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Showing posts with label galleries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label galleries. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 June 2016

A wet few days in Paris

Why does something always seem to happen when we go to Paris!

This time it was rain, riots and strikes.

The Seine was ready to burst, but fortunately we managed to get into Musee d'Orsay before it was closed,










We fitted in plenty of shopping at the Marche St Pierre for fabric, yarn, buttons and trimmings. I managed to find some metallic linen that I have been lusting after on the Purl Soho website for months and some linen to cover the sofa, plus a few other things!









A lovely few days, even the cancelled train on the way home was not a problem as we managed to get on an earlier one, just giving us time for lunch at Montparnasse.

Monday, 8 November 2010

Arts and Crafts


Pumpkins in the frost
I'm back blogging! October seemed to pass me by, I have missed two end of month photos for September and October and have a lot of catching up to do. My life is a little chaotic at the moment, we seem to have had a month of disasters. However, I am settling into commuting from France to Sussex every week, I miss Culli and the dogs and the gentle pace of life in France desperately, however it is great to be involved in the day to day running of Kangaroo and meeting up with old customers.
I have just had an Arts and Crafts Exhibition at home in France over the weekend, the combination of paintings and textiles (and delicious cream teas in aid of the Poppy appeal!) brought visitors in from all over the Charente-Maritime. It has fired my enthusiasm to open a gallery in our barn and have had Culli drawing up designs for the conversion all weekend!
November is going to be just as hectic, I have finally had the designs for my book approved so now have three weeks to make up all the designs and write the text..........
I also have to get a few tea cosies together for my old friend Kim's Open House in Brighton. If you are in the Brighton area this exhibition is well worth a visit, details will be on the one2six website soon. The exhibition will be open on 20th, 21st and 27th, 28th November and 4th, 5th and 11th, 12th December, a one stop visit for all your Christmas shopping and some scrummy cakes.