Adorning the fanciful soul...

(Photo credit:  Jill Elliot)

Meet the beautiful and talented Jill Elliot.  Jill is the owner of the Haberdashery Boutique in Fredericksburg, Texas.  Our meeting was serendipitous.  A gentleman had unknowingly taken Jill's seat at a fashion show, leaving Jill and her beautiful -- and beautifully bedecked!-- little girl stranded along the back row of chairs, where my husband and I were standing.  (I did not know about the seat mix-up until days later!  Jill was gracious and unflappable over the whole situation.)  Certainly I consider it a blessing and my own good fortune to have struck up a friendship with this lovely and talented lady.

Every item in the Haberdashery boutique fits nicely into the overall scheme of  the Haberdashery experience.  The boutique is stocked with evocatively creative and grin-provoking treasures that span the globe  (i.e., my beautiful new belt from Uruguay ! ), in addition to darling items that Jill has made by hand.  Not one item feels out of place here.  For good reason:  Jill's formal background is Interior Design.  She is  "creatively logical" and has very effectively managed to evoke a vague and seductive aura of... (How do the French say?) ... Je Ne Sais Quoi.  The illusion, almost, as if  one has stumbled into the personal apartment of Audrey Hepburn, circa 1961 -- Think Holly Golightly!  

The Haberdashery is absolutely tantalizing and should be added to every woman's "Must Do" list while visiting beautiful and historic Fredericksburg, Texas.      ~ Joie de Vivre, Darcy

(Of note... Jill made this intoxicating mask for the Mardi Gras celebration held in Fredericksburg.)

I am am obviously still buzzing from my "Imaginarium High"... still smiling at the fresh memory of my first Magnolia Pearl experience.  If you are a FaceBook subscriber, you can see more here at the Magnolia Pearl Facebook Page

(photos credits:  Magnolia Pearl/Amy Bowland and  countless other breathtakingly talented photographers who worked so artistically and diligently in effort to capture the almost un-capturable!  Great work, angels...)

 

THIS is how I will dress when I have lovely grandchildren.  

I want them to remember me always and with a smile.

 

Lovely Magnolia Pearl sirens...

 

Shabbylicious!!

Magnolia Pearl

Saturday February 18th in Fredericksburg, Texas was the artfully whimsical Fashion Imaginarium Show.  The spring line for Magnolia Pearl was debuted in an artfully whimsical and absolutely intoxicating runway extravaganza.  The event was creatively inspiring and an absolute feast for the eyes.  The lovely venue was at Carol Hicks Bolton's fabulous new warehouse at 301 S. Lincoln Street, ("Laboratoire de Design.")  This amazing event was captured by the lovely Jo Packham of "Where Women Create" magazine and will be featured in the November issue.

A fabulous wall at Carol Hicks-Bolton's lovely new warehouse

 More items offered by  Carol Hicks-Bolton

Intriguing  tablescape collage

Finally, we meet!  

Kimberly Potts-Smacking Darcy & Robin Gray - Magnolia Pearl

The Smacking Darcy Pinterest Account

Pinterest is fabulous!  So many beautiful and inspiring ideas...

 

Tree Puppet

 This sweet Tree Puppet grows in Jefferson, Texas

(credits to go Constance Mueller of Rochambeau

I am constantly thrilled and inspired by my friend, the beautiful and talented Mrs. Constance Mueller of Historical Jefferson, Texas.  Jefferson is an exquisite bed & breakfast town located in East Texas.  I was raised not far from Jefferson, so I have a special attachment to anything Jefferson.  

For anyone considering a beautiful long weekend or vacation in the Piney Woods of East Texas, Jefferson is { scrumptious! }

An interest for "Pinterest"

Lately I've been seeing a lot of these icons on my favorite websites...
What is this exactly?

The simple answer is that Pinterest is a virtual inspiration board.  Turns out, it can be far more than that.

We all see beautiful and inspiring things online -- { love } -- and don't want to forget about them, right?  Well, if you are like me, you will bookmark the page -- and it instantly goes into that deep and ridiculous { black hole } of bookmarks located somewhere in the  computer.  Sometimes I even end up emailing the cool link back to myself.  Clearly that  soon becomes a hassle.

There's a simpler way to organize all of the great things that you find online -- from clothes to DIY home ideas to your many inspirations. Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.  Literally visualize pinning your favorite photos, clippings, ads to a physical cork board.  However, after a while, that board starts to look pretty disorganized and junky, right?
What you cannot do with a physical cork pin board is browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspirations from people who share your interests. To get started request an invite.