blissful inspiration

I am going to be completely straight with you…this week’s blissful inspiration post was created for purely selfish reasons. I grew up swimming, I loved it…our family vacations often times revolved around staying places with a pool. Sadly, my love of swimming did not continue and now I have a little one of my own. The vacation season is looming over our... 
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A Paris Brocante…in Mill Valley.

Maison Rêve, one of Mill Valley’s most charming French home furnishing shops is hosting their monthly Flea Market Brocante is this Saturday, June 27th from 8am – noon. If you’re in the bay area, I recommend bringing your friends (and a big satchel!) and rummage through a trove of vintage treasures! The Maison Rêve Flea Market Brocante has great finds this... 
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Flickr Curator: Elle Moss.

It’s been a while since I’ve had a Flickr Curator (other than myself!), and I’m really happy to share this one, as I have been a fan of Elle Moss’ own photography for quite some time. So I was quite excited to see just what inspires her creatively. She has an amazing collections of Flickr favorites right now…all very unique and thought provoking.... 
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Vintage Poetry.

I was so inspired by the photographs I saw on flickr belonging to Grace of the wonderful blog Poetic Home, that I invited her to join us for an Unexpected Guests house tour. Alas, Grace is in the middle of a big move  – island hopping all the way to Maui, so a tour is a wee bit inconvenient at this time. But perhaps we’ll visit her in Hawaii soon! In the meantime,... 
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Friends & Neighbors: Saint Verde Digest.

My South African neighbor, Neville Trickett of the lovely, and always inspiring blog Saint Verde Digest posted these photos and quotes from Andy Warhol. It’s a tough time out there in the big, bad world for a lot of people right now, so he felt, and I completely concur, that in times like these you need to find the joy in simple pleasures, and have a little fantasy time.... 
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