All things beautiful

terça-feira, 31 de agosto de 2021

A Turn of the 20th Century Kitchen Style

segunda-feira, 30 de agosto de 2021

domingo, 29 de agosto de 2021

Beauty - The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. Audrey Hepburn

Cats - A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

No home is complete without the pitter patter of kitty feet.

It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens.

If cats could talk, they wouldn’t.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

sábado, 28 de agosto de 2021

Detailed embroidered Haute Couture

Detail of beading on blue dress, by Yves Saint Laurent,

1958–1959.

House of Dior

Balenciaga couture 'Spanish' Jacket c.1940's

Balmain 1950’s

Schiaparelli's lavish embroidery

Embroidered silk velvet jacket and skirt, designed by Schiaparelli,

Paris, autumn-winter 1937-38.

1939 Bolero

Here's a dozen of my favorite things never to apologize for:

1) Never apologize for acting on your instincts.
2) Never apologize for being passionate.
3) Never apologize for being smart.
4) Never apologize for demanding respect.
5) Never apologize for saying no.
6) Never apologize for not embracing someone else's agenda.
7) Never apologize for disagreeing.
8) Never apologize for your faith.
9) Never apologize for your own sense of creativity.
10) Never apologize for ordering dessert.
11) Never apologize for being funny.
12) Never apologize for living your truth.

Every one of us casts a shadow.

There hangs about us, a sort of a strange, indefinable something, which we call personal influence--that has its effect on every other life on which it falls. It goes with us wherever we go. It is not something we can have when we want to have it--and then lay aside when we will, as we lay aside a garment. It is something that always pours out from our lives . . . as light from a lamp, as heat from flame, as perfume from a flower.

The ministry of personal influence is something very wonderful. Without being conscious of it, we are always impressing others by this strange power that exudes from us. Others watch us--and their thinking and actions are modified by our influence."

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Ephesians 5:15-16

~J. R. Miller, "The Shadows We Cast"

All things beautiful

terça-feira, 31 de agosto de 2021

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