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~ things that inspire me

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Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Friday, March 16, 2012

lilly pulitzer

.. now for most who know me... due to my location and having 4 small children ... i have become quite the 'ebay queen' since i've lived here...  getting to stores is just a non-event.

a long while ago, i snapped up a shift dress by Lilly Pulitzer ...   it's just the most gorgeous summer item i have in my wardrobe.  easy to wear, bright, pretty and I always get compliments whenever i wear it!

i've done a tiny bit of research and it would seem that Ms Pulitzer lived in Palm Beach with her then husband where she ran an orange juice stand for something to do.  the juice was making a hell of a mess of her clothes, so she made some shift dresses in pretty fabric to hide the stains. 

she made extra dresses to sell at her juice stand and in no time she was selling more dresses than juice  ... and as they say ~ the rest is history...  

love those kind of stories - what an inspiration!

school friend Jackie O wore Lilly's dresses

fabulous palm beach digital image

gorgeous fabric

Ms Pulitzer





~ fabulous Lilly Pulitzer ~
 

Monday, October 3, 2011

garden day... sort of...

my plan this week is to attack the garden section by section, therefore, decreasing the chances of 'sore cutting hand' and aching back/neck from leaning over for too long.  we have quite a large garden and i tend to cut it up into north, south, east and west.

also since summer is pretty much upon us here, i'll be choosing the time of day to get out there depending on where the 'shady spots' are.   just finished my first productive hour cutting back lots of bouganvillea so should have my 'tuck shop lady arms' (the flappy bits ... aka.. triceps...) back into shape by next week.

stay tuned...


time for a cuppa and now to the the officework!   waahhh... where is Starbucks when you need one???




via Pinterest



~  find something beautiful every day  ~






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