Thursday, September 2, 2010

Indigo and French General

This week the color was Indigo...I have TONs of photos...do you think I could find indigo...I THINK if one looked hard enough...you should see some indigo in this beautiful peacock. To see true Indigo...go visit the other class mates in jennymatlock.blogspot.com
A girlfriend came to visit me...its been well over 16 years since we use to go traipsing around LA looking for shops to visit...We had one day...oh what fun we had...today I'll show you the French General. Packed with happy customers. It was a delight, I will be going back! Here is their logo on the side of the building

There were tables filled with glasses and bottles and dishes FULL to the brim with trinkets for making jewelery...WOW


Such variety!!


And these little samplers we so beautiful in person, I've seen them in their books




And shelves...lined with jars and jars of bead of every color
I did ask permission to take these photos...I told her they would be on my blog
and that I would give them credit...really??? And why wouldn't I? They were sooooo sweet and helpful. There were ladies sitting at another table making jewelery...I wanted to jump in there and do the same!





13 comments:

jules said...

How wonderful! I want to go! Thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

Wow that peacock sure has the right colours for this indigo-post!
Best wishes,
Anna

Anna's Indigo

RNSANE said...

The peacock is such a beautiful indigo. I had a picture of the little indigo bunting, another beautiful indigo bird that I got on flickr. I had not one indigo photo in my hundreds...bizarre!

RNSANE said...

The peacock is such a beautiful indigo. I had a picture of the little indigo bunting, another beautiful indigo bird that I got on flickr. I had not one indigo photo in my hundreds...bizarre!

RNSANE said...

The peacock is such a beautiful indigo. I had a picture of the little indigo bunting, another beautiful indigo bird that I got on flickr. I had not one indigo photo in my hundreds...bizarre!

Unknown said...

This looks like a wonderful shop to explore.

H said...

Good to find a place which inspires :)

Jo said...

oh wow! looks like my kind of store! you must have had a great time!

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

it looks like an inviting place to shop and walk around.

Adrienne said...

Hi, Laurie, for the Oregon Coast! Loved the 'tour' of French General - keep that on my list for whenever I get down to visit! What a fun place!
~Adrienne~

Ineke Original said...

I wanted to be there!

The Joy of Nesting said...

Ohhhhhh I Hate you I hate you I hate you!!! :) THE FRENCH GENERAL oh you must have died and gone to heaven!!!! Did you even get to all their amazing fabrics and antique French linens???? So much fun!!! It's one of those places I would love to be locked into for a weekend. "Oh darn we're stuck here till Tuesday!!"

I wondered what you had been up to, when I hadn't heard from you :)

Pattie ;)
Mazatlan Mx.

PS How was the fair??

Jenny said...

Wow. I want you for my tour guide.

What a fun shop.

And you're right, the peacock is a perfect indigo photo.

Thanks for linking!

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