#ts4 valerie

[pixelglam]

Housewarming Party in the Hamptons 🥂

Valerie and Robert hosted a delightful housewarming party to celebrate their new home in the Hamptons. The gathering was intimate, with close family and friends filling the backyard of their Long Island property.

Among the guests were Valerie's parents and sister, who made the trip all the way from Vermont to join in the festivities. The afternoon was filled with conversation, laughter, and quite a few glasses of champagne, marking a beautiful beginning of the couple's new chapter in the Hamptons.

[farfallasims]

And as the flowers bloomed, so did Valerie Brownstone 🌼

[niasimide]

V a l e r i e

hair ☆ bikini top cargos ☆ shoes arm warmers ☆ ripped gloves thank you sm to the cc creators ♡ mwah @sehablasimlish @atomiclight @caio-cc @nsves @317wounds

[stillgotme]

my attention's on you

[avornalino]

realized i haven't shown val and ada's dog yet, so meet tasha!!

[missatan]

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

[theroyalthornoliachronicles]

Prix de Thornolie: 25 May 1850, 13:40

Monseigneur Oliver: Eleanor! Eleanor, wait!

Mademoiselle Eleanor: ...

Monseigneur Oliver: Eleanor, s'il vous plaît!

Mademoiselle Eleanor: Why should I? I told you I would not join you today. I made it quite clear! And yet you refuse to disemble!

Monseigneur Oliver: And I know you well enough to know your rejection of my invitation was out of character. Something has clearly happened and you refuse to tell me what it is.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: [Scoffs] Honestly, you are so full of yourself.

Monseigneur Oliver: And you have never been a good liar.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: Why can't you just let it go and accept my rejection!

Monseigneur Oliver: Absolutely not.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: You are impossible! Why are you so unable to accept things as they are?

Monseigneur Oliver: You know why.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: Oliver, I-

Monseigneur Oliver: Je t'aime.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: ...

Monseigneur Oliver: Je t'aime, Eleanor. I've been in love with you for what feels like centuries. If one were to ask me of my favourite colour, I would spend each breath describing the facets of emerald that shimmer from your eyes. Ask me of my favourite sound and I would explain how the harmonies of your voice create the most angelic of melodies. Ask of what brings me joy and I would smile, thinking of nothing and no one but you. And if one were to ask me what love truly is...all I would do is whisper your name on my lips.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: ...

Monseigneur Oliver: Do you truly not see what I see in you? So blind to your strength of character, your keen mind, your gentle heart? I see all of it, even when you cannot see it yourself.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: I-

Monseigneur Oliver: I know you're scared, ma dulcinée...scared of this...of us...but I will never allow anyone to hurt you. I'd never be able to go on living if I were to lose you. You mean more to me than life itself. If you were to trust in anything, trust in that.

Mademoiselle Eleanor: Oliver-

[Oliver Kisses Eleanor]

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[elderberries-and-honey]

Despite having fallen on hard times, Winifred took it upon herself to host a party on Christmas Eve with all their loved ones. Back in the workhouse, they were lucky to afford anything better than porridge for dinner. But now that she had a family of her own she was determined to make it special.

Millie, Beth and Louise could not allow her to do all the cooking alone so they each put on their aprons and happily got to work beside her. They spent most of the afternoon in the kitchen preparing for the dinner, sounds of laughter heard above whisks mixing doughs and icing frantically inside porcelain bowls.

Valerie began helping herself to the wine intended for cooking early on in the day, already causing her to become a little tipsy before they'd even put the ham in the oven. Beth of course was the first one to scold her, but with Ozzy nearby, she wouldn't raise her voice. Instead, she put her hands on her hips with disproving eyes and a scowl of disappointment. It was moments like these where Winifred couldn't help thinking that Beth truly was meant to be someone's mother.

Ozzy remained close while the women worked. He wasn't a shy child by any means and soaked up all the attention he got from everyone telling him how adorable his Christmas outfit was.

At last, nearing the hour of 7 o'clock, with everyone gathered round the table wearing their finest silks, all of their hard work would be enjoyed by all.

They set up the dining table with everything they had prepared - cranberry sauce, a charcuterie board with aged cheese and sausage, potatoes grown right on the Baudelaire's farm, delicious cookies and pies for dessert, warm spiced rum and hot cocoa to drink, and best of all, a perfectly cooked ham that was from a frequent patron of the pub that had been gifted to the McAdam's.

Everyone treasured the food, knowing full well that their meal wouldn't be anywhere near as extravagant without Millie's expertise, which they all took turns admiring. Between the spiced rum, and the thrill of Christmas only hours away, they chatted excitedly between bites throughout the entirety of dinner.

Everyone went back for seconds, some even going for thirds until all of them, even the picky eaters, left the table with their bellies full.

No one could afford to give that many presents this year but not a soul amongst them seemed to mind. They each were completely content to simply enjoy each others company. Even the children, who were eager all the same to receive their new mittens and perfectly ripe oranges. Besides, they both were still too small to actually understand that they hadn't gotten much compared to others.

Lawrence had received new cotton fabric to sew himself up new work shirts and Winifred a plethora of new ink wells and paper from the McAdams. All of them received something hand-knitted from Beth, and from Millie, beautiful cross-stich embroideries to hang in their homes.

It was a terrific haul, and certainly more than anyone could ask for all things considered. However, the most surprising of all was Lawrence's gift to Winifred - two tickets to the theater come Spring - which had, of course, been suggested by Marmee.

After all the gifts had been opened, the night carried on late into the evening. Lawrence even brought out the old music box he had been gifted for Christmas nearly two decades prior and Jackson and Louise began dancing around the living room elegantly. However, drunk on rum and holiday cheer, Lawrence insisted that he and Valerie could do better.

He and Valerie were clumsy, tromping all over the others feet and losing their place in the steps to the dance. All in good fun, Millie and Winifred began cackling as they watched them, unable to contain how humorous it was to watch, while Beth dramatically hung her head in shame.

The children began to grow rather fussy, both Ozzy and Nellie awake far past their bedtimes, and the festivities had to come to an end eventually.

Winifred and Lawrence stood in the doorway, thanking their guests for coming and helping in the kitchen, as well as all their delightful new gifts. Winifred and Lawrence watched them go until they could no longer see their silhouettes in the dark, both ignoring the cold until they could no longer stand it.

The night had been exactly what they needed to forget their worries even if it couldn't last forever. While drifting off to sleep that night, everyone would reflect on what a wonderful Christmas it was, contented to have spent it together.

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[wrixie]

little bear!

[warwickroyals]

Sunderland's Royal Jewel Vault (19/∞) ♛

↬ The Glencairn City of Warwick Fringe Tiara

Like their mainline cousins, the Glencairn branch of House Warwick has gathered quite the jewellery collection over the past seventy years. The City of Warwick Fringe Tiara is one of the oldest in their extensive collection. When Lady Esther Jungman (1926 - 1988) married the youngest son of King George II in 1954, the royal family did not skirt the costs, as it was the first royal wedding since the end of World War Two. Plus, Esther was no stranger to the royal lifestyle, she was a great-granddaughter of King George and Queen Alexandra. Esther's maternal grandmother was the ill-fated Grand Duchess Anastasia Georgiyevna (1873 – 1919), who was renowned for her irreplaceable jewel collection. This made Esther a great-niece of Tsar Nicholas II—and a second cousin of her husband-to-be. The twenty-eight-year-old bride was described as extremely beautiful, with quantities of dark hair, wide-set blue eyes, and a slightly retroussé nose. Wedding gifts were shipped in from across the world, each befitting for a quasi-Romanov princess. The most notable gift was from the City of Warwick itself: the tiara Esther used to secure her wedding veil. The tiara was modelled after a similar piece, the only tiara Esther's mother, Grand Duchess Natalia Georgiyevna (1902 - 1977), retained after the Russian Revolution forced her into exile. Like her mother's the fringe tiara featured rounded spikes set with diamonds. Esther was emotionally moved by the gift, thanking the city's mayor several times. Following the wedding, the new Duchess of Glencairn reached for the tiara frequently, sporting it at state visits, galas, and at the inauguration of her brother-in-law, King James II (1915 - 1970). Esther adjusted to royal life well, even after her husband was killed in a 1962 plane crash, she continued a wide variety of work. Thirty years after Esther's wedding, the tiara graced the head of another royal bride. Esther's middle daughter, Princess Frances, wore the tiara to marry Lee Wayne Grierson (1948 - 2024) in 1983. The televised wedding was attended by several prominent guests, including King Louis V, who walked the bride down the aisle. Unfortunately, Esther died before the 1998 wedding of her youngest daughter, Princess Valerie, who ended up inheriting the tiara. This wedding was more lowkey—greatly overshadowed by the wedding of her cousin James, Prince of Danforth to Lady Tatiana Farnsworth—but all the same, Valerie honoured her late mother by wearing the tiara to her wedding reception in New York City. The tiara stayed with Valerie and she wore it as much as circumstances would allow, including for several portraits taken in the '00s. To this day, the tiara continues to be one of the most recognizable tiaras from the Glencairn collection, reminiscent of an empire lost to history.

HRH Esther, Duchess of Glencairn wears the tiara in a 1957 portrait

HRH Princess Valerie of Glencairn wears the tiara in a personal photograph from 2005

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→ day 03 "bad girl" @windbrook's slashed challenge

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The Harbor House, Martha's Vineyard 🦪🇺🇸

[farfallasims]

Merry Christmas from Ana & Val☃️

Ft. Valerie & Robert Brownstone by @pixelglam ♡

[djungelsims]

vallie and beth celebrate their last night of their holiday in... uh... style

[stillgotme]

had my heart on lockdown and then you turned me around

[avornalino]

proposing to a girl you literally just met not even 24 hours ago.. marina girl what were you thinking