Valentine's Cards

Handmade by Moi

I spent a rainy Sunday making Valentine's cards

for those I love.

While I was in my own little crafting world,

my sweetheart choose 5 stamps

from my supplies

which he thought represented me.

Hers

It was such a touching gesture...

so I chose his winning attributes.

His

And so the 14 Days of Love begins...

Happy Monday!

xoxo

Moving on...

Yesterday, I shifted into my own house. It’s a rented 1BHK apartment. It’s small and airy and bright. It’s mine.

I grew up in an extremely protective family, with parents who took care of everything we needed. And then I went to live in a hostel where everything was easily available. When I did shift into an apartment, it was with a couple of other friends. We were students living on a minimal budget, but we did not want more than we needed, and life was simple. We lived out of a couple of suitcases, and the first one to buy a cupboard to keep her stuff was considered vain. Then I got married and shifted into my husband’s home. For four years, that was my home too. We bought a lot of stuff we did not need. I have already told you that story.

There is something not many relationship experts tell you. When there is clutter in a house, it invariable finds its way into your relationships. And closed spaces with too many things in them start dying. They cannot survive too much too soon. Too many things, too many thoughts, too many broken promises - We can’t survive gluttony. It’s self-serving, and very destructive. And most of all, it affects your relationship with yourself.

But for the first time in my life, I am living alone. And living alone is not the same as living on your own. There is a subtle but important difference. When you live alone, you live with yourself. When there is no other relationship to lean on, you have yourself. You fly solo. And that’s the most important commitment you make: Longer than a marriage, deeper than friendship, sweeter than motherhood. If you can smile when you look at your face in the mirror, and feel happy, your relationship with yourself is going well.

The apartment I rented was bare walls when I moved in. On the third floor. The door bell doesn’t work. The kitchen tap is leaking. The windows don’t shut properly. I don’t have a working kitchen yet, or an internet connection. The bathroom was left dirty by the previous tenants. And still, when I spent a big part of yesterday with the most important people in my life helping me set up my house, it was one of the happiest days of my life. I woke up this morning and said hello to the best Monday ever. A yellow and red living room, a blue themed bedroom, and a country style kitchen ... And this time friends, no clutter.

MARY MARY.................AN EMERGING CREATIVE LABEL!

Mary Mary who are you?. This, my fashion followers was the first thought I had when I came across this little 'starting up' label. The creations are simple, wearable and yet something was making it very appealing and effectively, 'fashionably accepting' to the creative eye. xo.

Mind you,on first impression, you are pulled into the illusion of assuming that there is nothing really 'stand outish' about this label and its designs.... but that is the hidden talent behind it!, the fact that it appears ordinarily.... extraordinarily!!!!xoxo

The creative hands behind the Mary Mary label is a feminine fashionable talent, by the name of Sandra Mary Robinson. Her self proclamation on the label is based on 'putting together an intuitive and stylish fashion label". Her creations have definately reflected both.

My critic tongue can't help but come to the conclusion that MaryMary will be a promising label serving to the fashion conscious fashionista. I adore her ability to create simplistic cami's and team them with same simplistic shorts. The end result: a very classy version of stylishly showing off a bit of skin!xo.

Although the combination is not a 'difficult' concept to achieve.... however, every now and again the fashion industry requires a simple change in it's creative offerings'....... we can't all possibly be served with bauble, embellishments, shoulder pads, rougings, and over the top unwearables??!!. Mary Mary is a label which serves to maintain that 'bringing' it all back to simple stylish wearable reality. xoxo.

My prediction?..... before fashion lovers are able to gather and sip on cocktails to discuss the emergence of Mary Mary.... this little creative label will be popping up in your fave glossies... very soon!.

My only gripe with Mary Mary... is.............I would have loved to witness more of a larger collection offering..... give me more designs please. Fingers crossed the next collection will do so.


Style rating: Bravo ( Loving it, air kisses all around!, this is an emerging label.. one to definately watch out for!!!!!!!!!!!!)


Check out the images below for more of MaryMary or head to http://www.marymary.com.au/ to do your homework.


Love me or hate me


Madam Alexandra E. (k)

Happy Birthday!!!

To my sweet Grandma...

Image found HERE.

Who spent the day snowed in...

I'm thinking of YOU. :)

Stayed tuned fellow bloggers,

for tomorrow begins Simply Colette's

"14 Days of Love."

Happy Birthday!!!

To My Sweetheart...

Stamp by Penny Black.

Here's Wishing You a Wonderful Day!

And Happy Friday to All!

HIGH HEELS SOCIETY 2010 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sponsored by Princess Chic... (a new shoe concept peeping into the lives of many fashion foot form lovers), High Heels Society 2010 ( its first one for the year) was served up on a platter of delectable fine shoe offerings adorned by fashion savvy, shoe loving fashionista's!xoxo.

Once again staged at the boutique location of the Limes Hotel, High Heels Society 2010 was celebrating, embracing and recognising the one passion in every femme fashions lives..... S.H.O.E.S!!.

To my absolute delight.. I witnessed the true cult following of 'shoe lovers' within Brisbanites all over! xoxo.

As guest judges at High Heels Society 2010, Madam Me ( Madam Alexandra E. / fashion critic), Kellie Alderman ( fashion & beauty editor Sunday Mail) & Damien Anthony Rossi ( entertainment news columnist Sunday Mail), had a champagne clinking, cocktail sipping great time judgeing the sky high pumped heels! xxx.

Dressed to an absolute notion of perfection.... Kellie Alderman had on a 'show stopper' pair of foot forms.. as she self declared.." it's a bit of everything you could possibly imagine put into one shoe!".. and I absolutely second this. xo.


Love me or hate me


Madam Alexandra E. (k)

Princess Chic Shoes - Sponsors of High Heels Society

The fabulous pair of foot forms adorned by Kellie Alderman

The three judges...............................

Nailing the notion of being 'in fashion' xo.

Not every fashionista can pull off a tutu creation...,

Jasmine, definately can!!!xo.

Warning: Fashionista's over the age of 35/ 45 should not attempt this ensemble at home or at social outings!!!

Travel Thursday

Morocco

I've had my eye on this tour with Cosmos, specially for the excursion to venture out on the Sahara dunes at sunset. The tour with Cosmos is about $850 for 10 days, a fairly attractive price for lodging, included tours, and most meals. However, airfare to Casablanca will set you back another $1,100-$1,500 from the US.

This is the map of the tour.

Map and images via Cosmos.

To view the specifics of this tour visit Cosmos.

Happy Traveling!!