Friday Flower Pick: Purple Trees

 

Pink climbing roses, colorful carnations, and purple trees...

It's 11th Street's turn to get all dressed up for spring!!

...and I'm exploring all of this spring beauty on my coordinating beach cruiser=)

Here's to a Happy, Flowering Picking Friday!!

Love,
Mademoiselle♥Mermaid

Wednesday Words of Wisdom

Always go your own pace...

...Be your beautiful, unique self!! 

And also, be a mermaid if you like;)...

 

Love,

Mademoiselle♥Mermaid

Another Dozen Roses

 I had so much fun doing my Dozen Roses photo session a couple of weeks ago...that I decided to do it all over again!!

This go-round in the beautiful, blooming rose garden of Palisades Park in Santa Monica, took place in the early morning light.

...It was just right for capturing the stunning colors and soft shadows of these bewitching flowers!!

Here are my favorite shots:

 Happy Earth Day!!

Love,

Mademoiselle♥Mermaid

Mermaid Monday: Muslin Ruffle Collar

Victorian spirit, natural muslin fabric, and dreamy ruffles...

...all gathered up with whimsical satin ties...

...create the magic in this lovely fantasy-themed collar!! 

It's so gorgeous for spring tea party!!

 Wear this enchanting item 4 different ways:

•Gather up as a choker with ties in front or to one side.
•Gather up as a choker with ties hanging down the back.
•Loosen and wear as a statement necklace.
•Loosen and wear as a collar with front ties.

Find it on Etsy.

More colors and patterns coming soon!!

Love,
Mademoiselle♥Mermaid

Mimosas on Sunday

 Making the most of a Spring weekend morning by sipping mimosas and doing a little apartment gardening!!

Pretty purple and pink petunias, vitamin c, something bubbly, and a sweet little terrarium...

what more could I ask for?!

Happy♥Sunday!!

Love,

Mademoiselle♥Mermaid

Friday Flower Pick: A Dozen Roses

 

Today's Friday Flower Pick 

...is simply the sharing of the story of a dozen lovely spring roses...

I challenged myself to see if I could photograph a dozen unique roses in just one hour on this gloriously sunny afternoon!!

Here are a dozen of my favorite shots:

 Love,

Mademoiselle♥Mermaid

Thursday Things I Love: Roses

Roses seem to be my lot in life...

I'm always on the lookout for them...

and they are perpetually, faithfully showing up!!

They appear in the places I expect to find them...

like on sunny Spring walks or in manicured gardens...

but they have been known to surprise me in not-so-obvious places too!!

...Like for instance, in the assumed name of a lady I have recently come to admire: Rose Bertin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bertin

 Thanks to a Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast episode, I've just made the aquaintance of Rose...

designer of many of the glorious frocks that graced the figure of the eternally fascinating, Marie Antoinette.

...And much to my delight, the books I read are full of roses too!!

Rose blooms of every color and variety pepper the pages of my latest read:  Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim; 1898.

That a flower aficionado like me would fall in love with a book by that title is no big surprise...

but what was a surprise was how utterly hilarious the book was!!

...Another place roses seem to abound is in the air.

I love incense.

One of the first things I do in the early morning, just before dawn, is to light one of those magical sticks.

A beautiful rose/wood fragrance is my go-to these days!!

...And finally, for this Thursday Things I Love post, here's an Etsy treasury I just adore...
It's all aglow with beautiful pastels, spring lovelies, and of course...roses.

Tasha's Garden
by Rose Baker of Rosebuds Originals on Etsy.

Love,
Mademoiselle♥Mermaid