hurrah.....xx

....i'm going to paris next week.....so, so excited, as i havn't been for such a long time (well, ok, havn't been for a year!) just a short 2 day trip, but determined to cram in as much as possible...

we heart it

i would like to shop at merci, colette & ventilo's, take a trip to laduree for macarons & angelina's for hot chocolate, seek out button & ribbon shops, and there are about a dozen shops from pia's lovely book *paris: made by hand* that i would love to visit.....oh, and cover all the childrenswear shops in paris for work.....

i can't wait

i hope you all have found something to look forward to this week
xx

shopping list saturday....paris x

a friend is in paris this weekend and i know she will be visiting the flea markets there....i'm a little jealous, so, my shopping list this week is a collection of things that remind me of paris and the lovely things you can find at the vintage markets....x

the eiffel tower

paris lace from jacqleenbleu

old paris postcards from nostalgem

toujours paris necklace from poeticdesign

vintage haberdashery

drawstring pouch from 5dollarfrenchmarket

seam binding from 5dollarfrenchmarket

vintage key necklace from 5dollarfrenchmarket

flowers

paris market no.3455 by kariherer

paris market no.3970 by kariherer

paris market no.3927 by kariherer

there is a lovely blog written by pia jane bijerk, an australian living between sydney, paris and a houseboat in amsterdam. she is a stylist and has written a really sweet little book......*paris:made by hand*.....a collection of paris artisans and studio boutiques, boutiques selling art, buttons, ribbons, homeware, so many lovely things.......find out more here..

to see more of my favourite paris things look here..

the saturday shopping list was started by fancy picnic so hop on over there to take a look at everybody elses lists

after a week of sunshine it is now raining, so being in paris this weekend would have been fun. as it is i'm looking out a lawns that need to be mowed, tomato plants ready to go in the greenhouse, growbags ready to be planted with lettuce......hoping for sunshine again tomorrow

hope your saturday is just how you want it to be

xx

the ten things I love most about Paris are.....x

in no particular order......x

1. the eiffel tower

......I don't think I have ever been to Paris & not clamoured for a glimpse of "la tour eiffel"

(autumn and the eiffel tower, toshio)

2. musee d'orsay

......I vividly remember my first visit here as a first year art student, thinking it was one of the most wonderful places on earth, and being mesmerised by the Degas pastels of the ballet students

3. the vintage markets at Porte de Clignancourt

......absolute heaven!

4. angelina's on the rue de rivoli

......their hot chocolate is the most decadent you will ever taste, and as you queue for a table you can gawp at the wonderful selection of cakes & pastries

5. galeries lafayette

......possibly one of the most glamorous department stores I've ever been to

6. the beautiful vintage carousels

......seen in so many of the parks and around the tourist attractions

7. Chanel, 31 rue Cambon

......the look of this building sums up all that is synomous with Chanel; classic, understated, simply elegant & unmistakably expensive

8. montmartre & the Moulin rouge

......I love the whole feel of this area, the views it gives you of the rest of Paris, wondering around the square watching the artists at work, and then seeing the moulin rouge, and feeling strangely surreal, as if in some ways this shouldn't actually exist, except in the fabulous imagination of film makers?

(moulin rouge, MoMaBi)

9. paris opera

......inspired Gaston Laroux's Phantom of the Opera
(place de l'Opera, brooklyn museum)

and finally 10. parisians

......so chic, so unapologetic, just so......

bon nuit x