baby doll, rosebud fairy tale

{part of a nostalgic 'detail' series from my magic wardrobe blog, just wanted to add it here}

white dress


skirt

one summer evening
of rosebuds, velvet, ribbons, and messy play
in a too small dress left over from newborn baby days

dolly

afternoon tea at 8pm


little detail love ♥

café break ~ Paris photographer style :D

Ah, I really feel like a café break right now.
Like so...

Robert Doisneau, 1966


Robert Doisneau, Francine Doisneau in a café at Ave. Jean Jaurès, Paris, 1971

Edouard Boubat, Saint-Germain-de-Pres, 1953

Сharles Harbutt, restaurant Rougeot, vers 1970

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, 1969

1925

Willy Ronis, Café de France

Brassäi, Sartre au café de Flore, 1945

Andre Kertesz, Cafe, 1927

Gaga magazine and assorted miscellaneous news

Gaga magazine is a Polish childrens and parents magazine that we first became aware of via our wonderful artistic friends Kasia and Agata. It was a fun to have a photo featured in the latest issue of this magazine.

Yay! Enjoying reading gaga magazine
Amelie taking a break from a tea party to enjoy
reading the exciting mail we received that day! Our copy of gaga magazine :D
Also, a quick mention of two baby photos of mine in a recent baby knits mosaic at Maglia libera tutti, as it was cute cute and makes me baby nostalgic: (top left and middle image in the bottom row, the 'famous' rosebud baby hats in pink and white... )



and darling sweet knitted baby boots in the same blog post.


... as seen here

Maja & Ju ju, "books and play"

I love the whimsical, creative, and wonderfully childlike style of MAJA and JU JU, two books about kids and imaginative, creative things to make and wear, and from the simplest household material and treasures on hand or found.




It reminds me so much of the fun and play my children and I love to experience and create as well, and something of which we need to do more of lately. :)




The miniature children in the Ju Ju photos are so sweet :)



And this fabulous kid-imaginative room reminds me of the fabric strip baby amusement tactile hanging ornaments we used to make and hang too.
This room also looks a little 'Where the wild things are' to me. :)



MAJA and JU JU

Little forest fairytale II

mushrooms

These are mostly candid photos
which I adore,
imperfections and all
maybe even more

A stick and a leaf.
What more do you need?

hide and seek

I love these little nature walks in 'the forest', by the park.
Here is another little forest fairytale, at half this age again, eighteen months, which feels like both yesterday and a world away from today.

Nouvelle Vague Bike

Nouvelle Vague Bike, originally uploaded by Federico Erra.

I also very much love this image, which has also been in JPG magazine, and even more so this month while we have been biking everywhere lately.
Federico Erra is an amazing photographer!

eatyouricecream

ursulasbirdie

ursulasbirdie, originally uploaded by danske.

eatyouricecream, originally uploaded by danske.

likewise, danske is a huge flickr inspiration!
i am in love with these polaroids

.love love this!

., originally uploaded by snjezana..

I am sorry I have been a little quiet on my blog this week.
Have projects, ideas and dreams, news to share soon,
as well as time to reflect.
I love the curate gallery feature on flickr, and I thought I'd share here links to some of my favourite flickr images, much admired!

tumblr test Amélie Amor

(trying out the tumblr embed script ;) )

I am an art inspiration addict!
Love browsing art and photography,
love tumblr
mine :)

La Petite magazine! Feature and cover.

I am very pleased to be a part of the debut issue of La Petite magazine, both in a photo story feature, and on the cover as well!

Amélie, my garden child

















Amélie also liked seeing herself in a grand frame on the feature page. ♥



(... as well as in the photo story!)

Here is a peek at the first page of the Amélie Alice photo story:


... of which you can read La Petite for more.

a whimsical wish list

~ a {photography inclined} shopping wish list for my little girl ~

♥ more stripe tights
(she's outgrown them, and this just cannot do!)
♥ and rosebud hairties
(because hairties always get lost*...)
♥ natural coloured or vintage winter woollens or coats (now it's getting colder)
♥ and new classic style red shoes (as her beloved old ones are finally coming apart)





* These hairties were from Pumpkin Patch, by the way, who no longer have them.
We have lost one and the little roses on the second one have unravelled.
I see how they're made though! I thought about making some new ones myself but I'm not sure if my fingers can create such tiny intricate roses from tiny ribbon. Ha.

lensbaby teddy bear play

Because I am feeling nostalgic, here are some sweet afternoon images, from when my youngest child was seventeen months old.

They are all taken with a lensbaby, which is a very fun, soft blur, selective focus dreamy lens, i.e. a little piece of magic.

sweet




funny girl



conversation



here is a little photo story i wrote up a year or so ago, for her brother...

bedbugs ~ a teeny story



arrgh!
(This one makes her brothers laugh. Heh.)



{pillowfight}



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Lensbaby.com

I have a lensbaby 2.0, which is similar to the current 'lensbaby muse'.

Mostly I adore lensbabies for thinking a little differently, playing, forgetting technically perfect and just having fun with photography. They are just so fun to use and see things in a different way!

More lensbaby posts, because my LinkWithin seems to not find them...??