Which Bag and Shoe Combo to Choose?

If you were going to wear this beautiful Monsoon evening dress to a wedding, which shoes and bag would you choose to wear from http://www.monsoon.co.uk/?

all images via http://www.monsoon.co.uk/

I am trying to help a friend pick out shoes and a bag to wear to a summer wedding. 

• The first look is safe and classic to me, can't go wrong with this combo. 
• The second look with the coral shoes and bag are so chic and hip, love this look.  It screams 'style'!
• The third look with the black bag seems more sophisticated and sexy, great for an evening wedding. 
• The fourth look is more summery and light feeling with the light shoe and bag. Perfect for a summer day wedding.

Which one would you choose?

UPDATE:  I added one more color combo of lilac to the choices, as my friend loved the idea of the splash of color with the dress, but felt the coral was a bit too bright.  The coral is a very warm color to wear with the grey dress and really stands out.  So I tried the dress with a pop of color in the cool family and think it's just the right amount of color, but not too bright.  She just ordered the lilac shoes and bag from Monsoon.  Can't wait till she has the entire outfit all put together.  Here is a peak below.

Maison Francaise Mag

Loving the issue of Maison Francaise magazine.   http://www.cotemaison.fr/

Trying to locate this beautiful grey modern sofa in the magazine for a friends home I am helping decorate.

UPDATE: Found the sofa online here.


And I am loving these rooms also from the same April/May issue.

Love the mix of brass sunburst mirrors, lucite concole and cool blue colors in this room! The silver lamp so rocks too!  What a beautiful mix of items!

I really love color, wish I had some more of it in my home. Love this decor magazine, they always have such fabulous ideas!  Sorry for the bad photos, have not had time to use a real camera.

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My Dream Ring

I will have been married to Mr. Hubby Man 9 years this summer and he always promised to buy me the ring of my dreams for our 10 year anniversary.  I like to plan ahead.  So just wanted to share the ring of my dreams, which will stay a dream as it is so expensive, it's just never going to be seen on this ring finger.

You can buy it here.

It is soooo me, this ring, 5ct of white and real black diamonds on a really thick eternity band.  I love it so much.

Sorry have not had a chance to finish covering the big a** ottoman/day bed thing in my salon yet. Ran out of tacks and have not had a chance to get more. This week has been hectic for me, busy 24/7.

Will post again next week!

Vickie

Second Project of the Day

.... Is almost complete!  Click here to see what it looked liked before.





I took a square piece of fabric and placed over the stool and started to tac into place.





I then folded down the corners and tacked those into place as well. Easy stuff.





I cut the excess fabric and then used a product to seal the cut part so the fabric would not fray.






Next I used my curved upholstery needle on the folded part of the fabric to make it flush against the seat part.






Here is my almost finished vintage stool (another Anibis.ch find from last year) just need to pick up some trim to place around bottom to hide the tacks.

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Happy Mother's Day!

This is how I spent my day and I enjoyed every relaxing minute of it.  Click here for a peek of what it looked liked before (was not loving the wood legs, I know my hubby thinks I am crazy).






I prepped the legs of this day bed or should I call it a huge a** ottoman? It's as big as my sofa!





Then I used paint primer.





First coat of black paint going on.





And the finished product! Love the black finish with the brass!

Stay tuned as I will be putting a new Designer Guild fabric on it tomorrow!

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Help! Can't decide....

...which Designer Guild fabric to use to recover this piece of furniture.




I just finished ripping all the nail heads, staples and ugly fabric off of it. This was an Anibis.ch find from last year.

I just got hooked up with these two Designer Guild fabrics...





And this one!




Which one to choose, I love them both!

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Shoes

I feel like dancing... In these shoes that are half a size too small. Grey, cute and cheap! Got them from Vogel Shoes in Lausanne, only place I could find sexy shoes close to my size.






Who knew shoe shopping in Lausanne was so difficult!

Oh and that is my bedskirt, in the background, that I made with black velvet ribbon I got for a steal at Globus a few months ago.

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Mood Board for my SIL - Idea#1

My SIL asked me to help her come up with some ideas for her formal living room.  She wants youthful elegance.  These are the beautiful windows in her living room and the two pieces of furniture she just purchased from Ethan Allen.

She really loves bold colors, but is not sure what she wants for this room.  I decided to do a couple of different mood boards to give some different styles we can bring to this room.  Here is the first mood board I put together using Olioboard.

I think a dark modern rug would bring these two different styles of furniture together, act as a neutral and keep it young looking.  You want this formal living room to be comfortable enough to walk into and sit, so you will use it, but don't want it too casual.

I would then bring in some brass pieces such as tables, lucite and brass bar cart and then add brass book ends to place on the mantel.  Four square ornate mirrors above the fire place to relect the beautiful view of these windows. 

To soften up the very masculin leather arm chair I would add a lambs skin throw to give it a soft texture and add a black/cream ikat pillow in silk to keep it chic.

The Ethan Allen sofa is lovely damask pattern in light green velvet.  On the sofa I would place a faux furry animal throw in brown to match the leather chair and to bring a dark color to that side of the room for balance.  Also would add some pillows in black, cream, brown velvet in modern prints to accent rug and leather arm chair.

I would then add two long panels of grey/green silk (matching color of sofa) with black velvet color block on bottom.  These curtains would frame the windows to be mounted in place, not functional.  To finish the room, hang a chandiler with a drum shade in white or black to keep it modern.   Last of course add some mirrored lamps to the room to glam it up.

Sorry for random thoughts, fragments and spelling errors have kids waiting for me!  Two to three more ideas to come soon for this room!  Think eggplant color, SIL's favorite color!!!

Vickie