Vivez Le Langue >> Live The Language

This video makes me want to
01. return to Paris, badly,
02. buy a video camera.


EF - Live The Language - Paris from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

Paris In A Bag

Paris made out of wooden blocks. So me.

Seen here.

Buy here.

Perpetual Paris Calendar

This is HIGH on my "WANTS" list: a photo collage calendar~ of photos taken in Paris.

Shadow Boxes

Olivia was kind enough to send me a couple of

cute shadow boxes in her package last month.

I was ecstatic because I've always wanted to make

a shadow box keepsake for all of the

receipts, hotel confirmations, metro tickets, plane boarding passes,

pictures, etcetera from my European trip in 2005.

I finally got to do it,

and now all my memorabilia is up for display,

a reminder to me of how much fun I had

& of how hard I have to work to go there again someday.

Good idea, don't you think?

:)

{craft idea from here.}

4 Years Ago Today

I was here.

Mon Grand-Pere: Le Ballon Rouge

I am 1/8 French, I believe. My great-grandfather came from Paris, France. I lived with my grandfather {grand-pere} for 8 + years in the same house and I will never forget how we would watch "Le Ballon Rouge" together. It's one of my earliest memories and probably the catalyst of my French obsession. I was the first Zurcher to return to the land of my great-grandfather in 100 years. I visited the address an Rue de Eugene Flachat where the last Zurcher resided, but wasn't able to find anybody.

Statue of Eugene Flachat

It was a memorable, exciting trip for me and I am counting the days {though it's more like years right now} until I return. I add my sentiments to Gertrude Stein's famous quote,
"America is my country, but Paris is my hometown."

Amani & I at the top of the Eiffel Tower

I love names. I'll say this now so you won't be surprised, but I'm already planning to name one of my children Paris. {Hopefully, for the child's sake, it will be a girl.}

The other names I like are Easton, Alexis Celeste, and Elle.

{If you want to have some fun, head over to What A Lovely Name. You can browse through thousands of names, as well as their meanings. It's a pretty cute website, too.}

On the subject of babies and red balloons, and no, I'm not announcing anything, I have a pretty good idea of how I will decorate my baby's nursery. It will look something like this:

This Is Paris--Revised

While organizing my high school artwork, I came across a book I had gotten from the library. I didn't steal it, it was a discard. I used it as an art project for my art class. We had to convert the book into an art journal using different kinds of media. So some of the pages are painted over and totally blocked out. Now I completely regret it. I will take pictures of how it looks now and you'll see why. Here's a look into the book sans "art":

This Is Paris

It's vintage! And I stupidly used it as a high school project~ like it was going to last. I would take the book over my "art journal" any day. It is only $7 at Amazon...

*Okay, I took pictures of the "Art Journal." You'll see how much I butchered it. It's so sad.*

Not Much Going On

I've had bloggers-block these past few days. Here is one blogger who seems to be just fine:

thecherryblossomgirl

These pictures of Paris are heavenly.

I Love Paris

In the springtime.

I love Paris in the fall.

I love Paris every moment,

every moment of the year.

This is my favorite city in the world.