Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Maison Reve~Chapter 2 ~40% Off Everything in the Store


Hello!
I wanted to share some images with you of my favorite shop....
Yasmine, is closing her shop in Mill Valley, CA, January 31st....
Maison Reve will be moving onto Chapter Two!
Yasmine will be holding seasonal workshops at different inspiring locations....
She wants to inspire others to slow down and enjoy life the Maison Reve way....

You will still be able to shop Maison Reve online.....



Yasmine ships worldwide...
I took a lot of pictures for all of you!
Everything was 30% off!
Better yet 
 everything in the shop is now 40% off!


Here is a quick tour of Maison Reve!










grain sack pillows...









Tables....





reclaimed old growth douglas fir shelving....
We purchased some of this wood and can't wait to show you what my husband 
is going to build with it....









Vintage bottles.....










I LOVE this....






I hope you get a chance to stop in at Maison Reve before it closes January 31st...
Everything is now 40% off!
While I am sad that Yasmine will be closing her shop....


You can read more about the exciting future of Maison Reve on Yasmine's Blog....
You can find Maison Reve on facebook....
You can shop Maison Reve on...

We all wish you the VERY BEST and look forward to seeing more of you and the Maison Reve way of living in the future!

Enjoy the rest of your week!
Take Care,
Maria 

Friday, January 13, 2012

A Slightly Late Christmas Post


Hello!
I am finally going to share some images of what little Christmas decorating I was able to get done this year....


We usually only decorate the living rooms and the dining room....
This year I barely got one room decorated....


We got our tree from Aimee Peterson, who 
 owns a shop called the Antique Gardener.
Aimee invited us to her parents' Christmas tree farm this year, they have the prettiest tree farm!
The kids and I got to pick out our tree....It reminded me of when we were kids...
We would always cut our own tree down, and a lot of times would have a Charlie Brown tree that we covered with a lot of tinsel...
I shot the above image of Emma, Aimee's daughter, while we were there...
Thank you Aimee!
I have posted about Aimee's shop before on my blog.....


We picked out a beautiful White Fir Tree.....


We had intended to decorate it : )....
However we ended up leaving the tree bare....
We wrapped an antique french ticking duvet around the tree to cover the tree stand....



I thought the tree did look pretty just left natural.....




My sister Liz, made this stocking from a scrap piece of antique french linen and a grain sack scrap.....
I will have some of these available in my shop 


I hung my wreath from an antique french door.


I hung it using dutch butcher twine, and then tied the ribbon at the bottom of the wreath.....




I added a red striped European grain sack to the top of the table and then added the cheese board....


My son, Trent, sprinkled juniper berries on top of the cheese board....
I kind of got carried away this year with throwing juniper berries around the house....
They smell so good....




I added some pears, hazelnuts, and juniper berries to my mantle.....


I made the kids stockings the week before Christmas...
I really liked the one my sister made, so I made some more like it...
The grain sack cuffs remind me of candy canes ; )
The kids loved their new stockings....




The pears help add a pop of color to my mantle....


I had received a beautiful gift from KT Merry, I displayed her beautiful Christmas card on my mantle and her box of bath salts on my stool.....I also tied a red and white ribbon around a pair of pillow slips made from antique french linen and topped the box with a bundle of mistletoe made from wool felt....


I filled a vintage french strawberry crate with the ornaments we usually put on the tree.....


I hung a few of these wool felt wreaths around my house.....






We had lots of  paperwhites to place around the house.....


You can read my post about planting paperwhites here.....


That was really the extent of my Christmas decorating I did this year....


Hopefully next year I will actually post pictures  before Christmas....

On another note....
I started blogging two years ago this month....
I started a blog before I even knew what blogging really was....
I can remember feeling so lost when I first started blogging....
I was always searching blogs for tips on blogging and had a hard time finding any information.....

I subscribe to Miss Mustard Seed by email, and was so excited when I
read that she was apart of a Growing your Blog Series....
Kate from Centsational Girl came up with the idea.....
Five bloggers got together and did a series on Growing your blog....
They all share different perspectives on five different blog topics....
It is really a great series,  I loved reading each blogger's perspective, and found it to be very informative and helpful....


I am sure a lot of you have already read the series, but just in case some of you haven't I wanted 
to share the links to the five day series with you....


Thank you ladies for putting such a great series together for us!
I hope all of you that haven't read the series get a chance to read it...

On a final note....

I wanted to let you know about a very generous photographer that is giving away 
a Canon 5d Mark II......
She has a very inspiring story that she shares with her giveaway as well.....

Enjoy your weekend!
Take Care,

Maria