Your 12 Favorite Posts of 2017

I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.

~ Charles Dickens ~

I’m not big into making New Year’s Resolutions however

I do like to think of how I’d like to be in the coming year.

What type of person I’d like to be.

What I’d like to accomplish over the next year.

Today I’m sharing 12 of your favorite posts from 2017.

A little recap, if you will, as we move into 2018 and

think upon those things we’d like

to do better!

😉

Jumping right into your favorite posts

from 2017

let’s begin with:

1. The Texas Pie Company

A great little place to go have a piece of your favorite

pie and a warm mug of tea or coffee

down in Kyle, Texas.

Yum!

{a great way to begin this year’s recap!}

2. $10 Thriftshop Challenge ~ Chalkware and Silver

I love heading out to browse local thriftstores wherever

we live or if I’m visiting somewhere.

This trip was a fun outing checking out the thrifts

right here in my own backyard!

How about you?

Is touring around and wandering thriftshops one of

your favorite things to do?

3. Inspirational Designers ~ Earl Spencer

On my trip to the Design Bloggers Conference this year

everyday shared a keynote speaker and listening to

Earl Charles Spencer was one of the highlights

of this year’s trip for me.

Do check out this post as I shared a lot about his talk

on his family’s ancestral home, Althorp.

4. Spring Gardens and Happy Memories

A little ditty sharing how I began gardening

what flowers I’ve planted in my gardens

over the years and especially

my love for all things roses…

5. The Beast{s} of WM Farm

Was the second of my series of fairy tale stories

sharing the beautiful and soft alpacas here at

Wagon Master RV Park and Alpaca Farm

at shearing time.

This is yearling baby girl Skidboot ~ such a cutie!

6. Crafts to Make ~ A Shabby Chic Glamper

One of your favorite craft projects that I worked on

in 2017 was this little camper glamper!

This was a really fun project and after finding that little

cutie at one of the craft stores I just knew it had to

come home with me.

😉

7. Summer Outdoor Blog Hop Party

This was a fun blog hop with friends sharing their gardens

their tablestylings and all things summer.

I shared our gardens here in Texas.

Loving how green it is here in summer!

8. Sweet Inspiring Gardens Nearby

I’m known for my decorating, tea parties and gardens

mostly and this post is no exception.

In most every season I am outside shooting photographs

of gardens and beautiful blooms wherever I go.

This post shares my neighbors’ gardens and the

richness there is wherever one lives

is often found…

in the garden.

🙂

featured at
Thursday Favorite Things ~ Follow the Yellow Brick Home

9. Vintage English Candy Boxes

This beautiful candy box with Queen Elizabeth’s

portrait on it just had to come home with me

this summer to pair up with my other.

This post shares finding it.

featured at
Thursday Favorite Things ~ Follow the Yellow Brick Home

10. Drop-Cloth Slipcover Reveal

More sewing instructions and sharing the last part of

this series on sewing chair slipcovers and how I solved

a slight problem.

Plus a little tea party!

This is a good instructional series if you are looking

to make some of your own and never have sewn

covers for furniture before.

Oh, and toss out your regular sewing pins!

Quilter’s pins are the only ones I use for

sewing nowadays.

All three posts are linked within for you.

11. Favorite Showrooms at High Point Market

Oh, my! What a trip of a lifetime to be able to see

sooo many gorgeous showrooms of fabulous furnishings

for one’s home!

I went gaga for the incredible French furniture and lighting

at Eloquence, Ave Home and French Heritage.

I will be sharing more about these wonderful

stores in future posts.

Look for those this winter.

12. Setting an Elegant Thanksgiving Table

It was a hard decision between this post and the

post I wrote sharing a Nordic Christmas Tablesetting

and home tour as both were really well liked

so I’ve included both here for you.

🙂

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Setting an elegant table is certainly one of my

absolute favorite things to do.

I love having company come over and sharing

a beautifully set table display with my best crystal wine glasses

a set or two of rosy china and my best silver tableware

is a way of sharing my heart with them…

and with you.

🙂

Sharing today with

Share Your Style ~ The Red Painted Cottage

Thursday Favorite Things ~ Katherine’s Corner

Tablescape Thursday ~ Between Naps on the Porch

Merry Christmas and What to Do Weekends ~ Shoestring Elegance

Friday at the Fire Station ~ A Fireman’s Wife

Friday Features ~ Oh, My Heartsie Girl

Friendship Friday ~ Create with Joy

Top Projects of 2017 ~ Southern Hospitality

All link parties are linked above for your enjoyment!

Two posts were featured!

Thank you for being a big part of French Ethereal.

I truly appreciate your taking time to stop by

each and every time.

Your visits, comments, and what you share

are a huge blessing to me.

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Thank you!

Your 12 Favorite Posts of 2017

1. The Texas Pie Company

2. $10 Thriftshop Challenge ~ Chalkware and Silver

3. Inspirational Designers ~ Earl Spencer

4. Spring Gardens and Happy Memories

5. The Beast{s} of WM Farm

6. Crafts to Make ~ A Shabby Chic Glamper

7. Summer Outdoor Blog Hop Party

8. Sweet Inspiring Gardens Nearby

9. Vintage English Candy Boxes

10. Drop-Cloth Slipcover Reveal

11. Favorite Showrooms at High Point Market

12. Setting an Elegant Thanksgiving Table

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1. The Texas Pie Company

2. $10 Thriftshop Challenge ~ Chalkware and Silver

3. Inspirational Designers ~ Earl Spencer

4. Spring Gardens and Happy Memories

5. The Beast{s} of WM Farm

6. Crafts to Make ~ A Shabby Chic Glamper

7. Summer Outdoor Blog Hop Party

8. Sweet Inspiring Gardens Nearby

9. Vintage English Candy Boxes

10. Drop-Cloth Slipcover Reveal

11. Favorite Showrooms at High Point Market

12. Setting an Elegant Thanksgiving Table

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