Thursday Inspiration – Sweet n’ Sour

{I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland. – Anselm Kiefer}

Wanted Wednesday – A purse.

{MOMA bag from Gravity Pope}
First off – I am very sad that this picture doesn’t do justice to this beauty of a bag. Truly. It is so wonderful that I have visited it on no less than 3 occasions in the past week and a bit, and have lovingly and affectionately caressed it, put it [...]

Clap your hands and believe!

{Via We Heart It}
Hello hearts and muffins! Wanted Wednesday is going to be late, I’m swamped at work and overwhelmed with a bunch of new (and exciting!) news.. Plus, I have not had coffee today, which means I’ve basically been rearranging the same three files for 2 hours while trying to pick sesame seeds from [...]

Style Inspiration – Jessica de Ruiter

Proof that you can never be too thin, too rich or too blond. Well, too thin, rich or blond for Refinery29. Beautiful de Ruiter rocks my ideal outfits, given that I lose a rib and grow two feet. I love the photography by Kava Gorna as well..

Tuesday Inspiration – Slimane

Hedi Slimane’s photos of the polloi at Coachella do not make me want to work today. They make me want to get a tattoo and underexpose all my photos. Perhaps forgo aging, bras and clothing altogether as well.

Act a spool…

More crafts! Still no macaroni!

I found this beautiful, thick spool of cord and matching string, and I really love the way it turned out. The plum color is so lovely, and it is so soft. Rainy/snowy days are so nice for crafting and listening to NPR. 

This one is a little bit longer, and made with a vintage chambray material. [...]

Monday Must Have – 1 Ticket to Italy

Happy Monday hunnies. I can only hope that the snow (!!!) of this weekend has moved on and we will have pleasent weather for my first day back to the full-time world of work. I’ve already made a mental jail break and would appreciate the anonymous donation of a plane ticket to Italy. (Also needed:  plain [...]

A Sunday Kind of Love – Countrified

Hello lovelies! Last we talked I was headed out for some window shopping and farmers market with S… Next thing I knew I was throwing rubber boots and a windbreaker into a bag as we headed out into the country. I’m not going to lie, I almost died of fresh air exposure. My skin turned [...]

Rated X

{Via We Heart It}
So like good 30 year old ladies, Sabine and I headed out for fancy salads, g&t’s and a PG movie last night. (Granted, we then proceeded to the grotty neighbourhood bar to imbibe manly young drinks…..) BUT.. the PG movie. Disney’s Earth. It’s seriously baby animal porn. I thought my head was [...]

Friday Five

It’s been a good week folks. I just finished my last exam, I’m headed to lunch with a friend, and I’m ready.. to just relax a bit. I hope you all have a fabulous Friday, see you Sunday! xoxo

{Don’t Touch My Moleskine}
{With a little bit of sadness, a lot of confusion, and the feeling of [...]

Wanted Wednesday

Hello cupcakes. If I felt somewhat human, if I didn’t smell like drain cleaner, if I hadn’t decided to go all Elizabeth Taylor on a bottle of jager…and six pack of beer…but not before prepping my tummy with tequila… Then I might have a witty reason why today’s Wanted Wednesday is so late. As it [...]

Tuesday Inspiration – Henrique Oliveira

This work denies traditional categories.. you know, those crazy ones that  differentiate ’solid matter’ from ‘liquid matter”. Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira uses salvaged wood from the streets of Sao Paulo to create these swirling, waving installation pieces that frankly blow my mind. (Found on the CR Blog)

Show-offs..

I’m sure there were a million and one other things I could have been.. scratch that…should have been doing this morning, but we picked up this enormous pin board yesterday for 10$ and I wanted to put it to use. My jewelry was going to waste in piles, bowls and boxes and I often didn’t [...]

Monday Must Have(s)

Happy 1/52 of a New Year chums! I’m prefacing this by saying: go hide your wallet. I know I usually post just one thing for the Monday Must Have, but Single b: Beautiful just blew me away! Everything was so beautiful that it was all I could do to keep my credit card in my [...]

A Sunday Kind of Love – Home Edition

My home has always been my sanctuary. I am so very private about it, and rarely bring anyone into it that isn’t a good friend or a carpet cleaner. However, of late I’ve really been craving a lovely little party with food and wine, to fill my home with laughter and music; to do some [...]

Have a snack while you wait, angel.

Hullo cupcakes. I’m uncharacteristically at work this Sunday morning – so the Sunday Kind of Love will be a little bit late today. I’m rolling with a different theme today, so I hope you like it…As a placeholder, I offer you the cupcake that I woke up to this morning. Yes, Jared returned home from [...]

Friday Five

Happy Saturday my lovelies! I’m sorry that the Friday Five is a little bit late this week, but to be perfectly honest, there hasn’t been so much good going on at Casa Miel lately. To be brutally honest, the shit has hit the fan and yours truly has been wholly uncapable of dealing with it. [...]

Surprisingly, this craft didn’t contain macaroni.

So I had time on my hands. And was inspired by all the crazy fabric necklaces out there. And by those strange friendship bracelets we all obsessively knotted away at as children… Anyone..? Just me?
So I grabbed my extra large safety pin and some strips of this crazy Warholesque purple poppy print fabric that I [...]

I’m dirty, and you’re winners.

I’m going to assume that this happens to everyone just so I don’t feel weird. I get on these weird jaunts where I only want to eat one thing.. for about two months a couple years ago it was only spinach salad with strawberries and goat cheese, that progressed to grilled swiss cheese sandwiches with chili garlic [...]

8 Jars of Awful

Children: Learn your grammers. Lest you advertise for something that is PROBABLY illegal. Thanks to Tyson for the heads up on this one.

Travel On

{Check out this kick ass suitcase.. It makes me want to take the train and drink tea and wear a hat. Right now I just carry it around the thrift store then put it back before we leave. Nobody appears interested in it (it’s been there for about two months)…what do you think?}
ps- Don’t forget [...]

Dance Break – Nothing to Worry About

I really couldn’t decide if I liked this.. then I saw the video. Then I thought about the fact that I was done my thesis (except for presenting a lecture), that I only have exams left, and that this video has Elvis look-a-likes.. and I thought yeah. There is nothing to [...]

Local Weather

 Steffi Gloor and Kurtli Riedi created this incredible site  - Local Weather – of about 50+ international cities and their respective weather over 2 days. It’s just about the loveliest weather forcaster I’ve ever seen, and I don’t even mind when it says it’s going to rain. 

Wanted Wednesday – Holme

I’m posting an early Wanted Wednesday today, I just couldn’t resist. I stumbled across this both at P.’s at at Unruly Things, and it was too beautiful not to repost. There is something about a clothing shop (vintage or otherwise) that is not just stocked but curated, like a gallery. The feeling of each piece [...]

Monday Must Have – I can’t kill these!

I’m not going to lie folks – a little bummed that I can’t keep anything (save my little succulent) alive. Jared and I were looking at budgies this weekend (another sign I’m not ready for something with a heart beat: I was color co-ordinating the pastel ones with my house) and he carefully pointed out [...]

A Sunday Kind of Love – Bits and Bobs

Hello lovelies. Unfortunately, my urge to be at the computer hasn’t really returned, despite the fact that I’m required to be sitting here at one all afternoon. I have to say, like a fickle little girl, I’ve sort of fallen out of love with this blog. I don’t dig the design, but have been trapped [...]

Late-Night Inspiration

{a beautiful pair of Marc J. heels that have been in my closet for about 5 years.. I don’t think I’ve ever worn them!}

The Missing Day

{The pasta my mother brought back from Italy for me..}
Hello Lovelies.. I’m lost in the ether this weekend.. it’s been a strange and dreamy wash, not suited for sitting in front of the computer.. I will be back soon, I’m sure.. xoxox

Thursday Surprise – Giveaway!

Hello tangelos! I’ve been having the loveliest day, and I went to the shop to pick up a couple photos that I printed and they made it even better.. So, I wanted to share my beautiful warm day and happiness with you and giveaway one of these prints I had done! They just feel so [...]

Meeses’ Pieces

{Tressa Heckbert}
Another night down! I have to say, Tressa Heckbert’s show was incredible last night. The clothes were so well tailored, the color palate was balanced and totally wearable, the cuts were modern but interesting with superb vintage throwbacks here and there, the detailing just perfection.. I was so happy. The show itself was fantastically [...]

Two Lovely Things

{After my extreme mini-egg binge I took a few pictures of what was left on my favorite tiered dessert tray – so beautiful. These photos made me smile. We don’t really have much of an “Easter” celebration around here, but I have to say, the mini-eggs are dangerous.}
 {Awwwh yeah ladies… that’s right, Ottawa’s Victoire has [...]

Wanted Wednesday

My rosebush died. I’m just going to throw that out there as a precursor to this post. No – it didn’t die. Little Miss Black Thumb was all like “Hey, I bet you like sun little lady! I’m going to put you in the sun! Right here, where the sun reaches you so perfectly!”
Right here.
On [...]

Good God Y’all

I’m tired. Beyond tired. I’m taking a day off of blogging, and I’ll be back tomorrow. PS – I have a confession. I am addicted to The Hills. Jared kept pointing at the tv then at me and saying “I don’t like this. I don’t like this at all. You know this isn’t real right?” to [...]

Monday Must Have

{Eatable of Many Orders}
I couldn’t choose just one thing from this incredible shop – truly. Everything feels like a cross between a southern revival and a missionary; so beautiful and light and perfect. Enjoy your Monday’s my little aubergines, I’m signing off for the day to wrap up my last thesis class and head to [...]

Sunday Inspiration

{Jared bought me these insanely gnarly poppies this weekend – they are so beautiful, I couldn’t resist taking a couple snaps of them. I’ll take more when they open! }

A Sunday Kind of Love – The Trip

There is that smell that your skin gets in the summer, of being warmed by the sun, that I am longing for. The sting of pulling off a shirt after being in the sun too long, brown necks and burnt noses, sandy feet and fingers like DNA codes, ringed with tanlines.
We have been taking roadtrips [...]

Saturday Inspirations

It is an absolutely beautiful, sunny day out there, and we’re heading out camera in hand to do some errands and be together. These photos from Fantasmagorria have been giving me so much spring inspiration lately, thought I’d share! xo

Friday Five

Better late than never lovelies – have a beautiful weekend and thank you for such a wonderful week! Even you, man on train who made me smell like gin!  xoxo

{MADemoseille}
Sometimes, there is that perfect somebody who is your saving grace, and this week it was Miss Elle. I sometimes forget how nice it is to [...]

Hand Waving and Color Inspiration

Hey chickadees! I’m in a time crunch this morning, and didn’t think ahead last night, so the Friday Five will be a bit late today. However, you have this incredible photo to gaze at, it’s been on my desktop for a little bit and I needed to share. Not sure where it’s from, but I [...]

And now, for a musical interlude.

{Dawes .. Check out “When My Time Comes”…*sigh* }

Thursday Inspirations – Cookies and Tea

{tiger lily and tiny teeth}
I’m not usually a huge fan of Easter (save the abundance of chocolate and small animals) but I’m sort of in the mood for egg decorating and cookie making…
{Nokomis}
Can we talk about how excited I was to see this in the Nokomis Newsletter? Do you all remember how I made myself [...]

Andrea vs. Jared on: jeans

{We Heart It}
Topic: Jared’s Jeans.
Andrea: He buys one pair, wears them until they are obscenely full of holes (literally, I can’t let him around little kids, they’d sue) and then buys another pair. I say: Time to be a grown up and buy two pairs of pants. If you buys two pairs of pants, then [...]

Wanted Wednesday – Geronimo

If it wasn’t cool enough that Jenny Reyes middle name is Geronimo, that she designed clothing for the Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins tour; she now has her own clothing line… Geronimo. Killer vintage colors and fabrics with retro-modern tailoring.. *sigh* Check it out and be terribly envious of such a multitalented lady.