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Prolific Abstract Artist | Ellsworth Kelly | 1923-2015

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~Thank you Conde Nast!!~

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~Double Heart the Outdoor's Woods this Holiday Season!!~

11:50 AMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe

It's a few days before Christmas, I have tons of things I could be doing, however, I don't feel like doing them!

All I wanted to do this morning after walking my dog was frolic in the Atlanta chill {a mere 52 degrees} and get some fresh air before the rain comes this evening and for the rest of the week! Christmas will be wet!

What did I do? I foraged & pilfered my backyard! The challenge was to find stuff from nature I could use for home decor!

With my Tory tote in hand and my favorite vintage Smith & Hawken snippers, I headed for the outskirts of the back garden, clipping cypress branches along the way!

Cypress smells divine, and I wanted to bring the amazing and oh so familiar holiday fresh pine smell into my house! Perfect! It was time to trim back a few branches anyway!

Next, I headed to the herb garden, the only thing growing this time of year is rosemary, it's an evergreen too, so I snipped away! Oh that scent! Love it! Did you know rosemary increases alertness and clarity? Every reason to add a little green near your workstation!

The front, near the patio is loaded with heavenly bamboo, which has similiar pretty red berries like holly. So I snipped a few of those too! {Beware: heavenly bamboo is toxic, so keep away from pets & people who might eat it!} Pinecones are very easy to find in my yard, so I found a few recently fallen branches with lovely pinecones on them, and tucked into my bag!

I talk incessantly about my pink camellias! They seem like they're in a perpetual state of bloom! I love the blooms, but also the waxy, shiney green leaves! They preserve well, and stay green for about a week. With everything in tow in my tote, I made my way to back to the table on the patio, which is used during the warm months as an outside living space, however, when the weather is good in the winter, like today, I use as a craft table. {I just realized it's the first day of winter!}

The pics I have shared here are things I made without buying anything. The flat bowl, vase, bits of Chanel ribbon, twisty bread ties {used to secure} are all things I had on hand!

I would love to see what you can come up with! Shoot me a message or follow me on instagram @capitoldebeaute & tag me in your photo!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

xo, melanie

{all photos are property of Capitol de Beaute}

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~Holiday Joy!!~Gettin' Merry like Christmas!!

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~Gotta Get Up to Get Down!!~

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~Red Pouffed Chic!!~Love this Look.

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~Little Smiling Smelly Melly!!~Chanel, my Love of a Lifetime!

9:59 AMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe

The above photo is me at age 5 years.
A little on the leggy side then and now, I ended up growing to a tall 5'9"! I wore tights, in various colors, always matching my outfits all year 'round. I didn't care about the climate. I am still the same way today, if I want to wear something, I wear it. If I love something, I love it. I'm loyal.

In my teens, I modeled for print & runway, I worked in New York in both beauty & fashion and now, am a lifestyle writer, beauty & fashion being my favorite topics. I fell in love with beauty & fashion very early on in life, as you can see and love it with the same fervor to this day.

One Christmas, at the tender age of 5, I fell in love with Chanel.
Ask my Mother & she will tell you the story. My Father was in the AirForce and had just returned to the U.S. from a visit in Paris. He had purchased Chanel No. 5 for my Mother, her Birthday is the 18th of December & Christmas was just around the corner, it was probably expensive...but love has no price, right?

My Mother tells the story so much better than I, but I will give you a shorter version. It was on her dressing table, this beautiful amber-filled bottle with a glittering crystal stopper. I climbed up, pushing the chair sideways with my feet straddled & planted between the bed and the table.

At least, that is what I told her through the tears. She said she could smell Chanel No. 5 before I walked through the house, however, at the same time she smelled, was simultaneously, the same time I graced the door where she stood. We all know time changes thoughts & memories, but trust me, this woman remembers everything.

To this day, I swear I can remember her being slightly teary-eyed, yet she tells me each time that she wasn't upset or mad. I smiled at her as she bent down and merely asked me, in a quiet way. "Melly, what did you do?" And I said, "Mommy, I am wearing Channel 5."

She only lost a smidgen of the bottle that day and moved it out of my reach. I put on quite a bit for pure perfume & spilled a little on the lace on the dressing table, however, instead of washing my dress, she hung it in her closet as a sachet. And that, my friends, is where the life long love of Chanel Beaute began. Since that day, my Mother has called "Little Smiling Smelly Melly". She sings it. I love it.

Happy Holidays!
xo, melanie

Santa came early last night! I love Saks Atlanta! The Chanel Beaute Team is SO gorgeously sweet! All of the ribbon & wrapping paper is beautiful too! It's a Chanel Holiday!
Even though we are 12 days away, my sister Vanessa couldn't help but give my lovely Chanel gifts early! {with a little coercing.} Merry, Merry indeed! Yay!