Posts Tagged as ‘France’

August 31, 2009

Charming French Shutters

You are the ray of sunshine in my life; Flowers bloom in my heart each time we are together. . .  I shutter to think what I would do without you.                                                                                          ~unknown Oooh . . . lala! J’adore French shutters! Aren’t they simply charming? While shutters served utilitarian purposes over the centuries — keeping out inclement weather [...]

August 20, 2009

Memories of France

God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December. ~James Matthew Barrie, Scottland 1922 (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty of Chateau Dumas and surrounding villages. This is the last in the series on a millinery masterclass held in southwest France. Thank you, my dear friends, for following along on [...]

August 16, 2009

French Millinery Magic

Happiness in not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement in the thrill of creative effort. ~Franklin. D. Roosevelt (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty of Chateau Dumas and surrounding villages. Please allow time for your computer to load the images so that you don’t miss [...]

August 12, 2009

Bon Appetit!

Find something you are passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.                                                    ~ Julia Child  (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty of Chateau Dumas and surrounding villages. Please allow time for your computer to load the images so that you don’t miss any. This is the seventh in the series on a [...]

August 9, 2009

The Fabulous French Straw Hat

Be like Curious George, start with a question and look under the yellow hat to find what’s there.                                                                                   ~James Collins (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty of Chateau Dumas and surrounding villages. Allow time for your computer to load the images so that you don’t miss any. This is the sixth in the [...]

August 2, 2009

Heavenly French Lavender

The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows…                                                                         ~Willian Cullen Bryant, 1794-1878 (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty of Chateau Dumas and surrounding villages. Allow time for your computer to load the images so [...]

July 30, 2009

Estivales du Chapeau {hat festival in France

Grab your coat, and get your hat. Leave your worry on the doorstep. Just direct your feet, to the sunny side of the street.                                                                                ~Dorothy Fields (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty of Chateau Dumas and surrounding villages. Allow time for your computer to load the images so that you don’t [...]

July 25, 2009

Creativity at Chateau Dumas

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.                                                              ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe  (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty [...]

July 23, 2009

Inspiring Beauty at Chateau Dumas

A once-in-a-lifetime trip to an 18th-century chateau in southwest France creates beautiful inspirations inside and out. Join the adventures over several days following a millinery masterclass taught by Dillon Wallwork, Royal Milliner, in a French atelier at Chateau Dumas. Second in a series.

July 21, 2009

French Dreams at Chateau Dumas

 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.                                                               ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (Note: There are many spectacular images capturing the amazing beauty of Chateau Dumas. Allow enough time for your computer to load the images so that you don’t miss any. This is the first in the series on a millinery [...]