I'v Been French Kissed

When your wishing for someone to blow

you a French Kiss...

When your

quiet and nothing feels right

because your missing France...

When your hoping, searching & praying

with your whole heart

to find a Real French fix...

Go visit Amy

at

Charlotte's Brocante~

She blew into my life like a warm autumn wind

{as she was painfully seeking out a Pink Goyard}.

She glOws in the dark like mOOnlight~

She suddenly wrapped her wings around me

and filled my every very little but seriously painful

craZy Frenchy need.

Beautiful pale aqua & cream 19th Century
handwritten
French Documents~


An original parfum label from
Paris~

Old French sealing wax
in the original paper wrap~

Amy is a Doll!!
She said I would squeal......
Ohhhhh la la
&
I DID SQUEAL!!!
Then I was speechless...
Sea Shells in a babe test tube
labeled with French writing!!!!!



She added a small French dome
for the perfect display!


Wa la~

Lucky for all of us Amy has a
semi annual Brocante!!
And one is just around the corner!
Where: At her 1886 Victorian home in Canby, Oregon
When: October 1, 2010
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Why: Because she has fallen in Love
with France.
~
Amy's eye is keen & amazingly beautiful~
With this gift, she uses it to get back to France.
She travels back twice a year
to buy for her own maison and to share with us
at
Charlotte's Brocante ~


Merci Beaucoup
Mon Aime
Amy~

You are SO Loved!!!!
A million trillion times Loved!!!!

I just had to share this Doll with
all of you!
~~~

See all that glOws
this week!

XO's
~~~
~~
fin

images 1-10 by Me, FrenchBlue
image 11 Foley Appley Hoare

Le Pere Lachaise in Paris

In Paris,

Those who have lived before us

and some with us

rest behind the most beautiful

gates of

Le Pere Lachaise~

Each harbored in a special

Home.

There are little sacred castles.

Rooms behind old locked doors.
Only family has a key to visit
their loved ones.
This one was broken into.
It looked to be a longtime abandoned to me.
I wondered if the family no longer lives~
?
Others are kept, swept, & planted daily by
family caretakers almost to an extreme~

This old zinc wreath hangs gracefully
with no disturbance....
I wonder how.
In Paris there is such great respect~

The color this marble turned

almost ate me alive~

Old French Majolica Wreaths

are set on the graves

everywhere~

I never new before I visited Modigliani,

that he was buried with his pregnant wife

who jumped from a building

after he died~

Just a few more that you may know

that are buried here...

Edith Piaf

Jim Morrison

Oscar Wilde

Le Pere Lachaise

is beyond words to visit.

It is Alive with an energy that

inspires in so many ways.
The fall air was chilly that day

but my heart was so amazingly warm~

Sending all my

Love today to my understanding friends

of me~

I have had these images for almost a year

and didn't post them because I thought you may

not like to see a cemetery in Paris...

but I am so missing Paris today so wanted to share

this with you... it really is somewhere SO special~

Big Warm Hugs today!

XO

fin

All photos above taken by me....

Janet Solomon via FrenchBlue.

Above photo from Hoffmank1

Seeing. Listening. Being.

When there is less to see...

you may find that your mind

can just be~

Then, if you listen very carefully

you may hear an old familiar song~

Something inside of you will
whisper... and only to you~

Harmony visits.

All of nature becomes very important.

You become one with nature.

And all is in perfect balance.

~~~

Silly thoughts I know....

But...

I do believe every little move we make,

even in our decorating decisions

is connected to another step forward

in our life, to another more blissful space

to be.

Do you agree with me

or do you think I going nutz?

{you can tell me}

~~~

XO's

~~

~

fin

all photos designers block & flicker

Pecfect Weekend

I believe it is the

perfect weekend...

to stay warm

&

cozy~

To play
&
be creative.

Get Messy this Weekend
into something So Beautiful!!

XO

fin

photos by Twig Hutchinson

Absolutely Ladylike

Who said as a grownup

we can't sleep in a nursery?

Or still dream in a playhouse?

No one.

And I am telling you right now

we can~

Because we are all still little girls

at heart~

I hope your week is being good

to you~

~

Hugs today to You!

~

fin

photos from Absolutely Ladylike

My Cup Runneth Over

My cup

runneth over

with love~~~

I. Love. This.
Blog!!
&
You will too IF you don't
already know it.
greige

defined

greige: (gra,grège,gray)adj.not bleached or dyed; unfinished; raw

Have a week full of
beauty
&
inspiration my darling
friends!
~
XO's
~~
fin ~~
~
all photos taken from
greige design blogspot
&
little blue deer

A Special Adventure

It's a perfect day

to go on an adventure together!

Just you & me!

We are going to have have a picnic there.

I have packed our wine, baguette

&

down pillows & blankets!

We are going hiking!!

~

To the
old shell grotto caves~



We will explore, examine, touch

&

wonder~

Our imagination will run wild~~~

Who created this...

Who prayed here....

Who lived here?

If you want to we can kneel down

to say a prayer

for those who are no longer with us

today.

When we come back, we'll talk about

days gone by....

We will cheers with a cup of hot tea
to the Past, to Art, to Friendship,
&
most of all, to Time~
~~
When can you be here?
~

XO

fin


photo 1 campagne couette @ brocantess
photo 2 petitbrocantee
photo 3,4,5, google images
photo 6 paris apartment
photo 7 brocantess

Listening to Silence

I cannot believe...

&

I am a bit embarassed...

Because

I have nothing to say today~

I am So Sorry....

But

my Dad used to tell me,

Silence is golden.

Just listen.

I believe he was right.

I miss him today.

&

The sound of silence is

music to my ears~

~~~

~~

XO's

~

fin

~

~
photo 1 tweexcore.tumblr photo 2 j.crew

September Sun

There is something about the

September Sun~

that hangs on forever....

it soaks within your

skin and warms you

like a kiss from an Angel~

Have a BEAUTIFUL long, warm

&

safe weekend

my sweet friends!!!

XO's

fin

photo 1 this is glamorous

photo 2 tim walker