Dawn's small but well-loved collection

[tealocean]

One of my best friends was visiting me. She took this picture of her morning coffee in my kitchen yesterday. What a lovely sunny day

And a closer picture of this week’s bouquet from Mr Dawn. Mixing up the roses with tulips since we just got back from Amsterdam

You have a beautiful view, Miss Dawn! Those flowers are so pretty, and even your coffee glass is lovely! I think that is so sweet Mr. Dawn gives you flowers every week!

 

[musiclover]

This notebook is a gorgeous print. It looks like wall art. We have these beautiful textile exhibits at the V&A, and this looks like one of those. I love all kinds of stationery.

I’m also having a day off! I have a girlfriend visiting so we’re doing a girlie day out in London. We went to see the Mousetrap (Agatha Christie) and now we’re in Louis Vuitton while she tries bags. I’m obviously offering excellent advice

Your poor solitary crocus. I have one solitary daffodil in my garden. I can’t wait for my roses to come back. They are a joy.
My father’s dahlias are magnificent.

I think your idea of interspersing peonies and dahlias for continuous bloom is a great one. I don’t know if you can grow roses easily in your climate but if you can find repeat blooming floribundas they will keep you going through May to November. Mine do. My idea of heaven.

Hi Miss Dawn! I'm glad you enjoyed my pretty notebook. I always think it's easier to take notes when one is enjoying quality paper and a smooth writing pen! I look forward to a trip to the V&A one day! It's a museum I know I would enjoy so much.

Your day out in London with your girlfriend sounds wonderful and so much fun! I think I've heard Mousetrap is one of London's longest running plays? And by Agatha Christie as well! I just love her books.

How was your time in Louis Vuitton? I'm sure you offered lots of practical and sound advice! I've got a short-ish list of LV things I want to buy still. This is my year for LV SLGs. I've bought a Speedy each year the past two years so thought I'd take a break to get a couple of smaller things--the Clemence wallet and a cosmetic case are on my list. I bought the Toiletry pouch 26 late last year. I like your cosmetic case in the DE but I'm also partial to the monogram. Most of my SLGs are monogram but I thought I might break away. I'm not going to decide until I have my choices in front of me and then listen to which one calls my heart. It's so hard to decide! I want them in all canvases but don't need more than one of each.

My little crocus is currently covered with snow tonight. It's snowing again! Sigh...I know as gardeners we should appreciate each season but all my little green shoots were starting to peer out from the soil and now they are covered again. Poor things.

I'm glad you like the idea of mixing the peonies and dahlias. I'll have to be careful not to disturb the peonies. Our garden centre has summer bulbs available now, not that I could plant anything. I know there is a huge selection of dahlias available so it will be fun looking through the different possibilities. I'm going to look into the rose bushes. I love thinking about continual bloom through the summer and autumn. Yours are so gorgeous but I'm not sure if the afternoon sun will be too hot on roses in my back garden. Our front garden is more shady so that will probably not be enough sun. Oh, the intracacies of gardening!

 

[tealocean]

Miss Dawn, it’s me who’s filling up your alerts as I’m reading through your entire thread on my day off today. What a glorious story of your handbags, pens, candles, cosmetics and stationery. I’m halfway through right now.

I’m pausing to refill my coffee cup and to tell you this is my favourite post so far of your handbags with these beautiful flowers, my two absolutely favourite things, more so than shoes and that’s saying something! Your Dad’s white dahlia is my idea of perfection. I grow several peonies (my favourite flower) but was thinking this year about interspersing then with dahlias for continuous bloom through the late summer. Not sure if the peonies will like that but I’m going to the garden centre to find out. What are your thoughts?

I know we’ve spoken before on the gardening thread. I’m in love with your roses. It’s still winter here. Snow still on the ground and only one golden crocus trying to show its little face. Hopefully the thaw is coming. It’s late for us to be waiting on my favourite little bulbs.

Do I dare say I’m fond of all things paper and writing tools? Mine pens are not gorgeous like yours. My profession calls out for crayons, pastels, markers of all kinds (especially the scented markers for the Little Ones), but I do love a pink Sharpie or Muji pen for marking! I also like a paper company called Rifle for their beautiful paper products.
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This is one of a pair I recently purchased (DD took the other one to school).

ML I love your notebook! I would love to see your art supplies and stationery in with your posts. I'm thinking I need to start taking pictures with mine. I know @ Miss_Dawn will delight in seeing them too.

 

[musiclover]

Thank you



What kind of pink satchel do you have in mind? @tealocean has a gorgeous hot pink Coach (open) satchel. Do you have a wish list?

I'm not really sure what I want. I love the pink of your smaller Prada bag. That colour really appeals to me.

I have a beautiful rose leather Coach Dinky with gold hardware and a chainstrap I bought to go with it. And my other pink tone bag is a dark berry leather Coach Charlie.

I don't have a wish list but I know what I like. I like a satchel with double rolled handles, zipper on top or at least over one part of the purse. I like @tealocean 's bag. I think it's a Margot which is a really cute style. A handbag the size of a Speedy 30 is good for me for a work bag or a little smaller for an every day bag to go shopping. My preference is pebbled or smooth leather for this bag. I'm not in a rush and truly, have lots of bags to just enjoy right now. But I think the right pink satchel would complete my collection and bring me to some kind of "purse peace."

 

[musiclover]

One of my best friends was visiting me. She took this picture of her morning coffee in my kitchen yesterday. What a lovely sunny day

And a closer picture of this week’s bouquet from Mr Dawn. Mixing up the roses with tulips since we just got back from Amsterdam

I am loving all that wonderful sunshine! How glorious (and it certainly beats the snow piling up outside my door). Your flowers are lovely--there's something always so light hearted about tulips. I think it's because they are among the harbingers of Spring!

 

[Addicted to bags]

Such a beautiful bouquet—well done Mr Dawn (what a rockstar of a husband!!). Enjoy Miss Dawn.

Well said Minda! Miss Dawn has a rockstar husband!

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Such beautiful pictures...as always. I anyways enjoy drooling over your pictures! And the flowers are soooooooooooooooo pretty!

You take the nicest pictures Sunshine Mama. I try. Mr Dawn has a good eye for placement so he’s helped me learn how to think about angles but most of the time I’m pretty impatient. I just focus and photograph. And I always use my phone, without filters in 99% of my photos, so I know no fancy actual camera tricks.

Such a beautiful bouquet—well done Mr Dawn (what a rockstar of a husband!!). Enjoy Miss Dawn.

You’re very sweet dear Iamminda. I will tell Mr Dawn that you say he’s a rockstar. He will appreciate that.

I love flowers. And what happens is that most of the time, since I work insane hours, he goes grocery shopping without me on evenings or weekends. And he buys me flowers. It’s part of our routine for the house - try to have fresh flowers always, and scented candles burning during winter leisure time. So I don’t think he can be a rockstar for a household routine, but he’ll be happy to hear it

He’s just started a new job and he’s finding his feet. He likes the place I’m happy about that.

 

[Miss_Dawn]

You have a beautiful view, Miss Dawn! Those flowers are so pretty, and even your coffee glass is lovely! I think that is so sweet Mr. Dawn gives you flowers every week!

I really love our garden. I never tire of that view. And the gardener has just been around so it’s looking nice and neat at the moment too. The sunshine was wonderful. Today is cloudy with scattered showers

I had to stay home, sick today. Between 13-14 hour days last week, then travelling to Amsterdam for work, then being busy at work and with my friend, I’ve just been struggling with a cold, and I had a miserable day at work yesterday. It was a really challenging day anyways - all my meetings and efforts went wrong! But I can’t work through this cold, so I’ve cancelled all my meetings today and am tucked up in bed. I’m feeling sorry for myself but I shall find a book to read and try to cheer up.

Hi Miss Dawn! I'm glad you enjoyed my pretty notebook. I always think it's easier to take notes when one is enjoying quality paper and a smooth writing pen! I look forward to a trip to the V&A one day! It's a museum I know I would enjoy so much.

Your day out in London with your girlfriend sounds wonderful and so much fun! I think I've heard Mousetrap is one of London's longest running plays? And by Agatha Christie as well! I just love her books.

How was your time in Louis Vuitton? I'm sure you offered lots of practical and sound advice! I've got a short-ish list of LV things I want to buy still. This is my year for LV SLGs. I've bought a Speedy each year the past two years so thought I'd take a break to get a couple of smaller things--the Clemence wallet and a cosmetic case are on my list. I bought the Toiletry pouch 26 late last year. I like your cosmetic case in the DE but I'm also partial to the monogram. Most of my SLGs are monogram but I thought I might break away. I'm not going to decide until I have my choices in front of me and then listen to which one calls my heart. It's so hard to decide! I want them in all canvases but don't need more than one of each.

My little crocus is currently covered with snow tonight. It's snowing again! Sigh...I know as gardeners we should appreciate each season but all my little green shoots were starting to peer out from the soil and now they are covered again. Poor things.

I'm glad you like the idea of mixing the peonies and dahlias. I'll have to be careful not to disturb the peonies. Our garden centre has summer bulbs available now, not that I could plant anything. I know there is a huge selection of dahlias available so it will be fun looking through the different possibilities. I'm going to look into the rose bushes. I love thinking about continual bloom through the summer and autumn. Yours are so gorgeous but I'm not sure if the afternoon sun will be too hot on roses in my back garden. Our front garden is more shady so that will probably not be enough sun. Oh, the intracacies of gardening!

I think you would love the V&A. Let me know when you come to London. We’ll meet up and I’ll help plan your itinerary

The Mousetrap is actually the longest continuously running play in history (not just London, but anywhere!) It’s been running in the West End since the 1950s.

At LV I looked at the Surene BB, which I liked a lot but it didn’t make my heart sing. I looked again at the YSL envelope which I am thinking of getting now that the Pochette Metis is off my wish list.

Have fun selecting your SLGs! My favourites in my collection are -
- cles (daily use for my keys);
- Rosalie coin purse (small but perfectly formed wallet) and
- the Kirigami (perhaps because I’m still in my honeymoon phase with them, but I think they’re so beautiful in their envelope style and contrast lining!)

Your poor little plants. The snow is magical though. We’ve had hardly any this year.

You know, I think you’ll be surprised by the resilience of roses. We hardly ever water our roses or feed / spray them, and whether it’s sunny or rainy, they thrive. They just take what they need from the soil and make the best of it - my father says they’re ‘greedy’ and that other flowers can’t grow properly in a rose garden.

ML I love your notebook! I would love to see your art supplies and stationery in with your posts. I'm thinking I need to start taking pictures with mine. I know @ Miss_Dawn will delight in seeing them too.

Yes, I love all kinds of pretty stationery I’d love to see all your pictures!

 

[Miss_Dawn]

I'm not really sure what I want. I love the pink of your smaller Prada bag. That colour really appeals to me.

I have a beautiful rose leather Coach Dinky with gold hardware and a chainstrap I bought to go with it. And my other pink tone bag is a dark berry leather Coach Charlie.
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I don't have a wish list but I know what I like. I like a satchel with double rolled handles, zipper on top or at least over one part of the purse. I like @tealocean 's bag. I think it's a Margot which is a really cute style. A handbag the size of a Speedy 30 is good for me for a work bag or a little smaller for an every day bag to go shopping. My preference is pebbled or smooth leather for this bag. I'm not in a rush and truly, have lots of bags to just enjoy right now. But I think the right pink satchel would complete my collection and bring me to some kind of "purse peace."

Both of these are beautiful. They’re both lovely shades of pink, and classic silhouettes. And your description of your perfect satchel is very close to mine!

I think you may need a Laduree bag charm, like this one for them Possibly accompanied by actual Laduree macaroons

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Well said Minda! Miss Dawn has a rockstar husband!

You are very sweet ATB

Where is @GeorginaLavender ?

 

[Iamminda]

I'm not really sure what I want. I love the pink of your smaller Prada bag. That colour really appeals to me.

I have a beautiful rose leather Coach Dinky with gold hardware and a chainstrap I bought to go with it. And my other pink tone bag is a dark berry leather Coach Charlie.
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I don't have a wish list but I know what I like. I like a satchel with double rolled handles, zipper on top or at least over one part of the purse. I like @tealocean 's bag. I think it's a Margot which is a really cute style. A handbag the size of a Speedy 30 is good for me for a work bag or a little smaller for an every day bag to go shopping. My preference is pebbled or smooth leather for this bag. I'm not in a rush and truly, have lots of bags to just enjoy right now. But I think the right pink satchel would complete my collection and bring me to some kind of "purse peace."

Here is a suggestion for your pink satchel — a Givenchy Antigone in this pink. This pic is from Purseblog circa 2014 (https://www.purseblog.com/givenchy/new-givenchy-antigona/) so it is an old color (probably discontinued) color. I know Miss Dawn has one in a different color — perhaps she can let us know how she likes her.

 

[tealocean]

I really love our garden. I never tire of that view. And the gardener has just been around so it’s looking nice and neat at the moment too. The sunshine was wonderful. Today is cloudy with scattered showers

I had to stay home, sick today. Between 13-14 hour days last week, then travelling to Amsterdam for work, then being busy at work and with my friend, I’ve just been struggling with a cold, and I had a miserable day at work yesterday. It was a really challenging day anyways - all my meetings and efforts went wrong! But I can’t work through this cold, so I’ve cancelled all my meetings today and am tucked up in bed. I’m feeling sorry for myself but I shall find a book to read and try to cheer up.



I think you would love the V&A. Let me know when you come to London. We’ll meet up and I’ll help plan your itinerary

The Mousetrap is actually the longest continuously running play in history (not just London, but anywhere!) It’s been running in the West End since the 1950s.

At LV I looked at the Surene BB, which I liked a lot but it didn’t make my heart sing. I looked again at the YSL envelope which I am thinking of getting now that the Pochette Metis is off my wish list.

Have fun selecting your SLGs! My favourites in my collection are -
- cles (daily use for my keys);
- Rosalie coin purse (small but perfectly formed wallet) and
- the Kirigami (perhaps because I’m still in my honeymoon phase with them, but I think they’re so beautiful in their envelope style and contrast lining!)

Your poor little plants. The snow is magical though. We’ve had hardly any this year.

You know, I think you’ll be surprised by the resilience of roses. We hardly ever water our roses or feed / spray them, and whether it’s sunny or rainy, they thrive. They just take what they need from the soil and make the best of it - my father says they’re ‘greedy’ and that other flowers can’t grow properly in a rose garden.



Yes, I love all kinds of pretty stationery I’d love to see all your pictures!

Dear Miss Dawn I hope you feel better. I'm glad you took some time to rest. You will be much more effective at work when you are feeling well again. Please take good care of yourself. I'm sorry. Being sick is no fun. I hope you feel back to normal and heal from this quickly.

I seriously would never get tired of your view! I love how you can drink something warm and sit right there and feel like you're in your garden. I hope that beauty is cheering you up right now.

Yes! I want to see lots more pictures with stationery included. I am so slow to take pictures of my bags. I love the ones you do on your outings and travels as well. I think I should try to take more pictures with stationery in them and even while out & about!

Get well soon, and I hope you are reading a really great book to comfort you as you recover.

 

[tealocean]

I'm not really sure what I want. I love the pink of your smaller Prada bag. That colour really appeals to me.

I have a beautiful rose leather Coach Dinky with gold hardware and a chainstrap I bought to go with it. And my other pink tone bag is a dark berry leather Coach Charlie.
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I don't have a wish list but I know what I like. I like a satchel with double rolled handles, zipper on top or at least over one part of the purse. I like @tealocean 's bag. I think it's a Margot which is a really cute style. A handbag the size of a Speedy 30 is good for me for a work bag or a little smaller for an every day bag to go shopping. My preference is pebbled or smooth leather for this bag. I'm not in a rush and truly, have lots of bags to just enjoy right now. But I think the right pink satchel would complete my collection and bring me to some kind of "purse peace."

Yes, it's the Margot! I love that shape so much. Does LV make the Montaigne in pink? I believe you mentioned that and I can imagine you would really like it! I have only seen pictures, but thinking of the way the Margot works, it functions a lot like your beautiful Charlie. It has that center zip with the open sides. The only downside might be if it weights a lot. (Margot does compared to smaller bags.) But I think the little BB version would be way too cute and fun! (I don't know LV, but I have admired this one; so I know you will forgive any misspellings.) Oh how I love your pinks!

 

[musiclover]

I really love our garden. I never tire of that view. And the gardener has just been around so it’s looking nice and neat at the moment too. The sunshine was wonderful. Today is cloudy with scattered showers

I had to stay home, sick today. Between 13-14 hour days last week, then travelling to Amsterdam for work, then being busy at work and with my friend, I’ve just been struggling with a cold, and I had a miserable day at work yesterday. It was a really challenging day anyways - all my meetings and efforts went wrong! But I can’t work through this cold, so I’ve cancelled all my meetings today and am tucked up in bed. I’m feeling sorry for myself but I shall find a book to read and try to cheer up.



I think you would love the V&A. Let me know when you come to London. We’ll meet up and I’ll help plan your itinerary

The Mousetrap is actually the longest continuously running play in history (not just London, but anywhere!) It’s been running in the West End since the 1950s.

At LV I looked at the Surene BB, which I liked a lot but it didn’t make my heart sing. I looked again at the YSL envelope which I am thinking of getting now that the Pochette Metis is off my wish list.

Have fun selecting your SLGs! My favourites in my collection are -
- cles (daily use for my keys);
- Rosalie coin purse (small but perfectly formed wallet) and
- the Kirigami (perhaps because I’m still in my honeymoon phase with them, but I think they’re so beautiful in their envelope style and contrast lining!)

Your poor little plants. The snow is magical though. We’ve had hardly any this year.

You know, I think you’ll be surprised by the resilience of roses. We hardly ever water our roses or feed / spray them, and whether it’s sunny or rainy, they thrive. They just take what they need from the soil and make the best of it - my father says they’re ‘greedy’ and that other flowers can’t grow properly in a rose garden.



Yes, I love all kinds of pretty stationery I’d love to see all your pictures!

I’m looking forward to my next trip to London with your insider knowledge on the Best of London! Probably not this year but hopefully not too far off in the future! Our last trip (many years ago) took us from London, then Paris, Bruges, The Netherlands, back to the Cotswolds (Blenheim), Bath and then to Wales. Next time I hope to make it up to the Lake District and to see some of the National Trust homes and gardens.

I’m so sorry to hear you’re not feeling well, Miss Dawn. I think you’ve been overdoing it with everything you’ve had going on. You should really take the time to fully recover and get over your cold. I’ve been trying to get my work colleague to do the same. I was sick for 10 days with my last cold and slept one night for 12 hours. You’ll feel so much better if you’re totally healthy when you return to work and less susceptible to getting sick again!

You’re wise to listen to your heart when selecting a handbag. I’m trying to do more of the same while clearing out a few. My favourite LV SLGs are my cles for my important daily cards, my Rosalie (in fuchsia from DH when he was in Prague last year), mini pochette for my odds and ends and round coin purse. I know a cosmetic case and wallet will complete “my set”!

I’ve tried growing roses several times but never a complete success. You must have the “right plant, right location” for yours to thrive so. I may need to do a soil amendment before planting mine!

 

[musiclover]

Here is a suggestion for your pink satchel — a Givenchy Antigone in this pink. This pic is from Purseblog circa 2014 (https://www.purseblog.com/givenchy/new-givenchy-antigona/) so it is an old color (probably discontinued) color. I know Miss Dawn has one in a different color — perhaps she can let us know how she likes her.

Thank you, IM! Absolutely gorgeous!