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~* Love is *~

Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home, tagged on April 29, 2012| 4 Comments »

Last night I couldn’t sleep. In that clouded state of neither awake nor asleep, I decided to come up with a comprehensive definition of love.

I don’t recommend this kind of lonely midnight hour activity to anyone.

Anyways, these are the images/moments I came up with…

My father, so proud, taking care of his first-born grandchild, Ael:

A dear friend, having finally found his true soulmate:

Hopes and dreams of a bride…

It’s there, between my mother and my oldest son (here still a baby):

It’s in the quality time, however fleeting, between a mother and her child:

In friendship:

It’s in Annica and Bernardo.

And it’s there, in the moment of the last goodbye.

Love is.

~*♥*~

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~* Doing just so… *~

Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home, tagged , , on April 27, 2012| 2 Comments »

“Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.” –Paolo Coelho

~*♥*~

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~* so true *~

Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home, tagged , , on April 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »

“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it a meaning.”

-Aleph / Paolo Coelho

Mes amours

~*♥*~

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~* Rhapsody in Bloom *~

Posted in Champagne, Home, tagged , , , on April 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Today I was invited to another fashion show to Tallinn, by the lovely and magnificently talented Tiina Talumees. Uh, although Tallinn is close, this time it is sadly too far…

Luckily I met Tiina at her atelier last week and got a peek of her new collection, so full of color, so vibrant with life. It truly is a Rhapsody in Bloom.

Here’s a little special something that I’ve found and loved, from Tiina’s earlier collections… In fact, I wore Tiina’s silver and lace dress at the Kristina Viirpalu show last week and it was simply perfect for the the roaring 20’s theme.

It’s a small world, after all…♥.

~*♥*~

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~* Va-va-voom *~

Posted in Champagne, Home, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2012| 2 Comments »

Welcome to the roaring twenties my dear readers!

Let me spoil you …with Kristina Viirpalu’s s/s 2012 collection, which I absolutely love.

In the heart of Tallinn’s Old Town the Iida House, a beautiful old four-store building, was very much alive and swinging to the sweetest coolest jazz, underground bars, and of course, that Charleston.

Kristina Viirpalu

Kristina herself showed us how to do the swing… She used to be a professional dancer.

Poker, anyone?

What an evening we had. After days, I’m still speechless. So, the photos can do the talking. A cascade of them.

Voilà, Kristina Viirpalu’s Joséphine collection, inspired by Joséphine Baker:

Very Great Gatsbyesque.

Too beautiful. All of it.

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I loved just about every piece of this collection. And the charm and gusto with which it was presented… Purrrrrrfect.

This was the most magical, beautiful, spirited fashion show I’ve seen in years.

So rich an experience it was, that sleep was out of the question. So our little but lively group danced the night(‘n day) away to champagne, oysters, diamonds, sunglasses, even football at some point…

Thank you Kristina Viirpalu, for inviting me to this beautiful experience.

I shall remember it for a very long time ♥.

~*♥*~

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♫♪♫ It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing…

Posted in Champagne, Home, tagged , , , , , , on April 22, 2012| 4 Comments »

What an experience was my weekend.

Swing dance, live bands, oysters & champagne, secret poker matches, prohibition style…

A fashion show beautiful as the Golden Gatsby & spirited like Joséphine Baker.

We really got to relive a night  from the roaring 20’s…

And I shall show you all it’s beauty, as soon as I catch my breath.

But I’ll tell you this right now. I had other blogging engagements  (another fashion show, fashion brunch & designer’s second hand sales) lined up for this weekend but I cancelled everything. For I couldn’t let anything distract or diminish the sweet high of THIS event.

That’s how lovely it all was.

♫♪♫♪ ♫♪♫♪

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~’* swinging fashion défilé, and all that jazz *’~

Posted in Champagne, Home, tagged , , , , , , on April 19, 2012| 2 Comments »

Tomorrow, I’ve been invited to a fashion show to Tallinn, Estonia!

Best of all, this is a collection by Kristina Viirpalu, one of my favorite designers. There will be 1920s style music and dance as the collection is inspired by Joséphine Baker and that era.

I’ll be staying in the old town, in a charming hotel that dates back to the 14th century. All the rooms are decorated individually with antique furniture… There’s an Italian restaurant and a wine cellar…  A sauna, steam room and a jacuzzi…

PurrrRrrrrrrfect.

I’ll post pictures of all the delicacies that cross my path…♥. And stories of little adventures I might encounter on the way…

If I end up swing dancing on the table, I promise you a photo of that!

~*♥*~

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~* snowboardin’ strawberries *~

Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on April 19, 2012| 1 Comment »

“Why is your home always so messy?”

Was the innocent question of my son’s school friend N.N.

“Because My Mother Has So Many More Interesting Things To Do With Her Life, than just cleaning up around here“,

replied my son, equally earnestly.

Snowboarding strawberries, by my son. Gotta love imagination like this. PAF! BOUM!

Whilst some mothers might feel a pinch in their hearts due to an episode such as this, I’ve tactically decided to perceive it as a feminist issue.

Indeed. I do have more interesting things to do.

~**~

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Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home on April 16, 2012| 2 Comments »

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~* Polliwogs! *~

Posted in EverydayPoesie, Home, tagged , on April 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Back from holidays. Can’t remember when I’ve last been this wiped out. Walked straight to bed from the front door, slept for 24 hours straight.

Now slowly waking up to myself.

Chose hunting for polliwogs (is that even a real word??) over antique markets, getting lost in the forest with my Robin Hoods over blogging. Have truly deserved the full score Wonderful Mama points I’ve granted myself over this vacation.

Kids are so happy. Easter egg hunts, village children’s celebration, fun new sports, farm visits, forest trips… They sure were in full swing, non-stop.

Mamie and I are also happy. But like so:

Photo Unjung Jun

~*♥*~

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