My family moodboard is shaping up...

I'm getting more prints enlarged next week including this one of my brother in Barcelona and one from Christophe (Elodie's husband) pictured here. At the moment, I haven't decided if I lose the black Japanese tape on the wall (the truth is that the masking tape keeps falling off the wall and it's driving me nuts) and do something like this instead or maybe a mix.
I don't want to frame every single photo because I want to retain the informal vibe that our family home has and I like the white space between each photo so right now, I just let it sink.

The two photos were taken by Francois and were my first attempt to interior photo stylism...

Mon family moodboard commence a prendre forme...
La semaine prochaine, je recupere d'autres agrandissements dont cette photo de mon frere a Barcelone et celle de Christophe (le marie d'Elodie) que j'ai utilise ici.
Pour l'instant, je n'ai pas encore decide si je laisse tomber le rouleau de scotch japonais (la verite c'est qu'il n'arrete pas de se decoller du mur et ca me rend dingue) et je fais quelque chose comme cela a la place ou peut-etre un melange des deux.
Je ne veux pas encadrer chacune des photos parce ce que je veux creer quelque chose de relax, informel, comme l'est notre maison et j'aime bien l'espace blanc entre chaque photo donc pour l'instant, je laisse comme cela.
Les deux photos ont ete prises par Francois et etaient mes premieres tentatives au stylisme de photo...

Don't you love gardlands?? I love them! Especially in Winter....Apparently it is going to snow on Monday....yippee for a white Christmas :-)

Vous aimez les guirlandes? Moi jadore! Surtout pendant l'hiver....Apparemment il va neiger a Londres Lundi....Chouette un Noel tout en blanc

Photos by Irene Suchocki

I finished painting my bedroom wall. I should be feeling happy but I'm tired and a bit down. It's cold and dark outside and it's Sunday evening. I just had a chat on facebook with my best friend Manu who lives in Paris. I can't wait to see her in January. This beautiful image of Lauren Ward reminds me of her so this is for her and for all the best friends out there.

...well, lost in blogland that it. I went from one beautiful blog to another and ended up chez Labo'M* where I discovered Hipstamatic, an I-phone app that brings back the look and feel of Lomo and Polaroid...If you love photography like me and have an i-phone, you will love this app. On the contrary, if you haven't an i-phone (sorry Lau), you will probably be just really annoyed with me :-(
*Emy makes beau-ti-ful paper garlands by the way...

(C) Photos: Labo'M, handmade little cloud: Lovely vintage

Je me suis perdue sur la toile en France...Je suis allee d'un joli blog a un autre et je suis arrivee chez Labo'M* ou j'ai decouvert Hipstamatic, l'application i-phone qui permet de prendre des photos comme les appareils Lomo et Polaroid...et si vous aimez la photo comme moi et avez un i-phone, vous allez l'adorer. Par contre, si vous n'en avez pas (desole Lau), vous allez probablement just etre tres enervee apres moi, desole :-(
* Emy fait de su-per- bes guirlandes en papier d'ailleurs...

Last month, I received an email from Ella Sverdlov who won the Best polaroid contest organized by Blur magazine and The Impossible project. Ella told me that Polaroid always gives her a sense of peace and winning The Impossible Project encouraged her to open her Etsy shop.

Likewise, I find Polaroids calming and I don't know why but her shots of America reminds me of an old movie by Jim Jarmush

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Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery — celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to.” —Jim Jarmusch, The Golden Rules of Filming

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Please read also...Words to shoot by - a photographic collaboration

Le mois dernier, j'ai recu un email d'Ella Sverdlov, la gagnante du the Best polaroid contest organise par Blur magazine and The Impossible project. Ella me disait que photographier en Polaroid lui procurait une sorte de calme interieur et que The Impossible Project l'avait encourage a ouvrir son magazin sur Etsy.
Tout comme elle, je trouve les polaroids calmants et je ne sais pas pourquoi mais ses photos de l'Amerique me font penser a vieux film de Jim Jarmush

A couple of weeks ago I came across From Me To You, a stunning photography blog curated by Jamie, a photographer living in NYC. I feel this post will not do justice how rich in terms of content, inspiration and recipes(!), Jamie's blog is so I really encourage to spend some time one evening to embrace it all.
I particularly loved Jamie's New York Fashion Week Retrospective and the Molly and Jamie series but I was also quite taken by the shots of this flat in Brooklyn who belongs to another photographer: Mikes Mabes.
Regardless of the fact that I long for more airy, white interiors in my own home, I thought Mike's vintage pad was a very unusual space, stuck in time and incredibly special. Hope you enjoy this!

I love the light, the feeling of lightness and freedom and the hues of soft beige, greys from this old building.

(C) Beautiful images from Elle Bella illustration

Looking for a place to go away this Summer....
Being with my little family....
Getting lost in these calming images of Greece....

(C) Photos by Patrick Taberna