Month: October 2011
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Setting a Table for a French Affair
1. When setting a table for a French affair, or any affair, first you must know how many people are coming. If the affair is large, over twelve people, you might consider a buffet or a dinatoire. …
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The Little Dogs & Their Veils
The Bride to be has two little dogs. They moved to France with her, plus a cat. The little dogs helped us make the wedding dress. Though not by sewing. The licked out feet, entertained us as we sewed and…
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Just to Good to be True
No I did not find a million dollars in an old chest at the brocante, nor did I win the lottery (called Loto in France). Instead after five weeks of not using my camera, and for me that…
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Collecting Lace for a Wedding Dress
While sitting at the kitchen table, the lace curtain spurred an idea. “Wouldn’t that curtain make a lovely veil?” I asked the Bride-to-Be “Nothing, not even the lace trim on my pillow case is…
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Small Wonders Found at the Brocante, and a miracle up above.
Small wonders found at the brocante. Religious objects or food related items are what I am usually drawn to at the brocante. Maybe it is due to the fact the my DNA is wired that way; I have a brocante…