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A French-Inspired Garden and Home by Judith Stringham
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Presentation... French Flair for Style

Saturday, February 1, 2014


One of the nicest discoveries
I made on my first trip to France was how
every shop wrapped purchases,  
including the most humble,
not just the expensive,
Lauduree. 
Each time I watched
a shop keeper expertly wrap a purchase, 
I was enthralled with the detail and care
taken in wrapping each and every
purchase which was often
tied with a flourish and
presented to the 
purchaser with
style.  

A gesture
that expresses the
French flair of living...
Living with
style.

Presentation 
transforms an event, day, object, or gift  
from the ordinary to the sublime, 
and creates a memorable vision  
for the eyes, for the heart, 
and, for the 
spirit.



Soap becomes a
miniature painting 
of the Eiffel Tower 
or  


A painting of a flower garden 
visited by an exquisite 
dragonfly.


Anticipation is 
heightened by presentation and
an actual event, day, or gift
becomes even more
special. 

Following the example of
French presentations,
I decided to create
gifts that
say
Valentine's Day!

A small gift
dressed in white textured gift wrap,
tied with silky pink ribbons, and
adorned with a hand-stamped
French-script pink feather and
white Murano glass heart
 invites the receiver to
linger over the
wrapping,

and 

the presentation creates
a Valentine's gift
of whatever
lies inside.

The addition of a simple heart
transforms any gift into a
Valentine's gift
of love.


Just the addition of a rustic wire heart 
entwined with the remnants of a former plant 
lifts the small lobelia flower from a simple 
beautiful bedding plant to a 
special gift that evokes 
an expression of 
love. 

Special gifts do not have to cost a lot.

A four-inch bedding plant
lovingly tended and fertilizer fed
becomes a very special gift
with just a little extra
flair.

Presentation transforms a moment into
a priceless memory
filled with
love.


Presentation...
that says,
"Be my Valentine."

With a French flair for style...
❦
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Concrete Urn and Ivy

Monday, May 6, 2013

Recently this beautiful 
concrete urn 
came to live at my house.


So Jeanne D'Arc Living looking...
So French Country looking...

My inspiration...
French Inspirations by Jeanne D'Arc Living

I'm adding 
more and more white 
and more and more au naturel as spring turns into summer.

So far, the urn and the ivy.

With a little moss added...

Add a large grey ceramic heart...

Add lobelia
in beautiful sky blue.
My favorite color in one of my favorite flowers.

Add the throw pillow with a bird sitting amidst 
blue flowers.



Moving the heart around...
Hmmm...think I'll move it back to the base of the urn.

Thinking about adding wild angel hair vines around the urn...

But for today,
I like the clean au naturel look of
the white urn on the white blanket box
with blue flowers, green moss, and green ivy.
❧
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The bird pillow is from Pottery Barn.
The gray ceramic heart is from my shop, Botanic Bleu.
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