It was hard to leave knowing we'd not be back for sometime....
Look at these! I'm constantly in awe of the beautiful things people make with ceramics. These are by Artmind (aka Mitsy) who is based in Belgium. Lovely.
It's been a somewhat bewildering and busy few days. Our plans have changed and we will only be in Portland for six months. Although that may change once we're there. Hmmm. So instead of shipping our 'life' we are storing pretty much everything. Not too bad once you get your head around it, and have a chat to the helpful man at the freight company. Onto the colourful, round and stripey - above is an artwork by Julian Dashper, who very sadly passed away late last week. You can see more of Julian's work here. And below are some incredibly lovely wet-felted pebbles by the gorgeous Reya Veltman. Enjoy!
Our plans may-be-a-changin' we shall just have to wait and see. Yes we are still Portland bound but perhaps in a more temporary way. When things are clearer I'll let you know. In the meantime I've been wanting post about the Spanish designer Helena Rohner for a while. Helena designs and makes the most elegant jewellry and home-wares using fine wood, semi-precious stones, porcelain and Murano glass. You can read more about Helena and her lovely work here.
I was catching up on my blog reading, and over on Joslyn's beautiful blog Simple Lovely discovered (via Joslyn's guest post) Bliss by the lovely Mrs French. I pretty much fell in love right then and there. I adore Joslyn's girl crush post - especially the pic of Sofia Copolla. That clutch!
A bit of fine tuning and musing on blog direction has been going on. I've decided to make Elsa May purely about things I love, and musings on life, and keep Turtle & Mu for all our family adventures and whathaveyou. I know it may have been wise to establish this at first but often things need time to germinate and evolve. Lots of lovely posts on the way soon. Have a fab weekend!
Coco avant Chanel does a wonderful job of showing Chanel's distaste of the fashion and conventions of the time, and how she revolutionised the fashion industry by going "back to basics", incorporating elegance, class, and originality. So on that note here are some pics from my favourites folder. As Coco Chanel said to Harper's Bazaar in 1923 "Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."
Images clockwise from top left: C Z Guest in 1950, photographed by Clifford Coffin; Grace Kelly, Life 1954 ; styling by Giovanna Battaglia; French street style via A Cup of Jo; Miu Miu Fall/Winter 09/10 campaign; C Z Guest at a picnic in 1949, photographed by Contantin Joff.
