Showing posts with label paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paris. Show all posts
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Room for one please!
Sacha has been redecorating her guest house loft!
I mean..really?
She already lives in France...
Has a fabulous cute hubby...
Who helps with the lavender harvesting...
Yes! Lavender too!
Access to vintage French linens that she manages..somehow..to list in our shop!
food and wine...
And now she has the ROOM....
I'm so moving in!
Had to share this with
Shabbilicious Friday
Make it pretty MONDAY!
Feathered Nest Friday
Home stories A2Z
Romantic Home
Knick of Time
Cozy Little House
White Wednesday
Delighful Order
I mean..really?
She already lives in France...
Has a fabulous cute hubby...
Who helps with the lavender harvesting...
Yes! Lavender too!
Access to vintage French linens that she manages..somehow..to list in our shop!
food and wine...
And now she has the ROOM....
I'm so moving in!
Had to share this with
Shabbilicious Friday
Make it pretty MONDAY!
Feathered Nest Friday
Home stories A2Z
Romantic Home
Knick of Time
Cozy Little House
White Wednesday
Delighful Order
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Where did my cat naps go?
And what do I do on my day off from work?
Talk to Sacha Kay and see what she's doing today. Drive her crazy with logo requests. ;)
Pack, print, ship Ebay sold items.
My beautiful lace is going to China!
Then list more items.Bottles today!
Answer some Ebay questions. List items to our Etsy store. Wash linens to be listed.
Hang up packing tissue in the closet with rose scented sachets.
(Isn't that what everyone keeps in their closet?)
Did you see FOOD in that list anywhere??
Or a kitty nap???
Ah well, I need to lose a few pounds anyway and I bet there's a snoozing cat here somewhere.
Labels:
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Boudoir,
boudoir chic,
calling cards,
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paris,
Paris chic,
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shabby chic,
simple living,
victorian,
vintage
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Surprise me! De-hoarding the Brenda and Sacha way!
So everyone knows that Sacha and I have started an Ebay store together, no surprise there!
| My barkcloth listed! |
I wonder if we are the first people to ever do this from different sides of the world?
Now that's a question for Ebay. And I have such a funny blog to write about the service call to Ebay to explain that! But that's another story..maybe tomorrow?
Anyway...I was talking to Sacha last night...and it occurred to me that everyone probably thinks we plan out everything...discuss listing stuff...have a strategy...a plan...and I had to laugh.
I drag myself out of bed...get my coffee..turn on my computer...and Sacha is there...having wine and dinner and a relaxing bath, already having finished her day in France.
Our conversations usually start something like this...
Sacha: "How was work last night? Is your rosemary plant still doing well?"
Me: "Still alive! It and me. :) Did you list anything today?"
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| If this poor Rosemary plant lives, then lavender should too...right? |
Sacha: "You know you can separate your rosemary now to have more?
Yes, one of my favorite pillow cases!
What are you going to list today?"
Me: "I don't want more rosemary plants, I want your lavender!
I haven't had enough coffee to decide about listing anything yet, I'll decide later.
Oh I love your pillow case, I want it!"
I haven't had enough coffee to decide about listing anything yet, I'll decide later.
Oh I love your pillow case, I want it!"
Sacha: "No we're selling!! Selling! And I love the lace you listed..I want that!"
Me: No! We're selling..not buying..just say no!"
Sacha: "Here's my recipe to the Clafoutis you asked for.
I'm going to finish knitting my shawl, have a great day!
Can't wait to see what you list while I'm sleeping!"
I'm going to finish knitting my shawl, have a great day!
Can't wait to see what you list while I'm sleeping!"
Me: "Me too! No clue. LOL
Thank you, you have a wonderful night.
Thanks for the recipe and say hello to hubby for me!"
Thank you, you have a wonderful night.
Thanks for the recipe and say hello to hubby for me!"
And that's how Sacha and Brenda De-hoard!
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
In The Beginning...
This year is my anniversary of a lot of things. Twenty years with my husband, fourty years on planet earth and ten years in France. That makes me be half a life with my man and a quarter of it living in La Douce France.
Does that make me half my husband and 25% French? I don't know. I just know that I am more "me" now than I was twenty years ago.
Moving to France was a step of Epic Proportions. Not only was there the "quitting a solid, very well earning job", a huge language barrier, to say the least, and the construction work on a 500 year old house that had been abandoned for almost fourty years.
To paint the pixels: the house had walls (very solid, 60 centimeter thick ones) and a roof. That was it. And when I say that was it, I mean that in the broadest possible meaning of the sentence.
No bedroom. No kitchen. No bathroom.
Ha! Eat this, Thoreau!
The one thing that I did have, was my husband. A whole lot of husband. As in "24-7-365" husband. And no possible way to avoid each other when doing construction work.
Oh well. We survived. As did the house. All of us came out quite a bit stronger.
While writing this, I'm soaking in my bathtub. One of the earthly pleasures I found that I could not possibly live without. Like Thoreau asked himself "what do I really need and what am I willing to pay for it?", I did too. And somehow, just somehow, enjoying a nice hot bath with fresh herbs and sea salt, doesn't feel like paying. At all.
Sacha, simply living.
Does that make me half my husband and 25% French? I don't know. I just know that I am more "me" now than I was twenty years ago.
Moving to France was a step of Epic Proportions. Not only was there the "quitting a solid, very well earning job", a huge language barrier, to say the least, and the construction work on a 500 year old house that had been abandoned for almost fourty years.
To paint the pixels: the house had walls (very solid, 60 centimeter thick ones) and a roof. That was it. And when I say that was it, I mean that in the broadest possible meaning of the sentence.
No bedroom. No kitchen. No bathroom.
Ha! Eat this, Thoreau!
The one thing that I did have, was my husband. A whole lot of husband. As in "24-7-365" husband. And no possible way to avoid each other when doing construction work.
Oh well. We survived. As did the house. All of us came out quite a bit stronger.
While writing this, I'm soaking in my bathtub. One of the earthly pleasures I found that I could not possibly live without. Like Thoreau asked himself "what do I really need and what am I willing to pay for it?", I did too. And somehow, just somehow, enjoying a nice hot bath with fresh herbs and sea salt, doesn't feel like paying. At all.
Sacha, simply living.
(this blog is cross-posted from SachaKay.com)
Labels:
Boudoir,
brenda,
france,
french,
paris,
sacha,
simple living,
simply living
Location:
Bourbon-l'Archambault, Frankrijk
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Sacha's first Ebay listing from France!
Sacha and Brenda are now LIVE on Ebay together!
After hours and yes, many more hours...
we both need a sip of wine after that day...
Sacha's first Ebay listing is up and running!
How am I going to stop myself from buying everything?
Selling...we are selling together...keep saying that!
Although some of those hair pins in the second auction are MINE...
So we put our heads together (figuratively speaking) since she's in France and I'm in Georgia...)
And we now have Boudoir de Paris on Ebay, Etsy and blogs!
My brain is very tired with new names and passcodes and shipping rates...
But of course I had to brag a bit before never looking at this page again today. :)
The link to the shop...http://myworld.ebay.com/boudoir-de-paris/
It will take a few hours for the listings to show up...so patience please..
Labels:
antique,
Boudoir,
brenda,
ebay,
estate sale,
flea market,
french,
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sacha,
tins,
vintage
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