Best thing about winter? Leggings!

What the first thing I grab on those first chilly days?

My leggings of course!

No fabric is safe from the legging pattern!

I have them in velvet, lace, rayon, cotton, you name it and it has been made into leggings.

I refuse to wear pantyhose. Ever. Never again. Do they even still make those?

Snugly socks, a pair of boots, leggings and I'm done for the winter!   

Romantic Lace Leggings

Romantic lace leggings or tights are made from 4 way stretch lace with a soft ruffle at the bottom.
Under a wedding dress, tunic, as pj's or a sexy undergarment you choose how you want to wear these.

Poor Sacha has been waiting on her pair for...a year???...something like that!

I'm sorry darlin' you'll get a pair for Christmas! Promise!

I won't sell the ones I make you this time around. LOL

Thank you to my gorgeous model Whitney and photographer Greg!

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French Teapots and Spiders

As usual, during coffee I was having my morning (her evening) conversation with Sacha...

She was showing me what she was listing today. Love these French prints! Why does she have all the good stuff! Yes, I'm whining here!

Look at this cute, cute enamel teapot!!

Anyway...

I was gracefully (slouching) reclining at my desk when this HUMONGOUS

wood spider came crawling across the top of my desk towards me.

I'll tangle with almost anything, I have bears and coyotes in my yard every night...

but spiders, and especially one as big as one of my cats???

(Brenda: known to exaggerate a teeny bit)

Oh man, I'm outta there!

And just in case you thought Sacha was the sweet one...

You can see how sympathetic she was!

Brenda Cantrell

• • • • Have you see all the comments on our blog???
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      • I just had a spider as big as a tarantula come crawling across my desk!!!
        
        
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      3 hours ago

      Sacha Kay

      • YIKES! Don't you have dogs and cats to capture creatures like that?
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      3 hours ago

      Brenda Cantrell

      • Heck they would have been afraid! LAMO
      • SCARED ME!!
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      3 hours ago

      Sacha Kay

      • Of course it scared you. What did you do with it?
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      3 hours ago

      Brenda Cantrell

      • I chased it, it got away. I've moved to the couch!! Freaking out! LOL
      • Gotta go back in for my coffee...OMG...Do you think it's laying in wait???
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      3 hours ago

      Sacha Kay

      • Ehm? Chase it?!?!?! LOL! You DID know where it was. Now it can get back to surprising you. LMAO!!! This is hilarious.
        
        

        • • Try catching it with a glass / jar and piece of paper and release it outside. Or if you don't mind killing spiders: vacuum cleaner.
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Brenda Cantrell

          • Says you! LOL I've got to go back over there eventually!
          • I did! I had a can and paper! It LEAPED behind the desk!
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Sacha Kay

          • I'm not afraid of spiders. I always catch and release them. Except for the ones that come with 1,000s. Those I vacuum.
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Brenda Cantrell

          • And me screaming like a girl.
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Sacha Kay

          • LOL!!! Too bad you didn't have your webcam on.
            
            
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Brenda Cantrell

          • I was just saying...thank god she couldn't see that!!!
          • I'm not afraid of ANYTHING BUT SPIDERS!!! Give me the freaking heebie jeebies.
            

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              Sacha Kay

              • Why? You're too big for them to eat you.
                
                
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              3 hours ago

              Brenda Cantrell

              • The dogs and cars are asleep on the couch while I'm being eaten by a gigantic spider!
                
                
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              3 hours ago

              Sacha Kay

              • I think I would have died if I had seen you with that spider. OMG! I'm already almost dying by thinking of it. I'm almost wetting my pants here.
                
                
                
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              3 hours ago

              Brenda Cantrell

              • And there's no proof of that.
              • that they can't eat me...
                
                

            
            

    • Sacha Kay

      • Who can I call if you're not here tomorrow at this time of day? In order to check if you haven't gotten eaten by a spider. LOL!!!!
        
        
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      3 hours ago

      Brenda Cantrell

      • LOL Just send the ambulance for what's left of my spider eaten body.
      • It's just a wood spider. Not dangerous. they always try to come inside when fall gets here. They are just HUGE.
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      3 hours ago

      Sacha Kay

      • Ohw. Okay. I will. Keep your webcam on when you go to sleep. Maybe it just crawls inside your mouth and you won't ever know that it's living in your stomach if you don't film it. LMAO!!!
        
        
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      3 hours ago

      Brenda Cantrell

      • OMG NOW THAT'S JUST WRONG

        
        

        • Sacha Kay

          • Vacuum it.
          • I know!!! You just shouldn't be scared of a spider, my dearest Brenda.
            
            
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Brenda Cantrell

          • Somehow having a vacumm cleaner full of live spiders doesn't sound a whole lot better!!! LOL
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Sacha Kay

          • He cannot harm you. Catch it, release it. Or kill it (bad spider karma, though).
          • LOL!!!
            
            
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          3 hours ago

          Brenda Cantrell

          • Well I'm going to spider karma H**L then.

            
            
            
            
            

            And yes, that spider is still around here somewhere!

            
            

            He's waiting...and watching...
            
            
            
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Famous French Porcelain

By far the most famous French porcelain, is the porcelain that comes from Gien. Gien is a city in the Loiret region of France. Almost 200 years ago Thomas Edme Hulm, an English industrial, decided to start a faience factory.

The 'faiencerie' got to be very well known for their copy work. They excelled in copying historical pieces that were very affordable.

Of course they made original pieces too. Either inspired by 17th and 18th century faience, the orient or talented painters.

Today, there are 227 employees in the Gien business and their tableware faience is mostly to be found in the upscale specialty shops. I particularly like their 'contemporain' Paris tableware:

They not only make the most beautiful tableware, but they make lamps, vases and other collectors items as well.

I stumbled upon Grand Marnier publicitary plates a couple of years ago. These little plates were mostly used in the bistro's to put peanuts on or to present the bill. They are very pretty and have a very romantic look, with a lovely couple and the red color. It's the kind of image that is to be found on Toile de Jouy.

When I picked up a plate, I was stunned to see that these were Gien plates. I mostly recognize the Gien work, for it's usually quite distinct.

Of course I had to buy them. I couldn't resist. And now that I'm seriously dehoarding, I've decided to put them all (but one:)) for sale in the Boudoir de Paris eBay store. They ostly sell for about EUR 12,= (approx. USD 15,=) a piece here in France, I've just listed one to bid on with a starting price of USD 3,99. A great chance to become the owner of an very Paris Chic original Gien piece!

Sacha.

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