Back to France...

Much earlier than expected we have to go back to France. Our 2 1/2 years in the US have been awesome and we are sad to leave, but well, that is life and I am sure what lies ahead will be great too!!
I have just closed my Little Boheme LLC. I do not know what will become of it. It was a great disappointment to close it after so much work. I might do something with it in France, I will see.
As for this blog, I am not sure. Maybe this is a goodbye post... maybe not.
Anyway, thanks to all those who have stopped by. And all the best to you!

Une petite Camille!!!

At last, our baby girl is here!! Camille is doing great and we are so happy. Next thing to do now is get her some girl clothes as I only have blue from her brother and I was so sure that she would be a he.

Little Boheme giveaway

I was not at all familiar with 'giveaways' when I was contacted by Heather who 'met' me through my etsy shop. She explained to me how it worked and I was thrilled by this great idea!
She did a really nice review on my shop and I am very thankful to her for her great job.
If you want to have a look at the Little Boheme giveaway, it is right here. You could also add A Little Bliss's address to your favourite, to participate to her giveaways...

Bonne Annee!!

I wish you all a very very Happy New Year!!!
2009 will be a very busy year for us. First, there will be the baby, expected any day now. We are really looking forward to that! Then we'll be heading back to France, in a few months. We have been living in the US for almost 3 years and were hoping to stay for at least 3-4 more years... but we have to go back. C'est la vie!!!

And you, what will 2009 be made of???

I Love You!

I haven't posted as much as I would have wanted to recently. So here we go with another Chronicle of the Crazy Frog-Eaters vs. the Crazy Yankees, or in other words, what surprises me in the US compared to what I'm used to in France. Each culture has its own way of dealing with feelings and the expression of those feelings from one person to another. What strikes me very often here in the US is the abnormally (in French standards) rate of 'I love yous'. Whenever I am with someone calling their parents or even their grand-parents, the hang-up is always preceded by a “love you”. In the US apparently, it is a common thing to say. I was especially surprised to hear that recently from friends, who finished our phone conversation by an 'I love you' which left me speechless... hmm should I say the same? But I can't, I save it for just a few people...
We French seem to be much more prude in our everyday relationships, and should we say I love you to somebody apart from our wife/husband or our kids, we do so in the private circle, never on the phone in the bus or at work.

That is one the things I love about my life in the US, although France and the US could be seen as pretty similar, I think only our lifestyles are similar. The way we interact with other people, the way we express our feelings... in a nutshell, our social interactions can be very different, and I find that awesome. Each day, I'm wowed by new stuff and I'm thankful to be here and discover new things when meeting new people..

One day, I'll have a gorgeous coat hanger

I bought these on huge sale at Anthropologie yesterday. All I need to do now is find a nice, old, used piece of wood and screw them in to make a coat hanger...

Christmas crafts market

This is last week's Christmas crafts market in my little Arizonian town. Great weather, nice atmosphere, but poor success for my booth... The truth is that I was totally out of the subject with my very fresh and summer baby items while everyone was selling Christmas stuff with gold, green and red colors, cinnamon perfumes, and Santa shapes... The only thing that I manage to sell where my door knob birds that I displayed on a Christmas wreath...