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For my birthday my mom gave me the most unbelievably special gift. An incredible piece of art. But the thing is… it wasn’t originally art, it was a scarf. A forget-me-not scarf. This is the one I was given, its a little less peach (more cream) in person and its heaven. Its watercolory, bright, and honestly, breathtaking. There are little sketched gems, colorful flowers and butterflies. I mean, its just girly goodness.
I am struggling with framing options. Right now I am leaning towards a bronze finish box frame (see picture right below). Originally, I wanted to frame it in a plexi box but the fabric is so thin, it would not have turned out well (think, drooping and humidity). Do you have any other suggestions before I finalize??? And the best part, its huge!! 48″ x 48″. I cannot wait to have it back and hung in my house.

In the meantime, here are some of my favorite scarves from their various collections. I would be more than happy to have ANY of these beauties framed in my house. I just really think they are too pretty to wear. Click on pictures to see these beauties close up.

Mine was purchased at Barneys, but they do sell some on their website too!

After lots of holiday breaks and crazy travel plans my life has finally returned back to normal. I even have this whole week off!

Today I would like to share with you my New Year’s Eve table setting. My idea was to have lots of metallics, fresh flowers and bits of black. I also really didn’t want it to look too tacky (metallics with black are a little scary sometimes). I think I struck a really nice balance though! I am so so pleased with how it turned out.

I know you didn’t ask for the details, but since my pictures aren’t all that great. I figured I would share them anyways!

The table cloth was a really disgusting sequin fabric that I bought the day before. I ended up using the back of the fabric since it was a little less aggressive- black with a gold shimmer. Turned out perfectly.

The votives are these little beauties from Crate and Barrel. Candlesticks are a collection of random crystals I’ve gotten from anthropologie over the years.

The flower arrangements were unreal. They were from Dilly Lily in Chicago. Anyone in this city should take a trip over there. Not only are they incredibly talented, they are the absolute nicest people EVER! You can’t really tell from the pictures but there were winter greens sprayed silver, and sticks painted gold. It added the perfect amount of shimmer.

Plates were a mix of my CB2 square plates and these gorgeous plates with a pewter rim by Match. Napkins were tied with black sequin ribbon and gold twine.

Hope you enjoyed the little peak and that you had a fantastic NYE filled with lots of shimmery, glittery goodness.

Forget.Me.Not

NYE Table!