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Wedding Gateaux, original watercolor, 9" x 11"

And I finally found it at Pain D'Epices along with some nice silverware and a nice new Teddy and, and, and...
Course there's nothing wrong with Laduree's wedding cake...except for the size.
La Maison du chocolat Wedding Favors, original watercolor, 9" x 11"

Quite a few of you wanted to know if those were Tiffany boxes
In the post on La Maison du Chocolat's hot chocolate. Nope. They are their new wedding favors containing 2 Guayaquil chocolates - pure dark chocolate ganache with a hint of vanilla. YUM YUM
One thing I love to do in Paris is run around at night and take pictures of the windows. Probably why I came home a complete wreck from running both day and night! :)
I found Nathalie Durieux's robes de mariée boutique on rue de St. Peres and she was still working as I was. She's reknown for her unconventional wedding gowns - jewels butterflies flowers pleats birds dreams fairy enchantment creating the dress of your dreams...
More YUM YUM
Seen in the Metro -wouldn't that be fun to attend!
And don't forget fleurist AQUARELLE's beautiful bouquets

BONNE JOURNEE !

Japanese tea and Dorothy's Persimmons, original watercolor, 9" x 11"

So how could I miss the Sakura Matsuri Cherry blossom festival at the Brooklyn Museum yesterday.

Plus the weather "people" were wrong again! No rain. Only sunny warm weather.
And every New Yorker showed up.
I arrived in just in time to catch the performers doing their Frank Sinatra New York, New York number. HUMPH !
Lots of pink cherry blossom things to buy like L'Ocidente body creams and notebooks and T-shirts and...and...and...
Just next door to the Botanical Gardens at the Brooklyn Museum of Art another flower show was going on - the Takashi Murakami retrospective.
And just as flowery an experience...
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !
You could also lose some serious bucks at the Murikami - Vuiton shop in the middle of the exhibit...ahem
The show is on from April 5–July 13, 2008 and is a "don't-miss"
For the Cherry Blossom Festival - you'll have to come back next year I'm afraid..
*Thank you Dorothy for lending me your mini persimmons to paint*
BONNE JOURNEE !

Pierre Herme Ispahan, original watercolor, 9" x 11"

I looked all over Paris for a decent spoon...not that I'm a spoon collector or anything...
Pierre Herme Green Dessert, original watercolor, 9" x 11"

But searching for anything in Paris is always an adventure...

So why not silverware?
The antique shops are full of it like at Portobello on 56, rue Notre-Dame des Champs in the 6th arrondissement...
Tons of it!
Does everyone in Paris end up selling their silverware?
This plethora of knife rests were at Vaux le Vicomte..
Here tables are being set for the evening crowd at Le Comptoir, Paris’s hottest reservation in the 6th...
I wasn't particularly looking for a picnic set but they are plentyful in Paris.
This blurry (stolen) shot was in the Marie-Antoinette boutique at at the Grand Palais exhibit. I think I need a press badge...hmmmm
At last! I find just the right silverware set for me and my minis.
OK Now everyone can dig in!
BONNE JOURNEE

Rose teapot and chocolate, original watercolor, sold, 9" x 11"

French ribbons all over every single piece of Parisien Easter chocolate for sure!
Corey's Rose teacup, original watercolor, 9" x 11"

French ribbons are not to be ignored. Particularly since the ribbon industry started in St. Etienne in the 11th century.

Organza pink ribbon and French perfum are a perfect match.
A bow-tied slipper...
Embroidered ribbons used as a decorative motif are ever present like here at the Musee Carnavalet.
The Marie-Antoinette exhibit at the Grand Palais is what made me sit up and take notice of French ribbon - this hairdo guide at the show. Now I'm reading the unputdownable Antonia Fraser biography of Marie-Antoinette...
But ribbons were not just decorative touches - they held things on like a hat or were tied around a waist - they were the zipper of their day.
Of course ribbons as painted decoration on a wall - does anyone do it better than the French? Here at Chateau Vaux le Vicomte.
And here in an old boulangerie in the 18th arrondissement, wall ribbons keep the croissants safe from greedy fingers.
Here is a do-it-yourself wall treatment you can buy at department store BHV.
So when I saw this box of John & Kira's chocolates decked out in wired French ribbon I had to get it and paint it. The chocolates inside are flavored with lavender and ginger and bergamot and lemongrass! YUM !
Still this wall of ribbon at Laduree beckons... When I asked for a bit of their satin signature ribbon for my little chocolate box, they were more than generous!
Now what to do with this precious ribbon?
All suggestions will be considered seriously.