♥ Favorite things past week ♥

♥ Women Artists Taschen book (many of whom I truly admire)
♥ Mini-Manequin paper dolls my sister gave me as a farewell gift
♥ A lovely framed drawing, also a present from darling Andre
♥ Oyster shaped jewelry box I found at a flea market
♥ Mary Kay (as they call it here) plaster figure that I have placed on the wall by the entrance door
♥ Nina Ricci perfume (always Nina!)
♥ My Melody tiny collectible clock

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♥ on distance and absences ♥

A little playlist by c*

♥ Favorite Things ♥

♥ Second hand cotton vest with crocheted trimmings
♥ Heart shaped sunnies (spring is here!)
♥ Orchid shaped brooch
♥ Walks by the lake chasing ducks
♥ Hair bow
♥ Manet second hand book

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♥ favorite things ♥

♥ Twiggy - A Life In Photographs
(A wonderful darling book curated by Twiggy herself with her favorite portraits from her career throughout the decades).

♥ Virtuôse mascara by Lancôme + Shiseido Eyeliner pencil in Blanc for Twiggied eyes.

♥ Vintage Farouche Eau de Toilette by Nina Ricci
(I found it in a lovely marché aux puces of antiques in Paris)

♥ Hello Kitty clip.

♥ Romantic hole puncher
(I use it in every loveletter I write to my lover)

♥ Lace butterfly I bought once in Bruges.

♥ J T'aime magnet that darling V* sent from Argentina.

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♥ home away from home ♥

a little playlist



About being away and remembering where I came from.

by V*

♥ favorite things ♥

♥ Karen Elson's The Ghost Who Walks
(the beautifulest record I've listened to in a long while)

♥ Margaret Evan Prince's Ilustration from Cinderella.

♥ Shiori Matsumoto's ballerina.

♥ Cameo I bought in Paris.

♥ Revlon's Super Lustruos Lipstick in Pink In The Afternoon
(the wonderful pink shade was inspired by Audrey Hepburn)

♥ Knitted lilac heart brooch that V* once made for me.

♥ Handmade felt brooch that Isa once made for me.

♥ Gal Collection Grosella lip balm sent by darling Mignonette.

♥ This Anaïs Nin quote:

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."

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♥ Favorite Things ♥

♥ Fleet Foxes album

♥ Frida Khalo dressing book and purse mirror: gifts from my love, Ulises
♥ A lovely mail badge, a gift from darling Dela
♥ White chocolate bar and (gorgeous) Mon Rêve vibrant color lipstick, gifts from darling Isa
♥ Onyx pendant

"I never painted a dream."
~Frida Khalo

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