{Worldwide GIVEAWAY: 925 SILVER GIOVANNI RASPINI CHARM}

Worldwide GIVEAWAY: 925 SILVER GIOVANNI RASPINI CHARM to celebrate my 300 followers. Giveaway ends February 4 by midnight! This includes the non-public followers. Again I offer you an upscale solid 925 Silver Giovanni Raspini Charm from the Heart of Tuscany, Italy. I will ship it world wide. You get to select the letter you want!

Have a look at my  on line shop: Spectrenoir.

There you can see the different Angel Charms.

Mariette's Back to Basics ribbon...

Giovanni Raspini Charms & Co

How to enter:

* Make sure you follow me and leave a comment.
(Those that currently follow; please leave a comment that you are already following.)

* To double your chances, put the 250 pixel wide GIVEAWAY BUTTON below, as a picture in your sidebar as well and leave a comment telling me you did so. 

* Another chance, put the 500 pixel wide GIVEAWAY BUTTON below, as a picture in your blog and post about it. When posting about it, please do put a hyperlink of this very blog into your blog. Click on the blog subject line and copy that link for putting it into your blog. But let me know about it in your comment so I can verify if it indeed is a working link.

* Another chance you get if you follow me on Twitter here; let me know you did do so and give me your Twitter name in the comment section.

* Another chance if you Tweet about this giveaway and letting me know.

* A last chance you get if you Like me on my Face Book Page Mariette's Back to Basics ; again let me know if you did so!

Good luck.

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{Romantic French Rose Boxes}

To my many loyal readers I finally want to introduce some very special and rare French Country Style gems, that I have put on my Spectrenoir for sale. Hope you will like them and the images that I will post here are to explain in more detail the beauty of those pieces. First of all let me introduce this artist friend to you. She is a lady about my age, who lives just outside of Paris in France. Her name is Françoise Kiéné and she does sign all of her work with her initials FK in a very discrete way. You almost have to look for it with a magnifier!

But she does a quite remarkable job; judge for yourself!

Don't forget my GIVEAWAY that is coming soon...

This is a lovely, larger box made out of wood with boiled carton in a rich burgundy color. An exceptional old box and you can see it here at Spectrenoir.

Great French Country Style Gifts!

Sorry, SOLD OUT...

Unique painted composition of roses on raw wood; LIME. See it on line at Spectrenoir for description of the piece.

Sorry, SOLD OUT...

Wooden Box with Yellow Roses 6½" in diameter. See the description again at Spectrenoir by scrolling down.

Romantic Arched Wooden Chest with Roses. Read for more info on line at Spectrenoir.

Sorry Sold Out...

Shown here is a lovely Round Wooden Box with Pink Roses Painted Composition on lid and also on the sides. See my corresponding info from link above, for details.

Wooden Box with Roses and Forget-me-nots composition, also painted on all four sides. See it in detail at Spectrenoir.

Sorry Sold out...

See my on line info from link above...

This is a lovely round Chocolate or Bon-bon tin that Françoise neatly painted over with a roses composition. For more detail see my Spectrenoir listings.

This is a Jewelry box made of small bamboo and composition painted by Françoise. See it on line at Spectrenoir for more detail.

Great French Basics Gifts!

My GIVEAWAY is soon to follow...

{A GATHERING PLACE - VINTAGE TRAINCASE GIVEAWAY!}

On August 14, I did post this: LOOK My Vintage Train Case Arrived!

You can click on the above link but I will citate part of what I wrote then:

Oh, I have to share this with all of you! On December 5th of 2010 I received my very first comment from Rebecca who writes the fabulous blog 'A Gathering Place'. Next day I stumbled upon Rebecca's Vintage Train Case at Mari's blog: MY BEAUTIFUL ANNIVERSARY GIFT and fell in love... Rebecca did point me to her older blog post about VINTAGE TRAIN CASE - Transformed Into a Work of Art, see: VINTAGE TRAIN CASE Transformed Into a Work of Art. It took her quite a while for finding such a vintage train case again and in June she started with the makeover of it. Due to the hot and humid weather in her area, the paint took a long time to dry. But finally on Thursday it arrived! Now have a look yourself and tell me if you would not fall in love with it too?

If you have not followed her yet, you've missed out on quite a lot. Following her now is a good reason in order to win this Vintage Train Case from her. I can tell you, that's a TREASURE! Click on: A ROMANTIC COTTAGE GIVEAWAY Vintage Train Case For Free for going to her blog so you can enter in this most FABULOUS GIVEAWAY.

Related link:

• LOOK My Vintage Train Case Arrived! | my previous post 

{High Heeled Life INTERNATIONAL Giveaway!}

My dear friend Celia from High Heeled Life (now Resilientista) is hosting a SUPER INTERNATIONAL Giveaway that you should not miss! So please find out about it by visiting her right here: GIVEAWAY!!! Don't miss it.... This will end on October 15th.

Good luck!

{International Giveaway Christmas with Victoria 1997 Book}

It is time to start with another International Giveaway! This time it is a hardcover copy of the 1997 Christmas with Victoria. These are wonderful books full of inspiration for the upcoming Christmas season. Including lots of recipes etc. etc. All those that know Victoria Magazine, will treasure this book. It is my way of saying thank you to my loyal readers who follow me from 132 countries! THANK YOU SO MUCH - GRAZIE MILLE - MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS - VIELEN DANK - DANK JE WEL - MERCI BEAUCOUP - BANYAK TERIMA KASIH!!!

Chances to win:

1) Leave a comment and become a blog subscriber via Google Friends Connect (if not following yet)

2) Follow Mariette's Back to Basics on Twitter (if you do not already follow)

3) Like Mariette's Back to Basics on Facebook

    All three buttons for following are at the top of my blog to the right

For extra entries:

Tweet (leave an additional entry)

FB mention (leave an additional entry)

Blog mention and/or taking my button to your blog (leave 2 additional entries)

Giveaway will end on September 15 at midnight and the winner will be notified.

Good luck to all and here below is the button that you can copy and paste to take to your blog.

{Tradescantia or Spiderwort}

In our garden you will find these bright blue Tradescantia or Spiderwort plants. Tradescantia is a North American native. They even can become invasive and show up in areas where you did not intend to have them. Here are some photos that Pieter took a couple of weeks ago from its beautiful blossoms. Enjoy! Below is also a reminder for the three Giveaways by dear blogger friends.

We did collect some local rocks from our property and made a kind of rock garden with them. That's also where this Tradescantia lives. Photos are taken around 9:30 AM.

This photo is from last year and taken one month earlier. Color does vary, depending on the spot where they grow.

International Giveaway from Johanna @ Silber+Rosen ends June 20...

Don't forget the Giveaway from Rebecca @ A Gathering Place ends June 25

and Giveaway from Sandy @ My Shabby Streamside Studio ends June 30

{Wren Nest in Our Greenhouse}

On April 12, I made this photo from a Carolina Wren on its nest. They chose to build their nest inside a planter in our greenhouse, on the side-shelf. Pieter moved the pots out onto the patio, in front of the greenhouse and discovered the nest... Sweet bird; I find those Wrens very cute and so active in catching insects and spiders around our home. They also have a lovely voice; very upbeat! In Dutch I call them 'Schatje'... (little darling)

Our greenhouse with its patio on August 16, 2010

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LAST CHANCE for my Worldwide GIVEAWAY today till midnight!

*Good Luck*

{Worldwide GIVEAWAY of French Country Style Lavender Sachet}

French Country style lavender sachet, made by a lady in the French Alps from upscale decorator fabric. A Toile de Jouy with Roses on top of a matching linen plaid with rare Jute linen bottom.

This is for the winner of my giveaway, from my own boutique Mariette's Back to Basics.

You can read previous blogs about my French Country Style Lavender Sachets under label Sachets.

Also by searching sachets, at the top right on my blog.

Now, let's look closer at this beautiful sachet that you can win... Rules will follow below.

1 chance: Become a follower and leave a comment telling me you did so. 

2nd chance: Mention this giveaway on your blog. Grab my button at the top of my blog to the right and post  it on your side-bar and tell me you did so.

3rd chance: Like my Facebook Page Mariette's Back to Basics (click on it) and tell me you did.

4th chance: Tweet about it and let me know.

On May 1st by mid-night Eastern USA Daylight Saving Time, this giveaway ends...

Good luck!

{3 Days left for winning 925/000 Silver Alphabet Angel from Giovanni Raspini, Italy}

Don't forget to place a comment on my blog from January 3rd: 

Worldwide Giveaway: Giovanni Raspini 925/000 Silver Alphabet Angel

From the Giovanni Raspini Charms collection

More of these High End Alphabet Angels from Italy are available; have a look at: Spectrenoir Just scroll down to where they are.

Click on the button to the right of this blog to go straight to the action!

Good luck!

{LUXURY LIFE - Argenterie Raspini & my Giveaway}

Meet the actual Silver Master Giovanni Raspini from Italy, the designer for all my upscale silver gifts.

He did also the beautiful 925/000 Alphabet Angel; my International Giveaway.

Click on the hyperlink to enter; ends on January 25!

{Worldwide Giveaway: Giovanni Raspini 925/000 Silver Alphabet Angel - Celebrating 100 Followers}

Today I am offering to you my First International Giveaway for commemorating the milestone of 100 followers. Since I do have worldwide readers, it is quite appropriate to include everyone. There will be ONE winner for such a beautiful High End Giovanni Raspini 925/000 Silver Alphabet Angel from Italy. Would make a lovely Valentine's Day gift...

Please see at: Spectrenoir for the available letters. This is my thank-you for loyal followers worldwide!

♥♥

How to enter:

• Make sure you follow me and leave a comment.

(Those that currently follow; please leave a comment that you are already following.)

• To double your chances, put the 200 pixel wide Giveaway button below as a picture in your sidebar as well.

Don't forget to leave me a comment for each separate handling; following; placing the 200 pixel on your sidebar; writing a blog post about it or a mention on  Facebook, etc.    The drawing will be on Tuesday 25 January, 2011 and the winner will be notified by email. Good luck! ♥♥