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4 mai 2012

Lily of my valley

Lily of my valley
Symbol of happiness and chance, the Lily of the valley is offered on 1st of May (labour day).This is a nice period to make charming bouquets, invite friends and enjoy good food and conviviality ! You can marry it with Lilac or small fowers from the gardens,...
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23 avril 2012

Boule de neige

Boule de neige
I found this week-end a nice plate engraved with a delicate floral pattern and arabesques. I havebeen looking for it for so long. The pattern is named "Boule de neige" (viburnum) from SaintAmand Hamage. The blue is very luminous and goes very nicely with...
5 mai 2011

Blue collection

Blue collection
A collection in course, from the French manufacture of Sarreguemines : the pattern is "Capri - Réserve Casino", from the years 1920-1950. I have 8 dinner plates et 6 soup plate, the big soup tureen very useful for winter soups. The beginning of a nice...
23 mai 2011

Blue garden

Blue garden
The sun has hidden, it is ideal time to weed, plant, and color the garden. Electric blue lobelias associates to purple vervains... So happy are the windows... The garden is generous, the rose trees opened this morning, the boxwood explode, to be cut soon....
1 avril 2012

This is not a joke

This is not a joke
Bleu Chine was born one year ago, April 1st ! It was a test : would I be able to set up my own blog and just have fun in sharing the littlethings I love, through nice photos with sparkling colors ? A year after, I can say they were friendly moments with...
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21 septembre 2012

The good resolutions

The good resolutions
Autumn is there with 25°C degrees ! Today I decided not to eat a salad on the go. So I cameback home at noon, and, oops !, I forgot to come back to work... It's the fault to the delicious light and the heat through the glass, in this comfortable sofa....
12 octobre 2012

Color makes me happy !

Color makes me happy !
I discovered sometimes ago a fabulous website, from the photographe Julia Hoersch . While enjoying your after dinner ice cream, just go for a walk there and open your eyes wide. Are you ready for total immersion in merry colors, nice combination of porcelain,furnitures,...
27 avril 2011

Loving books

Loving books
Some read them, others cut or sculpt , and wht not paint them... Books as tracks of life, where thoughts, history and memory are mixed… We like their covers andtheir imperfections make them more alive. See herethe works of Jacqueline Rush Lee Or Cara...
16 août 2011

Washing day

Washing day
Let see here, Longmétrage how antique fabrics and embroideries can take new colors. To recycle pale or yellowed clothes, I have used a black dye : each fabric reacts depending onthe percentage of cotton it contains : how surprising it was to obtain this...
29 août 2011

Red red red

Red red red
Isn't that strange... All this red in my basket as I come back from a French Brocante ! Wonderful treasures : 10 embroidered napkins, a sugar shaker, 6 flowered plates named Irisand 2 fruit dishes (Floréal KG Luneville), a glass cup with its cloche, a...
25 novembre 2011

I took some photos at the international center of

I took some photos at the international center of
I took some photos at the international center of Ceramics in Entraygues-sur-Truyère.It is a big art gallery called "Le don du Fel", lost in North Averyon and I recommend thisplace a lot. International artists can present their creative world and sensibility...
18 février 2012

Pink tonic

Pink tonic
The sun came out again today after these cold days. I suddenly need tonic colors in the house... Antic linen sheet with a nice monogram Fabrics from Designers Guild Waiting for the roses in the garden... little oil on canvas, and my favourite colorful...
10 avril 2011

Green or blue ?

Green or blue ?
In the 2011 collection of the great Farrow & Ball, associations of unexpected colors come to hustle our habits. We knew the Gray - the different ones - and all the dull tones, the pallet of blue, from turquoise to blue storm... In the photo below, a touch...
23 août 2011

Breakfast in the garden

Breakfast in the garden
Coming back from the flea market, I have found new colors for breakfast in the garden. Blue for the tea pot... UC "Jardinière" plates for the muffins... A Monaco jug for fresh water, and a sunny Sarreguemines milk pot... An english plate for the toasts...
5 avril 2011

A matter of heart and chance

A matter of heart and chance
Did you have the delight, one day at the flea market, to notice among dusty objects, somethingspecial whose colour attracts you ? You can't see anything but this one... Then, for a few euros,it's in the bag.. When I saw this vase, lost among others, it...
8 mai 2011

Under the cherry tree

Under the cherry tree
Today it is 25°... I appreciate the shade under the trees... to show you my last discoveries : The lamp from the Compagnie des Indes is waiting for a new lampshade a soap dish waiting for the Marseille soap... et some laces to wash-tint-transform A simple...
16 mai 2011

Blue borders

Blue borders
When the smell of the brioches envades the kitchen, it is quite difficult to resist... I doubt the three ones who devoured them in a few minutes had time to notice the beautiful blue storm border of these plates " Laitière" of St Amand. It's hard to find...
2 juin 2011

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas
For me, Hydreangeas are definitely linked to holidays on the west coast of France, in the verypreserved area of Morbihan (little sea in Breton). A wild nature, many islands to discover, littles boats, plenty of birds... without forgetting thedelicious...
5 octobre 2011

Mauve and blue

Mauve and blue
Is there something more exciting than discovering something beautiful under a layerof dust and durt ! That cutlery was waiting in an old box for a new life. And I had notseen the nice monograms... They will fit the nice Art nouveau plates I have found...
25 octobre 2011

A blue spot

A blue spot
Here it was, a spot of frank blue in this extraordinary bric-a-brac... and that so unexpected colorin the grey dust seemed to illuminate the place... Here it is, at home, on the little table I like to decorate with my last finds. An almost complete range...
15 novembre 2011

All the little things I found one day or another

All the little things I found one day or another
All the little things I found one day or another at the flea market... And a color : red... As I mix them, they take a particular way of being, with an air of far country. Little roses oil painting, re-painted frame Chinese paintings on black silk, roses...
19 mars 2012

Rainbow vase

Rainbow vase
I found that big and heavy vase at the flea market. He drawn my attention with its multi-coloredfacets : white, turquoise, green, yellow, orange.You can turn it and choose the color you prefer, depending on the mood... That vase need flowers with long...
29 mai 2012

So nostalgic...

So nostalgic...
These wood display boxes used to store the block lettering caugth my attention. They reflect theinimitable savoir-faire of these print artists we have almost forgotten now, with our computersand portable printers.. A little golden coloured frame, a nice...
12 avril 2011

The double life of things

The double life of things
I discovered this old box with its false bottom and mysterious initials B.T., containing old bobbins.An occasion to dream of its previous life... As Miss Marple would do, let's imagine Mrs Betty Tenderton, old English dressmaker drinking a cupof tea in...
13 avril 2011

Just dare

Just dare
We all know (and respect) Designers Guild, their fabulous fabrics and wallpapers. A plentiful worldof colors and materials. It is for me the personified audacity. I have selected some pictures fromtheir web site here. For a Grand Siècle atmosphere should...
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