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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Help....



Ok bloggerettes.....i just tried to upload some pictures for this post and was told that i am "out of storage space." WHAT?? And that, if i want to continue uploading photos on blogger, i need to purchase "more storage." WHAT? Have any of you experienced this before? Did you buy more storage? Yikes....i didn't know that , at some point, Blogspot started charging for usage! HELP!


Avec Amour, 
~*~Michelle~*~

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Wonderful White Wednesday

Sharing some romantic valentine tags i've been working on....

...love this image from The Graphics Fairy.
I've adorned the tags with vintage german glass glitter in the shape of a heart.




And i found this petite shelf with the glass jars at a thrift store...


...and gave them a "White Wednesday" facelift!


I painted the shelf and lids a creamy white...


...and decoupaged this French ephemera image onto it. 



I found a bagful of these glass spice jars. You know how I adore petite jars....

I embellished them with vintage lace....


...creamy crinkled seam binding...


....and French-inspired images transferred onto muslin.



And then filled with them petite tresors....


...mother of pearl buttons...


...vintage lace and bobbins.....

...and french ephemera.


(all available in my etsy shop soon)


Happy White Wednesday mes amies. 
I am linking up to Kathleen's Faded Charm Cottage!

Avec Amour,
~*~Michelle~*~

Monday, January 24, 2011

Giveaway Winner....

"Merci" to all who entered my 306th Follower Giveaway! 
Without further ado...the winner is....

~*~Trisha at "Glass Slippers!"~*~


Trisha... kindly email me with your address and i will get your tresors on their way!

Oh Happy Day!

Avec Amour,
~*~Michelle~*~

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Bon Jour!

I haven't posted since White Wednesday and, frankly, i don't have much to post today but i wanted to check in with you all and say "hello."

So.....i'm sharing a few things i purchased this week-end....
this chippy-white, solid metal candlestick($3.00 at S.A.)


...and this gorgeous French Pillow from Home Goods. Oooh La La!


And here are just a few shots from around the house.....




Playing with new stamps....

...and a project "in the works."

How did YOU spend your week-end??

Avec Amour,
~*~Michelle~*~


P.S. My 300th Follower Giveaway winner to be announced tomorrow....1/24!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Winter White Wednesday

Snow is lightly falling outside my window and all of New England is blanketed in fresh snow. The view, as always, is lovely but how i long to see the sunshine. For now, i am sharing some indoor photos of some "whites"around my studio and home....



More of my sweetly scented lavender pillow-sachets....















...and a French pouche...


...with this gorgeous vintage image.





Some lace that i found while thrifitng yesterday...


...along with these lovely mother of pearl and platinum cuff links...

...and a  cabinet card .


A new aviary...

...home to one of my beloved nests...

...and some shabby findings.


And a sweet winter bird.



A new mirror....
...to paint or not to paint?

Happy Winter White Wednesday mes amies! I'm joining Kathleen at Faded Charm Cottage on this whitest of wednesdays.

Avec Amour,
~*~Michelle~*~

Monday, January 17, 2011

Giveaway

~*~This Giveaway Has Ended...merci~*~


As promised...
i am celebrating my 300th 306th follower with a giveaway....

 I created this tote out of gorgeous Ballard Design fabric....


 ...and embellished it with one of my handmade gauze roses, crinkled seam binding and vintage lace.

I also created these fabric tags......


...and hand stamped them with french words and crowns.


I've added three yards of my coffee dyed and crinkled seam binding....


...and some of my hand punched "oiseaux"...


...from a vintage French book.


And topped it off with a vintage key stamp...


...because i've "discovered" you, mes amies....


...and i am eternally grateful and blessed to know you all!



~*~The Rules~*~

1. You MUST be a current follower to enter...that means numbers 1-306!
2. Just leave a comment on this post. That's all!

~*~Winner to be announced on January 24th~*~

Bonne Chance!

Avec Amour, 
~*~Michelle~*~