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Bonjour Everyone ~

Thank you all so much for being patient. I had absolutely no access to my computer today to post the winner of the $25 GIVEAWAY. I won't bore you with the horrific details, but suffice it to say I will not be on the computer much for the next 5 days. Im really not sure how I will cope (sad really - but with a shop its a necessity).

So, before I blow up this computer too, I am so pleased to say that the winner of the $25 gift certificate is.....

Deborah from The Fairfield House ~ Congrats Deborah! I look forward to hearing from you.

Don't forget there is another chance to win  a French Bleu Vintage GIVEAWAY over at Between Naps on the Porch (link @ sidebar), for $50.

Again, thank you so much to everyone who participated ~

Dee XO

More GIVEAWAYS????

Happy Monday!!!

Lets start this week off the right foot. My wonderful and very talented friend Susan, from "Between Naps on the Porch" (BNOTP) is throwing another fabulous FRENCH BLEU VINTAGE giveaway opportunity. If you have not checked out BNOTP yet ~ please do. My favorite (and I do mean absolute favorite) part of her blog, is the movie houses tours. I can get lost in the "Practical Magic" house tour for hours. Do yourself a little favor and check it out.

Her wonderful link is on my sidebar ~ enjoy and good luck!

Dee XO

French Bleu Vintage $25 GIVEAWAY

Want to win a $25 Gift Certificate to French Bleu Vintage? 

It's easy. Simply leave a comment and let me know what item you would buy from FBV with your winnings ~ The French Bleu Vintage link is on the right hand sidebar at the top.


While you are at it, please join our mailing list at the top of this page in the blue box. 


One random winning number will be chosen on Wednesday October 26th. Please keep the comments to one per reader, I don't like to get too complicated with these things:)


Linking up to these fabulous parties this week ~ many thanks to these talented ladies:


Kathleen @ Faded Charm for White Wednesday
Debra @ Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
Courtney @ French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday


Happy Hunting and Good Luck ~
Dee XO
French Bleu Vintage

She was mine - for a day!!!

There she was. So regal, thin and simply gorgeous. All I ever wanted....in a dress form. I could not imagine how I ever got so lucky to snap her up at the flea last week. She was in excellent shape (for her age) and don't even get me started on that 24" waist.

A year ago, I would have never let her go. I hunted the fleas and markets down for months looking for a model just like her. Out of necessity, I bought a new model, on a stand. Really, she is all I need for the store. Basic, well built and lets face it  - cheap.

When I came across this beauty, I was just coming out of the never ending "discussion" with the hubby over "all my stuff"!!! So I knew keeping her was not an option. She came home happily with me anyway.

Our brief life together was not to last however. Almost as soon as she went up on the site, she was whisked away by another suiter. Im not bitter, it was fun while it lasted. I wish them both all the best in their new life together.

Linking up to Faded Charm for another fabulous White Wednesday
And Courtney with French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
And Debra @ Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday

All Links @ Sidebar ~

Hoping you all find some nice surprises this week as well ~

Dee XO

What's your Favorite Color?

Honestly, I never thought I had one. I like all colors, just not a lot of it. I could never be comfortable sleeping in a pink bedroom or watching tv on a lime green velvet sofa (I have actually tried this and honestly, it just felt wrong).  But I think that after all these years, I have come to the realization that my favorite color is blue.

I know I know, most 3 year olds can tell you that. But after countless weekends of scouring through soggy cardboard boxes and under dusty tables looking for treasure, its not the white Mccoy vase or brown transferware platter that makes my heart beat faster. Its the bleu enamel ware trivet or cobalt blue leather poetry books. 

I finally came to this revelation this weekend. I looked in the back of my truck after an unusually great trip to the Flea, and everything was...yup, you guessed it, blue.

The only thing I can't figure out is why I have nothing blue in my house. Im not all that comfortable living with it as a paint color or a counter top or even simple curtains. Just a touch or POP of that gorgeous shade here or there is enough for me. 

I guess its a love/hate thing. Have any of you felt this way about a color?


Have a great week everyone ~ Dee XO