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The Art of Cutting Flowers: French Antique Garden Kneeler
Yesterday I thought I had finally stumped you with the French Antique Guessing Game. Doubting myself I started to question what I had heard.. maybe the guessing game item wasn’t what they antique dealer told me, or maybe I heard…
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French Antique Guessing Game
What is it? I found it this weekend at a brocante. It is 1800s, French, made of iron with a iron meshed top. I assume most of you will guess as I did, and with that be partly…
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French Christmas Traditions: Planting Wheat on the Feast of Saint Barbe (No Need for a Shovel)
(Last year's Sainte Barbe.) Today, December 4th, is the feast of Saint Barbe, the first Provençal Christmas tradition takes place in France. Growing wheat. This morning I bought wheat grains for Annie and I. Annie's wheat is always superior to mine. "Experience."…
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French Christmas Traditions: Santons. Giveaway.
French Christmas: Santons Photograpy by: Corey Amaro The Provencal creche is similar to North America’s nativity scene, except it includes the entire village, not just a handful of shepherds, drummers, angels… The Provencal santons are made of harden clay. They are either…
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Saturday Art Saves: Diogenes French Interior Style
French Interior Style, Antique Collector Diogene’s and D. Home Each Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush,…
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Tongue in Cheek is Seven Years Old!!!
2005 Seven years ago today I started a blog. I looked like this. Like many I didn’t know what a blog was. My friend Kristi, French Word a Day, told me about blogging and dared me to tell my stories. I…