Category: Brocante
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Lace Therapy
It is that lace thing again, every now and then I must show it. The funny thing about this lace attraction of mine is I do not use it. I do not sew it on my sheets, towels, …
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Many Pieces Picassiette
Picassiette Dresser was seen at a brocante a few years ago. "The name comes from the French Pique-Assiette, meaning “one who eats from others’ plates, or one who steals other plates”. This is a very loosely used translation of the…
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Beating my Drum French La Vie
Come see Provence, those villages that are worth a thousand photos, where cobblestones make you wish you had worn walking shoes, and shutters of blues that you want to take and stuff in your suitcase but you know you cannot.…
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When You Come to Provence
When you come to Provence take time to be, time to let Provence get under your skin and into your heart it won't take long. Provence is a place to aimlessly wander, to taste the countryside, to soak…
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Christmas Ornaments Using Antique Pieces
Christmas this year is going to be at our home. Chelsea, Martin, Baby, Martin's family, and Sacha is coming from Seattle, his Italian girlfriend will join us a few days after Christmas. I am gathering bits of sparkle from…
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A Unique French Fashion Show
Over a year ago I found these fashion design examples from the late 1800s at a second-hand shop in Northern France while visiting a friend. The fashion designs were gathered in an old folder and appeared to be made…
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