From the category archives:
say hello to my little friend.
this brass doe. isnt she a beauty? a lucky thrift store find, she now lives on my living room mantle.
ps: another giveaway coming at you this week.
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ppps: i have a new office space at work. hurray for big sunny windows and larger desks. 
have a great week ahead. xo
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Hello friends. How was your weekend? Firstly, sorry for the lack of posts last few days. A last minute work-meeting took me and Paul to New York last thursday and we got back last night. Perfect weather + lovely friends + shopping = fantastic weekend! I know I have said this before {like, many times before} but I heart NY. DC has its charm, but not the energy that makes NYC one of my fav places in the world. I miss living there.
And now for the part you have been waiting for…the winner of $80 giftcard giveaway sponsored by csnstores is….debbie. Congrats, enjoy the Le Creuset casserole! Send me an email mochatiniblog {at} gmail {dot} com with your shipping address.
Have a great week ahead, and dont forget to come back later this week, when I have another giveaway for you.
images: birch $ lily + cassia
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and hellos to you. did you have a good weekend?
hope these pretties help your monday blues. they did mine.
did i mention i have a HUGE fallen branch in my yard? I’m amazed it didnt cause any damage. Its going to be a big pain to take care of it. in other news, we lost power for about ten seconds during the short storm that hit this area yesterday. Lots of homes and businesses lost power for hour and there were fallen branches, leaves, trees on streets. Did your area get any part of the storm?
Have a great week my friends.
images: manvi drona-hidalgo
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Breakfast in bed can be addictive. I can’t think of a better start to a new week. Especially, when you have a day off from work.
Did you have a fun 4th of July weekend? Did it involve grilling, beverages, friends, and fireworks? Ours certainly did. We watched a couple of movies too, remember me and alice in wonderland. And gave our bedroom a facelift. The wall paint had started to make the room look tired so we started by painting the room. The color pallete I have in mind is tiffany blue + salmon + chocolate and want to mostly use things we already own. I had been carrying an old tiffany jewelry pouch to stores, looking for the special aqua-mintish shade for our bedroom walls. I found a close match at home depot and went with cool jazz, behr premium. The results are fantastic, and very refreshing to wake up to.
image: manvi drona-hidalgo
ps: more images on my flickr
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Have a great weekend. Dont forget you have until the end of day today to enter last week’s giveaway, summer essential kit by dr. perricone.
Its a long weekend for me, and most of us here in the US. What are you planning to do?
Happy 4th of July lovies. xo
image: misswallflower
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refreshing afternoon. snorkeling trip to hawksnest bay, st johns, USVI. Sailing lady lynsey.
images: me and friends
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Well, here’s to a great week behind and a fabulous weekend awaiting…
I am going to try and finish a photo shoot for a client, find out if my bone has healed enough to allow horse riding, plan a romantic picnic, catch up with friends and hopefully visit a flower market. Et vous?
If you havent already entered this week’s giveaway, what are you waiting for?
Have a super weekend. xoxo
images: via thisisglamorous
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Yippee! Its the weekend. Happy friday and have a super sunny weekend. xo
image: henry clarke
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Last, and in no way least, this tabletop was my favorite from the washpo Express shoot. A practical, nature-inspired tabletop for dining al fresco.
Trays in place of placemats make it easy to carry plates, silver and glasses and will stay put when its windy outside. Since we switched to a smaller table for the shoot, I had to do away with the trays as well as a small stree stump that would serve as a stand for succulents.
Silver bowls from india, cheese board and burlap runner from pottery barn, lion head soup bowls from william sonoma, steak knives from fishes eddy, napkins are from targetm the plates are vintage from a thrift store, and butterfly print tablecloth is hand made by me.
images: first pic by lawrence luk and last two my manvi drona-hidalgo
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Lana over at Lanalou style is doing a series on blogger wishlists. I am pleased to be a part of this fun series.
Hop over to Lanaloustyle to see mine.
And now for the giveaway. A set of ten beautiful bird cards by bellacardco. Owner Alicia is a young and energetic card designer trying to revive the lost art of snail mail. Nice right? These bird cards are handmade. “A delicate, modern scene of sweet little birds nestled into tree branches, with a ribbon detail. ”
As usual, it is easy to enter. And this time I am opening the giveaway to international readers too. Simply leave a comment on this post expressing your interest. You can increase your chances by blogging about this giveaway on your blogs, following mochatini on twitter or facebook. Do mention this in your comment.
giveaway open until Thursday, May 20.
Visit bellacardco to check out all her designs.
xo
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Welcome to mochatini. I am manvi, a washington, dc based blog designer, photographer and interior stylist. I have always loved decorating and enjoy fixing up my first home, a charming 1940s fixer upper, with my husband.
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