{French Lavender Sachet with Vintage Rose Filet Lace}

Here comes a generously sized long Sachet, filled with French Lavender. 

It is done in an all cotton burgundy luxury fabric, that has been hand-rolled and fringed artistically.

The most precious decoration however is the Vintage Rose Filet Lace.

Lovingly done by hand, in the so called 'linen-stitch'.

This unique gift item is available at: Spectrenoir

It would also pair nicely with the {French Linen Heart for Door Knob Hanging} from my previous post that has similar Vintage Rose Lace...

Check back, as I will be listing special French sachets, door knob pillows, tissue and cosmetics bags, shopping totes and more.
All quality goods, made in France from designer fabrics such as:  
Chérubin; Lecien; Olivades; Soleiado and Liberty of London.

All these cotton and/or linen luxury items are labeled:
La Mère aux Anges and will be embellished by vintage buttons or laces.

{Our Home of almost 20 years}

Today I want to welcome you to our home of almost 20 years. It is constructed after Pieter's own design.

In November 1990 we did move in, while still living and working in Indonesia. We just were off one month and together with my Dad, who did tag along from The Netherlands, we did move in.

It was hard to leave once we'd settled in for just a few weeks... 

But we did live a gypsy life and that's what we had to do for almost three years: commuting from Atlanta to Jakarta four times a year for two months at a time, living in the center on the island of Java, in the mountains.

As certain trees have grown too big now, for standing back and capturing the entire home, I will take you a bit back in time. Below this post you find a link as to see how the home looks at present!

This is in the spring of 1994 the veranda and bay window area with part of the balcony to the left. I am weeding the gardenias that we had back then, till they blocked our windows...

Spring 1994; see the little magnolia here? Now we can no longer take such a photo with the entire front view of our home.

Detail of our front porch with Vintage Woodworks ←(click it) from Texas.
Also you see our young Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida'.

Front porch. If you click to enlarge photo, you can see the hand crocheted filet lace rose curtains on the front door that I designed and made. Will show those later.

Still taken in 1994 with all Wakaebisu Kurume azaleas. Sadly we lost most of them and had to plant something else. Our summer climate is so harsh with temperatures from 35°C to 42°C (95°F - 107°F) and not very forgiving with a soil that has poor water holding capacity and we are on a slope.

The tree on the right got the death penalty since this photo was taken.

The garage doors also have been replaced by insulated ones.

1997 with the gardenias already being moved to the wood garden. Veranda windows have now white fiberglass window boxes ←click it, just like the bay window from the kitchen. They do come in hunter green and satin black as well, but we opted for white, just look Flower Framers of Cincinatti ←click it.

September 1999; notice the huge magnolia to the left? The bay window is no longer visible.

May 2004 with a view to the road.

A May 2004 view on the road for giving you an idea of the space for living here in the heart of Georgia. On the front we have 200 m length, including the wood garden that you see behind the house.

This photo I took on September 26 and now you see how huge that southern magnolia is. Meanwhile Pieter did put a vinyl picket fence between the neighbors and us, you see it on the left.

Another huge, double flowering magnolia to the right.

Let's turn into the driveway...

Too bad that one of the Italian Cypress turned brown from the drought and heat we had during the last month.

The day I took this photo we had finally had a good rain; too late!

Related link:

{Our Home with Aluminum Interlock Roofing and Benjamin Moore Golden Mist Exterior} | later post by me how our home looks NOW

{Fleur de Lys Filet Crochet designed by Mariette's Back to Basics}

Finally I get to show you some of my Filet Lace Crocheted curtains that I've designed.

Designed on October 2, 1999 and Pieter advised me to alternate the Fleur de Lys instead of working in rows. Great tip and so I drew it out.

This is a very special Fleur de Lys in loving memory of a dear friend Donna Rae Canady.
Handmade filet lace by Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder

The very curtain is hanging at the side entrance door of the antebellum home of Donna Rae's son.

Kelly with his charming wife Janice is running this romantic place, called: Page House Bed and Breakfast. 

On Sunday, September 5th my dear friend of 45 years (!) Ellie with husband Mathieu joined me for Brunch here. 

They arrived the very day that my love Pieter had his heart attack. But we had something to be grateful for that Sunday, as Pieter came out of his open heart surgery fine. So after Mass we went here together for an elegant brunch. 

 Here, Ellie & Mathieu stand in front of the main entrance at Page House Bed and Breakfast.

This photo I took from the side entrance, where my Fleur de Lys curtain is hanging.

This is taken from the inside where you can see the beautiful Tiffany style stained glass windows with the Fleur de Lys. 

That's why I designed them this way.

Photo taken by my husband Pieter; who had a dinner meeting at The Page House on August 30. 

How much has happened since then... 

This is again taken on Monday evening, by Pieter.

You might want to read this blog by Katie from Le Beau Paon Victorian, about Historic homes as she describes so well the architrave and such!

Photos above are both taken on Sunday morning at brunch time.  Bottom photo with flash; very hard to capture, whether day or night...

Hand Crocheted lace curtain I made with French DMC Cébélia Crochet Thread, mercerized crochet cotton.