La France!

I am so beyond being obsessed with this country! I absolutely love it and will always want to go back, well now that I'm home I can start planning our next trip! Most of these pictures are from the Provence region, we stayed there traveling back roads in our little French car for 3 days. Maybe someday we will move there, a girl can dream, can't she?

First day

We woke up rested and ready for spring! The cow bells were tinkling in the pasture behind us as we ate our breakfast. We dressed and prepared for a nature walk that was amazing, the smell of the earth is indescribable especially for us desert folk who are not used to the potent smell of earth and damp, it was really exhilarating. Then a drive to Divonne les bains for a light lunch, buying a tarte citron for the evening meal and window shopping. Later we drove to the lakeside town of Nyon which has an amazing chateau perched on a hill overlooking the lake. Then home to yet another wonderful dinner prepared by Aaron's Aunt Phyllis, now time for bed. Tomorrow is the flea market at Plain Palais in Geneva and thrift shopping in Carrouges!

House stuff

I LOVE this hook! I collect hooks and this one must be mine!! Of course, it's from Anthropologie.

Photoshoot preview!

We had our big photoshoot last friday with the super fun and talented Sloans of Sloan photography. Katie's dresses were heavenly of course, they way we design our stuff to go together without even really coordinating that much is creepy, like she says- it's like we share a brain or at least a design brain if there is such a thing :-) Others who made the day amazing are Snapdragon studio in Phoenix especially Lainie for the Fabulous hair and my amazingly talented friend Rosie of Dollface ink for the pretty, pretty makeup. Thanks to the models for letting us dress them up like dolls all day!

This past April has been the busiest I've had and now it's time for a little fun and relaxation as the husband and I ALONE head off for France to visit the Alpes and Provence regions on a little road trip. I am excited but sad to be leaving my little girl for so long. She seems to fine with it as long as we bring back "gummi snails" (a little treat I brought her back from my trip there in February) I will be posting lots of pictures of the beautiful and inspiring things we see. We will also be scouring a few markets in the Provence area we didn't get to search in Feb for fabulous finds that will be available in my vintage shop- Joliejour.etsy.com. So stay tuned for another French adventure!

Oh and the etsy shops will be on vacation mode starting today, I will contact everyone as soon as I return on the 18th of May.

Leah's hair flowers

Man, it has been a really busy month!! These lovely flowers were for a wedding on April 24th- the sweetest bride! I love how she let me have a lot of creative control. She was also so creative herself coming up with lots of cute vintage and non traditional details for her farmhouse wedding, like sewing these super cute table covers. These flowers went in each of her 8 bridesmaids hairdos. I promise to post fabulous pics of the wedding soon, Kym Ventola of Ventola photography always captures the magic!

If you would like a hair flower like this to wear check out my etsy shop!