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Crazy for Coral

The color coral just has something enticing. It can spruce up any outfit, it suits almost anyone and it has such summery feel to it; and I know I can use a little summer right now.

Christmas 2011

It's been a long time since I've posted anything; it's been a busy couple of weeks...

How was your Christmas?Mine was spent with my family and my new niece (3.5 months and we're all in loove with her!)

Shine from within!

After posting about food that's good for your hair(and nails), I'm dedicating this post to our skin. I believe that what you eat, eventually shows on the outside and makes you even more beautiful(is that's even possible..)

Loving these Tights from Les Queues de Sardines

Winter, cold, scarves

Cold noses, heaters on, an almost uncontrolable craving for soup, knitware everywere, christmas lights at my neighbours house; there’s no denying;winter is knocking around the corner.

Although I’m mostly a summer person (sun, warmth, sea and cold refreshing fruit…) 

Found Nemo....

Atelier Versace Fall-Winter 2011-2012

This week, Versace's collection for H&M went live.

It was sold out within a couple of days,

the online shop within hours(!).

This collection was much awaited by many;

people camped in front of the stores,

other got hospitalized because they were tramped when the doors finally opened.

I was behind my computer at work...

Although I loved the collection, I'm not one of those people who sacrifice for fashion.

Who would voluntarily camp outside in winter for a pair of  socks?

Anyway this  collection (not the H&M) is to die for!(not really)

Dream away with me with these incredible dresses from the Atelier Versace 2011-2012 winter collection.

I'm loving them all!

Which one is your favourite?

For the ultimate shoe-lovers among us!

Check out these stunners from www.mymodernmet.com!

Which one would you wear?

If historical events had Facebook..

Re-use your jars!

This is an idea that I got from Tori Spellings website(www.ediTORIal.com), yes I mean Donna Reed from Beverly Hills 90210. Tori has grown up and is a source of great ideas for partyplanning, fun stuff for kids and beautiful details in your home; such as this one. 

Many of you asked how to make the doily-wrapped mason jar pictured in my recent post about mason jars, so here we go! I found this craft on the wedding website Sparkle and Hay.

Doily-Wrapped Mason Jars

What You’ll Need

• Mason jars
• Doilies
• Adhesive spray
• Hot glue
• Tea lights
• Ribbon, burlap, string, twine
• Buttons, beads, or accessories of your choice
• Long reach lighter

What To Do

Step 1: Spray jar or doily with adhesive spray

Step 2: Wrap and press doily on jar (smooth as possible)

Step 3: Use hot glue to affix tea light to the bottom of the jar

Step 4: Decorate rim with ribbon, burlap, string, or twine, and accessorize it with a cute button or accessory of your choice

Step 5: Light tea light with a long reach lighter

Use these as centerpieces or cluster them on a dessert table or end tables!

Where would you display your doily-wrapped mason jars?

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions"

Tenzin Gyatso aka 14th Dalai Lama

 

Having a sister is like having a built in best friend!

Last weekend my sister turned 30 something…A first time mother, this birthday was special. I would like to take the opportunity to thank her for always being there for me to laugh at and with, but mostly for just being there when I needed her.

Dear okhti,

You’re the best sister anyone could wish for.

I have always looked up to you, even when you used me as your living doll :-)
I hated just sitting there for you and your friends, 
I hated being put make up on and
I really really hated it when you did that with pencils and spit.
I hated when you made me sing famous songs and I had to sing the male(!) background voices, I was only 3 or 4 and was doing my best multiple male choir impersonation, needless to say, it didn’t sound very well...
I hated being your circus-slave :-) when you told me to bring my leg higher and higher.

But I loved just hanging out with you and still do!

You’re the best sis anyone could wish for!

Boussas,

Your always very proud little sister!

Life lessons from a visionary

#1 Skate to Where the Puck is Going to Be

In 2007, Steve Jobs said, “There’s an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. ‘I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.’ And we’ve always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. And we always will.”

Steve’s ability to anticipate future trends helped Apple dominate now-burgeoning markets like digital music sales (through the iPod and iTunes Store).

#2 Accentuate the Positive

Steve started life out on the wrong foot. He was given up for adoption at birth because his mother had wanted a daughter.

Tough break? Young Jobs didn’t think so: he was thankful for his loving adoptive parents — who happened to live in Palo Alto, California (which would eventually become Silicon Valley).

#3 Learn from Others

In high school, Jobs attended lectures at a small computer technology company called Hewlett-Packard. Before turning 21, Steve had worked for both HP and Atari. He saw what these companies were doing and learned what he wanted to do differently with Apple.

#4 Start Early

Because Steve was still a sponge-brained teenager when he started working with computers, he learned quickly.

It also helps that he started Apple in his early 20’s: when he was still full of energy, fresh ideas, and not yet restrained by a family or career.

#5 College is Important…

At its best, higher education challenges us to make connections and solve problems.

Jobs credits a college calligraphy course for part of the Macintosh’s development:

“If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.”

#6 …But it’s Not Necessary

Reed University was expensive and Jobs didn’t want to drain his parents’ savings. If Jobs hadn’t dropped out, he would have been a junior in 1975. He co-founded Apple Computer that year instead.

#7 Travel the World

The year before he founded Apple, Jobs journeyed to India. Travel has a way of broadening a person’s perspective and expanding their sense of what’s possible – good traits in an entrepreneur.

#8 Surround Yourself with Good People

Steve Jobs wasn’t a great computer engineer. Apple would have had no chance if Jobs was the only one building the computers. That’s why he recruited Steve Wozniak.

Through the years, Jobs’ companies have blossomed thanks to the brilliant people he’s brought on board – like Apple CEO Tim Cook and Pixar CCO (Chief Creative Officer) John Lasseter.

#9 Expect Greatness

People tend to rise to expectations.

#10 Fake it Before You Make it

In Apple’s early days, Steve recognized that Palo Alto, California was the epicenter of innovative computer technology. Steve wanted his company to be associated with this place – but Apple was still headquartered out of a garage in nearby Los Altos.

Jobs’ solution was to set up a PO Box in Palo Alto and hire a voice answering service. A potential client would get the impression that Apple was a big company in the heart of Silicon Valley – even though the truth was that it was still just two sweaty guys in a garage across town.

#11 Obstacles are meant to be Overcome

Jobs and Wozniak ran out of money while developing the first Apple computer. Instead of giving in, Jobs sold his van and Wozniak sold his graphing calculator. When there’s a will, there’s a way.

#12 Don’t Value Money

As CEO of Apple, Jobs earned $1 a year. Jobs wasn’t incentivized by his salary, but by his own unrelenting pursuit of excellence. (Then again, his expansive stock holdings may have been some incentive.)

#13 Value People

Jobs hired passionate people and cultivated exceptional company cultures at both Apple and Pixar – and their work speaks for itself.

#14 Take Risks

Jobs was willing to cannibalize his company’s products in the name of progress. Many CEOs would have been hesitant to develop the iPhone, knowing full well that it would help to make the iPod obsolete – but Jobs did it anyway (and took a big bite out of the lucrative mobile market).

Don’t be afraid to take risks. Especially smart ones.

#15 Create a Personal Brand

Steve Jobs was one of the first people to recognize the growing importance of personal brands in the Internet age. His black turtleneck is as instantly recognizable as the Apple logo.

#16 Have a Higher Purpose

Buddha said, “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”

Jobs has turned his vision into reality since he began practicing Buddhism in the 1970’s.

#17 Find the Right Partner

There is no more important decision in your life than the person you decide to share it with. Choose wisely (as Steve did), and you have a partner who will help see you through daily challenges.

#18 Fail Forward

Everybody fails. It’s how you respond to those failures that makes all the difference. In 1984, Steve Jobs was fired from Apple.

At Stanford’s 2005 commencement address, he had this to say about it:

“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

#19 Learn How to Take a Brick to the Head

More inspiring words from the Stanford speech:

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”

#20 Remember You’ll be Dead Soon

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”

Our time on this earth is short. Let’s make it count.

#21 Put a Dent in the Universe

Jobs once said, “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?”

Having a higher purpose doesn’t just help you find success. It redefines the meaning of the word.

Ready to Redefine Success?

I’ll let Jobs have the last word:

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”

How has the life of Steve Jobs inspired you? Let us know in the comment section below.

Do you see the difference?

Remember that picture that famous fotographer Annie Leibovitz took of Tom Ford, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley?

 

Well, here's the better version!

"The Pretty Young Things"
Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Jonah Hill

Anthropologie, you've got me

Anthropology, I'm in looove!

"The boots were made for walking and that's just what they'll do..", but they can also sit there and be pretty.

"Baggy trousers, dirty shirts..."

"Hold on to your head, hold on to your hat..."

'Cos I'm cooler than the red dress
I'd rather catch a guy on my own"

"A kiss on the hand
May be quite continental,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend"



"Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag,
Got to find just the kind or I'm losin' my mind"