Vintage French Cheese Boards

Hello!

I just wanted to share a few images I shot of a vintage french cheese board yesterday....

I love vintage cheese boards and started carrying them in the shop last fall....

I love using them to photograph my favorite foods on...

They also are great to use while entertaining....

I will be listing a few of these beautiful vintage french cheese boards in my shop tonight.

I will be back soon with a few more product pictures....

On another note, I decided to make my instagram account public...

You can find me under dreamywhites....

Take Care,

Maria Carr

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Castello di Amorosa in Napa Valley, California

Hello!

I wanted to share a few images of our recent visit to Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga, California.

Castello di Amorosa is a beautiful castle located in the Napa Valley.

You can read more about the history of the building of the castle here....

We didn't actually tour the inside of the castle, however there was so much beauty to be seen outside the castle...

I wish I had gotten more pictures of the castle, I kind of got distracted taking pictures of the beautiful sheep.....

~my beautiful nieces Katie and Amelia~

Betty (Nancy's sister) brought us to the castle and showed us around Napa Valley

~my brother Merle and his wife Nancy and their beautiful girls~

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Take Care,

Maria 

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French Farmhouse Products, Alcatraz, San Francisco, The Golden Gate Bridge, and Giveaway Winners

Hello!

I will finally have some new products listed in the shop this weekend....

This is an image I shot of a vintage french caddy I will be listing in the shop tonight ....

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Thank you to everyone who participated in my giveaway.....

I appreciate all of the kind comments and all of the support you have all given me over the past two years.....

The winners are...

1st place prize goes to Stacey of Down to Earth Digs...

2nd place prize goes to Lisa of Fern Creek Cottage

3rd place prize goes to Michele of Primp Junction.

Congratulations ladies!!!

On another note....

My oldest brother Merle and his family were here visiting from Montana and I wasn't sure where to take them when we went to San Francisco....

Thank you for all the suggestions you guys left on this post....

We ended up taking a ferry that takes you around Alcatraz Island and under the Golden Gate Bridge....

You start out from Fisherman's Warf....

I had wanted to tour Alcatraz Island, however those tickets were sold out...

Everyone enjoyed the ferry ride and we were all glad we did it.....

I thought I would share a few images from our day we spent together in San Francisco....

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz

~my brother Merle and his wife Nancy~

The Golden Gate Bridge

My beautiful niece Amelia....

We didn't have a lot of time to tour the city of San Francisco....

We felt a little lost in the city,

However we did manage to figure out how to catch a bus in San Francisco....

The boys thought they were pretty cool riding the bus : )

I bribed them into wearing their newsboy caps in the city...

In the end I think they ended up loving their newsboy caps.....

We definitely had a fun memorable day together in the city.....

We made it to a viewing point that was north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

We also made a quick trip Napa Valley another day....

I will share a few of those images in my next post...

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I also wanted to share a blog and shop with you that I just discovered,

Bonnie Neiman Antiques and Artisan.

Bonnie Neiman's shop, Bonnie Neiman Antiques and Artisan is based out of New Jersey, Bonnie travels to Europe to bring back beautiful one of kind antiques to fill her shop and online shop...

You can visit Bonnie Neimans Shop here....

You can visit Bonnie Neiman's Blog here....

You can read more about Bonnie Neiman here....

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Take Care,

Maria 

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Weekend Breakfast Inspiration

Hello!

I hope you are all enjoying your Friday!

Aimee from the Antique Gardener gave me the eggs and citrus that you will see in this post...

Aimee's mom raises chickens and her in laws have a citrus grove....

Thank you Aimee : )

I shot these images last winter.....

I just wanted to share some breakfast inspiration for the weekend....

My brother and his family will be here visiting for a few days so I am trying to come up with a few fun meals while they are here....

Cinnamon Rolls....

(I posted my mom's cinnamon roll recipe here)

Eggs...

Scrambled with sausage, sour cream, and cheese....

My Aunt Mickey got me started making our scrambled eggs this way.....

fresh squeezed orange juice... 

This is what my kids would love to have for breakfast everyday...

Reality is we eat a little too much cold and hot cereal for breakfast during the week....

What is your family's favorite breakfast menu?

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On another note....

I had received some emails asking what the wall color is in our living room after posting about the antique french doors....

It is Martha Stewart Gray Pearl from Lowe's,  I posted the the formula here...

On a final note...

There is still time to enter my giveaway....

1st Prize ~A 300.00 gift card to my online shop....

2nd Prize~ One of our french linen market totes filled with a few of my favorite things...

3rd Prize~ a dozen lavender pillows...

Three winners will be drawn...

You can enter the giveaway by leaving a comment  on the giveaway post.......

Thank you to everyone that has participated in the giveaway and thank you for all of your kind words!

Enjoy your weekend!

Take Care,

Maria

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p.s. We are taking my brother and his family to San Francisco this week, would anyone have suggestions on places we should visit? 

Thank you so much!