The Friday Five: Lace

I’m curious as to what your thoughts are about lace. I personally love it but I think it’s too delicate for me in terms of both fashion and home. It’s just so dainty and fragile. Or is it?

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Blair at Atlantic-Pacific

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Laced Solstice Shell, Anthropologie

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Lace Dessert Set, at Zara Home

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Lace table runner, at H&M Home

What’s your opinion? Do you wear it? Own it? For what purposes?

Happy Friday! And happy weekend!

The Friday Five: Carousels

I don’t know what made me think of carousels today but I did. I think it all started when I was browsing Anthropologie and landed on this sweet carousel clock:

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carousel clock, $168, Anthropologie

Here are four more carousels to round up today’s Friday Five:

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white carousel at Louis Vuitton, via Hello Magazine

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GE’s solar powered carousel, The Carousolar (It’s solar powered!)

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carousel necklace, $79.53, Laura des Villes Laura des Champs

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carousel model puzzle, $11.54

Phew – that was a quick week wasn’t it? Hope the weather is beautiful where you live so you can enjoy a couple of free days outside! Happy weekend!

The Friday Five: Mugs

Do you have set criteria for the mugs you use? Do they all match? Or are they random? Does size matter? Colour? Shape? My mugs have one thing in common – they’re white (or mostly white). Surprised?

white and black J mug from Anthropologie

white and black J mug from Chapters Indigo (thanks Shannon!)

white mug from GlucksteinHome (thanks GH Team!)

black and white mug from Gstaad (featuring a scherenschnitte design)

black and white mug from Beauty’s in Montreal

I hope you all enjoy a cup of coffee (or tea!) in the summer sunshine this weekend. Enjoy!

Note: You can see I’ve been enjoying many meals and tea breaks on my balcony except for one day when it was raining.

Photos by me.