I'm off to Oxford!!!

Well not really but they were plenty of oxford shoes on my photo shoot!

Today I had the absolute pleasure of wearing the most divine outfits at work and have convinced myself that I will someday own the fabulous Givenchy Dress with the most amazing pleated detail I neeeed it in my life and the croc YSL shoes to!!! A girl can dream of course but let's not forget about the vintage champagne glasses that I scored!!

During my down time I started a new cross stitch in the beautiful peach that has been seen in on all the runways and in all the stores and I noticed that one of the fashion accessories matched perfectly!!!

xShirley

Early Morning Stroll!!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of walking through the Union Square farmers Market all the colors were so amazing and everything looked so fresh!

xShirley

And another one!!!

Part two in the product shoot and I think I'm doing a quite well if I do say so myself! I hunted and gathered stuff in my daughter's room and I feel they are good representation of "La Vie est Belle" for my daughter who enjoys relaxing in her room and reading and of course sneaking the occasional candy or two! Plus who doesn't love Hello Melody!

xShirley

There are no words!!!

Last week I was on my way to pick up my daughter from school and I while I was walking I was envisioning my next product shoot in my head, it was going to be a wedding theme and I knew that I wanted vintage champagne glasses the one's that are usually etched and have a wide opening. On my way I decided to visit some of my favorite vintage stores on 23rd st. My last stop was the goodwill on 23rd between 3rd and 2nd and lo and behold what do I see for the amazing price of
49 cents!!!!! Eight yes that's right eight champagne glasses. I could not believe my eyes and immediately snatched them up! I can not wait to throw a soiree and show them off to all of my friends!!

xShirley

Adventures in Photoland!

So here is my first attempt at shall we say product photography and I think I did a pretty good job.....with the help of some friends of course but I am getting the hang of it!

xShirley

Photo Inspiration!

I love looking at design blogs I could scroll through the pages for hours feasting my eyes on picture after picture. But when I stumbled upon Cabin 7 an adorable shop founded by two best friends who went to summer camp together I instantly became inspired by their photos. Today I will attempt to take my first pimped out product shot let's keep our fingers crossed!

xShirley

Exciting News!

Yay!!!! This is my very first post and despite the gloomy weather I am very excited to share all my hopes dreams aspirations even frustrations with you! Speaking of frustrations yesterday I started the day full of excitement, my friends were arriving in town, I have a wonderful adorable boyfriend, just dropped my lovely daughter to school and was on my way to have tea with my friend when I stumbled upon and this is huge!!! A BANKSY yes I said it a Banksy! I was taking my usual route down Cedar St and there it was in all it's magnificent glory I could not believe my eyes I was beside myself tenfold and immediately called my friend with whom I was about to have tea with because we are both obsessed with Banksy.

A photo session, starring in awe and maybe a silent tear or two was the start of my day but quickly turned to just tears by the end of the day when I received a phone call from my friend saying do you want "the bad news or the really bad news." Can you bloody well imagine someone defaced a Banksy I'm agog! Thank G we were able to get the photos in the morning!

xShirley