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Beauty, Edibles, Fairyland, Fashion, Film, Inspiration, Literature, Nail Polish, Pinterest, Shoes, Wizard of Oz

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Navy blue dress by Oasis

Red heels with bow

Red glitter nail polish by OPI

Vintage picnic basket from Etsy

Vintage bicycle with basket

Lollipop centerpieces

Bouquet of poppies

Emerald ring

 This week’s pinteresting inspiration comes from my gorgeous nail polish color, Ruby pumps by China Glaze. I imagined an updated Dorothy and other inspirations from Oz.

*Please not that the shoes in this post come from the film version of the story and not the book version. In Baum’s novel, the shoes Dorothy acquires from the Wicked Witch of the East are silver not ruby. The change came during the making of the Judy Garland classic. Silver shoes simply didn’t show up in Technicolor. I typically take issue with major changes from book to film but in this case, the ruby red shoes are so iconic and simply wonderful that it makes one wonder why Baum didn’t think to make them red in the book. Besides, what woman doesn’t crave red heels? Red heels are my kryptonite (I believe I own at least 1o pair in various shades and styles – now there’s a blog post!).

Pop over to see what my lovely friend, JacMarie, finds inspiring thanks to her nail polish color (it’s a thing with us this week, respect the thing). And all our weekly pinteresting posts are linked here!

Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

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Film, Weather

“The wind began to switch – the house to pitch and suddenly the hinges started to unhitch.”

I feel as we might blow away today with the wind gusting over 40 mph! Thinking tonight might be a Wizard of Oz movie night!

Breaking Dawn…

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Breaking Dawn, Film, Literature, Twillight

I am far from being a “Twihard” but I have no problem admitting that I have read the series and seen all the movies to date. Like most wildly popular books, I tend not to read them until much of the hype has died down. The primary reason being I won’t have to offer them up during a Reader’s Advisory transaction with a patron. No one needs me to suggest James Patterson so I have never read any of his work (plus I’m a snob).

After much urging by colleagues, I finally read the series in its entirety. Twilight was by far the best in the series. Meyer captured the thrilling sense of teenage longing and sexual desire without making it feel tawdry or overdone. However, as the series continued all I wanted to do was smack the shit out of Bella. She was the least interesting character and her reliance on the men in her life infuriated me. Since they were quick reads, I plowed through them mostly out of curiosity.  Did she become a vampire or not?

Enter the film adaptations. They have been awful – from the acting to the effects. The most rewarding aspect…

I admit the gratuitous images of the New Moon wolf pack make me smile. I won’t lie! And the scene when Jacob transforms into a wolf to protect Bella was quite exciting. All in all, I haven’t been impressed. I’ve read the books and watched the movies more for relate-ability with my teen patrons than any real interest of my own.

Breaking Dawn, Part 1 lives up to the hype the series has enjoyed. Visually stunning, it was decently acted (all things relative) and Bella was finally less of a brainless twit who simply followed Edward around. There may be hope for Kristen Stewart yet. I was concerned with how part 1 would end but it was brilliant and startling and all the things you want from a trashy thriller.

Four books and four movies later… someone finally got it right.