Showing posts with label Moulin Rouge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moulin Rouge. Show all posts

Monday, February 6, 2012

Nature Boy*

Day 30
Nature


I like both of these, I could not pick one!
Hiking at the Rose Bowl and at the top of Mt. Wilson. 
There were many surprises in moving to the Los Angeles area, but one of the biggest had to be the proximity to nature!  We have a reserve nearby in Pasadena and we've spent the day in Griffith Park. The Rose Bowl is about 3 minutes from our house and is full of gorgeous spaces to walk, run, bike-ride, etc. The drive up to Mt. Wilson is stunning (God's earth is healing after a huge fire two and a half years ago). 

Monday, May 23, 2011

Inspiration: Moulin Rouge Part 1

Inspired by one of my favorite websites: Design Sponge Online, I thought it would be fun to make my own "Living in..." . This is a feature on their website where they take a movie & find furniture, clothing & accessories that fit in the theme or feel of the movie. If I had it my way they would do a Moulin Rouge! Living In. I'm sure their version would be 900x's better. However, I was feeling slightly creative today and took to Polyvore and create my own over the top looks.



Moulin Rouge! came out 10 years ago (!) & I saw it for a very simple reason. I'll give you two words: Ewan McGregor. I actually choked on my ice as he began to sing for the first time. After that I was totally smitten. This movie is polarizing. Either someone loves it or hates it. I fall firmly into the love category. It helped to define my Senior year of high school & parts of college. The music is beautiful, the scenery is, as they say, "a treat for the eye".



Being that it is such a lush, romantic and richly colored film, I had to go over the top with the outfits. I would never put all of these things together on my body. Unless I was going to a screening of Moulin Rouge! I also tried to stay within a budget of either a girl going to prom or someone like me picking out an outfit for a fancy date. All of the jewelry is under $20. The red dress is only $50.99 on Amazon and the lace number is $96.99 on Amazon.

I decided with the furniture to just have fun. If I were to do one room in my house Moulin Rouge! style, it would have to be our master bedroom. We have a pretty small space & I'd like to make it a little more romantic. Our En Gedi as Mark Driscoll says. Since Anthropologie appears to be doing an "India" theme at the moment, I went to their site first. If only I could really shop for my family on Anthro...







Here's a few from Modcloth which is a super swell little site:




I'll finish up tomorrow. I'm having such fun searching!