I’ve been so inspired by fellow bloggers fabulous polaroids these past few months that I decided to give it a whirl myself…

…and this is pretty much the best result I’ve had out of 10. I mean, it is interesting, right? (!!) Abstract art even?

It really makes me appreciate how wonderfully talented these polaroiders are. How do they do it? I have no idea. But I do think polaroid and me, were just never meant to be.

Apparently it’s summer here in The Netherlands – the evidence of today’s outfit shows otherwise. It’s the first time I’ve had to wear tights, boots, and wool on a summer’s day! Hmm. Anyhoo, I thought it was worth a bit of show + tell. Even though I am in the business of making things look their best, that usually doesn’t include me. But on the occassion it does! And today was one of them. I am wearing my Aymara cashmere dress, and a long sleeve white organic cotton top, and one of Marie’s beautiful crochet necklaces – I think it works nicely, what do you think?

There are still so many submissions I have not yet viewed. Thank you all for your incredible patience. This morning I had a quick peek and found this one amongst all the amazing entries. It is another beauty from Maggie of 22 butterfly.

A little morning wander through the blogosphere found me these two images above from this is glamourous and coco + kelly. You know I am not a great fan of opulent rooms and ‘rich’ interiors – my style is more along the earthy, real and livable kind – creating rooms that are actually usable and cosy (you should hear me balk at mtv cribs – it’s apparently humorous to watch me watching this show, I just can’t believe people pretend to live in those places and try to get us, the viewers, to aspire to their pretend lives. nu-uh).

But it’s not like I don’t like shiny things. Because I do – especially like this entrance way and these stairs – I love combining old wood with sparkling things, I find it really brings out the texture and age, and sentimentality of the surroundings.

And that foyer is just cool. I have never been a huge fan of stained glass or shiny wall surfaces (my oma loved opulence – she mirrored her entire hallway and loved a chandelier or ten – and although it did have a ‘wow’ effect, it was more the sort of ‘wow, i suddenly feel a little sick’ effect.) But this entrance way makes me think that maybe one day, I could live with stained glass and reflective walls. Maybe.

I started drawing this a while back, inspired by a postcard I found in Paris. But I never finished it. I don’t know if I will, it seems to please me just as it is. And reminds me of this incredibly beautiful song – I’m quite sure Yael wrote this song for me. Quite sure.