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Sarah Jessica Parker’s new shoe line – exclusively at Nordstrom

I spotted SJP’s brand new shoe line that debuted less than 1 week ago at Nordstrom’s yesterday.

Sarah Jessica Parker (or her agent) was smart to come out with a shoe line, as she will always be associated with fabulous shoes thanks to her Sex and the City character, Carrie.

Her shoes run from $200-$400.  Other reviewers are calling them “affordable”.  I don’t think a $200 is considered affordable, but it definitely cheaper than a pair of Manolo’s.

I’ve included pictures of my favorite shoes.  Most of her shoes have a greater than a 3″ heel.

The “Carrie”

 I think this shoe is perfect for weddings:

“etta”

“Silvia”

 This shoe I love for formal events:

“Pola”

The only flat shoe I thought was remotely cute. I tried it on.  It was uncomfortable for my foot. Not impressed with it.

“Wallace”

As cute as her heeled shoes are, they aren’t for me.  However, I think that she has a really nice selection and will probably be successful in her endeavor.  To get me more interested, she would have to include more flats.  Then again, the designer, who is 5 foot tall, probably isn’t all that interested in flat shoes anyway.   

For more information, check out Nordstrom’s. Here’s a link.

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I decided to join Twitter today.  How can you ignore such a large social media agent after Ellen took that famous celebrity selfie at the Oscars?

I think it will be a nice fit for me. Only 140 characters per post.  If I want to write longer posts, then I can blog about it.  For other things I will also continue to use pinterest, which I’m totally addicted to.

I’ve been bored of Facebook.  Same stuff all the time.  However, I don’t plan on sharing my twitter with all of my Facebook friends.  I find that I feel like I have more in common with those in blog-land whom I’ve never met but who read the same blogs.  We obviously share (some) similar interests than old friends from 10+ years ago that I had a class with once.

I use Facebook to catch up with family more than anything.  However, I feel like when people post a gazillion pictures from everyone’s vacation and personal events you lose… something.  You know when you go over to a friend or family’s house and the two of you would sit there and flip through your wedding/vacation albums together?  That doesn’t happen anymore.  So, from now on facebook, I will only a few pictures from vacation.  If someone wants to see more, they will have to show interest in me and my life to get more… and vice versa.

On Twitter, I won’t be posting pictures of myself. I am a little shy and prefer some anonymity.  If I become internet famous, then hey, great, but I would want to be like Daft Punk, Deadmau5, or Kiss (does anyone know what they really look like?).  Famous but anonymous. 

It will be a new world of hashtags and tweets.  I’m ready!

So, follow me on Twitter, below:

Follow @LePetit_Macaron

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A Daffodil Festival!

I stumbled upon a daffodil festival when I was at one of my favorite nurseries a few weeks ago.  

I frankly had no idea there were so many types of daffodils.  So when I got home I immediately did some studying.

Daffodils have the genus name of Narcissus, which I find fitting for such a pretty flower.

There are 13 different divisions of daffodils. 

In this flower show, they were not clearly separated by division.  Below is a mix of large cupped, long cupped, small cupped daffodils.

Below, are the miniatures!  How cute are they?!

how cute!

Below is one of the 1st place winners. I have never seen a daffodil that looks like this!

“Crackington” is the name of this beauty!

 I didn’t get a picture of the name of this one, but thought it definitely did the Narcissus name proud.

This picture is a little blurry, but it was one of the miniatures. It was just so cute.

:little diane” is the name of this one

 I especially love these two below, I need these in my yard. Except… I’ve already missed planting season! Notes for next year…

more first place winners, I love them both!

 Some other neat daffodil types I have never seen before…

I also loved this little bunch of white daffodils, called “erlicheer”

I am so happy that I wandered into the daffodil show.  I love daffodils and had no idea there were so many.  I hope you learned something about them too!  For more info, visit The Daffodil Society.  They also provide links for bulb growers so you may purchase these very special varieties!

I’ll leave you now with a poem, entitled “Daffodils”.  My mother’s favorite poem!

Daffodils

by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o’er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed–and gazed–but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

Fulfilled a dream of running through a field of daffodils when I was in college, just like the one above.  It was in Skagit Valley, Washington which is pictured above. Picture source here I’ve linked up with The Scoop!, Tablescape Thursday, Wow us Wednesdays!, Open House Party,  Feathered Nest Fridays and It’s a Spring Thing, Seasonal Sundays & Oh the places I have been,  life of the party,  the style sisters, Favorite Things Blog Hop, and What’s it Wednesdays. Be sure to check out all of these fabulous blogging parties! A big thank you to all of the wonderful hosts!

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After staring at boring cream colored painted walls for years I’ve been dreaming up a change… except what I’m dreaming of is WAY over budget!  That’s why it’s called dreaming.

I am absolutely in love with the fine hand-painted wallpapers of Gracie, de Gournay, and Paul Montgomery.

“Chinese Scenic” by Gracie

They produce different types of wallpapers: hand painted silk wall coverings and tea papers.

de Gournay

The companies take their inspiration from wallpapers from the late 1600s-1800s.

Time to start drooling over these silk wallpapers…

“Abbortsford” by de Gournay

I just love the green color of the next room… I think it just goes so well with mahogany.

“Askew” by de Gournay in olive williamsburg colorwave

 

“Badminton” in pink colorwave by de Gournay

 

“Badminton” again, this time in green by de Gournay

I just love the color design of this next one… so soothing…

“Earhlam” in blue by de Gournay

 

“Earlham” again, in green, by de Gournay

 

“Dunmore” by Paul Montgomery

 

“Callaway” by Paul Montgomery

The paper below is a tea paper. If you look closely you will notice it is made up of much smaller panels. This is a technique developed in the 1700s.

paper by Gracie

 

David Easton’s apartment in NYC, wallpaper by Gracie

“Kew Garden” by Paul Montgomery

Pricing… they start at about $1000 per panel. Each panel is about 3 feet by 8 feet.

A company has recently come out with digital chinoserie wallpapers. They go for about $200/panel.

The collection is from Et Cie by Designer Wallcoverings

“The Rockefeller”

The one above, “The Rockefeller” looks EXACTLY like “Kew Garden” by Paul Montgomery. (scroll up). When I was saving images at first I thought I saved the same one twice!  I guess Montgomery designed these digital wallpapers then.

The one below looks like “Callaway” by Montgomery. (scroll up 4 images to compare!)

“White House” by Et Cie

The whole digital set about would cost about $1000 vs 1 panel for $1000.

Let’s say you still want the real thing… hand painted silk wallpaper. Don’t blame you, I do too!

What you could do is just purchase 1 panel. It gets the look for a cheaper price.  It’s sort of settling, but at least it’s the real deal!

I have the same lamp as in this photo. Now I just need a framed piece of wallpaper!

Then I thought, you could wallpaper the smallest room in the house. The powder room!

On second thought, someone might splash water on the wallpaper… and it’d be ruined!

On third thought, why should the powder room have the most expensive wall covering?

Then I found this… a chinoiserie mosaic that looks like wallpaper. No idea how much it costs! Probably the same amount as the wallpaper… but at least water won’t ruin it!

Or you could splish splash in the tub and get new wallpaper when you grew tired of it.

from de Gournay

That should do it today.  Are you inspired? Time to wipe that drool off the desk now!

Did you like this post? Check out my other post about Chinoiserie – How to Add Chinoiserie Decor to your Home

 If you loved this post, be sure to check out my new chinoiserie powder room!

See my other Chinoiserie inspired posts:

Chinoiserie Wallpapers for Less!

French Chinoiserie Style and How to Add Chinoiserie to Your Home

All posts tagged with Chinoiserie.