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Showing posts with label china cups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china cups. Show all posts
Friday, June 11, 2010
But never late for breakfast.
I went all out the first morning at the club, soup to nuts minus the beans...
It's fairly common for locals to eat every day like this...
I tried to cut back, yet the rashers of bacon called my name...
The hardest cut of all - just a plate of cutup fruit + yogurt + OJ.
The hot croissants + 'lade' or marmelade are out of this world...
If we could only cut out the croissants :(
Full English breakfast - 6.95 pds. a sign in a caf...
If I keep up the daily croissants + bacon, I'll look like this Wagnarian Valkyrie mug at Harvey Nichols...
Why ever did I think breakfast mugs were a newish invention?
The V & A has just opened up their enormous ceramic collection for study..
Ceramics from every part of the world, floor to ceiling ceramics.
How would you choose which teapot in the morning?
A gazillion white teapots alone...
Blue and white Wedgewood of every variety...
Back at the club, Tom the cat simply wants a plain bowl of breakfast food.He's not fussy.
BONJOUR ENGLISH BREAKFASTS!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Since I've started blogging almost 3 years ago all sorts of new obsessions have developed....
birds,
birds,
Rococo bird, watercolor on Etsy,sold 5" x 7"
Plus they make the perfect companion to macarons...
birds everywhereAnd you do see , like on these plates at ANTHROPOLOGIE...
This Chrismas ostrich decorating Bendels is not a good example really.... 
But this diamond-adorned Peacock at Harry Winstons certainly is. 
I went to the Met research library to look at Rococo drawings and found this bird caricature of a printseller by Jean-Charles Delafosse... 
My doodle... 
I keep finding myself buying bird-related items like these Victorian die cuts on Etsy from The Seasonal Cottage.
This bird-adorned Marie-Antoinette desk calendar from Digital Paperie occasionally lets out a chirp... 
I found this vintage birdguide on Etsy too...
And promptly lost it amidst the apartment painting. I'm hoping it will let out some chirps so I can find it again....
Last year's bird aquisitions are still in residence, very busily chirping away...
As for real birds, I bought myself a present =
Last year's bird aquisitions are still in residence, very busily chirping away... 
As for real birds, I bought myself a present = A big bag of birdseed to feed the sparrows on my way to the pool.
So far they are not yet greeting me with open wings.
Hopefully by springtime...
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BONNE OISEAUX!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Bird porceleine cup,watercolor, 5.5" x 7.5"It's so hard to keep my thieving photographic ways under my hat...
Redouté rose cup,watercolor, 5.5" x 7.5"
I know some of you don't approve, but for some reason it is OK in Paris...
I do love going up to Bergdorfs 7th floor and taking in the china beauties there...
I have considered just asking permission to shoot. But what if they said "NO!"
I wouldn't be able to show you these gorgeous butterfly wing china handles...
Or this divine Empire chocolate cup....
And their Vintage Tea Shop is jammed full of treasures.
Stacks of teacups just waiting to be shot and painted :)
Oh and very nice rewards await stealthy cup photographers. Imagine taking a bite out of this Debauve & Gallais chocolate bust? Miam!
BONNE JOURNEE!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Macarons Anyone?,watercolor on Etsy, 9" x 11"We're not the only ones who want macaron-everything!
You can find lots of French china with macarons all over Paris. I bought this cup at Lenotre...
And they now have their online shop here!
More French pastry mugs from Potiron...
And Fauchon's version...
Christening my new Potiron cup last November...
Gien ceramics has a whole line of adorable pastry china...
Pierre Frey has pastry linens...
Special china at last year's Salon du Chocolat...I'll be visiting it this time next month!!!! Can't wait!BONNE MONDAY!
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