La Saison Has Launched At Je L'Adore!

Everything is all laced and fluffed up for the season at the Je L'Adore French & Vintage shop in Albuquerque, like this gorgeous gown and the adorable sheep below. These are all shots from yesterday's annual fall event at Tammy's popular boutique here in town.

I loved this cheery vignette greeting guests at the front door.

Tammy offers many luscious wares straight from France.

I am only showing a few of my favorite corners of the place here, and as you scroll through you will see why I love them so much!

Can you say French Country? Ooh lala! LOVE this hutch and everything on it!

Beautiful puffy clouds of French linen and lace!

Staged to perfection!

The shop also carries wonderful lavender products from our own local lavender farm.

Heavenly!

These are my favorite views from the Prairie Blossom ladies who also represent Marion's, Miss Mustard Seed paint locally.

They have a beautiful Marie Antoinette theme installed in the shop. Perfection! (Say that with un accent francais!)

I hope you enjoyed coming by for a look! I have been part of Je L'Adore since spring and will show my space in the next post. (In the meantime, see a sneak peek below.) 

It will be November again in a week from today. With daylight savings time coming it will all start to look so different. I hope you savor these last few delicious October days!

Jacqueline

Feeling Fall

Early or late. The first rainy afternoon after the leaves begin to fall is filled with magic.

It would be a shame to be shopping or in traffic when a squall drives through, because peering through your own homey windows in the changed atmosphere is a delight.

A symphony of rain, thunder, and hail sweeps through, followed by the wonderful fragrance of sage and something minty.

The darkened sky leaves a shower of little round jewels behind as a token of what is to come in bleaker days. The flow of seasons is nature's gift, and I feel lucky to be at home today to receive it.

I will miss the heat rising from the warm earth, but who would want to be absent at the turning of the ivy?

Or to deny the first blush of a romance with autumn?

Thanks for joining in the rhapsody!

I hope it's turning onto a great week for you!

Jacqueline

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French Monograms & October Roses

This beautiful October morning brought a couple of surprises along with it. Two more gorgeous roses from the garden have made their way into our lives!

It seems that fall is finally on her way with cooler temps and the changing light.

We have been running around like crazy, and not really paying attention to the yard, but nature has a beautiful way of getting right up into the face of your busy days.

Along with a few other favorites, this great little rustic table gets its day in the sun for an autumn morning vignette at the window.

A different rose makes a lid handle on this vintage Rose Point sugar bowl (by Pope Gosser) sweetening things up a little.

And I brought over my new French momogram towels to highlight the beautiful stitching on the wonderful damask cloth. 

Any monograms will suit, but these just happen to be those of Mr. Cottage! So fun when that happens.

Always a few of my collections hanging out over here too. I won the adorable French rush seat bench at an auction a few years ago. The cotton sheet on top of it came from a fleamarket this summer.

I love the hand worked edge.

A stack of ironstone bowls on a farmhouse bench makes a nest for an old washstand pitcher.

A French mustard jar lends to my fantasy of living in an old French farmhouse. . . .

Wishing you a dreamy fall weekend too!

Lots of catching up for me to do!

So nice that you stopped by!

Jacqueline

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