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first of all:
Congratulations to Sarah Joseph who's name was drawn to win the Spring Cleaning Giveaway!
And she's such a sweetie she's planning on giving it as a gift.
and secondly:
wednesday was my birthday and i was not only spoiled fairly rotten but surrounded by beautiful, beautiful flowers!
- love -
- another year full of new and good -
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happy weekend
(we're off on a camping adventure next week! yay!)
well, hello!
thanks for stopping by.
you know, like all bloggers, i'd love to know you. who are you, out there reading? how did you get here? what are your "tastes, your passions, your pursuits"? (10 points if you can name that film/book)
so i'll make a little deal with you: i'll tell you three random things about myself and i want to hear three random things about you! it can totally be short and sweet, whatever pops into your head. pretty please - i promise it will be fun!
here goes:
1.) nails on a chalkboard? no problem. dry hand rubbing over fabric? makes my skin crawl! i have no idea why. usually i can psych myself out of it, it's when i notice and can't tear my mental attention away that it drives me nuts. sad for someone who loves textiles!
2.) eating makes me sleepy. so sleepy that as a kid i would regularly beg my parents not to get coffee after dinner when we went out to eat. i just knew i couldn't keep my eyes open. and i was right. i'd usually fall asleep curled up in the restaurant booth (unless i was really unlucky and they had chairs!).
3.) guilty pleasure: peanut butter, brown sugar, and chocolate chips mixed together and eaten on an apple. seriously. (frenchmen do not find this to be an appealing recipe)
there we go! i guess there's another hidden fact about me in there given that two out of the three are about food/eating.
so, let's hear it!
who are you?
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p.s. that photo up there is {yet another} photo in the Louvre
:: spending an evening in great company / bittersweet: having to say goodbye for now to a sweet friend and her frenchman who are off to new adventures! ::
:: trying my second cocktail ever (and first ever in Paris!) / bittersweet: literally ::
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happy weekend, everywhere!
p.s. that drink up there is called a White Lady (gin, Cointreau, lemon), thanks to Katia's guidance, and I also tried a Chinatown (gin, sugar syrup, fresh mint, Perrier, and lemon juice) at le Fumoir
last Friday before the Louvre I escaped to visit a fabric store I've been wanting to get to for a while.
de Gilles Tissu is hidden behind a tiny unassuming storefront in the 11th. A few rolls of fabrics that seem to have wandered out to the sidewalk for a coffee break are pretty much the only hint of what lays inside.
Inside, its two floors are full to the brim with vintage kimono fabrics, roll upon roll of vintage and modern decor fabric, bookcases of fantastical trims, and boxes of ribbons.
it's not the place to go with a specific fabric in mind, it's the place to go to find a treasure in a haystack! i didn't get anything while i was there but the prices seem 'correct' (as the French say) for Paris. and the slightly cranky staff were just as Parisian which, truly, is just a part of the experience of this city!
156 rue de la Roquette
Paris 75011
with out further ado, the Spring Cleaning 2011 Giveaway prize!
oh this is just packed with lovely little goodies perfect for a breath of fresh spring air:
- one of our new Petit sized Ink Butterfly cosies
- a vintage flower speckled teacup and saucer
- a silver spoon bearing a beautiful crest and monogram
- a porcelain woven look dish perfect for: macaroons? a candle? a bunch of posies?
- a vintage linen and handmade lace mat (love that color!)
- a dupioni silk bloom to pin to your best tea party frock
- a vintage letter card bearing the first letter of your name (you don't need to be an Emma, Ellen, or Eve to win, I'll pick the appropriate letter for the winner!)
all this is packaged in a bag of vintage linen and tied with, what else?, a length of lace!
and who knows, maybe some French macaroons will find their way in there too.
entering is simple: check out yesterday's post for the news.
psst: you can enter up to 3 times!
Petit sized cosies have made their way back into the shop!
I always loved having a special little cosy to use on my Beehouse 15 oz. teapot when I took a little tea break in the afternoons so they had to come back. And why not start with the most popular cosy pattern: Ink Butteryfly?
here are the two sizes side-by-side.
you can check it out here: petit ink butterfly
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and, we're having a sale!
sweeping out the corners and make room for new goodness to come. here's the code to use at checkout to get 20% off your entire order:
SPRINGCLEAN2011
(offer good April 5, 2011 through April 10, 2011)
> but why leave things there? <
we're giving away a set of goodies too! we'll reveal to prize tomorrow, right here on the blog, but here's the skinny on entering to win:
- when you place an order from the etsy shop, you'll automatically be entered (1 entry)
- like our facebook page (the link is right there in the sidebar) and say Hi! (1 entry)
- sign up for the mailing list (also right there in the sidebar) (1 entry)
that's 3 possible entries!
a walk through the Parc Floral on Sunday confirmed that is is definitely spring.
we saw...
tulips
camellias
rhododendrons
the tiniest rhododendron i've ever seen!
the tiniest japanese andromeda i've ever seen!
a wild, primitive looking geranium
and its perfectly bloom.
and i finished a pair of fallberry mitts (rav) in sweet georgia sport 'cayenne'.
but i think i'm in denial that the weekend is over!
~ photographing things that have been waiting for their turn in the shop for too long! ~
~ heading out for a little afternoon adventure ~
happy weekend!
