Have a Fabulous Sunday!

J'Adore Ladurée, Thank You for the Inspiration

I Love Laduree & all its Lovely inspiration.

All the way from France...

Special delivery

Ladurée

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Home of the World Famous Macaroons

Everything they create

is simply devine.

Everything in their bakery

to

their packaging 

&

Window displays

The colors

 Style

ribbons

touches of gold
pedestals
fancy papers
dreamy colors
one of a kind
yummy chocolates
slices of magic

decadence
pure heaven

Dreamy colors to inspire

the colors

for

my little boxes.

Sweet petite designs

to

simply

make little ones smile.

DREAM

I have always seem to drift towards these color choices 

when I desgn for little ones.

Of course I paint with other colors

however,

I tend to favor the soft dreamy colors with 

a whitewash & touch of gold to the edges.

I like my designs to be reminiscent

of Once Upon A Time

somewhere perhaps from

a little French Boutique.

Where only the privileged

shopped for the little royal princess.

I dare to DREAM

&

My dreams are of the little Princess

whom had only the best

one of a kind

designs from the most creative all

over the World.

layers of ruffles

&

pink organza

flowers

&

roses with pearls

gold charms

French sayings

Little French Inspired keepsake boxes

Wish Upon a Star

keep your secrets & wishes

Best Friend boxes

hidden treasures

These boxes are not finished yet.

Just a little sneak peek.

They need a little bit more fluff & sparkle.

I do love them.

Pretty little accent pieces for a Girls bedroom.

Surround your precious ones

with pieces of Magic

to start them

off to the land of

Wondermint ~

Dreams

Best Friend Gifts.

Baby showers.

Just to say

I LOVE YOU.

XOXO

whatever the reason...

I hope you enjoy them 

&

cherish them.

A little gift from me to you.

mon amour,

Joelle xoxo
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Laudree & Tim Walker

The French Nursery...

I wonder what my little treasures are doing.

I hope they enjoy them for many years to come.

I dream of some little girl being able to pass them down to her little girl one day.

I believe with time and love ALL things become more cherished & beautiful.

You might not know me or hear from me but do know that I truly hope you enjoy my work and I put a lot of Love into everything I do.

Kisses

Joelle XOXO

La Bonne Vie...

La Bonne Vie.....

The Good Life.... Enjoying Life to the fullest. Loving everyday. Your day. Any day. Just living and loving it. Appreciating everything around you. Never taking anything for granted. Appreciating it all. The good the bad & the indifferent. For everything that it brings to you. For what you learn from life and what you do with it.
**** Remember to click on pictures to see if they have a larger view. I know many didn't even know you could do that. I click on many pictures. Sometimes they lead you to more goodies... Teaching our children, the little ones around you. Family & friends.... teaching them to appreciate what they have, strive to gain even more of what you love, to never settle. Go after, get what you want and know that you can do it.

By never settling, means to never give up on what you want out of life. Possessions, memories, world travels, cultures, education, words, thoughts, smells and visions.

All good things that are what makes you who you are. Not what others define you as, but what is in your destiny, your path on this journey called life.

All the things that make your heart smile. Just make you tick & feel alive.

La Bonne Vie ~

In my creative journey, I am at the point in my life that I surround myself with my family. I have 5 little girls. They are my biggest inspiration.

Therefore.... I am creating baby & child designs. They are my inspiration and I love being able to dream of Fairy Tales. Little ones should be surrounded by sweet creative designs to let their imaginations sore and drift off to magical dream of sugar plum fairies and magical wonderment.

As my girls grow I suppose my designs will grow with them. I already have some more Vogue inspired art for teens in the works inspired from my fashion conscious fashinista's!

I suppose I should not call my oldest a little girl anymore. Yet she is my first born and will always be my baby.

Now how many get choked up, cry or lose train of thought when saying, muttering, whispering those words? Wow. I never thought it would come this soon. I am so very proud of her I can not even explain right now. I do not have the words that are good enough to explain what she means to me and who she really is. I'm stumbling right now as I try to type it.

I shall move on and regroup and try a bit later on... at what I will attempt to say to you my friends out there in blog land.

This little introduction into my little French Circus fairy design took a turn. La Bonne Vie ~ The Good Life. It made me think of all the things I love. Which made me start to ramble on about my children. That is ok... because they are what, who inspire me to create what I do.

It is a never ending journey for me. I love being able to be home with them and create as I am able to find time to do. I am very fortunate to have been able to do this for almost 19 years.

A lot has happened in those years. I can not look back and get upset and wonder how I could have changed things. Why did I let opportunities slip past me. What I can do & what I should do is be glad I have my children and that they are healthy, happy & safe.

I must move forward. For me and for my girls. I truly love them and they are the reasons I continue to move forward with what I believe in. I need to show them I never gave up.

Thank you sweet wonderful people for taking the time to read this. Thank you for leaving comments, emails for those of you not liking to be public (and that is ok with me) and thank you to those I may never know you even dropped by or followed me all along. Thank You.

I'm honored to have anyone take notice, mostly the ones I have never met. Thank you.

This is a picture of my first born and my youngest baby. I Love them so much.
They continuously take pictures of each other, and of themselves!!!! They now have the baby trying to take her own Always! She even gets the apple and she will try to do her own little show. I am not ready for this. If this is my last baby... I want to enjoy her being a baby and not learning so much! I am so not ready for this.

This picture here below is soooo wonderful you have no idea....
She is sitting on her princess little chair/fold out nap thingy...NAP? did I just say that???? We don't do naps in this family gosh DARN it! Lucky me to have hyper busy creative children like me! : O
anyways....Our sweet neighbors who have a little girl. Their only child. ~ (So they spoil her and my baby LOVES that!!) My baby absolutely adores her.... well they gave her this princess chair. and ALL her DORA Dora things she gets tired of. WOW!!! She makes my baby the happiest girl in the world!
She takes her special chair where ever I am. She has her little trays in diff. rooms to be able to do "HER CRAFT" right next to me.

Also...I am a "Nestor" I like people to be comfy. Of course I make sure my girls are happy & comfy but I even have a problem with making sure all their friends have enough pillows, blankets etc... I get annoying I'm sure. BUT never with my baby.
In this picture you can see She has TWO pillows on her already comfy chair. All set up right next to me. Even in the wee hours... She is just like me. I love my girls so much! WOW I am so lucky! anyways.... this picture of her in her little chair is my life right now. BABY always by my side....
Ohhh the wonderful things I find on the computer. I Love it. Not sure If I can get away with some pictures I would Love to put on. Some things are just sooo cute, they just aren't into mom doing it! ; )
This is my second baby girl! Love her. Biggest heart & sweetest thing ever. The two of them are inseparable... they do everything together.

Like now... they are at yet another concert....together. Poor boyfriends. you get both! haha maybe that's why they all like them. It like being the Kardashians... A crazy life! Loud & busy! ~ that's a whole other story. Oh my, you have no idea!!! (I have two more girls... you'll see later)
Ohhh by the way.... even though my daughter is going to be going to college... I am still young!!! & don't forget that! ; )

Bonne Nuit ~

Joelle XOXOXO

* I know I said I will try to not write so much and bore you, but I did try and it is late and I'M too tired to edit and tidy it up a bit. I'll get there. right now... I have a lot to say and I'm trying to get out a bunch here & there and then MOVE ON.... promise XOXO

* I know this post has same pictures in it... but I was going to post this on my other blog I'm messing around with and decided to post it here too! : )

A French Shabby Chic Circus...

Here is a little French Keepsake box with a sweet French Circus Fairy standing upon her whimsical party stage. Complete with vintage mica, 3 shabby balloons, old wire wings with a touch of mica for sparkle, a few painted & waxed flowers, tiny rhinestone, glass glitter, pink crepe paper, ric-rac, hand torn aged paper banner that reads " La Bonne Vie" ~ The Good Life.

All with the right touch of Old World Charm to bring your Precious one. A piece to dream up a story where this might have come from. A long ago ~ Once Upon A Time....special boutique where the royal families shop exclusively from ~ to bring treasures to their loved ones from far away places.
Now I'm not saying this is a "royal" piece with expensive materials... it is just back in those days... Only the privileged afforded such unique pieces that no one else could afford or find.These such pieces find there way to the flea markets and Estate sales all threw Europe. Carelessly found tucked away in attics with no one really knowing of the worth & stories that went with these forgotten pieces. Your a lucky one if you can get your hands on such treasures to bring back for all the stories to pass down.




At the bottom of the box is glass glitter with sparkle mixture ~ as to not come off on little hands. However, there is a bit of magic sparkling at the base to make it really special & unique. but not messy.
Right now I'm just playing around & putting it on my blog so I can see what it looks like. Not sure if I should add any thing else to it. I need to get another picture of the bottom so you can see what I mean about the glass glitter sugary detail. Just different. I Like to be different.

Imagination is such a wonderful thing. The stories to be told, the ideas to create.

Being a little one is such a wonderful time. It is also so wonderful to help create these little stories in children's imaginations & let their precious minds dream away to the land of wonderment and sugar kissed Fairy Tales.

This picture looks a little darker. It isn't as dark. Oh... and the Vintage Mica... its securely on there. It doesn't get all messy & it still has it flakey shimmery look, just not messy. I do a lot of playing around to make sure it can be picked up by little ones hands. I have many testers : )

Oh... and the little "circus Fairy" title.... Not sure why; but the sweet thing made me think of that. It's a bit different and don't you think a child deserves it. I do. It's a good thing.
ohhhh La Bonne Vie!