Pretty in Pink~Pour Vous Photojoy~...Dionne's Summer Swap...

Pour Vous, Doux Photojoy...this lil' package has boarded a plane+it's on your way...in about 6-10 business days...it'll reach your hands from my lil' heart to yours...
all for Sweet Dionne's Summerly Swap and here too...

sweet lil' surprises to bring a bit of sunshine to your start of the summer...

hoping it'll reach you in one piece...

so you can 'dream + delight in the lil' things'...

treasures were found+a bit of sweetness has been created just for you...

open them...

smile...

dream...

simple...

lil' things...

to fill your heart...ENJOY!

hope you like them, sweet Photojoy...my sweet+new kindred spirit across the ocean...

will post your treasures once you receive them...looking forward to your sweet pack...such an exciting beginning of summer...thanks, Sweet Dionne, for hosting another fantastic swap and pairing me up with another sweetheart! (ps...thanks Photojoy for being so understanding about my late start...i'm hoping my pack will make up for the delay.... ;) )

until next time...bonne nuit!

xoxo jo ;)

Sneak Peek Springtime Swap...for sweet Amity&Allure...

...sweet Joy!

i'm participating in Sweet Dionne's Springtime Swap over here

and i've been paired up with the lovely+sweet, Joy of amity&allure.

please go check out her gorgeous blog...

she's a sweetheart and i'm sure you're going to just love her like i sure do!!!

Joy is a new mommy to a precious lil' boy, Grayson (how sweet is his name?) and has just moved to a beautiful new home last August.

Joy just started her blog and it's filled with gorgeous photographs, beautiful posts of her life, her sweet family, her exciting adventures, her designs, interesting tidbits on fashion, interior designs and simply enchanting blogs she's discovering...

you name it...just a beautiful place to visit and dream!

we've exchanged a few e-mails to find out what our interests are for this swap. there were so many things that i found on my treasure hunt but we're keeping it a surprise until we both have received our packages. the post office said Joy will be getting her package in about 6-10 business days...i'm hoping she'll get it before Easter, but if not...her lil' family can enjoy the things i'm sending even after Easter...once Joy lets me know she's received my pack, i'll post pics of what i sent...in the meantime...enjoy lil' sneak peeks of her prezzies...hoping Joy will like them...

well, that's it for now...until then...have a Happy April!!!

xoxo jo ;)

Secret Admirer Vintage Valentine Swap 2009...

here you are sweet secret admirer partner for my sis' Secret Admirer Vintage Valentine Swap ...i'm hoping you received it yesterday... hope you have the Sweetest Day!

(will reveal my secret swap partner as soon as that sweetheart lets me know they received my lil' package of LOVE...)

a beauty of a vintage-inspired fan found at a cute Vintage Antique Shoppe called 'Three Sisters' in Blue Island, IL.

(my creation...a Valentine Eiffel...simple+LOVELY)

(my sis sent me an empty Valentine candy box...and i altered it with some scraps of papers and ribbons. the lil' vbox is a lil' chocolate candy box that i altered too)

a lil' bigger version of my Itty Bitty Valentine Page

i bought this at a Renaissance Faire a couple of years ago...my partner reminded me of her...(hint...hint)

delicious lil' vday shortbread strawberry chocolate cookies + a cupid's mix i made of vday m&ms, strawberry yogurt raisins + pastel mint drops...mmmm...

loads of ephemera...
a vintage inspired cherub pocket mirror + sweet vintagey rhinestones + buttons

all for that special secret sweetheart!

Happy Valentine's Day!

thank you so much, Reya for hosting another MAGNIFICENT Swaparooni...will post pics of my special sweet treats that i received from my secret partner soon...i LOVED everything...sooooooo SWEET!!!

Merci beaucoup!!!

xoxo jo ;)

Bonjour, amour...

(some of my creations that i've been working on for a couple of Valentine's Swaps- more pics to come of my altered Valentine Heart Box for my sis' Vintage Secret Admirer Valentine Swap...)

Happy Valentine's Day!

as promised here are the names of the sweethearts that will be playing 'Pay It Forward' with me... i'll be sending off my lil' surprise packages to their mailboxes within 365 days...

~rachel whetzel~

~mary ann~

and...
a surprise sweetheart that doesn't even know...(i heart this!)

merci beaucoup to rachel and mary ann for playing along with me...your kind+giving heart are such blessings to this world...and will touch a few hearts...now that is LOVE!
thank you so much for sharing...

have a BEAUTIFUL Valentine's Day!
...now me + my lil' gal (shioban) are off to a secret adventure up north with my sweetheart of a sis.
3 sweet girly days...to enjoy!
au revoir!

bonjour, amour...
xoxo jo ;)

Rhondamum...Continuation Merci Beaucoup Le Vendredi #2

(handmade card from Sweet Rhonda of Rhondamum.blogspot.com/)

as promised...

(all images from Labour of Love)



(all images from Labour of Love)

i'd like to also Thank my sweet French Sister, Rhonda who was my most fantastic partner in my sis, Mary Ann's Vintage Christmas Stocking Swap 2008. Look at the most wonderful gifts she gave to me and my lil' ones. Her stocking that she made for me is ABSOLUTELY DIVINE!!! I LOVE linen and French-inspired art...and she made me such a BEAUTIFUL Vintage+French inspired stocking!!! I simply adore the embellishments...the laces and the Old Santa fabric is absolutely gorgeous!!!!

(all images from Labour of Love)


(all images from Labour of Love)

(all images from Labour of Love)
Such a BEAUTIFUL Stocking...so in LOVE with this very SPECIAL VINTAGE FRENCH STOCKING!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!

(all images from Labour of Love)
Gorgeous Vintage Santa...Love the embroidered ribbon...the linen and lace are so PERFECT!!!

Rhonda gave me so many sweet items...lil' French Eiffel Tower confetti, a BEAUTIFUL + sweet Marie Antoinette vintage glass container, a gorgeous glass vial with her Halloween French Themed item for the Fantasmagorique Swap, absolutely beautiful French ledger papers, sweet Eiffel Tower and Pink Rhinestone Crown ornaments for my tree, wonderful bread warmer linen, handmade Christmas Card, delicious candies, Magical Reindeer food, French blue Rendevous post-it notes, Vintage French word cards, Burt Bees' items, nice white linen laces, lil' cracker gift (So European!) and soooooo much more...

Here's a lil' bit more pics of what I gave Sweet Rhonda for our Vintage Stocking Swap...

This is just one of my favourite lil' mantras that I made up one day for a couple of my pictures, also here and here a year ago...it is so true...I like to keep saying it to myself esp. when sending out sweet packages to special hearts...

Sorry for the longest posts and the gazillion pics...I just wanted to make sure that I properly showed Rhonda how much I LOVED everything she sent to me and how much I LOVED making her something really special too...She truly has spoiled me and my lil' ones-BIG TIME...

Hoping you had a GLORIOUS CHRISTMAS...
Wishing everyone an abundance of PEACE, LOVE + JOY in the upcoming new year...
here's to more BLESSINGS in 2009!!!!!
more thank you pics to come next week from
Sweet Josephine, Tangee and other projects that I have been working on...
Bonne Nuit!
xoxo jo ;)