{valentine's inspiration : and everywhere, hearts}

. . . and as promised, a little more valentine's inspiration, with love in the air, and just before the weekend—and this time, everywhere hearts, all aflutter . . .







one // two // three // four // five

{p.s.} the first is a save the date, but simply could not resist the intertwining of the two names, bound together with a heart —would be lovely for personal letterhead, correspondence or business cards, wouldn't you think?

{the year in review : a few favourite posts from 2011}

. . . and the year still feels so new, one can not help but look back, [just a little], and with ever so much fondness, and a bittersweet nostalgia, at the last, and so, with plain disregard to numbers & figures, a few favourites from the past year . . .


[in no particular order]

01 | places: at the ballet, st. petersburg, russia
02 | table for two : oceanside dreams
03 | a beautiful spring weekend & late sunday links
04 & 10 | monday, monday & notes from the weekend
05 | thoughts for the weekend & a few lovely links
06 | weekend links, on tuesday
07 | ribbons, ruffles & tulle, tulle, tulle
08 | table for two : meringue-encased lemon cakes
09 | style inspiration : melancholia
11 | spring things : may flowers
12 & 13 | style inspiration : sexy scallops
14 | have a wonderful long weekend & a few lovely links
15 | mid-week musings & plans for paris
16 | on the market : a manhattan townhouse

17 | and not included in the collage, but always, always : like a fairytale : elie saab, paris


{top image: heart of gold hand-printed stationery set}