August 2010 archive

Chanel Archives

Since it is Chanel week on My Little Boudoir, I thought you might enjoy these two posts from the My Little Boudoir Archives. Reading in the “Littler” Boudoir (click here) Upcycling: Chanel Perfume Bottle to Oil Candle (click here) Enjoy!!! 0

Spending Chanel on Chanel

Perhaps I’ve been hiding under a rock for the past two  years, but a few months ago I found out about these stunning Chanel coins. Now I’m no numismatic, but I sure would like to be the proud owner of one of these beauties. They were made in both gold and silver, and no, I …

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31 Rue Cambon

If the Visiting Coco post from yesterday intrigued you, then you should also be pleased with this video tour of Coco Chanel’s apartment from Vogue.com.   (Don’t forget to scroll down and pause the My Little Boudoir Soundtrack)  1

Visiting Coco

Hi, my name is Sarah and I’m a magazineaholic… (You say: “Hi, Sarah”) Yes, it’s true. I am addicted to magazines. Not cigarettes. Not alcohol. Not lattes. Magazines. I spend quite a lot of time in my boudoir thumbing through various fashion, decor and gossip magazines. Even when I venture outside of my boudoir, I …

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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Chanel

“Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.” -Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” -Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” …

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Sunday Mourning: Bumpkin on a Swing

I interrupt the regular Sunday’s Best series, to share some very sad news….. While I was visiting some of my favorite blogs from my blogroll yesterday morning, I naturally stopped by Bumpkin On A Swing to see what Lisa was writing about. I was shocked to see a guest post titled, “In Loving Memory“, telling …

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Bump My Bouffant (…but wait…there’s more!)

Sex Kitten Bump. Beehive. Hair Bump. Bouffant. Bitch Bump. No matter what you call it, we’ll settle in the middle on “bump” for the purposes of this post. You’ve seen the infomercial for Bumpits. Promising to add instant hair volume, leaving you with the perfect “bump”. When I first saw the advertisement, I wanted them, …

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Sunday’s Best: House of Turquoise

Early on in my blogging I came upon a blog called House of Turquoise. The site features picture after picture of turquoise (and other shades of blue) infused designs. Judging by all of my Tiffany & Co. related posts and the header of MyLittleBoudoir.com, you are probably well aware that I am quite fond of …

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