LIV by Au Lit - blog { Fashion, Home, Life etc. http://livbyaulit.com/blog Who We Are. What We Love. How We Live. Mon, 09 May 2011 15:54:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Introducing the Au Lit blog…Between the Sheets! http://livbyaulit.com/blog/2011/05/introducing-the-au-lit-blog-between-the-sheets/ http://livbyaulit.com/blog/2011/05/introducing-the-au-lit-blog-between-the-sheets/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 15:54:59 +0000 Julie http://livbyaulit.com/blog/?p=4291

We are SO excited to announce the upcoming launch of “Between the Sheets”, our brand new Au Lit Fine Linens blog. We’ll be combining our efforts to bring you the best information, inspiration and tips all in one place.

We appreciate all of the support you’ve giving us on the LIV blog over the past couple of years, and we hope that you will continue to follow us on “Between the Sheets”. Stay tuned for the official launch date!

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Thanks to Emily of Cupcakesandcashmere.com for featuring us on her blog today! She mentioned her new beautiful scalloped & monogrammed Au Lit sheets in her Five Things post…

We can monogram anything – your initials, your full name or even a cute slogan (I LOVE MOM!) We offer a HUGE range of colours. Monogramming starts at $25.00 for the first 3 letters and $6 for every additional letter. (Custom designs are priced on an individual basis.)

As for the sheets, (the most important part) all of our linens are woven in Italy and sewn in Canada. We have lots of different thread-counts to choose from. (If you’ve never slept in Egyptian cotton/Italian-woven sheets, you will experience an incredible difference. It’s worth the investment, trust me!)

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Join us this Saturday & Sunday, May 7th & 8th for our Spring Event! Draw a surprise discount at the door ranging from 20 – 40% OFF ALL REGULAR PRICED CLOTHING. Plus, we’re giving 20% OFF all Furniture and Linens for those 2 days only. Hope to see you there!

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image from www.newhouseofart.com


image from www.marthastewart.com


image from www.literaturesoft.com

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And of course floral accessories. Ther perfect way to match your bag to your shoes!

And of course LIV is getting into the spirit of spring with some flower power of our own!

skirt by MINK PINK

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Thank you Jill for letting us into your lovely home :)

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MINKPINK SUMMER 2011 from rebecca on Vimeo.

]]> http://livbyaulit.com/blog/2011/04/mink-pink-summer-2011-video/feed/ 0 Introducing our new Au Lit pillow! http://livbyaulit.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-our-new-au-lit-pillow/ http://livbyaulit.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-our-new-au-lit-pillow/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:17:29 +0000 Julie http://livbyaulit.com/blog/?p=4001 We take customer feedback very seriously and are constantly striving to improve our products and services.

Recently we noticed that our Au Lit pillow wasn’t getting the positive reaction we’ve come to expect, so we decided to try it out for ourselves.  Our customers were right: we found it to be slightly too firm. Although everyone liked the price of the Au Lit pillow ($120 Standard), they were willing to pay more for that perfect fit. As you know, good value is really important to us, so we wanted to continue to offer a reasonably priced, 100% goose down pillow that our customers would adore.

Over the past few months, we’ve been working with our down manufacturer to find a solution. We started experimenting by adjusting the amounts of down in each pillow and trying different shells with different thread-counts. After multiple samples and several restless nights of testing, we finally achieved success! Decreasing the amount of down by a couple of ounces for a softer loft and upgrading the thread-count on the shell has completely transformed this pillow. The Au Lit pillow is now new and improved,  providing a perfect mix of soft to medium support and best of all, at exactly the same price!

The feedback has been fantastic so far and it’s become my new favourite pillow to recommend to all my friends and family. It’s perfectly squishy, but still supportive.

Considering the quality of this pillow, you will have a hard time finding better value elsewhere. If you see down pillows at a box store or discount store at a so called “bargain prices” you can bet it’s not the real thing. With down products, as with anything that is an investment, you get what you pay for.

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Natalia Vodianova has a pillow fight with teen stars Chloë Moretz, Elle Fanning, and Hailee Steinfeld in a new Bruce Weber editorial for Vogue.
Images via the Cut.

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“You can tell there’s something different about Italian-made fabric as soon as you touch it. It’s like you can actually feel the GENERATIONS OF CRAFTMANSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE that go into making it.”

-Frank Muytjens

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