{halloween inspiration: orange}

a little more halloween inspiration in shades of saffron and paprika for an afternoon of carving beautiful hand-stenciled monograms into bright, late-autumn pumpkins . . .




{p.s.} also:
* a perfect combination: grey + coral
* at this moment: hermès orange

{images: 1 - editorial - saffron days, lakshmi menon by jean-francois campos for vogue india may 2009 via tumblr; 2 - styling by kevin hertzog; 3 - vignette - top + bottom left - martha stewart; vignette - bottom right + below - editorial - dressed in innocence, lily cole by carter smith for vogue nippon march 2006 via porcelain beauty + lace & tea; autumn in paris via flickr}

{colour inspiration: white + a brand new year}

. . . a cold and bright early january morning and glitters of white floating outside the window, in perfect alignment with the fresh and blank slate of a brand new year, and after a long good-bye to the past year in a little white dress, delighted to come across the magic that is tim walker in shades of white and gold -- white for all that's new, and gold for the dreams yet to be . . .

hope the new year is off to a beautiful start,
xo

{p.s.} more of the dress above

{editorial: the handmade's tale; models: gemma ward, caroline trentini, lily cole; photography by tim walker for vogue australia february 2006 via brilliants of nataliya`s life}