{scrapbook: a countryside picnic}

. . . spending most of our summer weekends away in the countryside, markets and antique shops on saturday mornings, leisurely dinners that last until nightfall and, most wonderfully, a summer picnic on a perfect july afternoon, deep green leaves flickering in sunlight, intermingling with battenburg lace and the scent of sweetheart roses, champagne and the glimmer of vintage cut crystal, fine floral print china and fresh strawberry tarts, and most of all, the air filled with a dreamy and magical light . . .

{p.s.} our last picnic

{images: photography by p & this is glamorous © august 2010, image five - excerpt from a quote by henry wadsworth longfellow, also used here}

{light & shadow}

. . . quite the adore the beautifully atmospheric, nearly hazy tone of this summer editorial, the perfect play of light and shadow, and the feeling that something unbelievably romantic could happen at any moment . . .

{p.s.} lovely things on the side project:
* ruffles & blossoms
* tailored elegance

{images: sasha melnichuk by marcin tyszka for elle russia may 2010, stylist, ekaterina mukhina; hair, miguel viana; make-up, rita fialho}