Cool Coloring Book Giveaway!

Darlings, CC is so excited to introduce you to contemporary artist Shantell Martin, whose beautiful book comes out today! Wave: A Journey Through the Sea of Imagination for the Adventurous Colorist is a beautifully illustrated continuous nine-foot panel featuring an ever-changing whimsical illustration inspired by Japanese horizontal narrative scrolls.

Available for purchase at a amazon.com.

Fabulous news, darlings:

CC has one of these amazingly illustrated Shantell Martin coloring books to give away to one lucky Couture Carrie reader!

See more at shantellmartin.com and follow the author on Twitter @shantell_martin.

Five Day Giveaway:

To enter, simply leave a relevant comment on this post!

Limit one entry per blogger. Open to U.S. Residents.

Good luck, darlings!

xoxox,

CC

Architectural Inspiration: Chic Kitchen

Architectural inspiration via nuevo-estilo.es.

Tibi draped silk dress; this and next at net-a-porter.com.

Pippa Small 18-karat labradorite earrings.

Giuseppe Zanotti T Strap platform sandals, at shopbop.com.

Peter Breese illustration. Visit peterbreese.com.

Darlings, what do you think of this kitchen and the look it inspired?

CC couldn't resist including a Peter Breese original. How do you like this illustration?

xoxox,

CC

Surreal Thing

Darlings: brace yourselves for the silly, the sublime, the surreal!
Photo credits: Left: Etro ad courtesy fanpop.com; Right: photo by Toledano Philip for Vanity Fair’s Green Issue, May 2007; runway pics via style.com except where noted.
A runway look by Japanese designers Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi; photo courtesy Fellow Fashionista Kira of Kirafashion.
Windowless wall courtesy Hunter’s Glory.
House in Suweon, Korea; this and next courtesy pointclickhome.com.
House in Symnark, Poland
Alexander McQueen and his coffee table in W
"Surreal Estate" designer Roy McMakin, via nytimes.com
Detail of above: the staircase blocks the window!
Dharma Mittra on Hudson Street in NYC, photo by Michael O’Neill for Vanity Fair.
Disaya pencil shaving cuff, at revolveclothing.com.
Stella McCartney wooden wedge pumps, at net-a-porter.com.
Ágatha Ruíz de la Prada, courtesy Spanish Vogue
Maison Martin Margiela
Oversize bobby pins at Basso & Brooke
Chanel
Thakoon lash print blouse
Hussein Chalayan car door maillot
Sonia Rykiel

“Blue Mask,” Paris 2007 by Paolo Roversi, via nytimes.com.
Spaghetti girl courtesy Fellow Fashionista Diario de Una Estilista de Moda
This photo courtesy Fellow Fashionista Fashionadaption.
Melvin Sokolsky photo courtesy Fellow Fashionista Style Bubble.
Laura Laine illustration; visit lauralaine.net.
V magazine beauty
Last look: Porcelain dress by Li Xiaofeng, via fashionweekdaily.com.