Papier velours, papier d'argent, papier chiffon

Shabby Chic Couture, Prairie Style Bed and Breakfast

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Rachel Ashwell opened a Bed and Breakfast" The Prairie" in Round Rock in Septembre 2011. You can also shop in her beautiful store.

Beautiful surroundings and very peaceful!

A Way of Living...Shabby Chic....

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The Most Famous Rachel Ashwell

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whow

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Swiss settler!

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A quaint town, great shopping

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Texas style, chili cook off!

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A little town"Round Top" Texas

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and more...

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...more photos, great show....

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Joy! I finally met the fabulous Judy Taylor Hill

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The Red Barn Antique Show

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A gift, a new start

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It's Christmas..., Peace and Good Will

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.... and a baby in a manger, this Nativity has been in our family for 4 generations.
Milkglass collection I love to use it for all the Holidays

the bearer of gift, handmade

Please come in....a Welcome Christmas

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A lunch and a paper project!
Friends
Tin Mirror Detail, on the bench in the entrance
PROUD! I MADE IT!
Welcome!

FRIENDS

Christmas, a Wish for Peace!

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Reflections...
A gift, remembrance of our visitor this Summer!
my handmade sachet
..and the angel sings....

On my island in the kitchen

In the kitchen my snowman gardener!

Baking cookies for the party!
Icy chandelier
Traditional tree in a garden urn, handmade reindeer
.... in my kitchen armoire
"Coquins" sugar cookies, raspberry seedless jelly
Memories...gift from my parents,I use my old ladder to set up my Nativity
Fill a container with rocks, stand your tree, add crystals ...sparkle!
Pastry table getting ready for a party...more milk glass!

Warm Handmade Christmas

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Columns from Alabama
Under" Cloche" and my handmade papier mache snowman
Peaceful! Coffee table made with iron candlesticks!
A family heirloom! Nativity made with bees wax,
has been in our family for 4 generation!

... in my living-room

Milk glass collection!

Handmade stockings, the elf looking one I made with a vintage cashmere sweater!

....more milk glass collection!
My handmade paper ornaments
Remembrance....my first handmade Santa! Good memories Debbie!

Entrance, remembrance.... wooden stand from our daughter's wedding last year
Close-up! Woodsy feeling! Natural look! I love to use a tray on a chair, if you need extra sitting it is easy to remove it fast!
My Handmade PaperAngel tree topper
Vintage birdcage revisited!
Garlands: mixed pine with white poinsettias, natural swan, lights

I love green houses, they are so great to decorate!

Thanksgiving

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Welcome

Close up, vintage tin mirror on our garden bench.
Great Menu for great friends!
Great to use curtain clip to hang photos!
Vintage postcards that hang with vintage clothe pins
Vintage Columns from Alabama, wool felted birds
Entrance

Pumpkins and Pilgrims
Vintage amber glasses
A little gift for each friend!

Thanksgiving

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A home baked bread
Fresh and delicious "Lemon Meringue Ice cream Pie"

Apple Cranberry Galette
A wheat bundle bread!

Paper Wreath

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Made with vintage french paper, music sheet, angel mold and handstamped silk ribbon

Our friends from Switzerland

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A long table, friends and a lot of fun!

Little Visitors

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Flooded nest? We had for few days 2 burrowing owls perching on our hurricane shutters!

Thanksgiving Classes at Paper Niche

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Great name tag or fill with goodies for each Thanksgiving guest!

One class, two projects, a name tag holder and a little book to express our blessings!

A Thanksgiving suited for a Queen

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A crown perfect for a Thanksgiving Table, great on a pumpkin.

Vintage Photo Holders

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I used parts of vintage lamps to create card holder! I love it!

A Time to Be Queen

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I am so happy and I am deeply honored that my " A time to Be Queen" will be featured in Somerset Studio in the Art Doll Quarterly Magazine in February!
Youppie!

Handmade "Cloches"

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Halloween

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under cloche
my handmade paper mâché cat

French Wire Chandelier

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Beautiful Autumn

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Change of season, my green house has a new decor

Visit at the Blue Bell Creamery, of course ice-cream

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Memphis and the well known Rendez-vous

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La Maison de Campagne de Mary et John

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Transformation, little by little
Front of the house, beautiful, tranquil and peaceful

Field trip to Tennessee

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Cotton

Cotton Field

The Queen Of Arts

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I am so happy to be one of the instructor at this venue. It will be a Sweet Valentine Celebration in a gorgeous Home, fabulous projects, delicious food and the best: new friendship. Please mark your calendar and click on the icon for more information.

Nature, birds, botanicals..... my favorites

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A journal inspired by nature: ribbons, feathers, buttons, a paper clay mold from my collection.

A rainy afternoon perfect for new projects

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I finally have my sewing machine working again! It is an old Bernina that I bought when I got married 34 years ago! So let's try new things!

A Challenge in Chartreuse

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A paper Queen

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A perfume bottle fit for a Queen

A Paper Dress

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For Everything There is a Season

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The Fairy Queen

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I teach this class at The Queen of Arts Event

Handmade paper flowers

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An other Class at Paper Niche

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A book crafted with one single piece of paper 12x12, great keepsake and gift!

A tiny Book for a Christmas Keepsake

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I teach at Paper Niche, this tiny book on July 20th 10am to 1pm

Paper Niche new classes

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Trick or Treat Banner, class at Paper Niche, July 23rd 10am to 1pm

Early morning drive to Webster

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Webster Fleamarket

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Junk?

Flea market finds

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I can never resist ribbons, what a great deal, $2.00 for all of it!Angels clips and a bag of religious medals. Great for card making.
Vintage curtains clips, I will use them on my journals.
Great collection of stamps to use on my books and cards!

I went to the flea market: goodies goodies...mother of pearl spreader!

Mary's nectarine tree!

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Ripe and juicy!

A wonderful week-end with friends and great projects!

You pick! Tomatoes, blueberries...

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Trip to Tampa for a Mother's Day celebration

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Tampa' s Bay, beautiful!
The best Ice cream!
Dessert and more dessert! An amazing brunch!

It could be Laduree!
Oyster catcher restaurant on Tampa bay, stunning birds created with wire by a California artist

High tea at the Magnolia tea room in Plant City. Quaint town, great for antiquing!

Mulberry tree

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Maya's backyard! We picked mulberries for pie and jam. Delicious!

Thoughts

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"When I cannot bear outer pressures anymore, I begin to put order in my belongings...
As if unable to organize and control my life, I seek to exert this on the world of objects."
Anais Nin.

In the Garden, book binding class

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Teaching at PaperNiche on May 24th 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Simple book binding.

Spring

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A journal

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I am teaching at Paper Niche

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Class on May 17th 10:30 am to 1:30 pm

for all little treasures

Easy pretty wreath

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A little twine, some grass, one or two flowers...nice wreath for a table. It looks great on a pedestal or cake stand! Just add yummy chocolate eggs!

A beautiful bread nest

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My hubby loves to bake bread and every Easter he will make that delicious nest to hold our printed eggs.

Easter Tradition

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Start with fresh herbs or tiny flowers
Bring water to a boil with one table spoon of white vinegar and the onion peels (5 to 8 onions). Simmer for two hours.
Discard the onion peels and keep the brew, wait until it is lukewarm.The eggs need to be at room temperature. Carefully layer the herbs or flowers on the egg, wrap the egg in a clean stocking, use twine to close.
Place the wrapped eggs into the concoction and bring to a simmer. Cook the eggs for 10 minutes. Transfer into ice cold water for 10'. Unwrap and voilà!

Old register from Hotel

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See attachment for the handle! On the other journal, I used a piece of moulding and a wooden butterfly.

A little gift for wonderful friends

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Package makes the gift special!

Back in my studio

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I am working on some new journals and I love to use vintage handles, it looks great!

Repurpose of a drawer.

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My studio update!

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Thank you to all our customers, champagne was served!

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Thank you my friends, you were amazing!

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Help! We are moving Past & Presents!

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A favorite snowman!

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Memories

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When I was a young girl my Mom would give me a box of Christmas ornaments for St Nicolas December 6th, I cherish these memories every year!

Hugo, our wonderful son-in-law

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Peaceful Christmas

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Home sweet Home

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My collection of handmade Santas

The Christmas dinner

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Family and friends

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Christmas at home, entrance

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Table setting

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A Thank'ful Celebration

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Thank you to all our customers, it was a pleasure to see you at our Open House.

A Christmas Wonderland

A beautiful journey...a beautiful wedding

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The village of Grandvaux, Switzerland

Getting ready

A Fresh Look

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Hand-poured Candles Made in USA

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall...

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Autumn, the Beautiful Season

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Join us for our Fall Open House

Our Backyard Neighbors

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The family of the burrowing owls

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Nestor the green heron during one of his visits.

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table decoration, branches with birds

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Rehearsal!

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The flowers on the table are going to be cluster of vintage bottles with one flower in each of them.

Le bonheur des parents! Happiness!

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Thank you Gabriele for the beautiful and delicious cupcakes!

A celebration with friends

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Great friends, great food,
cheers to Emilie and Hugo

The perfect wedding dress!

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So many choices! All beautiful! My best gift and the kindest to have Emilie, my daughter, coming from Switzerland to choose her wedding gown with me! Merci pour ce magnifique cadeau!

An invitation

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Emilie and Hugo's wedding invitation!

A start!

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starting again, one of my new card!

Mon Atelier (Studio update)

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I have a new space! We built a bookcase with antique tin and an old door that we cut in half for the sides, on the other side I have shelving for all my art goodies!! I love to re-purpose! This was
quiet a project! I had the vision but I am no carpenter! It was a team project! Mary, Pierre-Andre, myself and Danny for the final touch! The bookcase needed some stability and Danny and his skills made it work! Hurray! I love it! Great storage!
I made a bulletin board for one side to hang inspiration and pictures, two door knobs are holding the board, very easy to realize.
I took out the old green carpet and let the floor bare.I did a faux finish on the concrete and finished with a wet look sealer. (3 coats!)It looks great like you could skate on it! Great reflection with the ceiling! I used a metallic paint on the ceiling.( very hard to take a picture!)
On the floor, I used the words that we sell at the store from Danielson Designs! By the way they are on sale 60% off! It is very easy and fun to use! You could also cut your own stencil!
So my studio is coming along, I have my work table under the window. That is all right now.
My daughter is coming tomorrow! Youppie! We will go on a search for the perfect wedding dress!

Studio catastrophe! (a big mess)

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Believe it or not this is suppose to be my studio! This is my next project and I decide to share the "view" so it will make me start the clean up! Needs a lot of organization! We have a bed in this room, where is it?
I am so inspired by the magazine "Where women create". I need my table to start to create too!

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and an other collection, amber glass

Yet, an other collection

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Birdhouses