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In Paris!!!!

Sorry I have not been posting lately..........I can't get my pictures to upload because the internet in our hotel is so slow.  I have some great ones......so don't forget to check back!  Au revoir!  caren

PINK SATURDAY PERFUME

Welcome everyone to another Pink Saturday!  Today my PINK is going to be the perfume that I wear.  The reason that I am blogging on Pink Saturday about it, is because it comes in a PINK bottle.  Actually, it comes with a very pretty ribbon and bow around it - but it is not looking so good now.  Sorry : (

It is Spring Flower by Creed:

It smells heavenly - the description is a blend of fruits, with rose, jasmine, peach, melon and apple.  It is sitting a little crooked - those are all my books about flea markets in France!

Take a closer look:

I can't let another week go by with out sneaking in a picture of my great niece, Bryar.  She is about 10 weeks old now and finally weighs about 7 pounds 10 ounces.  Go Bryar!

There's a whole lot of PINK going on there!

I won't be posting on Pink Saturday for the next couple of weeks as we are going to meet Ashley in PARIS on Wednesday! Then we are going to Italy and Amsterdam. We will be gone almost three weeks.  I hope to post some pictures as we go along so all of you can enjoy my trip too!  I know Ashley has been posting some on my blog and it has been a little confusing since she hasn't done that in a long time.  So, you have seen Paris through her eyes....hopefully I can continue where she left off.  Don't forget me....I will still be here....check back!

In the meantime, check out Beverly for all the other Pink participants!

Have a great day and a better tomorrow.

Au revoir!

Caren

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My Trip to the Louvre

Happy Monday!!!

I apologize for not updating but this weekend I caught the dreaded cold/flu ;( BUT all is getting better!!!And I have SO MUCH to update you all on. First off, on Wednesday (i think...) we went to the Louvre!!! 

And here we are!!!!!!!!!!

Nicole, Emily, Valerie, Alice, Molly, Ann-marie, Stacy, Janina, Stephanie

Valerie & Nicole

Nicole, Alice, Stacy, and I

Nicole and I.

I don't wanna bore you with photos, but honestly there are so many cool photos that I have to show you!

FIRST OFF: EGYPT

(um is it weird I wear headbands the same way?)

(there was just something so spooky about her.. beautiful but spooky)

(Yup there's a dead dude in there.... creepy i know!)

NOW ONTO: ROMANS & GREEKS & ART YOU'VE SEEN IN TEXT BOOKS

(don't you feel like you need to name them?... maybe thats just me...)

 

(this is the epitome of that nightmare everyone has in their life... you know the one where you are in a crowded area...everyone is looking at you...and then you figure out that your only wearing you bday suit? lol yup here it is in stone. They still had the same nightmare a gazillion years ago! lol;)

 

(probably the most beautiful sculpture in the Louvre... it was amazing. Totally going to work with photoshop and this picture ;)

 

(the original gladiator sandal)

  

   

   

 

(isn't she pretty? I think I liked her more then the mono lisa...shhh) 

 

(AGH I wanna be a princess and wear a badass cape and tiara!!!!)

(Alice and I are pretty sure this is a window that Tom Hanks probably jumped out of in the DiVinci Code... of course this is coming from Alice and I who were GOING to dress up like Tom Hanks and Silas for the trip....you can judge we don't care!)

I have so many more beautiful pictures! But I'll stop there! Hope you enjoyed!!!!

Tomorrow I'll post about Vogue's Fashion Night Out in Paris!

xoxo-ak-xoxo

TAKING CARE OF THINGS

Sometimes a girl has to do what a girl has to do............''

Have a good day and better tomorrow!

xoxoxoxox

Caren

PINK SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

WELCOME again to another PINK SATURDAY!  They seem to come faster every week

When Ashley (my daughter) lived in Los Angeles last year she made a very special picture and gave it to me.  She took one of her old pictures when she was about 3 years old and by adding a wand, wings and other special things she magically made herself a FAIRY!

Here's a closer look at the cuteness!

And it all happened to be PINK!

Beverly asked us to mention a favorite blog of ours from the Pink Saturday participants and though I have ALOT...I want to mention Lara at Lara's Welt .  She has the most fantastic photographs and takes you with her all over the world!  Please visit her - you won't be sorry!

And don't forget to visit Miss Beverly  to visit all the other wonderful Pink Participants.

Have a good day and a better tomorrow!

xoxoxoxoxoxox

Caren

Paris Flea Market & Godfrey Deeny

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Bonjour!!

So on Sunday we went to a flea market! I'm not sure the name of the market, but it was fun!!

Designer clothing, old furniture, old books, postcards, paintings, you name it they had it! Here are some photos...

 

buttons buttons buttons....

having some ham and cheese & fries... Nicole (CAN), Valerie (Taiwan), Stacy (Australia)

Stephanie (US), Su Mei (Malaysia), and Ann-Marie (US)

I thought Max would like this plane hanging from the ceiling of a vendor.

Thursday night we had Godfrey Deeny as our guest lecturer. Mr. Godfrey Deeny is a famous fashion critic and editor of "Fashion Wire Daily". Europe's "Women's Wear Daily" basically. He was amazing and full of interesting information. Above is Myself, Godfrey, Nicole, and Emily (canada).

More tomorrow;)

xoxo-ak-xoxo

I"M IN PARIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BONJOUR from Paris! 

I'm here!! It was an "interesting" plane ride over but I made it! Yes they do put those air sickness bags on the plane for a reason- yuck! But through it all I made it!!!!!! And i'm so excited I did! For those of you wondering, I am over here attending the Paris Fashion Institute ;) And so far, I ABSOLUTELY love it! Any school that gives you homework to go shopping is my kind of place!! I arrived last tuesday morning around 6:00 am. My room is nice- i'll def. post on that later this week! By 2:00, I was in orientation and by 6:00 at a designer show opening!! Crazy jet lag but so worth it!

The Gallery show was "Philippe David" who is a fabric designer. His fabrics are BEAUTIFUL! I esp. loved his floral and embroidered fabrics! He is also our fabric teacher. He's wonderful!! Here are some photos:

Beautiful, right?

Then we had a 3 days of intense classes. Andrea Grifoni is our Product development professor. ABSOLUTELY incredible!! And THE Diane Pernet is our "Fashion Today" teacher. You can read her blog at: A Shaded View on Fashion. Freakin' AMAZING!!! I did a presentation, in her class, on the photographer Nick Knight. If you haven't seen his photography YOU HAVE TO! SOOO beautiful! I might do a post later on about him. But if you want more information, visit his site at SHOWstudio.com.

We also have an Illustrations class, French class (with the most adorable teacher ever) and a few more that are starting this week. 

On Saturday we went "shopping" for homework around the Saint Germain des Pres area. OMG so beautiful! First stop was Cafe de Flore. AHHH their french onion soup was the best soup I have EVER EVER eaten!! And the waiter gave us 3 table coverings(that are so beautifully painted) to take with us. A wonderful experience. No Karl Lagerfeld sightings, but wonderful food!

We shopped a little more, then went to The World famous Laduree. Ok, if you haven't had their raspberry macaroons... you need to because its like HEAVEN! AHHHH!! Honestly- you need to go.

 

(here is myself and Nicole from Canada eating at Laduree)

I also found a new dutch store called "Noa Noa" that has beautiful clothing! I found myself handing over my debit card and treating myself to a new dress ;) so excited!!!

I also found my future husband... he's 5 years old but hey whatever hahahahha jk. He was dressed in jeans, polo and a sports jacket... add that bed head hair and DAMN he's gonna be good looking when he's older... actually the majority of the guys over here are pretty good looking... lol 

Which brings me to the fact that children in Paris are dressed better then I am lol AHHH every kid is so stylish... there will most certainly be a blog before I leave dedicated to children's fashion because it is everywhere! 

Here are some other photos from the day o'shopping:

(Valerie from Taiwan and I with a pink bunny randomly on the street)

isn't it beautiful!?

Isn't this window display so beautiful!? It was an amazing store that sold hand made umbrellas and little trinkets.. so amazing.

So today we went to a flea market, but i'm going to post about that tomorrow ;) At 9:00 am tomorrow we are going with Diane to Pret-a-Porter (spelling might not be correct, sorry). This is where the buyers go to sample the next season's fashions ;) SHOULD BE FUN!!

I had to get settled here in Paris, but look forward to daily if not every other day post here on this blog ;) PLEASE feel free to comment so I know SOMEONE is looking at it lol :)

And let me know if there is anywhere you all want to see! I'll go and take some photos!!!

I'll also be blogging in October from Italy and Amsterdam as well ;) 

So come back tomorrow for flea market photos!

xoxo-

ak

PINK SATURDAY AT OUR STUDIO!

WELCOME TO PINK SATURDAY!  As I said in a previous post....we have been so busy trying to get our dance studio ready for the new school year.  We needed to have new carpet laid so then we had this great idea to re-decorate behind the desk in the lobby - and maybe the vestibule as you come in the door.  Well, you know how that goes...one thing leads to another and another and another and before we knew it we had re-decorated the lobby, vestibule, changing rooms and restrooms.  

Ashley and I had this great idea for a clock that looked like a lady and had our last name on the face. Thanks to Carol, the artist, we got just what we wanted.  It hangs behind our front desk:

Don't you just love her PINK lips?  And it really works!!!  The wallpaper was another idea, however the designer decided to be different and hang it vertically instead of horizontally.  Don't you know the wallpaper hangers loved her!  That wall is huge.

Another, thing I would like to show you is the mail slot that we have by the front door.  Carol transformed just a plain gold mail slot into this:

She did that free-hand in about 15 minutes!  Amazing.  The wall behind it really is PINK - it's looking redish but it isn't.

I would love to show you the rest of the studio, but it is getting late and I am tired.  I will save it all for another post.

Don't forget to visit BEVERLY and see all the other wonderful PINK participants.

Have a good day and a better tomorrow.

xoxoxoxo

Caren