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Christmas

Green Christmas

Hi All! Get some inspiration from DIY Natural and save some dough, gas, and the planet this Christmas.  And here's my old post from four years ago with some upcycled elements. Cheers, Jill ===== I am so excited to have found something to do with my large collection of plastic shopping bags.  Thank you so much,Ez, at Creature [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:46-08:00December 20th, 2012|Christmas, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Bonne Année 2012!

Happy New Year, Mes Amis! This last year was an excellent one, if a little tight in the budget.  We managed to have a lovely New Year's Eve dinner regardless. We had seltzer water toast to a prosperous 2012. Wishing you a fun and creative, prosperous new year. P.S. I'll catch you up on my news [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:47-08:00January 4th, 2012|Christmas, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Bonne Année 2011

New Year's day started like any other - a bit after midnight.  And because it was le réveillon everyone exchanged bisous, the music was turned up, the coffee table removed from the center of le salon, and le rock was danced.    An hour later we had a rendez-vous with the neighbors in the street [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:51-08:00January 3rd, 2011|Christmas, Life in France, Uncategorized|7 Comments

Christmas in France: A Food Odyssey

This year I thought would be different, and it was, but I still ended up spending most of the Monday after Christmas weekend in bed. Since I'm still trying to shed Christmas 2008 excess, I promised myself that this year I'm going to remember the words "moderation" and "wasteline" every moment of Christmas weekend.  And [...]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from a chilly and snow covered France!  We're leaving in a few hours for Pascal's parents' to celebrate Christmas.  My fingers are crossed the roads will be in good condition.  Not sure if you've heard back in the states, but people have been stranded on the roads, airports and train stations  - been [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:51-08:00December 24th, 2010|Christmas|2 Comments

Aix en Provence on a Dark Winter’s Night

This post I'm dedicating to all my fantastic clients who have traveled Provence with me throughout the years.  I wanted you to see Aix in the Christmas season, when it's cold and the sun sets at 5 at night (17h00 if you remember your French time).  This is the Place de la Mairie, where you [...]

French Chandelier Christmas Idea

I saw this awesome idea in a French magazine for making Christmas ornaments or decoration. It's a vintage chandelier crystal with - tout simplement - an image cut out in the exact dimensions of the shape of the crystal. Then, and this is where the magazine caption is lacking in details, glued to the back. [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:51-08:00December 15th, 2010|Christmas|2 Comments

Vive La Créativité! Vive Les Soldes! and Pull the Kings!

This little chair is too fabulous not to share.  I just discovered it on blog with really pretty images DressDesignDecor. Photos: Vasja Urh Can you imagine the raging success a life sized version of this would have?? I sell vintage Clicquot items (buckets and ashtrays when I can find them) so I know the fury there [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:58-08:00January 7th, 2010|Christmas, Food in France, Life in France, The French|4 Comments

Heureux 2010

Bonne Année to you! Thank you all for making my 2009 a great blogging year.  You can't imagine how your comments and words of support cheer me on to write more, and how fulfilling it is to be able to pen a few words a week about life in France to share with my sisters [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:58-08:00January 4th, 2010|Christmas, The French|2 Comments

Merci, Marie-Astrid

Every Christmas Eve after midnite mass* Pascal's ebullient sister, Marie-Astrid, has the family to her apartment for dinner. Her apartment is in this beautiful old converted house.  For you paper fans, this grand house once belonged to the man who invented vellum paper. The menu stays the same from year to year: (in courses) Champagne and warm hors d'oeurves [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:58-08:00December 30th, 2009|Christmas, Food in France, The French, Uncategorized|1 Comment