{have a beautiful september weekend}

. . . this weekend has been an early sunday brunch -- lattes and fluttering late-summer leaves on a quaint, bustling terrace, and afterward, cobblestones and shops and silken satchels of lavender, cocktails with good friends, wide-legged jeans and golden sandals, and on this over-cast autumn-like day, already a feeling of change and, perhaps, somewhere in the clouds, the promise of new and magnificent things . . .

where ever in the world you may be, hope you've had [are having] an astonishingly lovely [long] weekend, and that it's beautiful where you are, roséline xo

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a f e w l o v e l y l i n k s :
* décor inspiration: floods of light, cape town
* photography: mary ellen bartley, the ocean
* a fond farewell to summer: topiaries
* at home: dipped legs
* style: the top ten french wardrobe style essentials
* collections: murano glass chandeliers
* at home: open air
* at the office: a feather pen, a classic blazer, and the scent of jasmin
* décor inpsiration: stone walls & archways, italy
* on display: gallery walls
* at home with: søren rose studio, Copenhagen
* from the archives: charming mix, four
* design: stripes and houndstooth & coral watercolours

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{as always, a few things you may have missed}
* a perfect chignon & a few lovely links
* lookbook: kaufmanfranco fall/winter 2011
* tuesday musing & artfully arranged
* décor inspiration: tufted velvet & lavender silk
* a little note: favourite five, on vacation

& new for the [long] weekend:
* a brand new month: happy september
* at the shops: gemma redux, new york
* lookbook: from russia with love

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{images: gardener & marks via my paradissi; l'aragosta}

{table for two: sparkling ink, findland}

. . . headlong into autumn and it's dark evenings steeped in chilliness and stars brighter than ever, and could not think of a better way to begin early november mornings than with pale golden light and an espresso & cinnamon sugar biscotti . . .

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{cinnamon sugar biscotti}

ingredients: (makes 24)

2 cups (5 dl) flour
1 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon cardamom
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 1/2 dl) sugar
6 tablespoons (125 g) butter, room temperature
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg for brushing
1/4 cup (1/2 dl) sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

combine flour, cinnamon, cardamom, baking powder and salt; in a separate bowl, beat soft butter and sugar until light and fluffy; mix in egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract; add in dry ingredient mixture and mix just until combined

form two flattened bars (a bit more than an inch /3 cm thick) onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper; brush with lightly beaten egg and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture; bake at 325 F (160 C) for 35-40 minutes or until the bars are golden and firm to touch

allow the bars to cool for a few minutes, then cut into 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) wide diagonal slices; flip cut side down and sprinkle generously with cinnamon sugar mixture; bake for around 10 minutes until crispy

{image & recipe: tina, sparkling ink}

{take me away № 04 | vintage & antique luggage}

There is something significantly special about vintage and antique luggage pieces. Unlike the compact pieces that are created out of convenience and necessity today: suitable for planes, trains, ships, and automobile travel—the type of luggage needed from years past is quite different.



For instance, baby strollers today are easy to clean and maintain, can carry a number of children at time, and can fold into a fraction of their size, not unlike an origami piece; whereas in the past, more scalable prams were standard, designed with large, more industrial strength metal parts, and were produced with fine materials—some even included beautiful paintings and special storage compartments, and were often decorative and treasured for many, many years.



The same is with luggage; today, we seek quite different conveniences and scales, and yet can appreciate and enjoy the beauty of pieces from a bygone era.



Proficiently and arduously, “constructed by hand from metal, timber, leather and brass, these trunks were highly sought after and favoured by royal families and international high society alike.”



Traveling in style was considered as important as where one would travel. It’s lovely to imagine the sorts of journeys these pieces went on—exotic trips to Africa, trains through Europe, new homes and lands, discovered . . .




[continue reading sarah's tips for purchasing vintage and antique travel cases below . . .] x


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