LA DOLFINA

I've had this arrangement in what I like to call,   "My Cabinet of Curiosities",  for several years now and felt like it was time for a change. "  Inspired   by this set of 20 vintage shell specimens I purchased from my friend Janet at French Blue , who found them on one of her trips to France, I set about changing it. The first thing I did was swap out the botanical prints for the collection of delicate boxed shell specimens identified in French. I must admit that it was hard to decide what to feature in my "new" cabinet as I've amassed quite a collection of God's treasures and wanted to showcase them all! But in the end I defaulted to sticking to the same configuration as my old "Cabinet of Curiosities", introducing similar but new treasures. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out! Some things just can't be improved upon... Believe me... I tried! I even went so far as to leaving just the boxed shell specimens ...

I got a tweet from Paris Boutique Hotel asking, "what was your favorite vintage Christmas gift"? I replied, a vintage, french, seaweed soap display from French Blue & Co. I emailed Janet at French Blue and asked if there was a story behind my unusual seaweed soap display. She emailed me back with this story... "Walking the streets of Paris, tired and needing my vintage fix, I spotted this crazy wonderful piece in a window of a beautiful little old soap boutique. I went in through the charming doors greeted by an amazing strong scent of french soap. I dove to the window. To my disappointment, the nice lady would not sell it to me, she shook her head..."non". It was not for sale. I begged and begged. She called the owner who came to the shop who also told me, "non". I don't speak any french and it is difficult buying items that are for sale much less begging for an item that they would not sell. I would not leave. It was ab...