Halloween is round the corner and this year we are going Paperless - save the paper with this cool services that ill make your parties unforgettable and you planet footprint at a minimum. Here are some of our absolute favourites!
Can one really decide between the contemporary designs and classical pieces? I for sure can't - and this mix and match is always making me feel so nice. From long chandelier to a modern swing in your living room what is your biggest desire?
From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, new book Abandoned Palaces by Michael Kerrigan contains remarkable pictures of ostentatious buildings that have fallen into ruin.
General Joseph Howland (1834–86) was born into stupendous wealth in New York, his family having made its fortune in the China trade. He gave much of it away, as a lifelong philanthropist, endowing libraries and hospitals in the vicinity of Beacon, but the estate at Tioronda in New York, pictured, was a present to himself.
'Dona Chica' was the title popularly given in Palmeira, Portugal, to the local landowner's Brazilian born wife, Francisca Peixoto Rego (1895–1958). Swiss architect Ernst Korrod (1870–1944) was commissioned to create a home appropriate to her prestige and beauty.
A habit is ingrained in yourself and will forever try to get you back to when that said habit was at its peek. Let's say you are trying o watch less flix, guess what - all the new movies will bombard you to watch them. No, there's no conspiracy, just the lack making you notice each and every single one of them.
So, how do we learn after all?
1. Build new rules
But don't follow them strictly. It would be amazing if all our new habits would form in an instance but the truth is, they don't. So don' be bothered if once in awhile you slip up ( ok, maybe more that once, but you get my point). Don't give up on eating healthy just because you had a donut yesterday and don't cancel your subscription to learning Spanish just because you can't seem to remember anything.
2. Give it time
You'll hate me if I tell you will need 4 years to do anything but ... it's the truth. I wouldn't want to be the one telling you nothing will change in a month, it would be nice but most certainly it won't. Some things happen over night but most of them take time and often time effort. No, its nothing supernatural but its long and it has its up and downs.
3. Enjoy your success
Small steps are still steps. That's one of the things I've learned. Some will say you shouldn't take each step as a success but I do. I enjoy each and every small step I take or rather I make myself realise and enjoy it. Cause life it's not the end but rather the journey.
So, tell me, what mistake you last made?
The historic Owlwood Estate, which sits on 10 acres of land in the enclave of Holmby Hills, has been inhabited by some of Hollywood's most prominent figures since it was built in the 1930s. The Italian
Renaissance-style property, which neighbors Sunset Boulevard and the Los Angeles Country Club, was designed by architect Robert D. Farquhar, and regularly served as a secluded hideaway for screen legend Marilyn Monroe, who frequented it as a guest of her rumored lover, Joseph Schenck, the founder of 20th Century Fox.
Who knew dolls could be an art form? I most certainly didn't and you can imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon these couture inspired little things. I was completely blown away by the level of artisanship and detail these true artists offer.
Popovy SIsters, art and form
My "research" began with the Popovy sisters whom I found through an interview they made early last year. It's easy to get lost in their work and wonder if its a simple doll or a new view on fashion and humans. One of the most beautiful detail of each Popovi doll its their detailed hairstyle, you can see all the work by following their YouTube channel. I highly recommend you do.
Nigel Chia, haute couture for dolls
It's a sad day when you realise some dolls have a better wardrobe than you have. But that is true with each and every DeMuse doll.
His main goal for the future of the brand is to transform Nigel Chia name into of one synonymous with innovative, contemporary with high fashion vibe.
You can also purchase his clothes in normal size :D.
I've struggled with writing for over 20 years now and I often shared with you the pain it has brought, from doubting myself to stop all and never look again on my stories. The problem is never ideas or ways to express the process but rather writing in itself. It might seem like a silly thing but the hardest part of writing is writing itself, having that moment when you and your ideas blend and become a "real" thing.
Why? When you write freely you don't know whether what you are writing is ok or not and you end up rethinking every single word you type. So what I do is trick myself into the process.
1. Write whatever, whenever for a "minute"
Well maybe a bit more than a minute but allow yourself the freedom of writing no matter what. You wrote something yesterday and now you have no idea how to continue? Worry no, write something completely different and stop worrying you won't finish. Yes, most certainly you won't, but at least you will exercise your writing.
2. Let spelling do the trick
As you might already know, english is not my mother tongue (far from it), so my "writing" English is nothing posh or elegant,. it's rather bland and repetitive. But the thing is, I will never "get better" if I never practice it! So let your worries aside and write in whatever language you like, either you are an expert or not. You will make mistakes but you will also get better and better each day. Also, if you find yourself stuck, use as many languages as you know :D, that might "unstuck" you for a while.
3. Try to reach for the end
One of my biggest dreams is to have a published book, so I try to surround myself with books (that comes as such a surprise, said no one ever) and to picture the end in mind. Yes it's part of the whole positive vibe community but it's a very useful way to help you realise you are actually working towards a goal. But avod to give yourself deadlines that you can't keep up. Wello talk about that more in my future articles.
Let me know if you will try any of these tips and please share your writing struggles!
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| This Singapore dream can become yours with a bit of wishful thinking and a considerable bank account. |
But that doesn't mean we can't all dream about it. I've personally become pleasantly impressed with Singapore and it's amazing landscape and even do I don't fully love the modern vibe of architecture, this place is purely mesmerizing.
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