Inspiration: {Artfully Posed}

{planning for St. Valentine's ... are you?}

* Patterson Maker.

Inspiration: {Black and White Photography}

* all images from here.

Inspiration: {Quotes}

{"What a gift of grace to be able to take the chaos from within and from it create some semblance of order." ~ Katherine Paterson.  p.s. I hope your Friday is going along beautifully... Linda, xo}

* Pinterest.

Ad Campaign Inspiration: {Kate Moss for David Yurman}

{absolutely love Kate's looks in David Yurman's fall/winter 2010 ad campaign}

* David Yurman.

Inspiration: {Lovely and Unrelated}

{Not a very productive week for blogging... made an extravagant salad last night for supper and then my husband kindly made his sister's famous sugar cones which I plan to give to colleagues today as a holiday treat.  Today is also my last day of work before taking a few weeks annual leave, yay!... have a great day and hope to bring you some wonderful posts soon, xoxo!}

* Coco+Kelley | Unreality Black and White.

Inspiration: {Quotes}

{"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.}

* Bluepoolroad.

Inspiration: {Quotes}

{"Take changes. Take a lot of them. Because honestly, no matter where you end up and with whom, it always ends the way it should be. Your mistakes make you who you are. You learn and grow with each choice you make. Everything is worth it. Say how you feel, always. Be you, and be okay with it." ~ unknown.}

(Photograph Source, Bittersweet Vogue.)

Editorial: {Swept Away}

(Source, Diana Dondoe and Tyson Ballou by Will Davidson for Harper's Bazaar Australia November 2010 via Fashion Model Photography.)

Inspiration: {Brigitte + Chevron Floors}

{this morning, as yesterday, is overcast skies, light rainfall and darkness surrounds; a new day and an opportunity to start fresh, as always... swooning over a black velvet hairband with a bow and ultra modern bedroom with chevron floors... have a great day, xo}

(Source, image 1) Black and White of Unreality Kyraart; 2) Vintage and Chic.)

Inspiration: {Masquerade Ball}

{daydreaming about soon attending a masquerade ball wearing an ostrich feather accessorized cocktail dress, messy up-swept hair and the darkest of darkest  feathered eye mask}

(Source, Noir Facade.)

Editorial: {L'ensorceleuse}

(Source, Magdalena Frackowiak by Greg Kadel in "L'ensorceleuse" for Numéro #115 August 2010 via Life in Pics.)

Inspiration: {Quotes}

{crazy, crazy workload and unexpected dinner guests this week have kept me entertained... have a lovely Friday!}

("It matters not what a person is born, but who they choose to be." ~ J.K. Rowling. Photograph via Nicole Bentley.)


{p.s. made a guest appearance on Caitlin's lovely Sacramento Street blog earlier this week re: 10 Things That Make Me Happy. Thank you, Caitlin for including me in your series.}

Inspiration: {Black and White Photography}

{newest collection of black and white photography...}

(Source, 1) here; 2) Elle MacPherson by Sharif Hamza for Love Magazine Fall/Winter 2010 via Etoday; 3) here; 4) Alessandra Ambrosio by Will Davis for Russh #35 via Alexandra's Favoriter; 5) Angela Lewis; 6) Black and White of Unreality & 7) Bonsoir, Mademoiselle editorial for Marie Claire December 2009 by  Nicole Bentley.)

{p.s. more black and white photography:  here, here and here and a huge thank you for your lovely comments so far this week... look forward to visiting your blogs soon} 

Inspiration: {Black and White Photography}

{will never tire of Natalia's beauty, artfully captured by talented photographers, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott...}

(Source, Natalia Vodianova by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Vogue Russia September 2010 "Most Beautiful, Most Coveted via Sebastian.)

{p.s. more black and white photography posts: one, two, three, four.}

Inspiration: {Photographer, Clement Jolin}

(Source, Clement Jolin; discovered via Creative Archive.)