{eco chic: emma loves retro}

. . . fun, fun cushions from emma loves retro, in beautiful colours + patterns and handmade from vintage and recycled fabric

Friday Fabulousness {Wedding Goodness}

Hello lovelies! Rhiannon here, the gal behind Hey Gorgeous straight out of Toronto, Ontario. I am filling in for Simone today and am completely honoured since I am filling in on a Friday Fabulousness day :) So in honour of my love of weddings and Simone's eye for all things beautiful here's a little peek at what I think all weddings should be....

A wedding should be simple, traditional, lovely and beautiful with a pop of pink along the way. A wedding should include love letters, ivory roses and fluffy bunches of fragrant hydrangeas. All weddings like this one by Docuvitae should have brightly coral-hued parasols, buttercream adorned cakes and confetti tossed in the air yet frozen in time by the simple snap of a beautiful photograph.

A wedding should be a representation of who two people are when they bring out the best in the other. A chance to share who you both are with your friends, family and guests. And a wedding should always include a fabulous pair of shoes. Extra points if those fabulous shoes are red. Extra points if you rock a short frock to show off those fabulous red shoes. A wedding should be fabulous. Downright. fabulous.

A wedding is all about having fabulous girlfriends and women in your life to help you slip into the wedding gown of your dreams. Throw in one dapper groom, matching mustaches and gorgeous photography by Tanja Lippert and you have a recipe for perfection.

Weddings are about style your way on your day. Gray stockings and pale pink hued shoes? Check. A larger than normal bridal party in mismatched dresses and fabulous hairstyles? Check? A DIY affair that guests will rave about for years to come? Check. What more could you possibly need.

Rustic centerpieces, handmade buntings, groomsmen in suspenders, soft blonde curls, these are all the things that make a wedding so wonderful. Professing your love in front of people, yelling it from the rooftops, the mountians, the pews of a church; these are the things that make a wedding pure perfection.

 The photos above by Sean Walker - especially that last one - represent the best part about a wedding; the true love and friendship that radiates between two best friends read to commit the rest of their lives together. And that my friends is better than any pop of pink, any pair of red shoes and any fabulous hair style (although all those things are surely the icing on the cake :)

Happy Friday Fabulousness and Simone thank you for having me in your incredible little space here. I had a blast and adore having you as such an amazing friend! Enjoy your weekend everyone and be safe xo

{eco chic: decanterlights}

. . . p's mother has a beautiful cut crystal decanter collection displayed in their formal living room and have always loved the way they glimmer and add such elegance, and so was much delighted to discover another use for them -- decanterlights, by british designer lee broom, are pendant light fixtures created from vintage crystal decanters sourced from antique markets and vintage shops and available in a natural clear crystal or polished gold -- aren't they lovely?

{p.s.} more stylish eco chic inspiration:

cushions | cork | wine bottle centrepieces

{images: lee broom via moco loco}

{shopping: vintage frame chalkboards}

. . . after discovering this beautiful vintage frame chalkboard in gosia's shop last year, have been rather obsessed with them and open gosia's weekly updates hoping to find another as lovely, until this morning, when this one appeared . . .

-- and was gone nearly immediately -- and so the search continues . . .

{images: blue bell bazaar via gosia}

{a photographer, a designer + bohemian elegance}

. . . last week it was silver canisters in a copenhagen kitchen, and this week, inspiration comes in the form of a vintage cake tin and a glimpse of pinkish wallpaper . . .

. . . and as it turns out, the images above were taken by photographer deborah jaffe, whose e-mail arrived in perfect time with the discovery of white & gold cake tins and neisha crosland wallpaper, and who has shot for domino, martha stewart living and elle decoration uk:

. . . and the owner of the vintage tins, mismatched patterned ceramics, plush textiles and flea-market finds is california-based fashion designer erica tanov, whose bohemian romantic style can be seen in both her berkeley home and current clothing collection . . .

one of the designer's shops


from a previous spring/summer collection

{all images by deborah jaffe for elle decoration uk with the exception of the last; images 1&2 from elle decoration uk and all other images from the photographer's and designer's websites; special thanks to felicity for the original erica tanov link xo}

{inspiration: vintage brooch bouquets}

. . . have come across vintage flower brooches many times in quaint little shops on the way out of the city, and while have thought to group pretty clusters on the lapel of a boyfriend blazer, had never thought to fashion them into utterly enchanting and everlasting bouquets . . .

{images: vintage brooch bouquets by fantasy floral designs, photography by alice hu; ruffled via beautiful things to share}

{vintage valentino + the winner . . .}

. . . busy and happy on this sunny wednesday afternoon and "it is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen"

~frances hodgson burnett

{p.s.} a warm congratulations to carolina of argentina, winner of the smokey quartz faceted earrings give-away!

{congratulations, carolina!}

{image: valentino via merci new york, discovered via twitter from the book valentino: themes and variations; image courtesy les arts decoratifs -- thanks, felicity!}