merci beaucoup le vendredi #6~GracieBellaButterfly's PIF treasures...

guess what came in the mail all the way from AUSTRALIA...

yup...

pay it forward...

random acts of kindness...

that's what Gracie has done...

WOW!!!!

Gracie sent me a huge package filled with so much LOVE!!!

took some nice pics of most of the treasures she sent to me...

in love with this print below from theloveshop...superb...amazing

theloveshop

go check it out...you're going to fall in love...

Christopher Vine Design-absolutely divine!!!

here's EVERYTHING....SWEET!

theloveshop

check out all the sweet treasures, Gracie so kindly sent over to me...i'm absolutely floored by her absolute sweetness ... every item...coming from the heart...chosen with such caring thoughts...

Christopher Vine-exquisite card...simply magnifique!

la vie de France guidebook for my future dream trip to my Love-Paris-France +

smiggles + chocolates...mmmm = oh my!

totally put a smile on my lil' munchkins' faces...

pure happiness...
thank you so very much for thinking of my lil' bugs and sending over such adorable goodies!!!

ian+shioban+gracie's love+treasures=pure delight!

simply one of my favourite authors...can't wait to delve into this wonderful novel and totally dream away...i simply love this movie... gorgeous eye-candies and one of my alltime favs!!!
wow!!! this package was covered with such a delicious scent...'french lavender'...ahhhhhh take me away!!!

wow...adore this postcard print...i heart belle and boo, too...soooo sweet!

belle and boo

such a thoughtful letter...Gracie kindly listed all her goodies to me...such pretty paper and i truly love getting a personal letter, don't you?! makes it much more special and i feel like there's a total connection between the two of us...

sweet letters...it's like a gift in itself...

simply precious!

now check this next item...

what a beautifully designed card...all by the amazing Gracie!

wowzer...Gracie made this card for her friend's bachelorette party...absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!

another adorable creation made lovingly by sweet Gracie~

gracie bella butterfly's shoppe (closed in preparation for wedding)

and here

aren't these tags just adorable!!!! i love tags, paper, you name it...this was so creative...love the colours and how the doilie looks like it's been fossilfied (is there such a word?!lol) on the paper...gorgeous!!! you could find Gracie here~

graciebellabutterfly

here are more cute items Sweet Gracie sent...

simplesongdesign + mulberry muse
BEAUTIFUL!!!

love how everything is wrapped and packaged...

anastasia of pervical road design
delicious paper, tags, embellishments...i heart anastasia too!!!!!!!

Gracie sent me this postcard with a couple of handmade envies.
wow...simply gorgeous!

simplesongdesign.com
who doesn't love lists?! i love making them...and well keeping all your lists in one spot would be so wonderful!!!!!!!!

now how sweet are you, Gracie!!! you truly remembered my munchkins and these stationaries, erasers , pencils, candies are absolutely divine!

smiggle love

smiggle love

thank you so very much, Sweet Gracie...for making my b-day soooooo extra special...

i LOVE + adore everything!!!!!!! it's as if you already personnelly knew me...

maybe one day...my lil' family will go down under and hug + kiss you...

~but for now, i'm blowing some kisses your way~

you really made my heart sing today!!!!!!

again, merci beaucoup!

have a beautiful week + weekend...

bonne nuit...

xoxo jo ;)

merci beaucoup le vendredi #3...Josephine-RedThread

due to this harsh winter we've been having, i haven't been able to post on my weekly friday posts. i apologize for that.
finally, i have a chance to thank my newest kindred spirit + sweet gal, Josephine at Red Thread

for her most thoughtful gift to me this past holiday.

Josephine has a wonderful online journal that is full of inspirational pictures of life, fashion, movies, neat things, places + people. here's a lil' bit about her and her blog (taken from her profile bio page) :

"a personal view of art/design, food/drink, books, fashion, and film connected through a different red thread (theme). this blog is named after the chinese legend that says that everyone is linked to people who have a significant impact on their lives via a red string. "

how inspirational is that! simply yet truthfully stated. i love reading her blog. it's so thought provoking!

Josephine made a set of gorgeous letterpressed "Merci" cards. i absolutely love the simplicity of the phrase, the Frenchness, the colour and the texture of the card. less is more and i truly believe that!

she also gave me 2 sweet journals, pink + green to write my thoughts, dreams or adventures...i can't wait...

also in my pack was this adorable "cuddle with love cider" by ChewingtheCud (you see how you can learn from a kindred spirit? thank you, sweet Josephine for introducing this shoppe to me...i love etsy and finding new + exciting places to shoppe for unique items...) in a muslim lil' bag...i love 'hearts' and it simply smells divine!

finally, she wrote a note to me on this wonderful letterpressed postcard 'Holiday Telegram' from ChewingtheCud printed exclusively by Flybird Press + here. I adore these types of stationaries. simple pleasures to last a whole lifetime...

thank you so much Sweet Josephine for creating sweet memories, remembering me during such a special time of the year and warming my heart through our new friendship...Je l'adore tout!

when the weather lets up and i have a few moments to myself...i'll post a lil' thank you to a special someone who sent delicious yummy treats and a gorgeous set of jewelry that is quite unique and a knockout to wear with anything! how blessed am i to have sweet + thoughtful hearts sending such love my way...totally feeling grateful...

bonne nuit...

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 ;)