Keeping Hold Of Those Butterflies! xx

The flowers are for all of you!

As well as anouncing the winner of the chic Topshop scarf/snood giveaway, I wanted to share with you, how fortunate I feel, since I entered this new phase in my life and became part of the blogging community.I have met so many great gals and blog's, I love reading about your hopes and dreams, your lives and your Style.I have even arranged to meet up with some bloggers in the UK, which is really exciting!My only sadness is I don't have the fianancial freedom at present to hop on a plane and visit you, my blogging friend's in Canada, America, Japan, Sweden and Russia and France!

 Yesterday I introduced a sweet small(of 10yrs) friend of mine, who came to visit me, Anna, (she was my flower girl at my wedding) to the world of blogging. As she sat at my computer swinging her legs, eyes like saucer's, delighting at this interactive scrapbook that is blogging (my explanation to her) nodding wisely, as I explained about following and how blogger's comment and post about their lives, she and I went on a whistle stop tour around the world, to some of my favourite blogging destinations, what fun we had!!!

 She left vowing to learn to decorate cupcakes beautifully, makeover an old cardigan, write a poem everyday and perhaps not feel that she can have only one best friend in her life!SOUND FAMILIAR?!! As silly as it may sound, I still get butterflies of excitement in my stomach just before I put a new post up, I think if that feeling of excitement and joy, leaves you, you have to ask yourself why your doing it, whatever your motives. 

 

A road to a friends house is never long (Danish proverb)

So I hope you won't be too cross with me, when I anounce the winner of the Topshop scarf giveaway and my first giveaway ever here (many more to come, I promise!) is the lovely Mimi from Bonjour Romance, who chose the blush soft snood, congratulations Mimi, you are a dream! To me the greatest gift is when someone takes the time to write me a comment, or when I find a blogger, who shares my passions or whose blog captures my imagination and transports me to a new place, another world and of course, new Style!

 

The winner was selected at randon by my trusted hubby, who does not blog, so has no former knowledge of you lovely bloggers.

                                 

Hold onto those butterflies!!

                            Sharon                                      xxx               

Virtual Easter Parade, Beware Egg Rolling, Extravagant Hat Wearing And Excessive Amounts Of Delicous Substances!

Hi everyone, I'm holding my very own, Easter parade today, complete with Easter bonnet's, everyone welcome, do come and join me! You never know what delights you might discover! Easter is a time of  new shoots, daffodills, the smell of freshly cut grass, homemade lemonade and piping hot, hot cross bun's fresh out of the oven, painting egg's and trying on sensational hats or bonnets as we like to call them! What do you love about Easter? This post was inspired by the lovely Dolliedaydream who is holding a fabulous Easter giveaway over on her blog,(see her adorable giveaway button below) which offers all manner of Easter delights stuffed into the sweetest Easter pail, see below! It sounds fabulous and if you have'n't already met Dollie you must! She is one of the sweetest most entertaining bloggers I know! Happy Easter!

A basket full of special moments in the sun

Every tree needs a ribbon at easter, every meringue a big dollop of yellow curd, fragrant with lemons!

Sunshine on a spoon, make an easter wish!

So that's what you wished for.... very clever, sooo beautiful a gold antique egg!

What beauties are nestled in your hat boxes gals?

A taste of easter, iris coloured scalloped hat, divine! Beautiful for green eyed gals!

vintage egg shaped bag, fabulous, it's got the date of my birthday on it, yes you guessed it, I'm an easter chic!

Even if your making omelette it is vital your eggs are pretty! tee hee

Please help yoursef to a slice of this gooey chocolate easter bonnet cake, complete with purple roses

Adore these vintage inspired hatboxes, that look like giant cotton reel's!

How sweet are these iced bunnies

cheep cheep!

Firework display of yellow feathers and flowers, stunning!

vintage egg's to roll down your favourite grassy slope!!

Erin , so chic!

HAPPY EASTER, THANK-YOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVELY COMMENT'S AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY EASTER PARADE!

p.s don't forget the winner of the Topshop scarf giveaway is being anounced here tomorow!

                                   Sharon x

Just Striking A Pose?

Do you ever want to be transported to another place, time? Challenge how you see yourself or how others see you? Shake things up and feel excited by the possibilities of life? Or just marvel at our abillity as humans to create and capture the beauty of the human form on camera and a models abillity to take on the persona of the garment that has been created for her, becoming almost part of it, transcending a static image and becoming a living breathing work of art fashion? Well I am delighted to say, my friends at the magazine Flaunt, have asked me to select my favourite fashion images from  a sneek preview of this months issue here on My Passport to Style which will include some of their most prominent fashion designers and photographers work.What do you think ?

Stark contrasts and angular lines

Adore the sense of movement and  time and space captured here

billowing fabric, like a giant silk cloud pulling her upwards, storm gathering, would be a great title! (my interpretation anyway, what's yours?)

very overtly eastern european, but I love the strength in the models face and the shadow play, creates a statuesque feel, in contrast to the soft floaty fabric of her headdress.

A moment of peace or letting go, what do you think he is feeling? This half shot of his face, creates a real focus on the beautiful lines of his shoulder, face and neck.

 

So elegant, love the fluidity captured in the models arms (white can easily become very stark and hard ) love the way the models hair, becomes amost her accessory/cape, softening the whole look. Whilst at the same time, wearing these high waisted, pure white lattice trousers, alone, at the angle shot, draws our eye up her body, creating a feeling of endless height reaching into infinity.

  

White on black

moving through time and texture

 credits to Rami Kashoul by Garret Suhie, Louis Verdadby by Danflood, Copus by Patrick Hoelck, Loyd Klein by Luke Duval, Jeffery Sebelia by Kurt Swairenko, Corpus by Patrick Haelck, Orthodox by Lionel Deluy 

                               

                          

Sharon x

YOU are invited to My Pastel Party at My Pastel Palace, bring a friend! xx

Hi gals, today I would like to invite you to my pastel palace, so if your not a pastel gal, please look away now! As a stylist I look for inspiration on using colour with my clients every where and where better to look, when creating mood boards for the stylish pastel looks, that are so big this season than amongst the ranks of sweet and cake distributers!! Like the first picture I have featured here of a bulls head made from icing featured in blamethemoon.com it's so fun! The rest of the cake palace is featured below!So given the great inspiration, I make no apologise if my post is a little cake heavy! I don't know about you but if your an old fashioned romantic like me, you need lots of nudes and pastels in your wardrobe, they are so delicate, they don't dominate your unique beauty and are purely feminine.

My top style tip for those gals wanting to introduce nudes into their wardrobe would be, they can look a little blah, so don't be afraid to clash them a little with brighter colours,or accent them with small quanties of neutrals such as grey, black, brown or navy. This will add  crispness and defintion and really make those pastels shade's pop in a understated way!

Are you a pastel gal, what's your favourite shade or combination? 

 

cake shrine -from blamethemoon.com!

Adore, sigh sooo preety, adore the way the glaze is caught dripping off. the cake stand (clarasdesignercakes.com)

 So English country garden! 

don't be scared to clash your pastels a little!

I want that necklace!

Are these not the most adorable cakes you have ever seen?!

unleash your creative pastel spirit!

Stronger neutrals with pastels, give your pastels wardrobe an edge!

Divine decadence, dyed lilac feathered head dress, sigh so beautiful

  pastels look great with shimmer gals

Sharon x