as soon as we booked our flight to paris, one of the first things we did was contact jim hoping he had space for us at one of his legendary sunday dinners. he did, and it turned out to be a big highlight of out trip.
i can’t recall where i first heard about his sunday dinners, but most hear about them on npr. he’s been hosting these sunday dinners in his parisian home for the past 30 years. fifty to sixty strangers from all over the world attend each sunday. people meet, mingle, and connect all over a casual dinner.
we met students. artists. teachers. doctors. all sorts of people. all different ages. different backgrounds. different races. from all over the world. everyone had a story to tell. and it was wonderful. it was truly an incredible experience.
i’m smitten by these custom hand embroidered monograms. very sweet.
stunning pieces from j.crew’s latest jewlery collection. just gorgeous.
these are so tempting. satin. hot pink. more than half off. in my size. and so reminiscent of pointe shoes. love.
so, what did we bring back from paris? well besides a few souvenirs for friends and family, we packed these goodies in our suitcases and brought them to the states with us. first, not shown above is a longchamp tote + makeup bag picked up at a store in the international airport. great thing about the airport stores is duty free shopping. plus, they allowed us to pay for them in dollars, saving us even more money since we didn’t have to convert to euros. we scooped up the reversible chalkboard from au petit bonheur la chance. that’s also where we got the vintage gargoyle over paris pic and a very old hand-scripted receipt. i just loved the type and the vintage stamp on it. we picked up the black tin at mariage frères. it contains a wonderful earl grey french blue tea. the small acrylic square is actually a petite ring holder we purchased at muji. the small cylinder holding the small colored pencils was also picked up at muji. finally, the tall wooden pencil holder + a couple of pencils came from papier +.
hope you had a great weekend!
a super talented friend of mine just opened up a fun etsy shop selling her custom wedding illustrations. you send her pics, discuss details of your wedding and bit about yourselves as a couple. the end result is a personalized illustration that you can frame, use on thank you cards, save the dates and more. so cute.
fun parcel purses from paper plane. i love all the sweet details like the red stamp hanging from the overnight bag. these are perfect for a travel + parcel loving girl [like me].
[via lobster and swan]
happy friday!
such sweet illustrations by san francisco based designer tomoko maruyama. i especially love the soft colors. it’s like a breath of fresh air.
