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Hi lovelies!
Did you all have a great Valentine's Day?
I hope so!


Mine was full of fun surprises
that started with something I'll mention below,
and went on from there to include the delivery of the
pretty white tufted Chloe sofa that I purchased last week,
a bouquet of lavender roses
and a delicious Valentine's dinner out.

Those of you that follow me on
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
have probably seen a few of my mentions of the
Oscar de la Renta inspiration going on with me lately.
It all started when I was inspired to create an illustration
of a bottle of Oscar de la Renta's new perfume,
Something Blue, for the OscarPRGirl's
 "Something Blue" Pinterest board
that I posted about here
and placed a video of it's creation here.

The Oscar PR Girl
 is the lovely Erika Bearman,
SVP, Global Communications,
Oscar de la Renta, NY.
I was thrilled when contacted by
Erika's office a week ago
and told that they loved the illustration and
wanted to feature it on the Oscar de la Renta site.
As if that wasn't enough, they are sending me
a bottle of the fragrance, Something Blue!

So, my happy Valentine's Day started with the surprise
of another e-mail from Erika Bearman's office
notifying me that it was up on the site ...
what a fab Valentine's Day present!


The illustration was one of eighteen images
chosen as favorites in the "My Something Blue"
Pinterest campaign.
To see all eighteen favorites,
go to http://www.oscardelarenta.com/the-house/
and click on the My Something Blue Pinterest Gallery.

As all of this excitement was going on,
I, like many of you, were mesmerized by the
beautiful photograph which was posted on Instagram
by the Oscar PR Girl as a sneak peek into
her amazing new feature on The Coveteur.
That fabulous Oscar de la Renta skirt
she was wearing in the photo inspired this illustration:



I just love to add sparkles to everything ...


If you haven't seen the Erika Bearman feature
on The Coveteur, it takes us to the chic NYC loft of
the Oscar PR Girl herself ...
if you'd like to read it, you can find it here.





{the last three photos from The Coveteur feature}

So much inspiration everywhere you turn ...
what will it be tomorrow?

What have you been inspired by lately?
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
See you Monday!

OOH LA FROU FROU
is the blog of illustrator
SANDY M

For custom illustration

drop Sandy a note here.

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Something Blue

Happy Friday, lovelies!

One of my favorite colors is a very pretty shade

of blue green ... you know the one ...

not too blue, not too green ...

to me it feels like summer sunshine

and a breath of fresh air ...

so, of course, I find it very inspiring!

So, of course, I also loved this image from the ad campaign

for the new Oscar de la Renta perfume:

Something Blue

Then, recently ...

I saw a Pinterest mention by OscarPRGirl

that if someone instagrams a blue item

with the hashtag #MySomethingBlue,
she would pin it to her
"My Something Blue" Pinterest board:

So, I couldn't think of a better "something blue"
for me to instagram than the perfume itself,
so I set out to create a quick little "something blue"

to post to instagram with the all-important hashtag:
#MySomethingBlue ...

and a few steps and layers later ...

... it was ready ...
and "My Something Blue"

on its way to Oscar de la Renta Pinterest fame! ;)


Are you on The Vine?
I am, as ILLUSTRATOR SANDY M ...
and you can see a little video of the illustration creation
as it appears HERE on The Vine app.

What "something blue" would you pin?
A favorite blue dress, maybe?
A blue house?
Blue shoes or jewels?
The sea?

Hmmm ... food for thought!
If you missed them, here's what's been happening
this week on Ooh La Frou Frou:
The Beauty Collector
and another post in the
Commissioned series.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

OOH LA FROU FROU

is the blog of illustrator
SANDY M

For custom illustration,
contact SANDY here.

The first photos of blue items
in this post can be found on
my "Pale Blue Green" Pinterest board.

The Something Blue photo
of the girl in the fabulous blue tulle
is courtesy of Oscar de la Renta

Illustration of Something Blue perfume
by SANDY M