Vintage reflects quality and prestige and this is what many - usually close weddings - wants to showcase on their wedding day. The best of a kind ! Vintage is usually being used to define wine quality and what a better scenery for a wedding than a vineyard. The best definition described is vintage is "too old to be considered modern , but not old enough to be considered antique " :) The combinations of colours - in my opinion - used mostly in vintage weddings are pastels colours that gives a retro look in your wedding and makes it more youthful. A splash of pale colours that will keep a memorable atmosphere. Another must in a theme wed like this is an antique car like my old time favourite Nissan Figaro <3 Just look at it ! Its the perfect touch and you can use it during cold and warm seasons with the roof down.
Elements like plates and candlesticks - gold and silver has always been consider a great trend in weddings to show prestige and glamour, in this case you take something old but showcase it in modern way by the use of colour candles - as well as different shapes of glass. If you can pick some antiques pieces to put in your wedding such as tea pots or victorian chairs can lift the atmosphere way higher and produce a scenery that will stake in the memory of your quest and provide also a great pictures :) In addition a new trend that I have seen in different weddings especially vintage and retro are the use of signs. Either for photos, sticky notes in different elements of the wedding or as thank you notes. Beneath you will find an inspiration board with all the clues discussed.
Tattoos have become a fashion trend rather than a personality statement . As I already mentioned I believe is my decade trend; so when my children will ask me what was my trend when I was a teenager I will just show them mid aged people with drawings in their hand and feet and smile :P Sooooo if you want to become part of these trend and you are afraid of the permanent effects -because lets face it tattoos are the most permanent trend ever - do a white ink tattoo. Why should someone get a white ink tattoo - delicate and beautiful - bring depth and light to the tattoo design - looks cool on the right skin tones - makes great highlight shade with other colors - They look awesome under UV lights - if you want a tattoo but have second thought do a white one and a cover up or removal process will be easy-peasy! - but unfortunately is more painful than colours tattoos
I know I know it all started with Lindsay Lohan's popular court white ink tattoo but since "her" great tattoo pictures with white ink have been uploaded in the cyber space called more familiarly to everyone Google Pictures. To get you out of the surfing trouble I gathered 10 amazing delegated white ink tattoos . These are my Top 10 white tattoo masterpieces :
Since Movie Soundtrack Monday goes so well I decided to turn in into trilogy so enjoy - Movie Monday - Movies that I love , soundtracks that I adore Part III - cartoon soundtracks that really stack in you brain.
My Top Ten Cartoon Soundtracks are : 1) Pink Panther - Theme song - Henry Mancini
"The Pink Panther Theme" is an instrumental composition by
Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and
subsequently nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Score. The
eponymous cartoon character created for the film's opening credits by David
DePatie and Friz Freleng was animated in time to the tune. The tenor saxophone
solo was played by Plas Johnson. The tune was included on the film's soundtrack
album and issued as a single in 1964; it reached the Top 10 on the Billboard
adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards.
2) Anastasia - Once Upon A December - David Newman
The film contains songs from the film written
by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, selections of the original score composed
by David Newman, and performed by Liz Callaway. The songs "Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a
December" were given nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden
Globes. Newman also received his first Oscar nomination for the score. The
single "At the Beginning" managed to position #45 on the Billboard
Hot 100, and also to #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary.
3) The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack -This is Halloween - Danny Elfman
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is
the 1993 soundtrack to the film of the same name. Composed by Danny Elfman, the
soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The
album peaked at #98 on the Billboard 200. For the film's 2006 re-release in
Disney Digital 3-D, a special edition of the soundtrack was released, a bonus
disc which contained covers of five of the film's songs by Fall Out Boy, Panic!
at the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge. Four original
demo tracks (six on the Best Buy exclusive) by Elfman were also included.
4) Flintstones - Opening and Closing Credits The opening and closing credits theme during the first two seasons was
called "Rise and Shine", a lively instrumental underscore
accompanying Fred on his drive home from work. The tune resembled "The
Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It!)", the theme song of The Bugs Bunny Show,
also airing on ABC at the time, and may have been the reason the theme was changed
in the third season. Starting in Season 3, Episode 3 ("Barney the
Invisible"), the opening and closing credits theme was the familiar vocal,
"Meet the Flintstones". This version was recorded with a 22-piece
jazz band, and a five-voice singing group called the Skip Jacks. The melody is
derived from part of the 'B' section of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17
Movement 2, composed in 1801/02.
5) Hercules - The Gospel Truth -Daniel Troob "The Gospel Truth I" is the introductory song for Disney's Hercules. It starts in a museum where the narrator is interrupted by the Muses when he was "making the story sound like some Greek tragedy". The Muses, which consist of Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Terpsichore and Thalia, break into song to tell the story, instead of the boring old narration. This song acts as the prologue to the story and gives us the information about the time before Hercules before actually getting into the movie."Go the Distance" which is the theme song of the movie was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but ultimately lost both to Celine Dion's hit "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic.
6) Aladdin - A Whole New World - Alan Menken
"A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated
feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. The
song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the
new world they are going to discover together while riding on Aladdin's magic
carpet. The original version was sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga during the
film. They also performed the song in their characters at the 65th Academy
Awards, where it won Academy Award for Best Original Song as well as the Grammy
Award for Song of the Year at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards.
7) Corpse Bride - Remains of the day
Corpse Bride, often referred to as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, is a 2005
British-American stop-motion-animated fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and
Tim Burton. This is the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was
distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was dedicated to Joe Ranft who died
during production. The film was nominated for the 78th Academy Awards for Best
Animated Feature, but lost to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the
Were-Rabbit, which also starred Bonham Carter.
8) Little Mermaid - Part of Your World - Alan Menken
"Part of Your World" is a song written by composer Alan Menken
and lyricist Howard Ashman from the 1989 Disney animated feature film, The
Little Mermaid. Originally recorded by American actress and singer Jodi Benson
in her film role as Ariel, "Part of Your World" is a Broadway-style
ballad in which the film's heroine, a mermaid, expresses her desire to become
human.Despite being the film's theme song and critically lauded, "Part of
Your World" did not receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best
Original Song, while The Little Mermaid's "Under the Sea" and
"Kiss the Girl" did.
9) Despicable Me 2 - Banana
Despicable Me 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack
album for the film, released on June 18, 2013 through Back Lot Music. The
original music was composed by Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams. The album
was promoted by the highly successful single "Happy" performed by
Williams. Banana is a song sang by The Minions in the teaser trailer of
Despicable Me 2. It is a parody of the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann.
10) The Lion King - Hakuna Matata - Elton John
"Hakuna Matata" is a song from Disney's 32nd animated feature
The Lion King. The song is based on Timon and Pumbaa's catchphrase in the
movie, Hakuna matata, which is a Swahili phrase; it means 'no worries'. It is
characterized by its simple 4/4 time, upbeat message and catchy lyrics. The
musical score was written by Elton John and the lyrics by Tim Rice. It contains several breaks at which the music grinds to a
halt and then starts again. It makes use of a large proportion of the orchestra
as well as many other more unusual instruments including an elaborate drum kit.
Over the last year I have seen in different corners ( within the stratosphere and beyond) creative and innovative ideas with the use of wooden pallets .
I think we are all familiar with the term : A pallet sometimes
inaccurately called a skid (a skid has no bottom deck boards), is a flat
transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted
by a forklift, pallet jack, front loader, work saver or other jacking device. A
pallet is the structural foundation of a unit load which allows handling and storage
efficiencies. Goods or shipping containers are often placed on a pallet secured
with strapping, stretch wrap or shrink wrap and shipped.
Why wooden pallets are everywhere(?) they are damn cheap first of all (you can even buy from Amazon for less than 5 pounds) you can use them in any style, you can create any shape and the most importantly you can produce everything even if this is one of a kind or a production base series.
Beneath you will find my TOP 10 wooden pallets ideas!!!
1) Shelf Ideas - the most common use ! Always on trend
2) A perfect place to sit >_<
3) Up to children imagination and parents innovation
4) Children bed ideas - the perfect solution if you have twins :)
5) Baby bed <3
6) I can relax just by watching it ! Perfect idea for warm summer nights out in your veranda
7) Kitchen furniture bench ideas - wood always give a cozyness in your house :)
8) Bathroom Idea - If you don't have one create one !
9) Garden furniture or even for Small company furniture idea
On the 14th of November - last Friday - were the 18th Annual Hollywood film awards at The Palladium. Many celebs were there but let face it, the bi er buzz is on what they wore rather than what they won ! In the end was two choices either black or white :) I choose MY top 10 fav of the night! 1) Jennifer Lopez
An amazing Zuhair Murad spring 2015 flower illusion cut-out top, and crisp white pencil skirt. 2) Sandra Bullok
The perfect little black dress by Dsquared LBD
3) Angelina Jolie
Strapless Atelier Versace full-length black gown
4) Emily Ratajkowski
Black bandage style Diane von Furstenberg jumpsuit 5) Laura Dern
Blue black tulle covered high low, strapless gown from Alberta Ferretti pre-fall 2014 collection. 6) Julianne Moore
Whitesheer dress by Balenciaga Spring 2015
7)Amy Adams
chic in Christian Dior cocktail dress
8)Jenna Dewan
Reem Acra resort 2015 beaded gold keyhole gown
9) Gillian Flynn
10) Jared Leto
Double-breasted suit by Alexander McQueen’s Fall 2014 collection. Fashion touch :shoes by white Christian Louboutin New Platers Fiori shoes
Tattoos has become my decade fashion trend like the 60's were hippies and Saturday night fever trend of 70's.
My children will see middle aged people with black sketches on hands and legs that die to wrinkles will become unrecognised to see what was once a eccentric form of art.
And it is. Tattoo is an eccentric form of art that people that truly love tattoo appreciate and respect artist creation. To conclude my thoughts tattoo its a character statement so choose your tattoo carefully because others see what you want them to see - so be true to your self and body.
After sharing this monologue.... for this Tattooist Tuesday I will present a new form of trend that I loveeee. Geometry was one of the most ancient tattoo techniques that now has involves in a more artistic and photoshopic form.
Beneath you will find 10 geometric tattoos with a splash of colour :)
Last week my Movie Monday was based on movie soundtracks with lyrics such as I don't want to miss a thing of Aeromith from the well known movie Armageddon.
You can check it on this link : http://rilireallyknows.blogspot.com/2014/11/movie-monday-movies-that-i-lov.html
To make long story short, for this Movie Monday I prepared some wonderful heartbreaking music soundtracks likeeeeeee.....
1) Forrest Gump :I am Forrest…. Forrest Gump - Alan Silvestri
This is one of my favourite music that reminds me of a bed
time song. This song name is I am Forrest…. Forrest Gump and
I am sure that you all understood this magnificent movie. The
music was composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri. Silvestri's music was nominated
for Best Original Score in the 67th
Academy Awards.
2) Pirates of the Caribbean : He is a Pirate -Klaus Badelt & Hans Zimmer's
"He's a Pirate" is a musical theme credited to Klaus Badelt
(with Hans Zimmer's assistance) for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl.The track is best known as the main
theme for the Pirates of the Caribbean films. It is featured at the end of each
film, and is the first theme heard as the end credits roll.
3) Amélie : Comptine d'Un Autre Été - Yann Tiersen
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet chanced upon the accordion and piano driven
music of Yann Tiersen while driving with his production assistant who put on a
CD he hadn't heard before. Greatly impressed, he immediately bought Tiersen's
entire catalogue and eventually commissioned him to compose pieces for the
film.The soundtrack features both compositions from Tiersen's first three
albums, but also new items, variants of which can be found on his fourth album,
L'Absente, which he was writing at the same time. Beside the accordion and
piano the music features parts played with harpsichord, banjo, bass guitar,
vibraphone and even a bicycle wheel at the end of "La Dispute" (which
plays over the opening titles in the motion picture).
4) Anna Karenina : Dance with Me - Dario Marianelli
Marianelli is an Italian composer , Italy. He has composed the soundtracks for
The Brothers Grimm (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), and
Anna Karenina (2012), the last three for which he received Oscar nominations
for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score. In
2008, Marianelli won both an Oscar and Golden Globe for the score of Atonement.
5) Grand Budapest Hotel : Alexandre Desplat - Lute and Plucked Strings I Moderato
The soundtrack is composed by Alexandre Desplat, who worked with
Anderson previously on Fantastic Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom. It is
co-produced by Anderson with music supervisor, Randall Poster; they, too,
worked together on Moonrise Kingdom. The original music is by Desplat, along
with Russian folk songs and pieces composed by Öse Schuppel, Siegfried Behrend,
and Vitaly Gnutov, and performed by the Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra.
The 32 tracks, with orchestral elements, keyboard instruments and ambient
drones, feature eclectic variations and central melodic themes. Flamenco
guitars are used in "Overture: M. Gustave H" and church organs in
"Last Will and Testament". The opening song, the Appenzell yodel
"s'Rothe-Zäuerli" by Ruedi and Werner Roth, is from the Swiss folk
group's Öse Schuppel's album Appenzeller Zäuerli.
6) Chariots of Fire : Vangelis Papathanassiou
Chariots of Fire is a 1981 musical score by Greek electronic composer
Vangelis (credited as Vangelis Papathanassiou) for the British film Chariots of
Fire, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Original Music
Score. The album topped Billboard 200 for 4 weeks. The opening theme of the
film (called "Titles" on the album track listing but widely known as
"Chariots of Fire") was released as a single in 1981, and topped the
Billboard Hot 100 for one week after, climbing steadily for five months (it
made #1 in its 21st week on the chart). "Titles" also reached #12 in
the United Kingdom, where its parent album peaked at #5 and spent 107 weeks on
the album chart. The single also peaked at #21 in Australia on the Australian
Singles Chart.
7)X-Men First Class : Henry Jackman - Magneto
Henry Jackman, who had worked with Vaughn in Kick-Ass, composed the
score. Following the James Bond influences on First Class, Jackman drew
inspiration from John Barry's work in the said series, which he described as
"extremely posh pop music".[90] Jackman started his work with a
"Superman-style theme", which is only featured in the final parts of
the film as Vaughn thought it was too "successful and triumphant" for
a disjointed and up-and-coming team. Therefore, Vaughn reworked a 'stretched'
half time version of the theme into the remainder of the film. The themes for
Magneto and Shaw have similarities to reflect their "perverted
father-son" relationship, with even a seamless transition during the scene
where Shaw is killed to represent Lensherr's full transformation into Magneto.
8) John Williams together with Nino Rota are my favourite old time composer. Rumour has it that Steven Spielberg was after something
subtle for the shark in Jaws - perhaps a piano motif. He was persuaded to
change his mind and the famous 'chomping' of the low strings is one of the most
instantly recognisable themes of all. In contrast, the moment when the bicycles
soar though the air in E.T. would melt the coldest heart. The music in the film
up to that point is quite low-key but it finally takes flight with a
magnificent thrilling melody on the high strings.
Nor is his more recent work any less potent. A score like
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a masterpiece of colour. Unlike so
many contemporary scores, it explores the whole range of orchestral
possibilities.Further, he succeeds in capturing the flighty wit of Catch Me if
You Can with crisp, jazzy textures, while Minority Report conveys a disturbing
futuristic vision through dissonant strings. And, like all his scores, there
are moments of unexpected beauty.
Catch Me If You Can:John Williams - Catch me if you can
Catch Me If You Can: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of the 2002 film of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio,Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and Amy Adams. The original score was composed by John Williams. The film was the twentieth collaboration between Williams and director Steven Spielberg. The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. The first track of the soundtrack is featured in The Simpsons episode "Catch 'Em If You Can".
Star Wars : John Williams - Main theme song
Williams delivered a grand symphonic score in the fashion of Richard
Strauss and Golden Age Hollywood composers Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang
Korngold. Its main theme, "Luke's Theme" is among the most widely
recognized in film history, and the "Force Theme" and "Princess
Leia's Theme" are well-known examples of leitmotif. Both the film and its
soundtrack were immensely successful it remains the highest grossing
non-popular music recording of all-time and Williams won another Academy Award
for Best Original Score. In 1980, Williams returned to score The Empire Strikes
Back, where he introduced "The Imperial March" as the theme for Darth
Vader and the Galactic Empire. The original Star Wars trilogy concluded with
the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, for which Williams' score provided most
notably the "Emperor's Theme," "Parade of the Ewoks," and
"Luke and Leia." Both scores earned him Academy Award nominations.
9) Psycho : Bernard Herrmann – prelude/ the murder / finale
Bernard Herrmann was an American composer known for his work in motion
pictures. An Academy Award-winner (for The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941;
later renamed All That Money Can Buy), Herrmann is particularly known for his
collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by
Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also composed scores for
many other movies, including Citizen Kane, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Cape Fear, and Taxi Driver.
10) The last two soundtracks are written by one of the most well know Italian composer, pianist, contractor and academic Nino Rota. Just magnificent.... semplicemente magnifico !!!! Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) : Nino Rota - What is a Youth
The soundtrack for the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet was composed and
conducted by Nino Rota. It was originally released as a vinyl record,
containing nine entries, most notably the song "What Is a Youth",
composed by Nino Rota, written by Eugene Walter and performed by Glen Weston.
The music score won a Silver Ribbon award of the Italian National Syndicate of
Film Journalists in 1968 and was nominated for two other awards (BAFTA Award
for Best Film Music in 1968[ and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
in 1969).
Speak Softly Love : The godfather – Nino Rota
"Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)" is a song
written for The Godfather (1972), the first film in The Godfather trilogy. The
lyrics are by Larry Kusik but the music itself is by Nino Rota. The signature
musical theme that opens the piece closely models a theme that appears early in
"Preludio - Povero Ernesto!" in the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano
Donizetti (1797-1848). A similar melody also appears in the Overture to La
Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901).[citation needed] There are
also different sets of lyrics for the song in Italian ("Parla Più
Piano"), French ("Parle Plus Bas") and also in Sicilian
("Brucia La Terra"). The Sicilian version is sung by Anthony Corleone
(Franc D'Ambrosio) in The Godfather Part III. It had been nominated for Best
Original Score. However, Rota's score
for The Godfather Part II won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Score, despite
containing the same piece.
