Things I heart #1

Things I heart... possessions, images, hobbies that I love and that make me smile...

 My doctor's bag. A present from my mum, it is so beautifully perfect, I absolutely adore it! 

 I get so many compliments about it all the time! 

Where it is from: secret highly guarded by my mum! ;-)

Fifi lapin - a bunny who likes, wears and is fashion. I just love the concept…

http://fifi-lapin.blogspot.co.uk/

The cutest bow purse with just a hint of glitter, from Dorothy Perkins (but sold out online) 

Receiving cards and surprise gifts from my friends and family...

... and of course sending gifts and cards which I know will make them smile!

 Memories... how time flies

 My animal print shoes from stasia.com - so elegant!

I hope you enjoyed my first list... more to come very soon!
I'd love to hear the things you heart!

*The Collectibles* Competition inside!

My *Collectibles* bracelets are ever so popular and so many of you enjoy creating the perfect match of ribbon and charm. 
There are 19 Liberty ribbons and 20 charms to choose from, to create a bracelet that suits you perfectly, or that would make the perfect gift.

You can view the full range on the website here.

So, here is your chance to win a *Collectibles Classic* bracelet of your choice, beautifully wrapped of course!

What do you need to do for your chance to win?

1. Leave a comment on the blog or Facebook with your favourite combination of ribbon and charm

2. Like *Paris in a bottle* on Facebook or follow @parisinabottle on Twitter (you are welcome to do both :) )

That's it! :)


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Feel free to share of course :)

Good luck!

All entries must be submitted by Sunday 4th November 2012. i will collate all entries and a winner will be randomly selected in the following few days. The competition is open to anybody in the UK, Europe and USA and Canada.

*Holiday time*

In the meantime, feel free to have a look at the new collection here! :)

And here is a little tune to pass the time... *Sweet Song* by Blur

Home sweet home

A little tidy-up at the weekend ended up in a quite lengthy tidy-up with a small reorganisation of my living room. I managed to turn my cluttered place into a really comfy, perfect to chit chat space that is both functional and very me-like!

 

Today I am (wearing) Lana Del Rey

Tweed dress from H&M.

I fell in love with this dress as soon as I saw it in the H&M booklet (yes it's sad). Lovely tweed teamed with a simple line detail and a flattering shape. And so I went and bought the dress, which magically fitted me like a glove. And when I say that, I really do mean tight like a glove.

A lot of people might judge, look at me weirdly saying that a person of my size (cringe!) could not possibly wear something like this. I just find it ever so flattering and very Mad Men-like. and in my book, anything Mad Men is pure class. Especially Joan.

I am a woman of curves that's for sure and I might as well make them my friends rather than my foes.

Now what I find most weird about the dress is it is one of the dress Lana Del Rey wears in the adverts. As the H&M adverts are everywhere at the moment, one can not really escape the fact that I am in fact wearing the advert and that I am in fact Lana Del Rey. Not literally of course.

It is not so much (or at all) whether she looks better in it than me, but when I look at the advert and I look at me (on the days I wear the dress obviously), I find myself surprisingly confused: am I the girl in the advert or am I the girl which so happens to be me?

You might have guessed that I do not 'usually' buy things that are advertised; they are usually way too fashionable, but on this occasion, I did and as a result, I am faced with a  dual personality syndrome, which let's face it is rather fun and is certainly giving me food for thought.

Philosophy aside; here is me with my gorgeous dress and my orange pee-toe shoes!