BIJOU LIVING

May 25, 2011

Design Lover - Bisazza Bagno Hayon Collection

Art Deco inspiration ✔
Bisazza Bagno ✔
Nordic touch ✔
feminine feel ✔
Spanish superstar ✔
marble ✔
copper ✔
chrome ✔
more here

Did you know...

The imitation punchings that decorate today's brogues were once actual holes/slashings made to let the water drain out of these early Scotish shoes that were often worn while treading across marshy land.

May 23, 2011

Vintage Guy Laroche

1980

May 20, 2011

My Top Five Unfounded Fears

Goya - from Disasters of War

getting bed bugs from a movie theatre
dying from eating bad mayo
plague ridden bus hands
hantavirus
finding an eye in an egg yolk

I thought I'd let you know since apparently we're all supposed to die tomorrow. I guess 2012 will take care of those of us who don't kick the bucket Saturday.

May 18, 2011

Quote of the Week - Federico Fellini

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

May 17, 2011

The Gift I Made My Mom - Easy and Inexpensive I love You Gift

I adapted this gift idea from a column by interior decorator Barb Lunter that was in the North Shore News a few weeks back.

What you need:

2 vases - this isn't as easy as you think. One vase must fit inside the other with enough room around it to put some goodies yet it has to be large enough to hold a few bunches of flowers. I found both of my vases at a local thrift shop.
a couple bunches of flowers. I used five bunches of tulips.
a whole lot of goodies. Be creative. I opted for chocolate loonies* over the simpler jelly beans. I bought these from the bulk section at our local grocer but you can also find some unique stuff at sweet shops like Sugar & Co.
an elastic or string

Instructions:

place the small vase inside the large one
distribute your goodies around the inside of the large vase so you can no longer see the small one
put a little room temperature water in the small vase
hold the bunch of flowers in your right hand. With your left hand take one flower one at a time until you have formed a little bouquet of flowers. Tie the bouquet together with the string or elastic.
insert the bouquet into the small vase with the water
adjust the leaves and flowers accordingly

*a loonie is a Canadian dollar. plural form = loonies

Thanks for a Wonderful 3 Years!

From the bottom of my heart - I couldn't have done it without you. Who knows what will happen over the next three.

Here's Bijou Living's very first post, May 17, 2008.

'Raccoons and cats become a little bit boring...'

About a year ago I came across Grey Gardens. A beautiful film that gave me nightmares. The Cult's song Ciao Baby is about Edie Sedgwick not Little Edie. It would be nice if Little Edie had a song.

There's a great fan site dedicated to Grey Gardens and you can view it here.

May 16, 2011

Mens Sandals

The only way I can interpret men's sandals as being sexy is by imagining it's a hot August afternoon in the 70s and I'm on the beach at Osoyoos Lake spying on my older cousins as they hit on long haired, tanned, shirtless skinny rocker guys in tight worn out frayed Levi's and hurache sandals. Oh, and it smells like Hawaiian Tropic tanning oil.

These might work:

1. Ann Demeulemeester although these somewhat remind me of Tevas and I'm not a fan of any item of clothing or footwear that uses Velcro.
2. Lanvin a little dressier
3. Dolce & Gabbana second choice
4. Pachuco Huarache my favourite