More whiteness

How do you pronounce the color white in french?

"blanc"

- effectively, blahⁿc, where the little n means a nasalization of the preceding short a.

 Content as can be,

surrounded with old French linen ...

~  et blanc ~

~White ~

French Bisque and porcelain 
 Limoges 

 monogrammed  linens and hand made lace,

the history of and era

without intention

my eyes seems to follow the same hue through out

I reach out, touch, smell and savour

 the scent of freshly laundered linen,

folded and stored for needed use

I tag them

with monogram description,

size, quantity and entry no, 

some with a scribbled private note: where found

the texture and color of linen, 

is engraved in my "mood board"

  

  added monogrammes ~ JOY

 DD and Yentl dreaming away..

they respect  my obsession with old French linen
et blanc

"Realize deeply that the present moment

is all you ever have."
—Eckhart Tolle

ps: remember my give away

HERE

in Print -thank you

Just a reminder to my celebration "give away"

HERE


Colx

in Print

original image for publication: Henrique Wilding

La Brocanteuse

mentioned in

Setting Trends

GARDEN AND HOME

July 2011 issue P 26

much appreciated, thank you

in August 2010

image: La Brocanteuse

I did a post on 

Pauline's White House 

Here

Not a single day has passed since then 

without someone, somewhere in the world reading this post

(stats check)

  read about

Pauline's white house -updated

in

HOUSE and LEISURE

July issue 2011 p 66 - 73

photo of original images for publishing: Henrique Wilding

and

as introduction page to a feature on 

Kitchens and Bathrooms

page  133 of the same issue of

HOUSE AND LEISURE

 la Brocanteuse kitchen

photo of original image for publishing: Henrique Wilding

image by Henrique Wilding-
taken on day of shoot
  (not in magazine)

image: La Brocanteuse

To celebrate

one year of blogging, the thrill of published media 

and my birthday on June 21st

I am sharing all these joys with a "give away"

~a French find from my Brocante Armoire~

 image: La Brocanateuse

Leave a comment on what you enjoy most on my blog

 what would you like to see more of?

Tell me if you are a follower

It is not a rule in order to win something, rather to hear what you would like to find  on my blog

I will choose 3 winners

(since it is a tripple celebration)

the winner will be anounced 

July 14th-Bastille day

for non South African winners, I will include the 

HOUSE AND LEISURE

with the feature on Pauline's house.

Feel free to share this with other bloggers.

non bloggers can e-mail me on 

colette@lecapfoods.com

Colx

one year of blogging

my first post May 2010 

 

For the love of a French market ...
"de l'occasion pour faire"
Here

Linge et blanc

Unpacking , sorting the linen,lace, chanvre, hemp  and  trouvaille 
from our recent visit to France and Belgium

 

 moving stock around 

to make place for fabulous new finds

I love the patched pieces..
speaks of days when replacing was not an option, easier to mend than to  hand weave new ones..

Opening the boxes, re-discovering  and  re-live the day, the event, the place , the dealers, the trip...the thril of the hunt

 

Linge  et blanc

everywhere

Unpack, sort,wash, iron, measure,snapshots documenting each piece..

working against the clock to have all ready to share.

in my French Armoir with brocante finds and linge

et blanc

....to be continued

Col x

Being watched by the family..

curious about all the white linen

(just had to share the boys!-please note they are ever so comfortable on their own French daybed, French chanvre cloth to protect from muddy feet, and velvet toile cushions. I had no say at all, they claimed it)