I am not even sure I wrote a post on The Tea Lounge. But for today, as its a hectic one, I am attending a poetry/writing slam to read parts of my novel, pictures speak louder than words in this case. The empty shell of a room is going to come alive with two themes… Continue reading The Tea Lounge
It’s mid afternoon and we are waiting for Carrefour to open so we can buy snacks, wine and cheese for tomorrow’s big opening. I am baking cakes and brownies, quiches, and other pastry items. Friends are coming to help. My sewing friend will see her products arranged in the shop and after a year of… Continue reading The Tea Lounge opens tomorrow!
It’s been a hectic month. We have finished the Tea Lounge, painted the atelier and tea lounge entrance and the gallery house too. With our prominent position near the N145 at Gouzon, we get a huge flow of traffic throughout the day and we wanted our establishment to be noticed. Today people slowed down, tooted… Continue reading Costin and Castille
Very busy with the new tea lounge, painting brocante finds, finishing the shop cabinets and bookshelf. Using acrylics, chalkpaint, mineral paint, decoupage papers and braid to finish edges. I use a dry brush technique to build up layers to give a worn, soft look. It saves on paint too. I then use coloured wax or… Continue reading Paint, paper and braid
A lovely article by my tax business partners daughter, Alix Marshall. She is working through a degree in journalism back in UK and she visited last month to dip into my world and my journey to France.
After 2023 when I was so ill with wrong medications for migraines, and was literally on the floor crying and having severe panic attacks, I never imagined that this two year anniversary of that month, I would be painting candy colours onto our forthcoming atelier tea lounge! After finishing the gallery next door in time… Continue reading Time For Tea
A French Creative Life 