Paris-Themed Petite Inspiration Box Swap

Way back in April, I participated in my very first-ever Petite Inspiration Box Swap with Heather over at The Speckled Egg. It was a "bird" theme and... anyone who knows me... knows how much i love those sweet "oiseaux." Her most recent swap was a "Paris-themed" one and....well...anyone who knows me knows how much i love all things French-inspired so I joined in again!

Oh.....mes amies....i wasn't prepared for the tres, tres beau tresors i would receive!

Let me share them with you....

I was paired up with Christina (sweetpeaink.typepad.com) and Kris (sweetdreamsartstudio.blogspot.com) and both of their packages arrived on the SAME day. It was like Chritsmas morning i tell you!

This is Christina's petite paquet and here' s what it looked like when i opened the outer box....

the contents were wrapped in a vintage French magazine page. (You don't know how carefully i removed the sticker so as to preserve as much of the page as possible!)

...inside was the petite paquet along with some "extra" tresors wrapped in a glassine bag....

..here's what the outside of her box looks like...french lavender...lace...handmade tag...simply lovely and oh-so-French!

...a different view of her paquet...

...the petite tresors within were wrapped in French pattern tissue paper...

..ahhh....speechless....

...French lace...vintage buttons...tatted pretties...ephemera...fabric swatches....

...and more....so much more French loveliness.

here's a peek at what was inside the glassine bag....

snippets from a French magazine....

...a vintage French Button card...mon dieu..would you look at those boutons??? And 2 French postcards....

Merci Christina for all the thoughtfulness and care that went into putting together this petite paquet of tresors for me!

"Mon coeur est heureux!"

(My heart is happy!)

Next came Kris's petite paquet. Another moment of pure joy!

Here's what i saw when i opened the outer package...hand stamped ribbon and two sweet images....

..here's her paquet along with so many extra tresors....

a tres, tres beau handmade tag with vintage lace...and a hankie with some pretties within...

..Kris's gorgeous tag....(and i haven't even opened the petite paquet yet!)

..what's inside this sweetly-wrapped hankie?

...her petite paquet...

wrapped in fabric...lace...a vintage rhinestone button..sweet oiseaux tag..paper flowers....

mon dieu...heavenly!

...the edge of her paquet...how sweet!

...tresors....

...lost of bits and baubles...so much to take in...

..the sweetest petite pouch filled with  French lavender...bijoux (jewels)..lace...fleurs....

..another petite pouch...hand stamped..filled with tresors...

cameos...velvet trim....trinkets....

....and here's what was wrapped inside the sweet hankie...buttons..beads...and more bijoux!!

Merci Kris for all the love and thoughtfulness that went into making this petite paquet so special for me!

"Mon coeur est heureux!"

Here's the petite paquet that i put together for my sweet partners...








...I love this image of a French Princess that i saw at The Graphics Fairy recently...i knew she'd be perfect for this swap (merci karen!)


..and here's a look at some of the tresors inside....


Merci to Heather at Speckled Egg for hosting yet another magnifique swap!

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~