bramasole...or 2 oxen 2 days...

"i have bought a house in a foreign country. a house it takes two oxen two days to plow.
since i don't have any oxen, i'll have to take their word for that..."

via

i am missing italy today. missing adventure. missing the journey. because of all that nostalgia, i'm watching under the tuscan sun...to soothe my italian itch.

so won't you join me in enjoying some photos from bramasole (which means 'to yearn for the sun'), the villa frances buys just outside of cortona?? (and if you're really nice, maybe i'll post some pictures from when i was last there!)

(all these photos of the property came from the bramasole for rent page on italian villas...check it out! you could stay there!!!)

these are a couple of pics i took last time i was in cortona -- 2007.

BHLDN

today is valentines day. it is also the first day of the launch of a greatly anticipated line, directly related to anthropologie. welcome ladies to BHLDN!!! stemming from the word 'beholden,' this new line will cater to brides and bridesmaids alike with the most beautiful and unique wedding gowns, bridesmaid dresses, and accessories for the new bride!! the line appears very anthropologie inspired, with lots of ruffles, pleating, romantic feels in the clothes, with a very jcrew feel as well. but don't worry, i see no dyeables, or scary colored lace, or anything that would make you cry as soon as your bride showed it to you...ensuring a 27 dresses moment of "but i can just shorten it, and wear it again!"

 the gowns are just beautiful and i can't wait to see my friends all wearing some of these stunning things.

check out the website at BHLDN, and you can read about the launch on culturemap if you like!

happy love day everybody!!

all images are courtesy of BHLDN...enjoy!

buyer's dinner = beautiful flowers!

3 february 2010

inspiration: FLOWERS!!

location: river oaks country club

what i love: the beauuuuuty!

ok so tonight was our buyers' dinner for the school art auction, and it was lovely. we had dinner at the river oaks country club, followed by presentations for some of the high bidders. it was really fun! i sat with some of our other rookies, and we had so much fun with the food and the open bar...

at the end of the night, we got to pick whatever flowers we wanted to take home, and i picked some white hydrangeas and these beautiful fire and ice roses...the pictures don't really do them justice (but the inside of the roses were this pretty peach color, and the outside of the pedals was this beautiful fuschia color....amazing!). really, all of the flowers were so awesome, with their delicately colored pedals, and their beautiful colors...i should really grow some of those or something.....

my little makeshift bouquet!

closeup of one of the roses

closeup of one of the roses