Farmer's Market Maven

Sunday morn'...a quick visit to your local Farmer's Market will do you good, as well as the environment.

If you're not near an actual produce market, dream of this retailer's creative display in Paris.

"Oh, the French, how they style....."

Don't forget to take along one or three of your favorite Vintagewave Market Totes!




Dash and Albert Rug Totes are just that: made from rugs. Washable and dog friendly. Both Dash and Albert are dogs who test drive all their creations! $56/each available now in many flavors at Vintageweave!


They hold just about anything! While they certainly look ultra chic, the best part is they are REALLY USEFUL: leather reinforced bottom & straps with a generous 6" gusset.

Celebrate Film - Cannes Film Fest '08

{David Lynch Photo; David's work is the theme of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, FRANCE May 14-25}

This town is big on film. No let me rephrase that: This town eats, breathes, sleeps, yawns, poops, pees, screams, plays, paints and sings film.

If you're a raging film buff, you're lucky to live here. Very, very lucky. The most obscure, independent films can be seen in a variety of venues at a variety of times, and we're always the first to get releases of new blockbusters on the big screen. And people clap when the director's name pops up at the beginning (they know him) and whistle and cheer when the headliner's name scrolls (they've worked with HER), and they stay for the credits. Always. They read their names, names of their friends, neighbors, co-workers.... It's crazy. Many non-industry folks have the occasional opportunity to attend a film premiere, red carpet and all. Up the street from Vintageweave there's even a silent movie theatre devoted to the era of those whose releases have long past.

L.A....My. Kind. of. {Movie}. Town.

So needless to say when much of the town packs up and heads to FRANCE to attend what is arguably the most important film festival in the world, Festival de Cannes, you feel it. The traffic is a wee bit lighter, the hard-to-get-into restaurants have a few openings, and there's a few less people crowding the amazing salad bar at Whole Foods. At Vintageweave the bustle happens just before and just after Cannes, when gifts are needed for this or that nominee. During Cannes we breathe a {wee} bit and actually get to go see a film our clients have a hand in creating.

Each year there is one lucky talent bestowed the honor of serving as Jury President and then a lucky few as the Jury Panel...all chosen to review the submitted and accepted films. This year's Jury President is none other than Sean Penn. We love Sean. We love that we can see him at the local bookstore and he's got on a grumpy face just as he does in interviews. We love that we can see him with his kids and he's playing ball just like a loving dad {Celebrities! They're Just Like Us!}. But most of all we love Sean Penn because he's the most courageous, giving and passionate actor. A magnifying presence in every role he takes on. The man is a genius actor. As this year's Jury President, he's known as Sean Penn, Director, accredited to his recent accomplishment: Into The Wild. (For which he hired Vince Vaughn so there's another reason to love him: he's got great taste.}

If you're lucky enough to be in Cannes, go to this spot:

Pleeeeeze, if you ARE IN Cannes who are we to tell YOU??

Ok, then, Best Chocolate in Cannes:

L'Atelier Jean-Luc Pele, 30 intensely-flavored cocoa confections. But the Carmel with sea salt Macaroons are to DIE FOR.
36 Rue Meynadier

If you're lucky enough to be at home:

Go support your local film theatre and SEE A FILM ON THE BIG SCREEN. There's no better escape... {Disclaimer: Popcorn with butter mandatory for full enjoyment}

Metal Milagro Hearts

Now being served at Vintageweave....








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The Islands of Paris: Part I

One of our more charming and delightful clients has a fabulous apartment on Ille de la Cite, which is point zero for the grid system in all of Paris. On a recent trip we were given the keys to work on filling it with furniture and providing the Vintageweave touch.

She's got FAB taste and has wonderful accessories (yes, some from VW!). Her collection of black and white photographs lining the white embossed wall covering walls were sensational. REALLY fell in love with her ceilings. {more pics later}
From the living room windows the view is MAGNIFIQUE! She looks RIGHT UPON Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral...holy moly I'd never leave Paris! This pic below is her view of this artistic masterpiece of French Gothic design (albeit from a different angle, but the beauty is the same). I'll give you a minute. The green overtakes your body with envy I know.



Did you know?
*Notre Dame means "our lady" in French;
*Construction began in 1163, with completion around 1335;
*This masterpiece was horribly desecrated during the French Revolution in late 1790's. Much of the religious imagery was
either damaged or destroyed (can you even IMAGINE how beautiful it must have looked like before???);
*A serious and steadfast restoration began in the 19th C, bringing her back to her original breathtaking beauty;
*A formal maintenance and restoration program begin in the late 1990's and is still going on now;
*It is an active Roman Catholic Church today and where the French Archbishop sits. Ohhh to hear a mass given in the elegant French language and the
hymns sung by a French choir is indescribable loveliness.

Ok so you did your soul some good now do your palette some good: On this island you MUST have ice creme (or a tartine) at Bertillian, 31 Rue St Louis. Known as the best ice cream in all of Paris, this spot doesn't disappoint! Flavors rotate but my personal fave is banana coconut...mmmmm......

Vintage Bottles

Old Bottles. So drawn to them. Milky and Cloudy insides. Chipped rims. Distorted colors of green, blue and clear...love them all. Love them plain, arranged in a group, or artfully staged as three in a row atop a bathroom window sill.

They can be found at a variety of American and European flea markets, but then the magic happens:

We love those with wax tops serving as miniature windows into a whimsical story...
and a hanging scrolled verse:

*Pearls of Wisdom {starts out "The Wisdom to accept myself, The Wisdom to know that all living creatures are equally important, The Wisdom to find something to learn in all mistakes...."; small $41; large $54}
*Wish Crystals {$44}
*Giggle Dust {$40}

We esp. love those that celebrate the love of an animal... *Dog Gone to Heaven (shows dog with wings and an angel standing by) {$62}
*Giggle Ball {$39}
*Remember Kindness (celebrating animal rescue) {$64}

We love those that have vintage-inspired Parisian labels {$24-48}:


And we love those with a religious edge:



Add a piece of history to your collection today.
{Click on any photo to enlarge and then contact us with your wish list: vintageweave@aol.com or 323.932.0451}

Set Design Me

We're off on another very special, very fun project! Wish we could share details but those pesky confidentiality contracts keep our lips perpetually sealed. We'll be back here in a couple of days or so....until then Happy Hunting!

Ode to Mom

I have the best mother in the world. She's incredibly supportive, caring, giving, creative and funny. {Too bad that green thumb produced such a brown-thumbed child.} Happy Mother's Day, Mom, and to all the mothers out there whom I know or have yet to meet. You're all God's gift to the world...

When I'm glad or when I'm blue,
Times as these I most need you
No one quite can take your place,
with the lovelight on your face,
friend nor sweetheart,
sister, brother,
none can take the place of mother."

Author unknown