Tag: french antiques
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Which Portrait Do you Relate Too? Which One Came Home with Me?
These are some of the portraits we saw today. If you are interested in any of them, let me know, and I will connect you to the antique dealer. (This one is not for sale.) This one belongs…
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Brocante Bugs Discoveries in the Cornfields
Photos and text by Corey Amaro How to fill a van with one million grains of corn little brocante things. Easy! Wake up before the rooster crows. Run around like a chicken with her head cut off, crow every time…
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Paperolle, Quilling: The art of intricate coiled designs
"Quilling, (or paperolle in French) is an art using strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create intricate designs. The tiny strips of paper are wound around a quill to create coil shapes. Then the coils…
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Brocante Adventure and the Messy House
Brocanting in France means that while you are looking for antiques you are able to see many charming villages and can interact with the locals. You spend much time driving around the countryside, drinking coffee in cafes, having a sandwich…
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Can you help me with a Name?
I am under a stack of papers.And it doesn't help that I cannot read them.Have you ever noticed that when you clean out a closet you find things you weren't looking for? Which sidetracks your intentions, causes your well laid…
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What to do with that French Man
Found an old rickety bookshelf with glass doors. Fell in love with it. Though I had no idea where I would put it- Love has a way of making room. Carried it upstairs, well the two guys I live with…