Month: December 2010
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A Mother’s Heart at Christmas
Photography and text by: Corey Amaro The house stood still, while memories ran around like children playing peek a boo from every corner. I sat and watched. The candles flickering light added a softness, so did French Husband reading at…
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Christmas Decoration: Michel Biehn
Gather snippets of brocade, velvet, baldachin, kincob, tapestry, arrasene fabric and a handful of sequins and old glass beads. Find a strofoam ball. With silver and gold threads sew the old glass beads here and there to the fabric.…
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Brocante Stocking Stuffers
Hand picked French brocante stocking stuffers. In France they do not have Christmas stockings. Some put their shoes out instead (hence the reason for Chocolate shoes in the candy shops.) on December sixth to collect the same sort of sweeties.…
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Tous les Deux
Breakfast for two. Lunch for two. Tea for two. Dinner for two. Missing two… but happy together.
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French Lesson Number Two: The Love Affair
French Lesson Number Two: The Love Affair. If you want to be French you must love cheese (I bet you didn't see that coming!). It is obvious that the French love their cheese when you see the cheese section…
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Having your Cheese and Eating it too
Photography and text by Corey Amaro A few days after her twenty-first birthday and Christmas, Chelsea will come home for a few days before heading off to China. While talking to her on the phone the other day, I asked…