The day I met Prince Philip
 It came as a shock to hear that Prince Philip had passed away yesterday. 99 years old and 77 years of loyal service , he has most certainly earned ...
10-04-2021 19:25
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French Food Friday - Pan Bagnat
 The weather has been all over the place this week so fingers crossed it improves so we are able to have a picnic lunch this weekend.One of our fav...
09-04-2021 19:24
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Boutique New Arrivals
Bonjour from a tranquil SW France,We have a chilly start to the day with -3 which has come as a bit of a shock as last week was very warm.We are busy ...
07-04-2021 19:18
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27 fabulous boulangerie photos
 Bonjour from a sunny SW France,I hope you are having a lovely Easter weekend. How could I resist looking at 27 fabulous photos of some French Boulan...
05-04-2021 19:20
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Joyeuses Paques/Happy Easter
 Wishing you and your loved ones, a very Happy and Safe Easter ??Joyeuses Paques ??Leeann x ...
03-04-2021 19:21
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French Food Friday - Croque Monsieur Bake
 recipe and photo from hereI plan on making this recipe over the Easter weekend as I have a feeling we will crave something savoury after all that c...
02-04-2021 19:20
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My favourites - Peonies
Bonjour from a sunny and very warm SW France,It is unseasonably warm today and it feels like a summer\'s day. My morning has been a busy and producti...
30-03-2021 19:27
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Louis XV's Idea of Working from Home
 This photo of Louis XV\'s home office at Chateau de Versailles takes working from home to a whole new level.Needless to say, he would not have had t...
29-03-2021 19:20
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An Easter Project
 Here is an easy Easter project to make. All you need is a piece of cardboard, a hot glue gun and some corks.Note If you are planning on hanging this...
28-03-2021 19:20
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French Food Friday - Cake Banane Choc du Placard de Christop
 This week\'s recipe comes from Christophe Michalak who is one of the world\'s best pastry chefs.It is a quick and easy recipe as most of the ingred...
26-03-2021 19:26
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New Arrivals - Monogrammed Linen
 I love anything that has a monogram and there is nothing nicer than a nicely ironed monogrammed tablecloth and/or napkins for a chich table setting....
25-03-2021 19:23
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Easter Cake Inspiration
 I am thankful that I saved this photo in my Easter folder as I had forgotten it was there.Whilst hunting for another Easter idea I wanted to share w...
24-03-2021 19:23
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Easter Decorating
 I thought I would share this lovely photo that we received yesterday as part of a review, from one of our lovely customers.Simple and chic, I love...
23-03-2021 19:25
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Boutique Update -Florentine Chic
 We have always loved Florentine trays and we have them scattered around the house. I use a large one for grouping beauty essentials together on ...
21-03-2021 19:19
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Happy National Macaron Day!
 Happy National Macaron Day ??If you feel like making some, here is a link to one of our favourite recipes.Leeann x ...
20-03-2021 19:16
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Fresh & beautiful eggs ??
 A beautiful gift from a beautiful friend who knows me too well. They are alsmost too lovely to eat. All I need to do now is to decide what to make....
20-03-2021 19:16
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French Food Friday - Crustless Quiche
Bonjour mes belles,It was a cold day yesterday and I wanted to make something hot but quick for French Boyfriend\'s lunch.A crustless quiche was the b...
19-03-2021 19:16
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A Dior Distraction - Free Colouring book for you
 Dior are giving you all a moment to relax and all you need to do is print out this fabulous colouring book and grab your colouring pencils.Just clic...
18-03-2021 19:41
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Joyeuse St Patrick/ Happy Saint Patrick's Day
 Joyeuse St Patrick/ Happy Saint Patrick\'s Day !Leeann x  ...
17-03-2021 19:20
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Love this setting
 Wow, how stunning is this setting. Love the colour on the wall and those wall sconces are stunning.Merci encore to Westwing for the fabulous decorai...
16-03-2021 19:39
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New Arrivals -Candlelight and Crystals....
 Bonjour from a chilly SW France,The sun is hiding today and it is chilly. Perfect weather for staying indoors and photographing some items to add to...
15-03-2021 19:33
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Bon week-end ??
 Wishing you a bon week-end from a sunny SW France....Leeann x ...
13-03-2021 19:32
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French Food Friday - LAMALA SALÉ AU COMTÉ, NOIX ET LARDONS
 Bonjour mes belles,This week we are having a change, I decided to make something savoury using my Alsacian lamala mould.Note you do not need to ...
12-03-2021 19:20
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New Arival - Created by Armandine in 1887
 This stunning embroidered sampler was created by Armandine in 1887. If only it could talk, what a story it would tell.1887 was an interesting year f...
10-03-2021 19:19
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A touch of colour
 Just what I needed to see today, merci to ...
09-03-2021 19:15
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For all Women Around the World ??
Today we are celebrating the journee internationale des femmes. Take the time to reflect on all that you have accomplished and to give yourself a p...
08-03-2021 19:20
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New Arrival- Toile de Jouy
 This has to be one of the nicest pieces of Toile de Jouy I have found lately.It is called le Grand Palais and it has a real Louis XV Rococo feel to ...
07-03-2021 19:16
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French Food Friday - Chocolate Biscuits /Biscuits sablés au
 This is one of my favourite recipes as many of you already know from reading my blog.It is a versatile recipe as you can choose to eat them as the...
05-03-2021 19:20
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Bonjour mars??
Bonjour mars!Wishing you all a fabulous month ??Stay safe, Leeann x ...
01-03-2021 19:16
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For Magnolia Lovers ??
At the start of the week the magnolia tree at the end of our lane was in bud.This morning this magical sight greeted me as I made my way to the Post O...
27-02-2021 19:17
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French Food Friday - 2- Ingredient Marzipan Cake
I had a block of marzipan sitting in the cupboard sitting in the cupboard and yesterday I decided to use it. After a quick search on the internet, ...
26-02-2021 19:14
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French Expression - couper la poire en deux
 If you were to translate this literally, it translates to cut the pear in two.When haggling over prices with the French, this is a good expression...
24-02-2021 19:13
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Bon week-end....
 Bon week-end from a sunny and getting warmer by the minute SW France.Stay safe ?? Leeann x  ...
20-02-2021 19:10
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In the mood to clean...
 Bonjour mes belles,It is 18 degrees and sunny here today, perfect weather for an early Spring clean.I have cleaned all the windows and they are open...
19-02-2021 19:16
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French Food Friday - Chocolate Fondants
 Without going into any detail, let\'s just say it has been a hard and very sad week.  I am in the mood to make us a treat and I am planning on ma...
19-02-2021 19:16
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Happy Fat Tuesday/ Mardi Gras
 Today is Mardi Gras.Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the practice of the last night of eating rich, fatty foods before the ritual ...
16-02-2021 19:13
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New Additions to Our Online Boutique
 Bonjour from a sunny SW France,I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Ours was a romantic one and I was very spoilt by French Boyfriend.The laduree ma...
15-02-2021 19:17
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Happy Chinese New Year - Sweet and Sour Pork
 Happy Chinese New Year. Tonight I will be making sweet and sour Pork, I made it earler in the week and French Boyfriend liked it so much, I making...
12-02-2021 19:16
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For baguette lovers ??
 You do not get much more French than this, only the French would invent this. A special knife for cutting your baguette which is attached to it\'s...
11-02-2021 19:16
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The next best thing to being there...
 I was hoping to whisk French Boyfriend off to Paris as we love spending Valentine\'s day in the city of lights but with the museums, bars and resta...
09-02-2021 19:16
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A bit of imagination...
 All you need is an aluminium can and a bit of imagination and you have a pot that you can use for makeup brushes, tooth brushes, pencils etc.We sti...
08-02-2021 19:20
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Finished and ready to hang...
 Bonjour mes belles,I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Ours has been a productive one, I have finished painting the fronton and I am now waiti...
07-02-2021 19:18
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Love is in the air?
 I recently purchased some miniature heart shaped tins, which I used for the first time yesterday.Deciding what to make was the hardest part and I ch...
05-02-2021 19:13
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01-02-2021 19:15
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Bon week-end from a Windy SW France
Bonjour from a windy SW France,The wind is chasing the clouds away and we have intermittant sunshine. This is much nicer than having rain, which was f...
30-01-2021 19:12
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French Food Friday - Pierre Herme 5 Ingredient Half Baked
Here is the recipe that I used earler in the week to make my chocolate lamb shaped cake.It is lovely as it has a lovely fudgy centre, hence the reason...
29-01-2021 19:15
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Vive la boulangerie
 France is famous for producing some of the best food in the world.There are 28,000 boulangeries in France and each has their own specialities, wheth...
28-01-2021 19:15
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Chanel Spring/Summer 2021
 The Chanel Spring/Summer 2021 collection was unveiled at 2pm today in a stunning video and it is fabulous.You can see it here....
27-01-2021 19:19
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Thinking about Spring
 Bonjour from a sunny SW France, I hope you had a lovely weekend.I am starting to think about Spring which just happens to be one of my favourite sea...
25-01-2021 19:17
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Boutique Update: Curtains, Champagne and a very impressive B
 Curtains seem to be the theme this week. We have just listed a couple of pairs of toile de jouy curtains, which you could use to either display abov...
23-01-2021 19:14
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French Food Friday - French Strawberry Jam
Yesterday I realised that we had run out of jam. Fortuntately I have adopted a new habit of freezing fruit and you will find lemons, limes, bananas,...
22-01-2021 19:14
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New Arrivals in the Boutique
You will find this fabulous and very French Vintage Toile de Jouy fabric in on our ...
20-01-2021 19:26
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Blue sky and sunshine
 Blue sky and sunshine, two of our favourite things. Yesterday was a stunning day and we have some more sunshine coming our way today ?? La vie est b...
19-01-2021 19:35
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Chatelaine or Inside out Handbags
I have foun an amazing article about chatelaines which I just have to share with you.Chatelaines or as we now refer to them;Â inside out handbags, ha...
18-01-2021 19:15
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Paris in the snow
 It was lovely to see images of Paris and the French children playing in the snow on the news programme last night. We have no snow here so we are ...
17-01-2021 19:14
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French Food Friday - SABLÉS CHOCOLAT À LA FLEUR DE SEL
This week\'s recipe is a favourite of ours and it is sure to be a hit with anyone that loves chocolate.This is a recipe from Pierre Hermé , who is f...
15-01-2021 19:14
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Toile de Jouy Inspiration
photo from pinterestWhilst looking for something else I had pinned on pinterest this morning, I came across this fabulous photo.I thought that the fab...
13-01-2021 19:15
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Que será será
 quote from hereNothing has gone as I thought it would today but I am not worried as I am a believer in what will be, will be.You can find this quote...
12-01-2021 19:24
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Hermes New Arrivals
 Bonjour from a still chilly SW France,For Hermes lovers, we have added some more Hermes gift bags and a couple of fabulous Hermes Ties to our online...
11-01-2021 19:18
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French Food Friday - Magical Madeleines
 Bonjour from a very chilly SW France,I thought that we would start the year with one of our favourite recipes, Madeleines which I call magical as th...
08-01-2021 19:13
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One of my favourite French words - Passementerie
 image from hereI love the word "passementerie" as not only does the word sound fabulous, images of frivolous and fun fringing amd pom poms spr...
06-01-2021 19:13
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French Food Friday - Lobster Thermidor
 Bonne et heureuse année! The first day of a brand new year, here\'s wishing you a magical, happy, healthy and prosperous 2021.When we spoke last, we...
01-01-2021 19:13
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Bonne et heureuse année !
Bonne et heureuse année! Happy New Year!May all your dreams come true in 2021??Leeann x...
01-01-2021 19:13
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Lobsters and Champagne
 It is the last day of 2020 and I have lobsters and bottles of champagne in my kitchen.  We have eaten lobsters in restaurants in France and around...
31-12-2020 19:13
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Death of a legend - Pierre Cardin
 So sad to hear that Pierre Cardin passed away today, aged 98.He is one of France\'s favourite fashion designers and he will be remembered for his ...
29-12-2020 19:13
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One down, one to go
 I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Ours was a 4 day affair which in true French fashion, was based on eating and when we were not eating, we wer...
28-12-2020 19:15
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Something to make you smile...
 These masked portraits are simply too good not to share. They made me smile and I hope you do too.You can see more here.Bon dimanche a tous ?? ...
27-12-2020 19:13
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Joyeux Noël
Wishing you a Merry Christmas/ Joyeux Noël from a sunny SW France ??                Leeann x ...
25-12-2020 19:15
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Waiting patiently....
 On our travels this morning, we spotted this charming sight. Waiting patiently by his/her front door for their owner to return.Life is a waiting ga...
20-12-2020 19:14
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French Food Friday - A Favourite Dessert
 Although it is Italian, I think the French love tiramasu as much as the Italians. This is a quick and easy dessert recipe and one of French Boyfrien...
18-12-2020 19:14
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Sugar and spice
 Sugar and spice and all things nice came to mind when I saw these fabulous and French inspired photos this morning.Mille mercis Moschino for breathi...
17-12-2020 19:16
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Feeling excited...
 I love Christmas and haave done so since I was a small child. My mother used to leave a large sack of presents at the end of our beds and the rule w...
16-12-2020 19:13
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How to stop your real Christmas Tree wilting
 Our Christmas tree has started to wilt and this probably is due to the fact that we have not given it nearly enough water. I thought French Boyfrie...
15-12-2020 19:14
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Just arrived - Pair of Red and White Toile de Jouy Curtains
 I hope you had a lovely weekend. Ours was fabulous and revolved around food, either eating it or thinking about what we will be eating for Christm...
14-12-2020 19:15
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A project for the weekend - Book Christmas Tree
 I love to make things at Christmas time and I find this relaxing and rewarding at the same time.We have a lot of old books that we have collected as...
13-12-2020 19:14
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Bon Weekend à tous
 Bon Weekend à tous from a sunny SW France ??Leeann x...
12-12-2020 19:17
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For our French family & friends - Gingerbread Cake
As we all know the French love their cake and French Boyfriend\'s family love a sweet treat. Last night I could not decide what to make but as Chris...
11-12-2020 19:17
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Christmas table settings
photo from hereThis year has been a very odd year and as a result, I feel like breaking all the rules when it comes to decorating for Christmas.I have...
09-12-2020 19:14
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Latest Additions to our Online Boutique
 Today we have listed 15 Pere Noel/Father Christmas/Santa/Saint Nicholas vintage French chocolate molds, which only arrived this morning, in our onli...
08-12-2020 19:22
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Christmas shopping
Bonjour from a rainy SW France,Christmas day is 17 sleeps away and I am not very organised this year.Last year we spent Christmas in Marrakech with ou...
07-12-2020 19:13
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French Food Friday - Mini Panettone
 There is nothing nicer than home made panettone and it is well worth the effort.I love the rich buttery smell of panettone baking and anything that ...
04-12-2020 19:16
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New Arrivals in the Boutique
 Bonjour from a chilly SW France,We have quite a few new arrivals in our online boutique, cheese seems to be the theme this week along with fish an...
02-12-2020 19:16
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Bonjour decembre...
 Bonjour decembre!??...
01-12-2020 19:16
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Christmas Post Dates
 For those of you thinking about buying a last minute gift, here are the posting dates for Christmas 2020.Our online shop will be operating as normal...
30-11-2020 19:43
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The Art of Laying the Table the French Way - Part Two
Last week, in Part One we talked about cutlery and glasses. Today in Part Two, we are talking about linen and some addition touches to make your table...
28-11-2020 19:13
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French Food Friday - Berry Almond Croissant Bread Pudding
 You are going to love this recipe as it is one of those you can enjoy hot or cold.French Boyfriend will be eating the leftovers for his breakfast th...
27-11-2020 19:14
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Happy Thanksgiving day
 Thankful today and every day?? Happy Thanksgiving day!Leeann x ...
26-11-2020 19:14
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The French and chocolate
 The number of chocolate shops in France never ceases to amaze me and they are everywhere you look.The boulangeries also sells their creations and we...
25-11-2020 19:14
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A new addition to our online boutique
 Bonjour mes belles,I hope you had a lovely weekend. Ours was a sunny one but very chilly so we spent a lot of time indoors.New stock has been coming...
23-11-2020 19:16
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The Art of Laying the Table the French Way - Part One
 Photo from mariefrance.comThe art of laying a French table is based on the rules created by the  Court of King Louis XIV,and although lifestyle...
21-11-2020 19:11
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French food Friday -Sablés fourrés à la confiture/Linzer Bis
 Bonjour from a chilly but very sunny SW France, This week I fancied making something nice and bright and as our guests have finished all of the ras...
20-11-2020 19:10
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What is an Ex- Voto"
 This morning I mentioned to French Boyfriend that I was going to list this vintage print in ...
16-11-2020 19:13
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The Perfect Place...
Photo from here This looks like the perfect place to spend confinement.All I need is a good book, French Boyfriend and netflix so that I can watch Th...
15-11-2020 19:09
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The Rolls Royce of Chocolate Moulds...
Anton Reiche is famous for making the world\'s best, most valuable and most collected chocolate moulds in the world.A bit of historyAfter working for...
14-11-2020 19:12
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French Food Friday - Poulet à la Vallée d'Auge/ Normandy Chi
 Bonjour mes belles,As you already know we both adore the region of Normandy and we normally spend a week there chilling out and filling our bellies ...
13-11-2020 19:13
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Lest we forget - Armistice Day
 Today is Armistice Day (Armistice de la Première Guerre mondiale) in France, today the French give thanks to all the French people  who died or ...
11-11-2020 19:14
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Jsut Added to our Online Boutique
 You will find some stunning vintage French Silk ribbon in ...
09-11-2020 19:12
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Vintage French Chocolate Molds
We have a good stock of vintage Pere Noel/Father Christmas Chocolate Molds in Stock and we have received some fabulous bell molds which will be added ...
07-11-2020 19:09
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French Food Friday - French Apple Cake
 We have lots of apples at present and I did not feel like making an apple tart so I thought I would try a new cake recipe.If you love rum, you will ...
06-11-2020 19:11
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Direct from Paris - Authentic Vintage Hermes Paris Ribbon
Just a quick note to say we have received some more vintage Hermes Paris ribbon from our supplier in Paris, perfect timimg with Christmas just around ...
05-11-2020 19:19
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