It's Christmas Time In The City

~ Hello Lovelies! ~

 is in the air ...
and a certain childlike wonder surrounds us all.
~ The sheer joyfulness of the season ~
 makes us feel so alive, don't you think?

Even though the city snowflakes aren't quite falling yet,
we know they're not very far away.

~ And since we're feeling rawwwwther childlike with wonder ~
we might as well revel in it
and put away our grown-up schedules for a moment
to scoop up some of the magic of childhood
and bring it into our adult world ...

C'mon, glamorous ones ...
let's enter another Ooh La Frou Frou fantasy
and find our childhood selves ...

~ Suddenly ~
we're in the city with the
Ooh La Frou Frou illustrated City Girls
and snowflakes are gently falling ...

To start, we could relax and laugh over
Serendipity
Frrrozen Hot Chocolate
while the city bustles by outside below us ...

We could take a walk through Central Park ...
but instead of just walking by with heads down
and our i-phones to our ears,
we could stop and
put our noses up to a pine,
close our eyes
and let the scent help us to ....
 remember.

We could walk along the city streets,
 taking in the dreamy lights ...

made all the more magical as the sun goes down ...
{are you feeling childhood magic returning?}

All of this childlike awe
certainly doesn't have to lessen
as we leave
 that "little girl" that we used to be
 behind ...
just remember this, darling ...
~ you never really left her ~
so carry that magic and fantasy
into your day everyday ...

We really are still the same, you know ...
our toys are just much much more fun ...
~ for instance ~
our snow forts are now castles ...

~ our skirts are now frothy as the snow and come with jewels ~

~ our crayons and paints have been replaced
with something much more glamorous ~

~ and each new day we wake and look into our mirrors
at a fresh new canvas to decorate ~

~ finally, when we're satisfied with our creation,
we can add the perfect finishing touch of sparkle ~

Since we've been taking you to some of the holiday windows
of one New York City store each week,
let's walk by a few of Bergdorf-Goodman's windows ...
chosen for this week because they're a mix of
childhood whimsy and grown-up glamour.
This year the Bergdorf-Goodman window theme is a
Carnival of Windows.

"Brass Menagerie"
 

"Teacher's Pet"

 

"Artists and Models"

I wanted to close
with a bit of fabulous!
Since we're taking the magic of childhood
and bringing it into our grown-up world,
this fabulous Dior film
is the perfect finish for this post!
Complete with
 pink clutches setting on chandeliers
and sparkling gold glitter for snow,
this Dior film is a whimsical and glamorous bit of joy ...
{for full impact, be sure to make the film full screen by clicking
on the lower right hand corner to enlarge and then
hitting "escape" after viewing to come back to the blog}.

As a sweet reminder of this week's
fantasy trip to Ooh La Frou Frou in the city ...
I have a holiday City Girl gift for you ...
another free downloadable
holiday gift tag especially for you!

Simply click HERE
to get to the download page of our website
where you can print your gift tags onto cardstock!
{When you get to the download page,
just scroll down to the bottom of the page
 and you will see five
Ooh La Frou Frou gift-tag designs
 listed as my gift to you}
including:
Shopping In The City (shopping girl)
Little Luxe the Pug (pug on chair with wrapping paper)
Sparkly Shoes (sparkly stilettos)
Blue Shoes (tiffany blue stilettos)
It's Christmas Time in the City (taxi)

In closing ...
Here are a few fun links for some of the
things we mentioned about above ...
to increase your holiday magic!
1. The yummy Serendipity Frrrozen Hot Chocolate
can be ordered direct from Serendipity OR made at home!
2. The beautiful Dior nail colors are from the
Dior Les Rouge Or 2011 Holiday Collection
3. Speaking of Dior, if you'd like to look at many of their
fabulous videos (they're all in one place like a library) click on one of
the photos here in the House of Dior.
4. The Givenchy bottle above spraying gold sparkle is
L'Or Celeste Starry Loose Powder ... pearlescent fine particles
of shimmering loose powder to give a beautiful sparkle to
face or decolletage.

Thanks for stopping by, everyone!



To order
Ooh La Frou Frou Collection cards
simply click here.

All Ooh La Frou Frou illustrations
on the blog and on the cards is by
the author and creator of
Ooh La Frou Frou:
(c) Sandra Shelton Markwalder.

Song:
Song: Winter Wonderland by the Eurythmics

Photo Sources (via)
1. Girl with lights
2. First night city photo
3. Second night city photo of bridge in Central Park
4. Third night city photo of Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
5. Serendipity Frrrozen Hot Chocolate
6. Serendipity Chandelier
7. Inside Serendipity
8. Pink Christmas Tree/Lights
9. Pine with Snow
10. Child in Snow
11. First golden sparkly lights
12. Second golden sparkly lights
13. Third golden sparkly lights
14. Fourth golden sparkly lights
15. Fifth golden sparkly lights
16. Sixth golden sparkly lights
16A. Radio City Music Hall Lights
17. NY townhouses
18. Ice castle
19. Tulle dress
20. Les Rouges Or Dior Nailcolors
21. Model for Chanel Holiday 2011 Make-Up
22. Givenchy bottle with gold spray
(L'Or Celeste Starry Loose Powder)
23. Bergdorf-Goodman Brass Menagerie Window
24. Bergdorf-Goodman Teacher's Pet Window
25. Bergdorf-Goodman Artists and Models Window
26. A Golden Christmas by Dior video on You-Tube