Princess Bubbles Creates

Honestly, I had this finished in Sept. but forgot to post it.  You can imagine that my mind was else where! I used a photo of shattered glass that I took at the wrecking yard this past spring as the background.  I love this photo and will likely use it in my art work again!  I added beads and fibres.  I printed the photo on paper and adhered it to fusible interfacing before adding stitching.

I have a few more purchases  that I could show but they are nothing too exciting.  This fabric was a happy find however.  Our very last morning in Paris we had a bit of time before we needed to check out of our hotel and go to the airport.  We decided to wander around a bit and hopefully see something new.  Well, we happened upon the best little street.  It had a great deal of stores that were very interesting.  We were out early so the stores weren't open.  That was a bit disappointing but it was also good.  We got a few photos of some interesting windows and I am sure the shop owners wouldn't have liked that had they been there to see us.  As we window shopped we happened upon some stairs that led up to a park that was above the stores.  How cool is that?  We enjoyed the park immensely as we made our way back to where we started.  The first cool store that we had happened upon was a stitching/quilting store and it was o...

I have to say that I enjoyed the flea market in Antibes much more than the one in Paris.  It was a great deal smaller and so much easier to navigate.  The top picture shows the lace and trim that I found.  Granted it is not old like the lace that I  found in Paris but it is still lovely. The bracelet was calling my name.  I wear a lot of this color so it was perfect me.  Plus it sparkles so!

Don't you just love the delicate lacy paper.  I am guessing that they are place cards.  I will use them in my journal though.  The pen nib seems to be of high quality.  I have one like this but not all the prongs hit the paper at the same time so I hope this one works properly.  The shop owner had a beautiful display of calligraphed envelopes she has received over the years.  I can't believe I didn't think to get a picture of it.  It makes me glad that I have saved my envelopes as well.

Galleries Lafayette is a magnificent department store in Paris.  Clearly, not the kind of department store that I am accustomed to.  Each designer had their own small section in this store.  Shoes and boots were well over a thousand euros.  Yikes!  I was out of my element.  But, in the pen section they had this little beauty for 29 euros.  The pattern on it reminds me of a zentangle.  Also, it takes cartridge ink but it does not have a fountain pen nib.  It has a ball point.  Different than any other pen I have seen.  So cool.  It writes like a dream too.  Check out the nifty book shaped box it came in.  It was definitely calling my name.

I think you know by now that Monet is my favorite artist of all time.  These are the purchases I made while in France.  Napkins, small journal, stickers and the coolest paint tube pen!  I love the pen.  I have a slight addiction to pens so this is a great addition. Truly the day at Giverny was the highlight of the trip.  So beautiful and  peaceful.

Truthfully I am a big kid at heart.  I think it is important to keep that inner child alive.  One way I do that is by collecting awesome pop up books.  LOVE them!  I purchased these pop up cards in Paris.  We saw them in a store window in the Marais district.  Unfortunately, the store was closed.  But, I am married to the most wonderful man in the world.  He explained that it really wasn't that far from where we were staying and we could come back the next day.  Thankfully we easily found the store again and made these fun purchases.  Don't you just love them?