Indoors or outdoors, summertime or the holidays, electric, battery or solar powered, strings of fairy lights create the most wonderful atmosphere. An ambient glow coming through vines on a pergola just thrills me. The warm feeling of summer evening festivities are enhanced by their subtle, tiny sparks of light. Imagine an outdoor dinner party with family and friends on a rustic patio surrounded by an olive grove and the setting sun, candles on the table, and sparkling pinpoints of light above (yet below the stars!). It’s a new week to fill with wonderful thoughts of the atmosphere you want to create in your home! Happy Monday!
P.S. Exciting changes are coming to designflutter and belle patine! Stay tuned and watch for updates. Here is the first peek: MIX Vintage is my new name, and instead of 2 sites to find me, all will be here … more to come!
Images via Bright.Bazaar, wit + delight, La Buena Vida, Pia Ulin Photographer.









































