{Lampe Berger Cherub Cameo (Angelot)}

Lampe Berger Cherub Cameo (Angelot) is one of my favorites! This one is made out of porcelain and comes with the heavy gold cap. If you love authentic French Cherubs, Angels or Angelot as much as I do; this is your chance to own one too. It is in perfect condition!

No longer available but I do have ONE for sale in my boutique...  Mariette's Back to Basics. The opaque Cameo is surrounded by a golden circle to make it even stand out more.

When I made these photos we were lucky for having some Gardenias blooming for using in the pictures with this romantic Lampe Berger. Again I have used the very finely hand crocheted table topper made and gifted by blogger friend Susan's Mom from Ava Grace's Closet.

If used with some authentic Lampe Berger 'Precious Jasmine' oil this is pure heaven!

Such Lampe Berger together with such heavenly Jasmine oil would make for a truly angelic gift!

Who could resist this? All the romantic ingredients needed for creating some heavenly atmosphere within your own home...

The bottom side with its Lampe Berger mark. This is the REAL French thing. You will not find any better French Country Style than this. 

Sorry Sold out...

Related links:
For a video on how to use these lamps, please see my previous blog post: {Lampes Berger 1898 - 1998 A Century of History} click on the blue link: Live in Air you Love
{My Private Lampes Berger Collection + Boutique Items} | previous post by me
Lampes Berger: A Century of History; click link for info about book by Gérald Vilcocq.

{Do you know Dutch DWEILEN for Mopping up Water?}

When we had the Flash Flood problems we were using 17 Dutch style DWEILEN for mopping up the ground water that came in our basement. Besides the two wet vacs that we ran all the time. What a job. I ended up ordering 6 more of these Dutch Witte Dweilen, from Michigan's VanderVeen's also called: The Dutch Store. Just click on both links and you also might want to get their Dutch Chocolate Letters in time for the holiday season.

From Albert Heijn

A 50 x 60 cm DWEIL in white cotton...

It is woven such that it has a high absorption of water.

The way I use this is with a squeegee that I place over the wet 'dweil'. This one is dry, just for demonstrating on our balcony.

Next you turn the 'dweil' over the squeegee  and now you can move over your tiles.

I do this with a wet 'dweil' then I rinse it out and wring it dry and go over the same spot again for drying it off.

Those cotton dweilen (plural for dweil) I throw into my Miele washer and they get laundered on 170°F for cleaning and disinfecting them for the next use. This is a very hygienic way of mopping floors.

{Writing a Thank-You-Note and Acknowledging a Parcel Received}

For sure most of you have received over the years some meaningful and touching Thank-You-Notes, hand written for a gift received, or for something else special.

Example of hand written thank you note on Cotton Crane & Co. Stationery...
In the front you see my Montblanc travel fountain pen.

LOOK: this beautiful Thank You note we received in the mail on Friday, October 4, following a dinner that we hosted for sweet friends. This is such an incredible thank you note, with a sweet personal touch...

Dear Friend Pam's Grandmother actually hand tatted these lovely thank you cards...
They are the most precious thing I've ever seen!
Such labor of love...

Even the back of the envelop showed a lovely tatted pink flower...
It got a bit smudged by handling in the mail but what a lovely presentation!
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Below is another example of ready printed thank-you notes, also in Cotton Crane Stationery

My husband Pieter receives the monthly Rotarian magazine; being a long time Rotary member himself.

In the September issue of 2013, there was a nice article about Writing Thank-You Notes...

Below post you can also read it in full screen mode.

Much obliged

Writing thank-you notes is hard. Too bad

By Paul Engleman

Expressing thanks is a fundamental social skill and should be a simple task..

The best way to do this is by a hand written note!

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We often have sent parcels from the USA to The Netherlands for family and friends and most of the time we never got even notified when they arrived...

Only after we called, following a long wait and worrying that maybe the parcel got lost... (God forbid) we got the statement: 'Oh yes, we received that a long time ago...' 

Except for brother Martin, who always right away picked up the phone and told us very excited: 'Wish you could have seen their faces...' when my niece and nephew unwrapped things that got delivered in the mail.

Is this only both of us, or are there more examples out there, where acknowledging a parcel/gift in the mail did never happen?

Whenever we ourselves received anything in the mail, we hastily grab the phone to let the generous sender know that things arrived in good order and that we're very pleased with them.

With Germany we do have excellent back and forth rapport but not so with The Netherlands.

However, some of my clients from The Netherlands did follow up and let me know they received my parcel. 

That too is very courteous and it is more the exception than the norm!

Some very touchy notes I received from happy customers, from Australia and from the UK also.

Is this culture related? Or are people's morals and standards lacking...?

Both of us have always followed our moral compass!

What are your thoughts on this subject?

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ISSUU - September 2013 vol2 by Rotary News India | On page 16 here you can find the same story from above - just click to open below. It will fully enlarge for easy reading. Just click Esc to exit full screen mode.