I saw her from a long way away, and it was love at first sight. She was destined to come home with me. Such a beautiful face, so serene yet compassionate. She stands over half a metre tall. She put a smile on my face as soon as I held her, and the smile is still there. My beautiful Vierge -
I can display sweet French rosaries on her, like this shimmery glass pearl one -
And because this made me so happy, I am adding another couple of bits to the weekend giveaway, 2metres of this gorgeous metallic gold and copper trim which I found today, and a vintage French postcard of a family group -
Add a comment on the original post HERE if you would like a chance to win.
Happy Sunday! Toodlepip xxx
It sat on a side table, not on the large stand where all the desirable objects vied for customers. It looked tatty and very ordinary. Just a battered white shoebox. And then I saw the writing on the box, the magic word - DENTELLES -
Thats when my heart started beating faster and when I made a bee line for the stand, hoping for all those long seconds that there really would be some lace inside that little box.
And there was!
It took ages looking through the box to see what was hiding inside, and then negotiating with the stall holder, but in the end it was mine :-)
I found some gorgeous salesman samples in the box, with their original little labels, so special -
My favourite piece, RESERVED for North America
Fabulous metallic lace -
The first layer in the box was pieces of the finest, daintiest Napoleon III era black lace, so very delicate and somewhat ravaged by time, but beautiful nonetheless -
Amongst the black lace was this beautiful black floral piece, perhaps for millinery -
And then there was the white/ecru/ivory lace ...
And that was not all, there were also many pieces of the most beautifully hand worked broderie anglaise, which I absolutely adore -
I can't imagine how anybody could produce such beautiful, neat, tiny stitches by candlelight.
I hope you have enjoyed looking through the little white shoebox. Wishing you a beautiful new week wherever you are, toodlepip xxx
This is a great time of the year for brocanting in France, even in our very rural area. I have been to a few brocantes of the last few weeks, and I thought it was about time I showed you some of the finds :-). I don't need to tell you anything about the bits and pieces, do I? You all know what these things are and if you don't, just ask. So, here is a bunch of pics I took yesterday in the garden -
After I photographed all that, I lost the will to live, lol, so all the beautiful ephemera and all the gorgeous old ribbons and lace will have to wait for another post.
Some of the small bits and pieces will make it into my Etsy very soon, I have listed a few things already ( you can check the vintageland blog or of course the Etsy shop itself ). The large things will have to wait until I am back in the UK in September.