Colour Inspiration: {Softly Neutral}

{Good Monday morning! Trust your weekend was fabulous and for citizens of the USA, happy belated 4th of July! Technical issues prevented me from sharing this post with you before leaving for the weekend... enjoy and have a great day!}

(Source, image 1) Audrey Road; 2) Definitely Golden; 3) Flickr; 4) Sunday Suppers; 5) Gingerella; 6) Fashion Gone Rogue; 7) Definitely Golden; 8) Dress, Design & Decor via Bits of Beauty; 9) here; 10) Simple Blueprint via Aubreyroad; 11) Everything Fabulous; 12) Photographer Ashlee Raubach for Alice Lane Home; 13) Models; 14) Christian Dior Fall 2010 Ready to Wear via Style.com; 15) Reed Davis Photography via Flickr; 16) Flickr; 17) Flickr; 18) Haute Design.)

Early Weekend Signoff + Happy Canada Day

{have been busily running around, cooking gourmet food and packing little indulgences for a long weekend get away to relax by a calm lake... wishing you all an exciting and beautiful weekend ahead; Happy Canada Day to fellow Canadians... xoxo}

(Source, Simply Seductive's archives)

{p.s. always, always appreciate your lovely comments; especially this week's overflowing kind words... thank you!}

Inspiration: {Perfect Little White Dresses}

{sometimes a girl just wants to wear the daintiest lace and perfectly puffed-sleeve dress or a mini tulle and beaded backless dress}

(Source, Photographed by Jan Welters discovered via Definitely Golden's archives}

Inspiration: {Casual Chic}

{purchased boyfriend jeans earlier this year and I absolutely love how they feel on me and make me feel...do you have a favourite?}

(Source, Andrew Durham Photography discovered via This is Glamorous)

Artist: {Karen Tusinski}

 
(Source, Karen Tusinski discovered via Pink Lemonade Design)

Inspiration: {Quotes}

("Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend ... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present-love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure-the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth" ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach)

Inspiration: {Tulle}

(Tulle Navy Blue Dress by Jil Sander; photographed by Maria Karas.)