Wave Hill

Incredible Wave Hill:  In the Bronx, on the Hudson, across the NJ Palisades- we spend lots of weekends there, never getting over the beauty...

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

More pictures here.

Bag crush.

 

Still on my mind: Jil Sander's neon orange acetate market bag.  

Picture credits:  Net-a-Porter, Streetfsn by Nam



 

The weekend: The High Line



 

 

 

We went for a Saturday walk along the newly extended High Line, which was totally crowded but complete heaven despite that.  Perfect sun, a breeze, tall grasses and wild flowers tucked between old factories, modern apartment buildings and office buildings.  You just have to be prepared to share this lovely place with a few thousand other people squeezed into the narrow space. We walked around The Chelsea Market and had lunch at Bill's Bar & Burgers on 13th St which was so, so- not somewhere I would run to again to eat, but the place itself had charm: a stripped down ex-industrial look, murals, scrawly drawings on walls.  Hope your weekend was great too!

Looks I love...

 

 

 

 

Don't these images just make you want to break out some vivid colour?  They do me. I've been rotating three tees- all in varying degrees of saturated orange rather heavily since summer began.

Credits:

No.1 Girl in Acne dust dress via Stockholm Street Style

No.2 It's not the McQueen shoes, but the fierce metallic slit dress that caught my eye!  Gareth Pugh?  via Tommy Ton

All the rest: Tommy Ton

Shop update

I've just listed the butterfly necklace I mentioned here previously:

 

I'm not one for butterfly imagery in jewelry per se, but after hoarding these Art Deco style butterfly pendants for nearly a year, I've decided that they should be released. Perhaps it fit's into the graphic- geometric trend going on right now, which I like the idea of, or that I quite like bold lines, or that it's just a bit seventies disco era.

Super affordable at $37.00!  Buy it here

Looks I love...

Going to bed dreaming about bag designer, Claire Vivier's orange nails, white jacket/ tee, and threadlike bracelets...

My new favorite tumbler...

Via the blog 'Where the Lovely things are' my new favorite Tumbler: 'Outside'.

Prepare to be transported...

Shop update

Coming this week: Art Deco butterfly necklace

In the shop later this week:)

Tastes like summer

I was excited to pick our very first vegetable and handful of raspberries from our garden today! My second love is gardening and I can't seem to stop finding an excuse to get out there. I'm slowly clearing away 3 years of neglect and trying to get things in shape.  As well as that we built our first raised bed and now have a patch of heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, broccoli, beans, garlic, carrots, arugula and chilli peppers growing like crazy!  Below is out very first perfect cucumber (Beit Alpha), and our raspberries below inspired me to create my very first treasury on Etsy: 'Tastes like summer'.  

More pictures of around the garden coming soon...

Considering summer starts tomorrow, some much needed colour headed into the shop today- just re-listed these in the shop today: 14k gold fill hoops with tiny, tiny antique metal beads in a wonderful shade of deep pink.  Though they have that shot of colour, they still remain very understated.  They're totally my shade, hope yours too...You can get them here.
 

And as promised, this stunning rainbow quartz druzy went into the shop also.  It has a flatter profile (no chunky pointing out bits) and is set in 925 sterling silver with a sterling chain.  One off...