Sunday 30 March 2008

Happy Day




Today was the day of the first flea market/car bootie of the season. Hooray!!! Winter is officially over. We had a lovely sunny day, the perfect excuse to wear sunglasses for the first time, and it was warm enough not to wear a coat. Everything was spot on.
And on top of all that, I found the candle stick holder I had been looking for since the last Marie Claire Idées came out. I am now ready for a bit of crafting. Pictures to come.

Talking of pictures, above are a couple of pics of my latest acquisition. I wasn't quite sure which colour to get so I got both. It is all about accessories after all.
Have a lovely week.
Reg

Thursday 27 March 2008

I have been a very good girl!




Have you seen the new Prada ad campaign for the 2008 Spring Summer collection?
Well, I want it all! Ok, never gonna happen but I still want it all.
Let's be honest, I do have a weakness for shoes and bags. But god, their clutch bags are to die for. Maybe I wouldn't go as far as death but I would most definitely fight someone over one of these.
I am not even starting on the shoes. The fact that I will never own a pair makes me want to weep.
So if there is a fashion god somewhere out there, please help me out. I have been a very good girl!

Reg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4f-KEw9Sf8

Monday 24 March 2008

Spring into Spring

Spring you said?
Easter?
OK, then: yellow, chicks, daffodils, chocolate and spring clean!

The notebook is just one of these things you can't throw away and keep moving with yourself move after move... A notebook on which my piano teacher would write my homework only a couple of decades ago...The vintage Coke bottle was available in grocery stores here in the US last Xmas and is my actual dish liquid container. For some reason I hate those flashy jars and equally hate when you first need to open a door to grab the soap or dish liquid. So, I always choose the colour of the liquid and glass bottle so that they match my kitchen. Few years ago I even bought two different shades (one concentrated, one regular) to make the bottle look like a two layer cocktail in my trendy downtown stainless steel kitchen....
Lastly, my recent $1.99 find from my favorite Goodwill...the celadon vase, which by the way reminds me of westelm past collection, confirms you don't always have to go vintage when buying in thrift shops.The three little chocolate in the smaller nest are the only ones left after just one afternoon of intense chocolate tasting....

Am not so sure about the yellow peep but I tried to find something to complement the chrysanthemum (another recycled element....after rearranging a bouquet I was given not so long ago).

Hope you had a good Easter too!

Béa

Thursday 20 March 2008

Nice meeting you all!

First thing first, let us introduce ourselves.
With a cross Chinese portrait that each of us has done for herself, and the other.
As you will understand from the first entry, Bea will be in teal and Rere in pink.



If Bea were a colour, she would be...
BEA: Blue-green (anything from peacock to jade)

RERE: Teal
If Rere were a colour, she would be...
RERE: Pink Pink Pink
BEA: Pink! (easy!)

If Bea were an animal, she would be...
BEA: a plastic duck
RERE: a stork
If Rere were an animal, she would be...
RERE: a big fat cat
BEA: a frog

If Bea were a time of the day, she would be...
BEA: afternoon to late afternoon
RERE:
apéro time
If Rere were a time of the day, she would be...
RERE: early morning but only in the summer
BEA: night

If Bea were a season, she would be...
BEA: fall
RERE: summer
If Rere were a season, she would be...
RERE: autumn or spring...but rather autumn
BEA: autumn

If Bea were a flower, she would be...
BEA: Cherry blossom
RERE: Peony
If Rere were a flower, she would be...
RERE: Peony.
BEA: Alright, you get the peony. otherwise hellebore.

If Bea were a fruit, she would be...
BEA: Melon (wait a second, who said melon? it's more any juicy good ripe fruit except papaya)
RERE: Cherries cos they are yummy
If Rere were a fruit, she would be...
RERE: Mirabelles!
BEA: Strawberry for the look, mirabelles for the taste

If Bea were a dessert, she would be...
BEA: Chocolate mousse with raspberries and mint
RERE: Apple tarte flamb
ée
If Rere were a dessert, she would be...
RERE: Mirabelle tarte
BEA: Fraisier or religieuse (cos it seems complicated i.e. impossible for me to do)

If Bea were a drink, she would be...
BEA: Gin tonic. but only Bombay Saphire. thank you.
RERE: A nice fresh beer
If Rere were a drink, she would be...
RERE: Champagne
BEA: Martini or pink champagne

If Bea were a dish, she would be...
BEA: Pasta with pesto
RERE: Fleischschnecke
If Rere were a dish, she would be...
RERE: Pancakes
BEA: Dampfnuddle

If Bea were a celebration, she would be...
BEA: April Fool's Day
RERE: April 30th, Konninginnedag, NL
If Rere were a celebration, she would be...
RERE: Christmas, not so much Christmas itself, but all the building up beforehand
BEA: A cocktail around Xmas time

If Bea were a famous human being, she would be...
BEA: well, me, B
éa, of course
RERE: Inès de La Fressange
If Rere were a famous human being, she would be...
RERE: Valérie Lemercier
BEA: well, you, Réré, of course

If Bea were a band, she would be...
BEA: The Killers
RERE: Regina Spektor
If Rere were a band, she would be...
RERE: Oasis, from back in the days
BEA: The Divine Comedy

If Bea were a song, she would be...
BEA: far too many to choose from...any love song (otherwise tie between Unwritten, It's oh so quiet, Can't help Lovin' Dat man, I get knocked down, Love at First Sight)
RERE: Hunting High and Low, Aha
If Rere were a song, she would be...
RERE: Foundations, Kate Nash (it'll have changed by next week)
BEA: Talk tonight, Oasis

If Bea were a film, she would be...
BEA: My Blueberry Nights, Rumble Fish
RERE: In the Mood for Love
If Rere were a film, she would be...
RERE: Dirty Dancing!
BEA: Sex & The City

If Bea were a book, she would be...
BEA: Opium, Maxence Fermine
RERE: An atlas, she's well travelled
If Rere were a book, she would be...
RERE: La M
étaphysique des Tubes, Amélie Nothomb
BEA: Her own cookbook

If Bea were a character of fiction, she would be...
BEA: Pippi Langstrumpf
RERE: Fifi Brindacier, Pippi Langstrumpf

If Rere were a character of fiction
, she would be...
RERE: I really want to say Carrie Bradshaw but let's face it it's more Ugly Betty, who by the way is equally cool!
BEA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKGX8GZ3BV0 (for the heart shaped brooch...and her look, THE ultimate fashion statement)

If Bea were a feeling, she would be...
BEA: Excitement
RERE: Giggly
If Rere were a feeling, she would be...
RERE: Joy
BEA: Enthusiastic

If Bea were a motto, she would be...
BEA: Rush than rest
RERE: Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn (the red dragon should go forward)

If Rere were a motto, she would be...
RERE: 'Life is like a box of chocolate'
BEA: Be chic or (shut up and) stay in bed

If Bea were a letter, she would be...
BEA: B
RERE: B for Bee, B
éa
If Rere were a letter, she would be...
RERE: R for Reggie, Reg, R
éré
BEA: OK, R.

If Bea were a word, she would be...
BEA: Peculiar
RERE: Heilige Bimbam
If Rere were a word, she would be...
RERE: Knickerbocker glory, hands down! Never tasted it but what a word
BEA: Crumpets

If Bea were a style, she would be...
BEA: don't know. classicalminimalistyetromanticwildwestyasiannapoleonian.
RERE: Sharp, fresh and modern with a twist

If Rere were a style, she would be...
RERE: Shabby, kitschy chic. Yeah right, it’s more all kitschy and not all that chic. Nevermind!
BEA: Baroque with a British twist. Westwoodish. with a hint of vintage

If Bea were a fabric, she would be...
BEA: Taffeta
RERE: Wild silk

If Rere were a fabric, she would be...
RERE: Cotton, especially
gingham, polka dots and liberty
BEA: Angora

If Bea were a crafting tool, she would be...
BEA: A gluegun
RERE: A sewing machine

If Rere were a crafting tool, she would be...
RERE: A measuring tape, I always get inches and centimetres mixed up
BEA: ...not a tool but felt

If Bea were an object, she would be...
BEA: A pen
RERE: A candle

If Rere were an object, she would be...
RERE: My white Laura Ashley coffee table, an absolute bargain!
BEA: Spectacles (worn by the frog)


If Bea were a crockery item, she would be...
BEA: A spoon
RERE: A wine glass

If Rere were a crockery item, she would be...
RERE: A teapot (pink)
BEA: A chocolate teapot (unique, rare and adorable)


If Bea were a magazine, she would be...
BEA: Marie Claire
RERE: Elle D
écoration
If Rere were a magazine, she would be...
RERE: Elle
BEA: Elle

If Bea were a monument , she would be...
BEA: Hanging Gardens of Babylon. not a monument but I like the name.
RERE: Taj Mahal

If Rere were a monument, she would be...
RERE: Strasbourg Cathedral
BEA: Strasbourg Cathedral

If Bea were a city, she would be...
BEA: Strasbourg
RERE: Den Haag

If Rere were a city, she would be...
RERE: Liverpool, happy times!
BEA: London


If Bea were a street, she would be...
BEA: Allée de la Robertsau
RERE:
Allée de la Robertsau
If Rere were a street, she would be...
RERE: Andover road. I went up and down that road everyday for seven years
BEA: Berkshire Lane

If Bea were a piece of clothing, she would be...
BEA: well fitted jeans
RERE: A fabulous vintage fur coat

If Rere were a piece of clothing, she would be...
RERE: Shoes, My Irregular Choice ones which do not fit and which I’ve never worn for more than five minutes. They are fab!
BEA: Trenchcoat

If Bea were a fashion accessory, she would be...
BEA: Bangles
RERE: A white Belt

If Rere were a fashion accessory, she would be...
RERE: Bags, in any colour shape or form
BEA: The Brooch

If Bea were something kitsch/shameful, she would be...
BEA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nTwg5NIPM
RERE: No clue, it’s obviously well hidden
If Rere were something kitsch/shameful, she would be...
RERE: Garden gnome
BEA: some obsession with bambies and mushrooms

I Bea were a designer, she would be...

BEA: Antonio Marras
RERE: Coco Chanel, chic and timeless
If Rere was a designer, she would be...
RERE: Jean-Paul Gaultier
BEA: Vivienne Westwood

If Bea were a fragrance, she would be...
BEA: Fidji, Guy Laroche (cause le 5 is so obvious, it's almost tap water to me)
RERE: Mitsouko, Guerlain
If Rere were a fragrance, she would be...
RERE: Vanille Tiare, Comptoir Sud Pacifique

BEA: Angel, Thierry Mugler (cause she must be an angel)