Life Gives Back

Life has such a way...

A way of giving back

when you least

expect it...

~~

Noel & I wanted to spend time
with our friend Jacqueline, editor of
Romantic Homes Magazine.
With all of our schedules so busy,
our only time to connect was on

one of Jacqueline's "work days"
in which case she said,

"I'll have to bring my camera"~
So Noel & I decided to stage my house with
Fanciful's paper art for her to photograph~
Our q.g.t. as Jacqueline calls it,

{quality girl time}

took place last Wednesday~

Our timing was perfect practice for the

Bridal Fair
I helped Noel with yesterday
at Laguna Cliffs Marriot.
At the show we made friends with two
amazing women from
Jo Malone ~
When I bought a candle for our booth,
I was given back a small make-up bag
filled with Jo Malone samples!!
Not just one cute little black Jo Malone bag, but TWO!
Wink wink!!

SO... back to my story...
Here are some photos at my house
staged for Jacqueline.
A little fluffy, I know...

We covered two walls with Noel's

Huge White Paper Flowers!!
It truly looked amazing,
especially at the corner~

Noel made
Raw lettuce wraps as seen at Cru
&
ginger jasmine white iced tea~
I, of course was serving
Rose flavored Marshmallows~

Just another photo for you...

Jacqueline arrived with

her big smiles, hugs,

little round pouch in front,

{she's having her 1st baby next month}

&

her sunshining energy

{that she could truly sell, if she could bottle}.

She handed me a book she has

just published,

The Vintage Table

{Buy it here}

She showed me a chapter she wrote

about my tabletops, kitchen and me!
I was SO

Surprised, Proud & Amazed!

Merci Beaucoup Mon Aime

Jacqueline!!

Here are a few of my pages

I want to share with you

from the book.

When I read

what Jacqueline wrote,

I realized she knows me better than

I know myself...

it shows in every word.

She is an amazing writer

and photographer.

My kitchen cabinets have since changed

from this.

They are now filled only with

my collection of

Astier de Villatte.

~

My

Hotel Le Meurice

cafe cup & candle~

One of the most beautiful things about this

book for me is that two of my best friends in

in the world are in it too!

I introduced Jacqueline to

Lynn from

Paris Hotel Boutique

&

The original Queen of

all things beautiful,

Lucy from

My Paris Flea Market.

There is a page with my

Laduree collection

too!

A huge passion of mine

as you all know!

~

So.....

this is the cover of

The Vintage Table.

I am giving

One of You

A copy of this amazing book

&

A Jo Malone Make-up bag

filled with samples from Jo Malone!!

One for you & One for me!!~

Life just gave me

two very unexpected surprises

in return for working so hard.

Now I want to share them with

You...

for working so hard too!

Because I know you do...

Life Does Gives Back~

~

XOX's

~

Noel's paper art at

Fanciful Designs

will be featured in

Romantic Homes Magazine

October 2010~

Have a Good Week Beautifuls!!

~ P.S. A winner will be chosen at via Random.org next Monday.

fin

All photos on this post taken by Janet Solomon at FrenchBlue

actual photos in The Vintage Table taken by Jacqueline de Montravel