Thursday, September 5, 2013

Paris Themed Give Away day # 3

Good morning everyone!!!

If you missed day one - you can still enter HERE - it's open till Sunday evening
If you missed day two - you can still enter HERE - it's open till Monday evening

But on to today's giveaway.- which is sponsored by another sweet friend of mine
This lady's life parallels my own in a very frightening way lol - not only do we spell
our names the same ( not Suzanne but Suzan with a Z ) but our lives have very eerily
followed the same paths - from childhood on.................
AND she once dated a JOHN SWEATMAN - now that is truly bizarre - and if you don't know
why you can hop over here to read why HERE

Ok - meet my blogging Doppleganger!!!


Suzan from HAZELNUT DEUX
Suzan's a quilter - a baker - a candle stick maker - ok not sure about the candle stick maker but she does beautiful quilting like this fabulous Christmas table runner


and it's reversable - which I LOVE - because there's always spills on my Christmas dinner table lol
Isn't it gorgeous?


and beautiful pillow covers



She also does the most amazing " transfer " work - I absolutely LOVE this one!!!


and cloth coasters - which are soooo pretty and perfect for a give away I thought, except..................


they didn't match the theme of my All Things Paris Give away - so - because I have more nerve than a toothache and Suzan has more patience then Job - she graciously agreed to make some Parisien ones!!!
And wow - did she deliver - check out these beauties!


Is that a beautiful graphic or what?


A set of 4 are being sent to a lucky reader !!!

And once again we come to the rules part

#1  You have to follow  HAZELNUT DEUX
#2  You have to go visit and leave her a comment
#3  You most definitely need to leave me a comment LOL


I'm not making it a rule that you have to follow me ( nice if you did but definitely not a rule - except for those of you that already do - YOU are not allowed to leave - ever!!!
But I've been having so much fun with the number # 4 from the previous 2 giveaways that I'm leaving it in - so.............

#4 - You have to say at least one French word on your comment - tee hee - can't tell you how much I've enjoyed reading them!!!
Winner will be chosen next Thursday ;)
Open to U.S. and Canada



And lastly I've added another silhouette to my Parisien Skyline - some parts are still wet because I'm literally doing one a night but it's supposed to be the Notre Dame Cathedral - just pretend the door opens all the way to the back and that's why you can see through it lol - I'm going to have to paint the doorway in I suppose - because it looks like another Arc of some sort like this!



Have a wonderful Thursday - and Bonne Chance everyone!!!
Much love,

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

I WANNA live there # 53

I live in a pretty incredible area - in Montreal, It's an historical neighbourhood loaded with tons and tons of charm - and 20th century architecture, just steps away from the city center, it's also a pretty expensive neighbourhood ( in which I live in servants quarters basically compared to what I'm surrounded by ) 
Because there are days I don't have furniture makeovers to show you - I've chosen Wednesdays to showcase and feature one or two homes that are for sale around here.................( or apartment - or duplex - or teepee )
Keep in mind this is in the heart of the city - so the prices reflect that  - think Manhattan - where these places would cost 3 or 4 times what they're listed for here!
On occasion I'll showcase beautiful homes in other areas - countries - continents - the one thing most of them will have have in common will be their age - because I love old homes with stories to tell, join me won't you?
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A little break from the give aways - because this is a series after all - and we'll resume the give aways on Thursday and Friday - and Monday and Tuesday!!!

It looks like our home may go on the market next week - so these I WANNA live there's may become a little more realistic for awhile lol
These are all in the same price range more or less and are outside of my neighborhood - they're in a community outside Montreal called Hudson - which I've showcased before - and though they're smaller homes - they're packed with charm!!!

First one up is listed at 324,900
3 bedroom - 1 bath - 1 powder room
REALTOR - Lyndon Paul Gallagher























The next one is 344,000
2 beds - 1 bath - 1 powder room
Realtor - Diane and Paul Laflamme











































I could see us living in either of them - perfect little homes for these 2 empty nesters!!!

See you all tomorrow - and have a wonderful Wednesday!!!


Much love,

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