Monthly Archives: February 2012
Antique Bread Boards ~ Giveaway of the Month!
Classic culinary antiques possess a certain character and charm that I truly love. Maybe it’s because of all the time I spent in the kitchen with my dear grandmother and my mother, happily whiling away
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Valentines Day in Creole Country
Valentine’s Day is a time to show our love and affection. After showering me with cards and roses (I am a lucky girl), John made a reservation at a lovely restaurant in Baton Rouge ~ La Creole. The atmosphere in the restaurant was charming ~ a pianist playing romantic tunes on a baby grand, with white coated waiters buzzing about the tables serving gourmet French Creole delicacies and pouring libations of all kinds!
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Antique Inspirations ~ Enchanted Valentine!
As Valentine’s Day is just around the corner ~ romance is in the air! Usually John and I do not make a huge event of Valentine’s Day as our anniversary is February 1, just a nice romantic dinner for two, flowers and cards. In the past we occasionally combined a buying trip overseas with some sort of romantic celebration. This year we are home since our schedules are so loaded with work, yet I am still looking for inspiring antique images as we unpack our most recent antique shipment from France. For our anniversary John gave me BIG floral arrangement, so being practical as always, I had to take it apart and make three different floral designs, one of which you see below in the lovely small romantic bouquet paired with an antique French Louis XVI mantel clock.
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Antique News & Inspirations
What an amazing and bustling January it has been. We received three enormous “45 high cube” shipments of antique furniture and antique accessories in Dallas and Baton Rouge! Therefore our staff has been setting up, waxing, delivering and shipping sold items.
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And the Winner of the Antique Confit Pot is…
Congratulations JoAnn! You are the winner of the antique confit pot. We will send you an email soon so that we may get your new antique accessory to you as soon as possible. We would like to thank all of you for entering and sharing your great ideas and kind words with us. If you’d like to know about our future antique giveaways, please ‘like’ us on Facebook and subscribe to our blog on the right hand side.
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