It was with bated breath that I awaited the release of Selina Lake's newest book, Pretty Pastel Style. Given the title, I doubt this will come as much of a surprise to you. My love of Selina's work dates back many years, as I share her love of pretty colors, floral patterns and vintage china. Selina is a well-known, UK-based stylist who has an incredible eye for color and pattern. While I have adored all three of Selina's previous books, I must say that Pretty Pastel Style is my new favorite. What a stunning, stunning book! The gorgeous, candy-colored photographs (by the very talented Catherine Gratwicke) are completely drool-worthy!
The book features many beautiful homes from all over the world - and clearly demonstrates how anyone can incorporate pretty pastels into their home decor, regardless of their personal style (whether it be modern and sophisticated or romantic and vintage).
Pretty Pastel Style covers many facets of home decor - living spaces, color palettes, furniture, etc...
Selina also includes sections on adorable children's rooms, pretty outdoor spaces, and wonderful craft and work spaces.
Congratulations, Selina! You have done it again - what a truly fabulous book!
Now for the really great news...you can have a chance to win your very own copy of Pretty Pastel Style right here! Ryland, Peters & Small, the publisher of Pretty Pastel Style, has generously given me a copy to give away to one of my lucky readers! And since I am so excited about this book, I am also going to include some of my own pretty pastel trinkets - think vintage millinery flowers and velvet ribbons! To enter to win, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post by Midnight (EST) on Friday, April 26, 2013. A winner will be chosen at random.
Good luck, everyone!!!
XOXO
Jessica
***Pretty Pastel Style can also be ordered on Amazon and on the Ryland, Peters, & Small/CICO Books website.
ow ow ow! i'm the first to comment, which reflects just how much i want to win this pretty book. xxo
Posted by: Lara | April 19, 2013 at 10:39 AM
I love pastels. Especially pink. The book looks amazing!
Posted by: Sherry Lee | April 19, 2013 at 10:47 AM
I just discovered your website through my sister... I would love to win this book to add to my collection!
Posted by: Laura McDonald | April 19, 2013 at 10:48 AM
This book would be so inspiring as I put together my little girls bedroom!
Posted by: renee | April 19, 2013 at 10:58 AM
This would be the perfect book for me. I love pastels. It would be great to see how others incorporate pastels into their homes.
Posted by: Marian | April 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM
What a neat giveaway! I am redoing my guestroom and would love to use her book (and your blog, obviously) for inspiration. Thanks for the fun contest!
Posted by: Samantha Sadler | April 19, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Such a pretty book. :)
Posted by: Fleur Anastasia | April 19, 2013 at 11:20 AM
I'm still playing catch-up on here. I thought I'd take a break from watching all the craziness of the world on t.v. It's nice to come on here & look at nice pretty things while all the chaos goes on including all the flooding issues we have here in the Chicago area. I've never seen any of Selina's books. Now I'll have to go look them up.
Thanks for helping to add some light into the world. I've already shared your blog with some girls that I think would enjoy it. Especially the cake decorating, parties, & candy! Back to the archive posts I go!
Posted by: Laura Tieri | April 19, 2013 at 11:23 AM
My house is full of pastels, but I know I can arrange things better. I'd love to win this book to give me some ideas!
Posted by: Lindsay | April 19, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Your blog is gorgeous.
I just love your color choices. I have a slight obsession with shopping and pastels. Loved the juicy couture party the best
Posted by: Lydia | April 19, 2013 at 11:43 AM
I love your blog and check it almost daily. I would love to win a copy of this lovely book and some of your treasures! ^_^
Posted by: Lisa Marie Klinowski | April 19, 2013 at 12:30 PM
What a beautiful book. Love the soft colors. Thanks for sharing a copy.
Posted by: Jocelyn | April 19, 2013 at 01:13 PM
I would love to win this book! I am a big fan of your blog and if you recommend it I know I will love it ;)
Posted by: Bronwynblake | April 19, 2013 at 01:24 PM
I just love pretty books and this one is beautiful. Please enter my name in your give-away. Thanks.
Posted by: Gwen | April 19, 2013 at 01:29 PM
We're moving into a new(to us) home with some questionable color choices by the previous owners - this book looks like it could provide a lot of lovely inspiration!
Posted by: Kate | April 19, 2013 at 01:38 PM
I was bought a copy of Selina`s book homespun style for my birthday which is gorgeous.I would love this book as it looks so beautiful.
Posted by: Lisa Humphrey | April 19, 2013 at 01:45 PM
I would love to have that book! Thank you so much for offering the giveaway! Please pick me?! :)
aandj8804[at]gmail.com
Posted by: Mandy | April 19, 2013 at 01:55 PM
I love everything about the book~ Please enter me in!
~jane
Posted by: Jane Parker | April 19, 2013 at 01:59 PM
Lovely pictures, I would love the book!!
Alice
Posted by: Alice | April 19, 2013 at 02:27 PM
This book looks fabulous. I love Homespun Style, especially the section on children's rooms.
Posted by: Jodi | April 19, 2013 at 02:39 PM
I love your blog and follow along inspired by your photographs. I absolutely love this book and would decorate my house in pastels in a heartbeat...but I have a husband and he would never go for it! I don't know how these women do it!! Convince their husbands the entire house should be decorate in pinks and lavenders! I hope to win the book so I can live vicariously through the pages!! hahha Or maybe just decorate my office this way! Thanks again for all the beautiful pics and inspiration!
Posted by: Katie | April 19, 2013 at 03:11 PM
This book looks amazing. I love m pastels and I'm sure I would love this book.
Posted by: LindaSonia | April 19, 2013 at 03:13 PM
Your blog is a daily dose of all things pretty for me. Please enter my name in the drawing. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Posted by: Madeline S. | April 19, 2013 at 03:14 PM
I love your photos. I would like to be entered in the drawing. Thank you.
Posted by: Cheree | April 19, 2013 at 03:33 PM
Thank you so much for a chance to win this wonderful book, Jessica! I LOVE your blog.
Posted by: Laurie Q | April 19, 2013 at 03:55 PM
I love your website and would love to send this book to my friend in Boston who did not cross the finish line. She just loves pastels and all things pink. Your website is a light during this time in America. Thank you so much!!!
Posted by: Maria e Dagostino | April 19, 2013 at 04:15 PM
What a beautiful, happy site! Thank you for the eye candy!
Posted by: Denise Wysong | April 19, 2013 at 04:56 PM
Oooo this looks amazing! Right up my alley. Thanks for the review and the fun give away!
Posted by: Rebecca | April 19, 2013 at 04:58 PM
My heart actually skipped a beat after seeing this post. What a beautiful book!!!! Would love to win a copy but you can bet if I don't I will be ordering this beauty right away! calltl@ca.rr.com. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
Posted by: Laura | April 19, 2013 at 05:11 PM
Very lovely book and what a great giveaway!
Posted by: Karen | April 19, 2013 at 06:35 PM
I love pastels and am always saying my house is decorated in easter egg colors. Crossing my fingers.
Posted by: laurie magpie ethel | April 19, 2013 at 06:40 PM
Looks like an adorable book!!!
Posted by: Melissa | April 19, 2013 at 07:22 PM
Awesome book and I love your great ideas..
Posted by: paula lynn | April 19, 2013 at 07:34 PM
what a lovely book ..thanks for a chance to win a copy
Posted by: tabitha | April 19, 2013 at 07:47 PM
What a wonderful giveaway! Thank you! The book is gorgeous!
Posted by: Laura H | April 19, 2013 at 09:58 PM
The book looks absolutely lovely! Your photos and goodies are equally lovely! What a truly exciting opportunity to have a chance to win the book and some of your goodies! Thank you! Love your blog and your pastel color choices! :)
Posted by: Sherrill | April 20, 2013 at 12:18 AM
Oh, those pictures are so beautiful! I love the pink and white wallpaper with the light blue furniture accents. So pretty!
Posted by: Haley J. | April 20, 2013 at 12:58 AM
I'm having trouble posting this ~ hope you're not getting a bunch of duplicates, but looks like they're not going through. I'm trying using Internet Explorer now because the book looks so gorgeous, I'm being persistent. Love reading your blog.
Posted by: Ann D. | April 20, 2013 at 02:24 AM
Oh thanks so much for the chance! I'd adore this book and your beautiful goodies......!
Posted by: gail | April 20, 2013 at 02:33 AM
I would love to win this book !!! so pretty !!! big kisses from France !!!
Posted by: sophie | April 20, 2013 at 03:41 AM
I have loved your blog for a long while! As a newly divorced woman decorating my first apartment I have finally gotten the chance to use the colors we both love. This book looks fabulous.
Posted by: Elizabeth Bond | April 20, 2013 at 04:01 AM
the book looks gorgeous:) I love following your blog!
Posted by: cher | April 20, 2013 at 07:43 AM
Would love this book - looks like eye candy!
Posted by: Kate S. | April 20, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Beautiful! I just love Selina and pastels...can't wait to see her new book!
Posted by: Debbie Juillerat | April 20, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Scrumptious mouthwatering diplays! Yes, please!
Posted by: dana | April 20, 2013 at 01:10 PM
What a fabulous giveaway! I love her books and this one looks just as lovely as the others.
Posted by: Wendy | April 20, 2013 at 02:21 PM
I would Love to win this! It just looks 100% perfect.
Posted by: Tyler | April 20, 2013 at 03:11 PM
Thankyou for the chance to own this bit of lovliness! So pretty and soothing.
Posted by: sharon | April 20, 2013 at 05:08 PM
Please enter me in the giveaway. Thanks, Darlene
Posted by: Darlene | April 20, 2013 at 05:40 PM
I am in love with all things pastel, and free things are just as good!
Posted by: Cindy Kovach | April 20, 2013 at 09:57 PM
How I would love to own a copy of this lovely book. Please enter me in your giveaway.
Posted by: Danielle @ Blessed Serendipity | April 21, 2013 at 12:12 AM
Your blog was the very first that I read several years ago, and opened up the wonderful land of blog to me! Inspired I have slowly put pastels and prettyness into my home..and still not completed yet! I would love this book to help me further!! And British too like me!! Thanks for this fab opportunity! Xxx
Posted by: Debs Adams | April 21, 2013 at 05:23 PM
I love your blog! This book would be fabulous inspiration for my new apartment :)
Posted by: Emily H. | April 21, 2013 at 07:19 PM
Hi, I too love decorating with pastels! I love visiting your site and always find such splendid ideas. I would love to win this book. Thank you so much.
Posted by: Debbie Straight | April 22, 2013 at 02:27 AM
I am a big lover of pastels! I would love to have a house and then decorate it the colors I adore :)
Posted by: Sandryte | April 22, 2013 at 08:20 AM
Such pretty inspiration for my crafting room! Such a generous give away! Thank you for the chance! Cheryl in ND
Posted by: Cheryl | April 22, 2013 at 11:29 AM
I'd love this book!
Posted by: Cimmy | April 22, 2013 at 01:40 PM
I love pastels and need help in incorporating them into my decor. This book sounds great.
Donna
Posted by: Donna Kurtz | April 22, 2013 at 04:28 PM
I am pretty sure this giveaway is not open to international readers so I shall just say hi from chilly England! Looks like a wonderful book x
Posted by: Shelley Marsh | April 22, 2013 at 04:54 PM
I have this book on my library request list but would love to own it! As a regular library user, I appreciate having access to so many wonderful books - but having some as reference at home, can't be beat!!
Posted by: Chris Quinn | April 22, 2013 at 07:55 PM
I would love love LOVE that book!!
Fingers crossed!
~Melissa <3
Posted by: Melissa Buchanan | April 22, 2013 at 09:39 PM
That book looks beautiful!
We all need a little more pastel in our lives!
Mercedes
Posted by: Mercedes | April 22, 2013 at 10:52 PM
What a beautiful book! Love your blog!
Posted by: Anne Hedges-Moss | April 23, 2013 at 05:36 AM
gorgeous book! thanks to you & the publisher for this opportunity! you are so sweet to share.
Posted by: cheryl porter chumbley | April 23, 2013 at 09:34 AM
would love a chance to read the book, it looks darling.
xo
molly
Posted by: birdie blue | April 23, 2013 at 07:08 PM
I just love you blog. The pastels are fabulous. Thank you for shar
ing. Mary
Posted by: Mary | April 23, 2013 at 11:04 PM
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Posted by: Mary | April 23, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Pick me, Pick me!...Oh Pretty, Pretty Please! I hope I win this gorgeous book.
Thanks, Jessica, for having this fun drawing. I can tell by all the comments posted that we ALL want to win....Good Luck everyone!
Posted by: Judy M | April 23, 2013 at 11:17 PM
I am so itching to get my hands on a copy of this book! I'm thinking it will make the perfect gift to myself for Mother's Day!
Posted by: Jen@thecottagenest | April 24, 2013 at 10:52 AM
What a gorgeously pretty blog! Only just found you, whilst searching for anything 'Selina'. Loving everything I'm reading and your piccies are stunning! Please can I enter your competition to win Selina's book, thank you. Good luck to everyone! Dawn. x
Posted by: Dawn Holmes | April 24, 2013 at 01:31 PM
I would love this book! It looks like it has lots of great ideas!
Posted by: Beth Stone | April 24, 2013 at 04:51 PM
So lovely - I have been waiting on this book too! Thanks for the chance at the giveaway!!
Posted by: Nancy | April 24, 2013 at 06:38 PM
I was never a fan of pastel colors until I found your blog! This book looks beautiful and neat.
Posted by: Samantha | April 24, 2013 at 09:03 PM
i always want to have a Selina Lake book, but never have one yet. i hope i win this giveaway book. and i must admit that i love your site too :) God bless!
Posted by: Ellen Joy Cheverie | April 25, 2013 at 03:57 PM
What a gorgeous book. I will be on the lookout for it. Can't seem to get enough gorgeous pastels!
Posted by: Kate | April 25, 2013 at 06:18 PM
Spending time within the beautiful muted tones that you share with us is as relaxing as a warm summer afternoon swaying with the wind in my hammock~ Thank You for sharing, and It would be a thrill to win the lovely book, The best of luck to all !
Posted by: Sharon Adams | April 26, 2013 at 02:38 AM
A lovely book for a lovely blog. Thanks for sharing with us!
Posted by: Tina-Marie Hamilton | April 26, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Sounds like a lovely book. I would love a chance to win. Thank you.
Posted by: Ann | April 26, 2013 at 02:56 PM