"What's A Girl to Do?" Part 4

What's a girl to do when "grilling season" is almost over and she has lots and lots of THESE leftover??

...she makes these...

...and fills them with "tresors" like this....

...and this...

I fell in love with the concept of making these petite inspiration boxes when i joined my first petite box swap with Heather at Speckled Egg last fall. It was fun and challenging to transform these ho-hum matchboxes into little paquets filled with inspiration. I've joined a few more swaps since then and have been making some for gifts as well. 

These will go up in my ETSY shop soon!

Oh Happy Day!

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~ 

Wonderful White Wednesday

Well I'm finally able to get back to my regular Wednesday post and am happy to be part of Kathleen's Faded Charm Cottage on this Wonderful White Wednesday!

Sharing some photos from inside my studio and around my home...

...my grandparents on their wedding day...

Happy White Wednesday mes amies!

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~

Yin and Yang

I finally put the finishing touches on my Halloween shadowbox and,
because I'm all about  "Yin and Yang,"
I made one in all black too!

Here's my sweet "White Witch"...

...and here she is a couple of hundred years later.....

This one will be for sale in my ETSY shop soon...i'm keeping the "wee one" for myself!

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~

"What's A Girl To Do?" Part 3

What's a girl to do when the forecast calls for sunny skies and a perfect 70 degree day?

Why...she heads to Brimfield!

And here's what she got....

....lots of postcard photos of "petite brides"...

...I dream of Paris...postcards...

...."Chambre a coucher de Marie Antoinette"...

(Marie Antoinette's bedroom)

...gorgeous bookplates of French Cathedrals...

...Notre Dame...

...sweet bookplates of my petit osieaux....

...more bookplates...

...oodles of linen napkins...

...can you see the stitching on THIS one? A pastoral scene with the word "Springtime"...

...a bolt of vintage trim...

...and lots and lots of crocheted and tatted bits...

(Please take your jaw off of your keyboard Paris Gal)

...some vintage fabric...

...(you too Marilyn)

...some millinery flowers from an old hat...

...and these vintage men's collars in their orignal sleeves...

  

...i can never pass up these old clocks..rust and all...

...some tresors that i just "couldn't live without"...

...and bits and pieces of vintage pretties that just "spoke to me"...

...the sweetest plate...

...and this framed picture...

Oh Happy Day!

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~

Tresors

Recently, I was the very lucky recipient of a giveaway from a dear friend and kindred spirit...Marilyn over at Willow and Figs. Every Tuesday, this sweetheart of a lady offers one of her stunning creations in a giveaway she calls "Tuesday's Treasure." Here's what I received....


                                     ....the loveliest handmade "Prayer Pouch" made with designer fabric...

...vintage lace and a hand stamped French greeting.

...and 2 of her signature handmade greeting cards....

 "The French Madame"

"The Paris Flea Market"

 Everything came so lovingly packaged that it felt like my birthday and Christmas all rolled into one perfect paquet! 

"Merci"Marilyn for bestowing upon me some of your tres belle creations! I will cherish them. 

Now don't forget to start your Tuesday's out by going on over to 

Willow and Figs !!

You'll be glad you did!

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~*

Thank God It's Thursday

I'm too late for White Wednesday so i'm calling this my "Thank God It's Thursday" post.

A Wee White Witch....shadowbox i'm working on for Halloween... 

....a petit fairy who sits on my desk...

...and a halloween assemblage i'm working on for the shop.

Happy "Thank God It's Thursday!"

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~

Bittersweet

Yesterday, Mr. PML and I moved our "One-and-Only" into his college dorm room. He is beginning his second year at a college here on the East Coast. (I know...I know...his second year not his "first." I should be used to this by now, right?) 

So WHY have i been absolutely sobbing weeping since he let go of my embrace and opened the door to his new home...his new life....his new "family" (for now)?

Because THIS is what i see every time the door closes behind him.....

Tim

~*~*~"First Day of Kindergarten"~*~*~

...And my heart is ever so heavy this morning beacuse i woke up to an empty house....

and looked into a little boy's room whose bed was still made...

 and at walls of memories of the child he once was and is no more.

No wet towels on the bathroom floor and toothpaste in the sink...

No cereal bowls and juice cups on the kitchen counter...

No TV's left on when he is in his car and waving goodbye.

Only whispers of the energy that filled our home for 19 years with a whirlwind of tears and joy.

So...in the days and weeks ahead,

I will miss the boy he once was and

 the next time I see him...

I will embrace the man he has become.

Avec Amour,

~*~Michelle~*~*