Guest Blog – Souvenirs de la Reine!
Dear Diva Readers,
The Antiques Diva, Lady Lotus, The Tampa Gal, English Rose and I, la Reine, have shared many treasured holidays together and have accumulated an abundant supply of souvenirs. But our most treasured souvenirs are those we look at daily, cost us almost nothing, and make us pause and smile, and remember. As you’ve learned in our Antiques Diva’s blog posts, South Florida is one of our regular reunion destinations, enjoying the sun, sand, seashells, and friendship renewal.
A daily activity is gathering up seashells to admire and cart home. But what to do with these shells once they are sorted, cleaned and carefully carried to our homes in the 4 corners?
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a bientot,
la Reine
That looks like so much fun. I love the shell embellished lamp shade. Very clever.
All the best,
Catherine
What a fun post! I've made various different souvenirs from our many years of collecting shells. I've even gone so far as to drag two huge conch shells back from the Bahamas…after we ate the conch. My suitcase was rancid but after all of my efforts, I still have two big-beautiful conch shells at my home in the U.S.-and on my recent visit I was so comforted by the sight of them.
Such great ideas-I love displaying shells.
Great ideas! My shells are kept atop some sad in a small jar on my desk. I love looking and remembering…
This looks like so much fun – it seems to me that you are making AND buying "remembrances!"
La Reine,
In fact, looking at the pic I decided I would get my shells glued on to my shade before your upcoming visit!!!
Can't wait to see you!
hmmm….looking again at Lady Lotus' capiz shell lampshade, I feel the need to return to Captiva for some lampshade shelling 🙂
Merci Beaucoup Phivos!!!
A bunch of… flowers… beautiful faces!