Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Our New Blog & Website
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Chatou Flea Market
The biannual flea market at Chatou just west of Paris will be open from March 11 - 20th.
The Antiques Diva & Co. has written a fun post called,
"The 10 Commandments of Flea Marketing at Chatou, "
check it out here.
To quench your thirst check out this picture.
A fun read about Paris Flea Markets here.
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Pictures Needed!
Friday, 18 February 2011
Keraluc
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Housekeeping
As Maggie mentioned below we are in the middle of a transition. We are actively seeking out new contributors to the blog. If you are interested in blogging and are a member please contact the club at blog@quimperclub.org. Or if you have photos of your collection you would like to share, a question about a piece you found, tips on travelling in France - we would love your contribution.
To check out more of this lovely home, click here.
Friday, 7 January 2011
New Year's Resolution
#2 - Use It! The cute little pitcher that just sits there should be filled with syrup!
#3 - Purge. Those pieces that have't seen the light of day since I started collecting over 15 years ago. Who cares if I only sell that porringer for $15 on ebay when I paid $60...
#4 - Fix. The box filled with some broken pieces.
#5 - Share/Donate. Contact my local library and see if they would do a Quimper display. Speak at my city's garden club and share the history of Quimper while demonstrating how to arrange flowers in Quimper vessels.
What do you have planned? Please share. I will get back to you on my progress. I have to admit #5 will be the hardest but hopefully it will help gain new members.
I know President Susan Cox is preparing for a speaking engagement on Quimper to an antique group. She has also posted a letter on our club website, go check it out here.
Happy New Year!
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Au revoir........from Maggie
January 2011 will herald in a new Board of Directors for the Quimper Club and so we say goodbye to Cerelle who has been the 2nd VP responsible for web activites and hello to Katie who steps up next.
You will have "met" both of these women here on the blog when they did their bit for promoting the Club and shared their love of all things faience related.
Many other Club members have volunteered their time, sharing their collections and collecting experiences with us, 253 blog posts to date.
I, for one, have learned a lot from them since I began the blog back in February 2009.
I suppose like many of you, I always take time as the year draws to a close to review the past 12 months and so I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all the guest bloggers.
There wouldn't have been a blog without you, ladies.
To celebrate our success and say a last farewell I would like to share with all our blog visitors and followers a personal favourite blog from each of them.
Click on their names to reread, or discover anew, the original post.
In no particular order:
This is likely to be the last post on this blog, the future is a little uncertain as the new Board may go in another direction and develop things in a different way, we shall have to wait and see.
However, rest assured, this blog will stay forever in blogland to serve as a resource for all Quimper fans and lovers of French faience.
In the meantime you can always visit me at my own blog Normandy Life
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