things

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"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions—the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitessimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling"

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge-