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The beginning of a beautiful romance…

10 Tuesday Jan 2012

Posted by Satin & Sand in Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections

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Emil Ludwig, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Photography, Postaweek 2012, romance, Scott Marrs

© Scott Marrs Photography

Not jewels, nor pride, nor spirit, nor smile, not even what is commonly called beauty, had captivated him in the unknown woman. Only the temper of her soul … the sudden sense of a bond beyond space and time was so great, that his heart, now completely awakened, grew warm in the sight of her. – Emil Ludwig from Of Life And Love

It is fascinating to discover what first attracts one to another.

Model: Lauren DiMarco

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Femme Fatale…

08 Sunday Jan 2012

Posted by Satin & Sand in Art, Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections

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Art, beautiful, Corset, Femme fatale, Henry Miller, lingerie, Photography, Postaweek 2012, watercolor

© Joan Currie - Red Corset Watercolor

You suffer when you try to possess her, because you rob her of the mystery – the very thing that attracted you in the first place! by Henry Miller

She can be as elusive as a cloud…

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Enchanting Undergarment…

07 Saturday Jan 2012

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Art, Constance Woodrow, lingerie, Tulle & Satin Garments, Underskirt, watercolor

© Joan Currie - Watercolor of High Waist Underskirt

The dearest and tenderest girlhood dreams
I stitch into gossamer hems and seams.
from Song of a Sewing Machine by Constance Woodrow 

As a child I was ensorcelled by the beautiful tulle and satin garments in my mother’s trunk.

Individual Style…

07 Saturday Jan 2012

Posted by Satin & Sand in Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections, Writing

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beautiful, Fashion, Individuality, lingerie, Photography, Postaweek 2012, Rabindranath Tagore, Underskirt

© Joan Currie – Vintage Underskirt

If this individuality is wiped away, the creative joy that crystallized it disappears, even if no material was lost, even if no atom was destroyed. And if it is lost, it is also a loss for the entire world. It is particularly precious because it is not universal. – Rabindranath Tagore

Bask in your own bright light.

Onward, onward…

03 Tuesday Jan 2012

Posted by Satin & Sand in Design, Music, Photography, Reflections

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2012 Resolutions, Audioslave, Like a Stone, Music, Postaweek 2012

© Joan Currie

I’ll wait for you there
Like a stone
I’ll wait for you there
Alone
from Like a Stone by Audioslave 

Time is my most precious and diminishing asset. This year I wait for no one…

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Year in Review

Our best days in the year…

31 Saturday Dec 2011

Posted by Satin & Sand in Art, Crafts, Photography, Reflections, Writing

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Art, Design, Emerson, Happy New Year, Journal, Photography, postaweek 2011

© Joan Currie - My Copper & Stainless Steel Journal

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. – Emerson

My journal is filled with wonderful memories of this year.
Wishing you and your loved ones all the very best for 2012!

Loves Gone…

30 Friday Dec 2011

Posted by Satin & Sand in Art, Crafts, Design, Reflections, Writing

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Art, Butterfly, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poetry, postaweek 2011, watercolor

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I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.
from What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why by Edna St. Vincent Millay 

But what a song it was – it mattered not how short!

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Angels We Have Heard On High…

26 Monday Dec 2011

Posted by Satin & Sand in Music, Photography, Reflections

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Andrea Boc, Angels we have heard on high, Merry Christmas

© Joan Currie - My Christmas Tree

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Angels We Have Heard on High by Andrea Bocelli and David Foster

Merry Christmas one and all!

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Nutcracker…

20 Tuesday Dec 2011

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Art, Christmas, Design, Nutcracker, Nutcracker ballet, postaweek 2011, Tchaikovsky, watercolor

© Joan Currie - Watercolor

Music is indeed the most beautiful of all Heaven’s gifts to humanity wandering in the darkness. Alone it calms, enlightens, and stills our souls. – Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky’s score for the Nutcracker ballet is my favorite music of the holiday along with a dozen classic carols.

Gingerbread House…

18 Sunday Dec 2011

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A Holly Jolly Christmas, Art, Baking, beautiful, Christmas, Christmas baking, Crafts, Gingerbread House, Michael Bublé, Norman Vincent Peale, postaweek 2011

Have a holly, jolly Christmas,
It’s the best time of the year,
I don’t know if there’ll be snow,
But have a cup of cheer.
A Holly Jolly Christmas by Johnny Marks – sung by Michael Bublé

Voilà – this year’s gingerbread house thanks to very thick royal frosting!

Photo: James Currie

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