Pyrrha Seals

Pyrrha is nothing new, in fact I have my very own Pyrrha seal necklace, but this Vancouver-based jewellery company has some amazing and meaningful stuff. A recent trip to Blue Ruby reminded me how much I love their designs.

From their Vancouver studio, using techniques that evolved from trial and error and disregard for rules, Wade Papin and Danielle Wilmore craft the seals that have become the Pyrrha signature. Choose one with the perfect meaning for someone you care about. I think they make a very thoughtful Christmas gift!

Inspiration

Pinterest has the potential to be my new favourite thing. It is a virtual pinboard where you can post collections of things you love and "follow" collections created by people with great taste. I'm pretty excited.

Sequins

With the Christmas season comes a wonderful excuse to rock sequins! This Deer Dreamer sweater dress from French Connection is super cute and oh so festive. Pair it with some leggings and boots and I think you've got a winning look on your hands.

A lot like Christmas

Christmas is fast approaching...in fact, it is t-19 days away. This scares me for two reasons: 1) I have yet to purchase a single gift 2) The days I have left to consume eggnog lattes from Starbucks are numbered

What better way to further procrastinate then to peruse gorgeous Christmas decorating ideas!? Below are a few simple looks that are easy to pull of yet look like a million bucks.


Strike a festive note with a vintage style, do-it-yourself card display board in your front hall. To make a similar board, paint a vintage frame, fit it with a bulletin board and then use spray adhesive to affix pretty wrapping on top of the cork. This idea definitely beats those card strings!


A simple bouquet of bare branches offers a chic and easy alternative to the customary Christmas tree.


Satin ribbons flowing from the chandeliers are elegantly simple accents.


Over 100 Christmas ornaments sparkle on this mantel, but the look remains refined thanks to the room's modern furniture and all white palette. Sigh. White.

Lyrics to remember...

I've been sleeping for forty days and
Yeah, I know that I'm sleeping cause this dream's too amazing
She got gold doorknobs where her eyes used to be, yeah
One turn and I learned what it really means to see, yeah

It's the magical mystery kind
Must be a lie
Bye bye to the too good to be true kind of love
Oooooh I could die
Oooooh now, I could die

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ~ 40 Day Dream

White and...

Everyone knows that I love white, and its partner in crime (this could even be a really cheesy play on words referencing a prison jumpsuit...but I digress) is not far behind. Black makes everything POP, and this mantel is no exception. I have been starring at my fireplace lately thinking of how this precise look might work. Well...I think it works pretty darn well. Dashing I say.

Concrete

I love the industrial look of this concrete light fixture. Get the DIY details from Brigg, a blogger who has re-created the Tove Adman design. She did an amazing job of replicating the look.