Jeanne d'Arc Living Magazine - ISSUE 11 (2016) The glory of Christmas

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The glory of Christmas • Follow our large-scale project from the beginning: • • • • •

Sleepin g Beauty

Create your own angel wings.

Make delicious Christmas mousse and alternative cookies.

Dress your home in various Christmas color themes.

Make the most amazing decorations and bouquets for Christmas.

Wrap your presents with brocante on a budget.

Get inspired by the most wonderful

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If one day you feel like cr ying, c all out for me.

I c an’t promise to make you laugh, but I’ll cr y with you.

If one day you feel like r unning away, c all out for me.

I c an’t promise to make you stop, but I’ll r un away with you.

If one day you don’t want to listen to anybody, c all out for me.

I promise to be there for you, and I promise to be quiet.

But if one day you c all out for me but get no answer, please c ome see me.

Maybe I need you.

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Dear Reader

We’re very proud to present our large-scale project to you in this edition – a project that we’ve been working on for the past year. Exactly one year ago from now, we got the keys for a very ramshackle farm. It was ready for demolition when we bought it but we immediately spotted its decaying beauty and were absolutely spellbound by this fantastic, untouched place full of opportunities. The idea is to show you the complete refurbishment of the farm during the next year. Respecting the original state of the farm and using lots of recycled materials wherever possible, we’re turning this place into a fantastic home. You can enjoy the first pictures and read more about our project on the last pages of the magazine.

Otherwise, this edition is all about the approaching Christmas season.

Although this isn’t what we’re famous for, this year we’re focusing more on colorful Christmas decorations. We’re no longer as afraid of color as we used to be so this edition of the magazine is full of exciting Christmas articles about alternative color themes. In fact, sometimes we go from really hating a color to just loving it. That’s what happened with the color red: this isn’t one of our favorite colors but combined with some rustic earthenware, it’s a winning team. Pink is another color that we’ve come to love…just look at the article ”A winter´s tale”…it’s nothing but marvelous. All the articles offer you lots of ideas, DIY projects and wonderful decorations to create true Christmas spirit. We’re also taking you along to visit some interesting and beautiful Christmas homes, decorated in amazing colors, and here you can also find lots of ideas from the creative women who live there.

We wish you lots of fun with the magazine – and don’t forget to really indulge in your Christmas preparations! That’s what we’re planning to do...

Lonnie & Vivian

magazine No. 11 · 2016 Published by Jeanne d’Arc Living

Lonnie Würtz Jensen

Cover photo: Lonnie Würtz Jensen.

Vivian Christensen

Chief Editors: Vivian Christensen · Email: vivian@jeannedarcliving.dk Lonnie Würtz Jensen · Email: jeannedarc@jeannedarcliving.dk Editorial Office:: Jeanne d’Arc Living ApS Houmarksvej 92, Kondrup · 8920 Randers NV · Denmark · Tel: +45 36932010 Email: jeannedarc@jeannedarcliving.dk · www.jeannedarcliving.dk · www.jdlblog.dk

Rikke Daugaard Thiel

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Betina Thorsager Jensen

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Sanne’s Christmas

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Christmas Temptations – create the style

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Make your own angel wings

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Christmas collections

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A Winter ’s Tale

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JDL clothing

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French Christmas made simple

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The Column for you

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Delicious Christmas mousses

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Blue versus brown

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Princess Green Eye

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In the name of nature

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Vintage Paint

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Brocante ON A BUDGET

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A touch of blue

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Christmas cookies

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Soulful Yarn

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PROJECT: Sleeping Beauty

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Sanne’s Christmas

Sanne invited us into her Christmas home for this year ’s first Christmas edition of the magazine. She runs one of the most wellknown web shops in the Netherlands: www.serviesenbrocante.nl.

Her home is beautiful, very personal and full of good ideas so get ready for lots of inspiration.

When Sanne was expecting their daughter, Tess, Sanne and her husband Anton decided that the time had come to buy a house with plenty of space where they could create their future together. As is often the case with married couples, they had differing ideas about the perfect house: Sanne wanted an old house and was willing to put in some work, but Anton preferred a finished house. The couple did agree, though, that they really wanted a big garden with enough space for some pigs, their dog and cats. They had seen quite a lot of different houses when they came across some pictures of this house on the Internet, and they immediately fell in love with it. The house was located in the area that they liked, around Groningen in the Netherlands, the garden was huge, the house was old and charming and the annex was new. The perfect compromise. Here, they found plenty of space for all the family ’s needs and not least Sanne’s shop.

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This beautiful home is furnished in simple brocante style with original, old interiors with lots of patina. Sanne carefully selects things for her home during her frequent shopping trips to brocante markets in the Netherlands and abroad, but the home is constantly changing. She often brings back new treasures and sells others in her web shop. If you’d like to furnish your home in simple brocante style, it ’s important to take a good look at every single item before buying it. The best way to create the right feel is to make sure that everything has lots of patina.

If your interior turns too “nice”, you won’t achieve the right expression. Always think out of the box. Look at the things you find and ask yourself if it really fits to your home. During one of her trips, Sanne came across this charming, green door. She bought it for a pittance. The couple removed the original living room door and had the doorframe adjusted to fit the green door. This is a fantastic idea that adds a completely different character to the room compared to having an old but whitepainted door. Very often, garden things such as big sandstone pots, figurines and furniture have wonderful patina, and Sanne enjoys using such elements in her interior design.

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Sanne loves Christmas and all the beautiful, old Christmas decoration items. At the same time, she always likes having things that are slightly different and simple.

When you decorate your home for Christmas, you don’t have to stick to traditional Christmas decoration items to create the right feel. Sanne has placed a brown paper bag with some wool inside in the chinaware cupboard. An old faience jug is home to a pair of Christmas stockings. Both elements underline the Christmas spirit.

Instead of using the usual types of Christmas trees, Sanne went for a walk in the forest to collect a basal shoot from a spruce. It ’s got slightly thinner branches that the usual trees and a more informal expression. Don’t forget to ask the forest owner for permission.

The green Christmas bulbs on the table are made of poor man’s silver. You hardly ever see such items – usually these things are made of thin glass. They have a very special color and glow.

Combined with a couple of candles, the atmosphere is just perfect.

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In the bedroom, a few shades of pink have sneaked into the interior design. If you have white walls, floors and ceilings, it ’s quite easy to add color. Sanne has used a big quilt for the bed and some beautiful, old cushions, and that ’s all it takes. When you enter this room, you just know that this is “the pink room”, even though only a few elements have been used to create that impression.

The Christmas decoration items in this room are also very simple: a spruce branch has been tied to the door handle along with a piece of old, yellowed ribbon, and a nice, old garland with mouth-blown glass pearls is casually lying on the rustic nightstand. The beautiful, hanging top is full of golden stars. It doesn’t take much more to create the most wonderful Christmas spirit.

If you’ve got a completely new wall cupboard in your bedroom, you can remove the doors and hang some old lace curtains instead. This will transform the room completely and fits perfectly to the brocante style.

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In the adjoining room, lots of beautiful bodices are hanging on the old clothes rack. A fantastic, antique wedding dress is hanging on an old, rustic cupboard, and a tulle skirt has been casually placed on top of the clothes rack. These elements create an absolutely marvelous atmosphere in this room. Old hatboxes are being used as storage space in an open shelving unit, and such old hatboxes, wicker suitcases and other decorative, closed-up containers are great for all kinds of storage. It ’s always a good idea to be on the look-out for such things and you can use them anywhere in your home.

The old stool underneath the clothes rack has been decorated with a rustic sheepskin and a couple of antlers. Even though this room hasn’t deliberately been decorated for Christmas, these things add some true Christmas spirit to the place.

You can find more treasures here: www.serviesenbrocante.nl

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Christmas temptations Create the style with products from Jeanne d’Arc Living.

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5. Our new, wonderful candles are available in 3 sizes and 4 colors. The shape is just like the shape of old-fashioned candles. 6. Our book “French finesse” is a great Christmas presents for someone who’s crazy about this style. 7. These beautiful paper bells are a true copy of the old ones. They’ve got lots of patina and come in 3 different sizes. 9. The adorable angel wings are available in various sizes, colors and designs. 12. This church candlestick

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Old angel wings are one of the must-haves of this style – not only at Christmas. We use them a lot all year round, preferably in most rooms throughout the home. Old ones are hard to find and they ’re very expensive. That ’s why, a few years ago, we decided to start a reproduction with different types of lace which you can buy from many of our retailers. We sell lots of these beautiful angel wings with the perfect color and patina because they ’re just one of the things that many people would like to use in their interior design. On these pages, we’ll show you how to make your own angel wings that look just like the old ones. You need a bit of practical talent and lots of patience for this project but it ’s really worthwhile.

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Many of the original, old angel wings found at the markets in southern Europe come with beautiful trimmings. You might need to search special stores or the Internet for such trimmings but it’s not an impossible task. The old wings are made of tulle or metal mesh.

We’ve made some wings out of each type of material, adding silver trimmings to one and antique gold trimmings to the other pair.

What you need: Fencing wire Silver-colored tulle or metal mesh Trimmings Needle Sewing thread Steel wire

What to do: Turn your fencing wire into the shape of angel wings. It’s a good idea to make a model first on a large piece of cardboard, perhaps from a cardboard box. You’ll want to make the two sides meet in the “square” on the back, and you need to make sure that the fencing wire overlaps properly inside the “square”. Use normal steel wire to tie everything together.

Cut out some tulle or metal mesh the same size as the angel wings, adding approximately 0.2 inches (½ cm) as seam allowance. Sew the tulle onto the shaped fencing wire or attach the metal mesh all the way round using steel wire. At the end, sew the trimmings onto the entire edge of the angel wings. If you sew both the front and the back in one go, you’ll achieve the nicest result.

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These angel wings made of lots of tulle shreds in various colors are just absolutely marvelous. You can also just use creamcolored tulle and then dye it with some of our paint. Use 1 part paint with 20 parts water. Mix paint and water properly and dye the wings outdoors as the dyeing process makes quite a mess.

What you need: Fencing wire Poultry netting Tulle in one or more colors

What to do: Turn your poultry netting into the shape of angel wings. It ’s a good idea to make a model first on a large piece of cardboard, perhaps from a cardboard box. Cut the poultry netting to fit your angel wings, adding 0.2-0.4 inches (½-1 cm) seam allowance so that you can bend the ends of the poultry netting around the fencing wire. Attach it to the entire edge of each wing. Tie the two wings together with a couple of tulle shreds when they ’re completely done. Cut or tear your tulle into shreds, making sure that the shreds are 12-16 inches (30-40 cm) long and 0.8-1.6 inches (2-4 cm) wide. Tie each tulle shred to the poultry netting so that the ends are more or less at the same height.

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It takes some time to make these fantastic angel wings but they ’re worth the effort. In fact, it ’s quite a cozy task making them during the long winter evenings – especially if your daughter or girlfriend joins in.

What you need: Strong cardboard from 1 or 2 cardboard boxes Pages from an old book Double adhesive tape Glue gun Lace Strong metal wire

What to do: Draw your angel wings the way you want them onto the piece of strong cardboard and then cut them out. Cover both sides of the cardboard with pages from old books. It doesn’t matter how the pages are placed; just make sure that the entire cardboard is covered. Then you make a model for your paper feathers. Cut out a big pile of feathers – make plenty because you’ll need them. Place some double adhesive tape down the middle of all the feathers. Cut your strong metal wire in two and attach 1 piece of strong metal wire to half of your feathers. Glue the rest of the feathers on top to make double feathers. The strong metal wire allows the feathers to bend in various directions so that your angel wings look more alive. Make slanted cuts into the shreds towards the middle of the feathers to make them look as authentic as possible. Once you’ve got a nice pile, start gluing the feathers onto the base, starting with the tip of the wing and working your way up. Attach feathers onto both sides of the paper-covered cardboard. If you let the feathers point in different directions, you add more volume and life to your angel wings. The square piece between the wings has just been covered with old paper. Here you can add a couple of nice, old ribbons and attach a pendant to your wings once they ’re done.

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Whereas the tradition behind the Christmas tree goes way back, the Christmas tree decoration items are a slightly newer invention. Originally, most of the decoration items came from Germany and they reflected the time period in which they were produced.

We’re crazy about old Christmas tree adornments and one of the people who’s got the largest collection of such treasures – that we know of – is Susanne F. Susanne, who lives in Tinglev in Denmark, has allowed us to borrow some of her items. She has a big passion for old Christmas tree decorations and any visitor to her home quickly feels the same.

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into humans, icicles, cones and animals. T he cotton wool surface was covered in some type of glue to make it more durable. Such decorations can be very simple: glitter, small twigs, lametta, beads or scraps. T he scraps are used as faces on cotton wool decoration items to make them come alive.

So if the cotton wool item is shaped as Santa Claus, a scrap showing Santa Claus’ face has been attached, and perhaps – if the item is particularly nice – a Christmas tree. Cotton wool was a relatively cheap kind of material so that’s why anybody could afford such Christmas tree decorations.

Some people chose to make their own cotton wool items.

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Rare glitter Lametta is a fantastic material because you can bend it into all kinds of shapes. It’s made of metal shreds or very small, fine metal threads in gold or silver, and you can use metal wire or yarn to bend it into the desired shape.

Often, lametta is also adorned with other things such as scraps, beads, birds, berries or twigs. Your imagination is the only limit.

In fact, lametta was the reason why we started using tinsel and glitter for Christmas. Lametta has also been used in combination with silk or paper flowers in small bouquets for the Christmas tree.

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and silver lametta looks as if it’s been oxidized. It’s just so beautiful. Time is the best source of wonderful patina.

Actually, many of these fine, old decoration items were handmade, and making such things was one of several traditional winter evening activities for the women – perhaps accompanied by their daughters.

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Pearls making a good impression Pearl or glass items – also called Gablonz – is a completely different and very rare type of Christmas decoration items. It consists of a selection of small pearls made of very thin glass, combined with other pearls, tubes and drops. Everything is assembled in the desired shape, secured with thread and needle or with pieces of thin metal wire, and turned into the most adorable Christmas decoration items.

Gablonz is available as top stars and spires but also as smaller decoration items for the Christmas tree. Producing these small pieces of art requires absolute precision, and they were often produced by creative housewives working from home to make a bit of extra money.

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You can hardly find two similar ones – each item is unique. T he production method behind the thin glass pearls means that those pearls are usually very small so this type of Christmas decoration item is also small. Bigger ones, shown on the previous pages, are very rare. T he decoration items shown on these pages are easier to find. Very often, you’ll find small stars or flowers in the most amazing colors. Many of the items have wonderful patina and the colors fade over time, which we find absolutely adorable. You might be able to find some of these Christmas decoration items that fit your other decoration items or your interior design. T he pink and blue colors are especially beautiful and very useful if your home is furnished in FrenchNordic country style.

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You just might have to search for a long time before finding these rare items because as they’re made of very thin glass, many of them – probably most of them – have been destroyed by now. So once you’ve found some of these beauties, make sure to take good care of them.

It’s quite funny that many Gablonz items are in fact nothing but everyday things such as cradles, bicycles or pipes that were turned into the most wonderful Christmas decoration items by people with a vivid imagination and plenty of creative spirit.

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Precious birds Many of us remember the birds from our grandparents’ homes.

Some of us have been lucky enough to be given the special box full of family Christmas decoration items, but others have to go hunting for these fine and delicate, old glass birds.

When the production of Christmas decoration items made of glass started out, the items were bigger and rather coarse. T hat’s because the glass would only withstand very low heat and therefore the glass blowers couldn’t make the glass very thin. By the end of the 1800s, a method was developed that allowed the production of very thin, fine glass ornaments.

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painted them and the children cut thread and attached feathers and clamps so that the decoration items could be placed onto the twigs. T he birds were made in many different shapes. T he rarest ones are shaped as swans, ducks or geese. Each bird has a tail made of glass hair.

T here are so many different things and beautiful, handmade decoration items made for the Christmas tree. Perhaps you’ve got your own collection or perhaps you’re just starting one.

In any case, we wish you good luck during your hunt for these special beauties. Take good care of them because they won’t last forever.

If you’d like to see more: www.susannef.dk

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This year, we’ve come up with various color themes in our Christmas articles. It’s been a very exciting process, at the same time creating a completely different Christmas feel with just one or two shades of color. We hope that this article inspires you to try it out at home.

In this room, we’ve used frosting and pink to create a winter fairy tale spirit. We absolutely love the result. We’ll give you plenty of ideas for laying a nice Christmas table, and for Christmas decorations and arrangements that you can make yourself. Finding the perfect colors can be quite complicated – and expensive, if you need to shop for new items in shades of pink. That’s why we’re showing you how to relatively easily create useful but inexpensive things. In fact, it’s much funnier making your own things anyway. We’ve dyed a Christmas stocking, a pair of ballet shoes, some airy curtains, some tulle, cloth napkins, star insertions and lots of ribbons and lace. We’ve used our Vintage Paint at a mixture proportion of 1 part paint to 20 parts water. Start with the colors “Vintage red” and “Dusty rose”. Mix paint and water properly and do the dying outdoors as it gets quite messy.

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dye will drip. You’ll get the most beautiful color theme result if you use various shades of the same color because it adds continuity and life to your interior design. If you’d like to do just that, add a bit of “French Beige” to your color mixture. You’ll have to try adding various amounts – it all depends on your taste. As you continue dyeing your items, you can add more and more “French Beige”, and don’t forget to add water as well. Using these two colors, you can create lots of different color shades in the same color gamut. It turns out absolutely beautiful. Obviously, you can also use other colors from the color chart for your dyeing project – not only pink. It all depends on your patience and motivation during the dyeing work.

Flowers are a must-have if you want to create a fairy tale feel.

We’ve chosen an Advent candle decoration with fresh flowers, and obviously the decoration is in shades of pink to match the rest of the color theme. We’ve placed some fresh roses, lilies, carnations and silverberries in a piece of soaked floral foam, and we’ve sprayed some silver glitter onto several of the flower heads and leaves to achieve the fairy tale look. The large glass centerpiece was made in a similar way, adding hyacinth bulbs with glitter and small pieces of tulle. You can cut or tear the tulle into smaller pieces and attach them to the wet floral foam with metal wire.

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If you use wet floral foam, your flowers last longer because you can water them, and it’s easy to exchange withered flowers.

Actually, it doesn’t take much to create a fairy tale feel in a room: use soft colors, some glitter and frosting. The mirror in the window was removed from an ugly frame and now it adorns the place with its raw, frosted edges. The small, hanging bottles in the window have also been decorated with frosting spray, hung with metal wire and adorned with a single flower. We’ve also added a long, thin shred of tulle to underline the airy fairy tale spirit.

These beautiful ice crystals have been cut out from sheets of paper and dipped into melted candle wax. Look for some nice ice crystal patterns, draw them on normal paper and cut them out, or just cut them out without a template to make unique ones. Dip them one by one in melted, white candle wax and then immediately place them in cold water. Repeat this procedure a couple of times until the paper is covered in a nice layer of candle wax. You can use tweezers to avoid having to put your fingers into the hot candle wax. Make plenty and use some as Christmas present tags.

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We bought the big rose heads for the table decoration from the local flower store, and we’ve placed one on each cover on top of a pink cloth napkin. We’ve also dyed the napkins, some soft tulle and the cotton ribbons with Vintage Paint. We’ve used long shreds of tulle to decorate the table, placing them across the table, along with some silver and pink glass bulbs. We’ve also added some onions with glitter and silver glitter to the table. The candles on the table are Christmas candles stuck in small metal stars. We’ve brought in the old, French iron chairs from the garden and placed some soft pelts on them.

Our Christmas tree is a large cedar in a pot full of earth. You can try planting the tree in the garden after Christmas – it might survive, and then you can dig it up and use it again next year. We’ve decorated the tree with a mixture of new and old decoration items. When we looked through our treasures, we realized that we actually have quite a lot of old Christmas bulbs and other beautiful Christmas ornaments in shades of pink. In fact, it was the box full of old, colorful Christmas decorations that made us want to write this article on a wonderful Christmas with frosting and shades of pink. The main decoration items on the Christmas tree are definitely the old pieces, and they’re the ones that add splashes of color.

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We’ve also used some of the dyed star insertions to underline the color theme, and some of the new decoration items on the tree are big ice crystals with silver glitter. In the evenings, when the silver glitter reflects in the candles, it all looks amazing.

We had lots of fun wrapping all the nice presents. We brought out all the rolls of wrapping paper and ribbons in suitable colors that we could find round the house. Then we added some extra paper from a shopping trip and dyed some ribbons and lace with paint. And then we started wrapping. Actually, once we’d started, we couldn’t stop, so we ended up making small piles and baskets full of decorative presents.

We also used some of the nice ice crystals with candle wax and dyed, crocheted snowflakes to adorn our presents.

What a cozy idea: wrap your Christmas presents really nicely and let them be part of your Christmas decorations during the entire months of November and December. Anyone will be thrilled to receive such a basket full of nicely wrapped presents. You can also use this idea for an Advent calendar, or perhaps you feel like making a couple of fake presents for decoration, and for you. Here we’ve placed some string lights amongst the presents to add even more Christmas spirit.

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A Christmas stocking made of cloth and a pair of old ballet shoes also had to go into our color tub. Note how big a difference the color makes: if we’d hung a white or light Christmas stocking on the chair, it’d almost disappear in these surroundings and nobody would really notice it. Such settings have a delicate and nice effect. Still, if you want to highlight your things, either the material or the color needs to stand out.

The ballet shoes have been adorned with fake frosted twigs and some glitter. Along with the pink tulle skirts, they underline the wonderful atmosphere.

You can make an alternative Advent decoration out of fake vines of small twigs with snow glitter. We’ve cut them into pieces to make small bundles and then we’ve tied them to a straw wreath with silver wire. We placed them very closely together in layers. Once the wreath was done, we added 4 candle holders and some pink candles and ribbons. This is all very simple but it fits the theme nicely and you can use the wreath year after year.

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Scarfs with fine embroideries and lace, beautiful bags and nice boot cuffs make your wardrobe complete. Check out our selection on our website or visit your local retailer. 5. Blossom soul is the name of this adorable dress full of dainty details. Available in 2 different colors. 7, 8. Faded brocante and Vintage fairy are the

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French Christmas made simple

This year, Nadine and Dirk will be celebrating Christmas in a simple, French setting.

The couple has been living in their house with their two children since 2014.

Their home is light and airy and full of French treasures. A t Christmas, the house is decorated with lots of old Christmas decoration items – most of them from local, German markets.

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Adorn your dressmaker’s dummy with a nice, old garland made of very thin glass. What a wonderful way to create a true Christmas feel in the hallway.

A small Christmas tree, some candles and a couple of simple, unique decoration items. That’s all it takes.

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On the living room table is this year’s Advent decoration which is very simple and quickly made. Everyone can join in. You need a suitable dish or a bowl.

Place 4 square candles close together in the middle and fill up the dish or bowl with tillandsia and some nice, small Christmas bulbs. The decoration and a couple of other nice items have been neatly arranged on a tray, making it much easier to move the decoration for cleaning or if you want to play a game by the table. You can use this idea in many places throughout the home.

The big flat screen TV and similar equipment are nicely hidden behind a couple of old, French shutters. They’re easily removed during TV time and just as easily returned again for a nicer living room look.

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Nadine uses these rather weathered Christmas trees in several places throughout the house. They look wonderful and unpretentious. Here, one of them has been placed in a tall glass filled with water. In this way, the tree lasts longer than if it had just been cut and placed in a pot with clay covered with moss. These are basal shoots from the forest: if you’d like to get something similar, don’t forget to ask the owner of the forest for permission first.

All these beautiful, old Christmas decorations are a delight to the eye.

Display them in their nice, old boxes or arrange them decoratively in a selection of containers, glass domes or similar. If you’ve got some absolutely unique Christmas decoration items, make sure to give them pride of place in one of your arrangements.

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The Christmas table has been laid very nicely: an airy lace tablecloth adds a feminine touch and a couple of old, French shutters – folded and placed onto the table – make up the rustic element of this setting. On top of the shutters is an old kneeler with lots of patina which adds life to the otherwise completely white and cream-colored arrangement.

The 4 square candles in small glass dishes placed on top of the kneeler, in the middle of the table, is another example of how to make a simple Advent decoration. Glitter stars and crabapples adorn the candles and the space below the kneeler. You could also use some nice glass items and some nuts or cones.

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Old Christmas cribs are really trendy at the moment. They’re very expensive because they’re a rare find but perhaps you’re lucky enough to find one at a market, or perhaps you can get one cheaper at a market or in the lifestyle shops if it’s missing a few parts. You can also start a winter project and make your own crib out of a small, old doll’s house decorated with snow and all the other parts that belong to a Christmas crib.

Nadine exhibits some of her marvelous, old glass spires in old fil de fer egg baskets. This is a wonderful and alternative way of displaying the spires.

You can follow Nadine here: www.facebook.com/ shabbychiceinrichtungsstil

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THE COLUMN for you Dear Rikke, I hope you can help me. We’ve just bought our first house – our dream house. Having been house hunting for a really long time, we’d almost given up hope of finding the perfect place. It’s difficult to be young and find the right home. Also, it’s extremely hard to find the money to buy the dream house so we’ve had to gamble. We’ve bought the most wonderful house and most of our money has gone into buying the house itself. It’s an old house that needs quite a lot of renovation work, and this is where we need your help because we don’t have much money left so we’re after some alternative solutions and good advice for floors, walls and the kitchen so that we can live with it until we’ve got enough money for the big renovations. We love the style of your magazine and wouldn’t mind something rustic and not too pretty. I really hope that you can help us.

Lots of greetings from Edith.

Rikke Vinter

Dear Edith,

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Of course I’m happy to do my best in suggesting some good, cheap renovation ideas. You don’t mention what kind of flooring you’ve got in the house, only that you want to renovate it. If it’s an old house, I assume that the floors are made of wood or floor boards, or possibly casted floors. If the floors are

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planed, you can just apply Antique Wax onto the raw wood: a mixture of ”Light brown” and ”Brown” adds

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a wonderful depth and a rustic look to any old, planed floor. If the floor needs to be painted – and you

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can paint wooden floors, floor boards and casted floors – you can go for shiny floor paint if you like,

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but I’d recommend our matte, lime-based Vintage Paint because it’s cheaper than most floor paints, it’s

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easy to maintain and repair, and it’s easy to apply. Also, Vintage Paint sticks to almost any surface so

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you don’t have to sand the floor first. Just make sure that the floor is free of loose pieces of old paint or varnish before you start. Then you just paint. Once you are happy with the surface and the paint is

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dry, apply some Antique Wax to the floor. Be aware that the floor will be slightly slippery for a couple of days but then it’ll turn nice and matte. If you have a dog or if your floors will be subject to lots of wear,

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you’re better off with shiny floor paint.

ask-JDL@jeannedarcliving.dk You can plaster the walls with a mixture of tile adhesive and beach sand. This is a cheap solution that adds a nice, rustic look. You’ll have to experiment until you’ve found the perfect mixture proportion, and the amount of sand depends on how rustic you want the end result to be. You can mix paint directly into the mixture to achieve a nice effect.

Considering the kitchen, you’ll have to look for alternative solutions because a standard kitchen is always expensive. Perhaps you can start by painting the kitchen? That’s what we did at my place and it was a great success. It’s just like having a whole new kitchen installed. You might also find a large sideboard or a couple of big, old cupboards for chinaware and other kitchen utensils. Mixing various standard elements and pieces of old furniture just makes the kitchen look even more charming. Consider removing the top cupboards and putting up shelves – preferably old ones. This adds charm to the room, at the same time making it look airier and bigger.

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A bit of paint and creativity go a long way. If you’re able to use some of the existing cupboards, it’s quite easy to remove the doors and add some curtains instead. Use coarse burlap to underline the rustic feel that you’re after. And don’t forget that the furnishings do a lot to the place as well: once you bring your furniture and bits and bobs into the house, it doesn’t really matter that the rooms aren’t newly renovated.

The most important thing is that you’ve bought your dream house. Renovating and maintaining it is a long and creative process that changes all the time. New ideas and dreams will come along, and you’ll enjoy making your dreams come true. I hope that I’ve inspired you to start renovating on a low budget.

All the best, Rikke

Dear Rikke, Thank you so much for a beautiful magazine that always inspires me a lot. I hope that you can give me a tip. Christmas is approaching, and me and my girlfriends always look forward to this time of the year. We love decorating our homes for Christmas but as we inspire each other, our decoration items and arrangements often end up looking alike. For the last few years, we’ve all been using cedars at Christmas but I’d like to use something else this year. Do you have any ideas for an alternative? I’d like something slightly fluffy and rustic – I hope you know what I mean.

Best regards, Ninna Dear Ninna, Take a look at this edition of the magazine: the article about Nadine’s home shows a very beautiful and rustic alternative to a cedar. Nadine went into the forest to find basal shoots from spruces and she uses them as Christmas decorations. This might be a good idea for you to avoid having the same decoration items as your girlfriends. Bear in mind that you’re not allowed to just walk into the forest and dig up a tree – you’ve got to ask the owner first. In the article “Princess Green Eye” you can also let some of Jaqueline’s trees inspire you. Her trees are very special and rustic – but not fluffy. Last but not least you can visit the local garden center to find out what kind of potted, evergreen trees they offer. Perhaps they’ve got the perfect tree for you. Enjoy the hunt – and Merry Christmas!

All the best, Rikke

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Del ic iou s Ch rist ma s m ou s se s

Mousses are a relic from the good old days but these days they’re almost forgotten. Many of us remember them as the sweet desserts of our childhood, served at our grandparents’ house or by our old aunts. This dessert is definitely worth reviving: mousses taste absolutely fantastic and they’re very easy to make. We’re

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showing you five good recipes for the most delicious Christmas mousses.

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St r a w be r r y m ou s se 21 oz (600 g) frozen strawberries Juice from 1 lemon 1.5 fl oz (½ dl) water 7 gelatin sheets 3.5 oz (100 g) sugar 2 egg whites, beaten stiff 4

/ 5 cup (2 dl) heavy cream, whipped

Some fresh strawberries for decoration Edible glitter Place the gelatin sheets in cold water for approximately 10 minutes. Pour the frozen strawberries into a pot and add lemon juice. Bring the mixture to the boil for a short moment and then blend it with a hand blender. Melt the sugar in boiling water and then melt the gelatin sheets in the mixture. Allow the mixture to cool off for a moment before adding it to the strawberries. Let the mixture cool off again until it starts to stiffen. Mix egg whites and whipped cream into the strawberry mousse. Stir the mousse until it’s thin and pour it into a nice bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it in the fridge for a couple of hours. Decorate the mousse with fresh strawberries, if you can get them, and sprinkle with sugar and perhaps some edible glitter.

Le m on m ou s se Juice from 2 lemons 5 gelatin sheets 4 egg yolks 4 oz (1 dl) sugar 3 egg whites 2

/ 3 cup (1½ dl) heavy cream

Extra whipped cream for decoration Place the gelatin sheets in cold water for approximately 10 minutes.

Beat egg yolks and sugar into a white paste in a food mixer or using a hand mixer. Beat the egg whites stiff in a different bowl. Whip the heavy cream. Squeeze the lemons. Remove the gelatin sheets from the water and place them in a small pot with whatever water is attached. Melt the gelatin sheets at very low heat whilst stirring. Add lemon juice to the melted gelatin sheets and then pour the mixture into the yolks beaten up with sugar. Fold in whipped cream and finish off by adding egg whites. Don’t forget to keep some whipped cream for decoration. Pour the mousse into a nice bowl or individual glasses. Cover the mousse with plastic wrap and allow it to cool off for 2 hours before decorating and serving it.

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Ch o c ol ate m ou s se 1.7 oz (50 g) dark chocolate ½ tsp instant coffee 5 gelatin sheets 4 egg yolks 3.5 oz (100 g) sugar 1 tsp cocoa 4 egg whites 4

/ 5 cup (2 dl) heavy cream

Grated dark chocolate for decoration Edible glitter Place the gelatin sheets in cold water for approximately 10 minutes. Beat egg yolks and sugar, and whisk instant coffee and cocoa into the mixture.

Melt the gelatin sheets in a pot at very low heat. Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Whisk the melted chocolate into the egg paste along with the gelatin sheets. Beat the egg whites until stiff and whip the heavy cream. Fold in whipped cream and then egg whites into the chocolate paste. Pour the chocolate mousse into a nice bowl or nice, small glasses. Cover the mousse with plastic wrap and leave it in the fridge for a couple of hours before decorating with grated dark chocolate and perhaps some edible glitter.

Van il l a m ou s se 7 gelatin sheets

1 good-quality vanilla pod 3 eggs 6 tbsp sugar 9 fl oz (3 dl) buttermilk 1 cup (Âź l) heavy cream Place the gelatin sheets in cold water for approximately 10 minutes. Cut open the vanilla pod and remove the seeds. Keep the outer shell. Beat whole eggs, sugar and vanilla seeds into an airy paste and carefully fold in the buttermilk. Remove the gelatin sheets from the water with whatever water is attached. Melt the sheets in a pot at very low heat.

Cool off the gelatin sheets using approximately 3 fl oz (1 dl) of the egg mixture and stir the melted sheets into the rest of the egg paste. Whip the heavy cream and fold it into the mixture. Arrange the vanilla mousse in a nice bowl or use an old pickle jar like this one. Cover the dessert with plastic wrap and let it cool off completely for a couple of hours in the fridge.

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Ra s p be r r y jel l o f o r m ou s se s 7 oz (200 g) fresh raspberries

10.5 oz (300 g) frozen raspberries Sugar 3 gelatin sheets Place the frozen raspberries in a pot and add a little bit of sugar.

Let the mixture boil for approximately 10 minutes. If it turns too thick, add water. Press the raspberries through a fine mesh sieve so that only the liquid goes through. Place the 3 gelatin sheets in cold water for approximately 10 minutes and then add the sheets to the raspberry juice whilst stirring. Let the jello cool off a bit. It’s got to be finger-warm; if it’s too hot it’ll ruin the mousse. Carefully pour it onto the vanilla mousse. Place some fresh, cleaned raspberries in the jello whilst it’s still lukewarm. Let the dessert cool off in the fridge until the jello is completely stiff.

Panna Cotta with Baileys and crunc h y nut s 2 cups (5 dl) heavy cream 2 whole vanilla pods 2 oz (50 g) sugar 5 gelatin sheets 3 fl oz (1 dl) Baileys 1.5 oz (100 g) mixed nuts 2 oz (50 g) sugar Place the gelatin sheets in cold water for approximately 10 minutes. Heat the heavy cream in a pot and add vanilla seeds from the vanilla pods as well as the outer shells. Add sugar and allow the mixture to boil for 10 minutes.

Remove the vanilla pods and allow the mixture to cool off a bit before adding the gelatin sheets whilst stirring. Add Baileys and arrange the mousse. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it cool off in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Melt the other 2 oz (50 gr) of sugar in a pot and add nuts. Place the sugared nuts on a sheet of baking paper. Allow them to cool off completely before chopping them with a very sharp knife. Sprinkle the crunchy nuts onto the mousse.

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Enj o y !

Blue

BROWN

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Blue and brown are neither typical Christmas colors, nor a perfect match, but in fact they work really well together: A cool blue, which reminds us of the sea and the sky, against a warm chocolate brown that reminds us of nature. This is a great match and we’ve decided to use these two wonderful colors for parts of our Christmas joy this year.

Amongst other things, we’ve used our very own Vintage Paint to create the exact blue color that we were after. We’ve used the color “Ocean blue” to dye some ribbons and angel wings. If you’d like to use various shades of blue, we recommend that you also dye some of the items with the color “Petrol blue”. These two blue colors fit each other very nicely. You can adjust the shade of the color through the mixture proportion. As a rule of thumb, you mix 1 part paint with 20 parts water. If you want a more intense color, add more paint, and if you want a less intense color, add more water. Mix water and Vintage Paint thoroughly in a tub.

It ’s very important that the paint dissolves completely and that you stir the mixture now and again to prevent the paint from sinking to the bottom. Do the work outdoors because it makes quite a mess. Place your ribbons and lace in the mixture, use your hands to swirl the items around in the mixture, remove the items, wring them properly and hang them to dry. Don’t forget to place a piece of plastic underneath the drying area because the colored water will drip. It ’s always a good idea to dye plenty of ribbons.

We don’t know what it ’s like at your place, but at our place we always need nice ribbons and beautiful lace. If we can’t use it for anything else, we can always use it to decorate a present for a special friend who’s deserved something extraordinary. Once the ribbons have dried completely, they ’re ready for use.

This amazing Advent wreath has been made on a normal straw wreath. Find one in a suitable size. Wrap lots of dyed ribbons and lace around it and cover it completely. We bought 4 candle holders with small spears which we distributed on the wreath.

Then we made some cone flowers to decorate the wreath, using the cone scales from a pine cone. Dismantle the cone and use a glue gun to glue the scales together in the shape of a flower. You can carefully cut off the round backside of the cone scales and glue it to the middle of your flower to hide the glue seam. Finish off by gluing the flowers onto the wreath. This is a simple and unique Advent wreath. We’ve placed the wreath below a beautiful picture with shades of blue and on top of a large, brown sideboard to complete the color theme. We’ve also placed a pair of dyed, blue ballet shoes onto the sideboard as an extra decoration item.

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You can dye shoes in the same way as the ribbons and the lace.

The angel wings are rather large and difficult to handle, and you might have trouble finding a tub which is big enough for them.

Don’t despair because we’ve got a helpful hint for you: place your angel wings – one set at a time – in a big plastic bag and pour your paint mixture into the bag. Close the bag properly to prevent the paint from escaping and then shake the bag up and down, back and forth, until you can tell that the wings have been dyed. Remove the wings and leave them lying to dry to achieve a more even coloring. If you hang the wings, the colors will be more shimmering.

We’ve used our angel wings in an evocative arrangement, using a blue shutter as backdrop for a collection of angel wings. An old basket has been filled up with wonderful fir cones, some old, blue glass decoration items, some rusty bells and a couple of seed heads. Paper cones, crackers and the other paper decorations are made of motifs found on the Internet and printed out. We’ve combined them with blue silk paper, old filigree, lace and other decoration items. We found a nice angel motif in shades of blue that fit perfectly to the theme. Use a glue stick and some double adhesive tape to make these Christmas decorations.

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The pictures on these pages will provide you with plenty of

just below the day ’s date, for example, if it ’s December 4th, we

inspiration. Instead of using a Christmas tree we’ve hung some

let the candle burn until the number 4 has disappeared. Both

of the decorations on a big larch branch to add some rustic

adults and children love this cozy tradition. This year, we’ve

Christmas atmosphere to our arrangement. If you’re in need of

made our Advent candle decoration in an old, rusty margarine

something decorative but useful, you can make these adorable,

tin. We’ve placed the candle in some clay at the bottom of the tin

small kindling cones: melt a small piece of candle wax in a pot.

and filled up the rest of the tin with moss from the forest floor.

Attach a small candle wick to a fir cone and dip it into the candle

The lid has been placed inside the tin, making up the backdrop of

wax. Immediately move the fir cone into a bowl with cold water

the decoration. You can still see the old advertisement on the tin

to make the candle wax stiffen before it drips off the cone. Repeat

so we’ve got the history of the tin in our decoration too. We’ve

this step until you’ve got a nice layer of candle wax on your cone.

attached one corner of the lid to the clay. You can’t see the clay

Use these small kindling cones to light a fire in the fireplace.

because it ’s covered with moss. We’ve decorated the moss with

Make plenty because they ’re also nice hostess gifts.

small, rusty stars, a couple of rusty bells and some big and small cones. A piece of the dyed lace has been placed around the tin.

If you’d like to lay a special table one day, tie some ribbon around

We’ve used a piece of quite thick lace so we’ve had to use two

your plates as if each plate were a present to unwrap. Adorn

rounds of double adhesive tape to make it stick. Obviously, you

each plate with a cone and a nice, old Christmas bulb. With just

can also use a glue gun but be aware that the glue will penetrate

a few nice things and a little bit of time you’ve created lots of

the lace and become visible.

Christmas spirit.

In Denmark, an Advent candle is part of the Christmas season.

It ’s such a cozy way to follow the countdown during the 24 days leading up to Christmas Eve. We burn the candle until it reaches

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We’ve visited Jacqueline, who runs the shop Princess Green Eye in Germany, before and this time we’re going to experience Jacqueline’s sense of Christmas spirit. This year, she’s having a colorful Christmas: shades of blue, green and pink create a fantastic atmosphere when Jacqueline decorates her home for Christmas. Of course, those colors are combined with hints of gold and silver –this year even a little bit of extra silver.

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If you want to add color to your home – for Christmas or at any other time – it’s always a good idea to take one room at a time. Find some items with similar color shades. At Christmas, you don’t have to stick to Christmas items only. Jacqueline has found a beautiful, antique clown costume with nice, lightblue details, and she’s dyed a pair of angel wings from www.jeannedarcliving.dk with Vintage Paint to achieve a similar blue color.

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Consisting of nothing but the old, exposed beams, the partition between kitchen and dining room is very airy and allows you to look from one room to the other.

A piece of old, weathered wood placed on top of the upper cross-beam has been adorned with a nice collection of small spires in a row.

If you’d like to add a special color to your kitchen or your dining room, you can use earthenware and chinaware in an open piece of furniture. It’s important to place the tableware in groups because otherwise it might look too messy. If you’re mixing various services, colors and patterns, the division into groups makes it easier to find tableware items in a certain range of colors. Make sure to add a couple of other items too: a few old tins, some enamel items, some colored glass, other nice kitchen utensils, or some nice decoration items or textiles such as the nice, old cushion shown on the previous page.

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It’s very obvious that Jacqueline is a true collector and at this time of the year, she uses her large collection of old Christmas decoration items to create an evocative atmosphere. The decoration items are standing or lying amongst the tableware items in the big cupboard, including lots of old glass items and a nicely decorated Christmas tree made of feathers as well as some old Christmas cards.

A pair of old ballet shoes in the most amazing turquoise color has been placed on the side of the cupboard to underline the atmosphere.

Sometimes it pays off to spend a bit more money on a special item such as this one.

Give your special treasure pride of place and place some other beautiful items next to it, just like Jacqueline has done it by adorning the dressmaker’s dummy with some extra decoration items in the same color shades.

A single twig or a small wreath adds a hint of green to create the perfect Christmas feel.

Jacqueline likes using eucalyptus and other unconventional plants.

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At the other end of the dining room, the green colors have been combined with other pastels, and the most adorable, old doll’s house in a warm yellow color shade has been given pride of place on the old French sideboard. Here, Jacqueline has created the most wonderful arrangement with Christmas decoration items and old toys, and this combination adds a much more Christmassy expression to these old toys. There’s a fantastic atmosphere in this room.

Jacqueline doesn’t have any traditional Christmas trees in her home, only special trees. Here, it’s just a branch with withered leaves. It looks amazing with all the nice Christmas decoration items on it. If you’d like to use a variety of Christmas trees, try thinking out of the box: take a walk in your garden, in the forest or elsewhere in nature, and look out for branches or trees.

If you’d like to bring something home from the forest, remember to ask for permission from the owner.

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The rest of the dining room is dominated by shades of pink on anything from the nicest Christmas decoration items to more dyed angel wings, ballet shoes and French quilts. If you’d like to dye a pair of angel wings or other textiles, use 1 part Vintage Paint in the desired color with 20 parts water. Expect the color to turn out lighter than the color you’ve chosen. Use a large tub to dye your things and do the work outdoors as it makes quite a mess. Collecting old things in a certain shade of color can be rather time-consuming so dyeing some supplementary textiles is often a good solution.

This part of the dining room is home to a dead tree which was found on the forest floor. It’s incredibly beautiful, just standing there with all the nice glass items. It’s been placed in an old Christmas tree stand made of cast iron.

Such stands are really marvelous and you can use them for square candles too.

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Jacqueline has made the most lavish and alternative decoration for the dining room table, giving a large, preserved bird pride of place on a faience centerpiece. The entire base has been covered with old metal lametta, old chocolate molds and some nice glass decoration items in shades of pink. A very special and innovative arrangement.

You can use many different things from your garden and other places in nature to make some nice wreaths, and you can start as early as September or October. You can use leaves from many different trees and leaves from oak trees, silver poplar and siljerøn are especially well-suited.

You can also experiment with leaves from other trees. The most important thing is that the leaves seem leather-like, and you usually get the nicest effect if you display the back of the leaves. Allow your finished items to dry indoors to preserve the colors as nicely as possible. At Christmas, you can decorate them a bit more with nice ribbons and lace and perhaps some glass decoration items and a bit of glitter.

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Only few of us will ever own as many Christmas decoration items as Jacqueline, but you should be on the look-out for such treasures all year round during your flea market visits. Look out for Christmas decoration items but also for old toys. Perhaps you’re lucky enough to find some old sheep and lambs in various sixes from an old farm. You can also use small chandeliers from a doll’s house, nice horses in various sizes, an old drum or other funny things.

Once you’ve created a collection of nice, old glass decoration items over time, display it as early as by the beginning of November, long before you’re going to decorate your Christmas tree. Use it to adorn your home in centerpieces, tureens or in the nice, old storage boxes until the tree is ready to be decorated. In this way, you really get the most out of these beautiful, old decoration items and you instantly add lots of Christmas spirit to your home.

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In the big, L-shaped living room, with yet another dining area in one end of the room, several dead trees and branches full of decoration items add a Christmassy feel. On the dining table is a very special tree that is used every year at Christmas: it’s an old Christmas tree from a shop window. Such trees are very hard to find. Ask at a department store – they might have something similar in the cellar that they’d be happy to sell.

You can also ask at the local theater; they might have one amongst their props. Sometimes you need to think out of the box and work up the courage to ask to get a hold of such unique things…and perhaps you even get it for free or at a pittance?

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This collection of beautiful spires in front of a mirror looks absolutely fantastic.

There aren’t as many spires as you’d think because the mirror makes it look as if there were twice as many as there really are.

You can achieve this effect with lots of other items: why not try it out with your collection of candlesticks or vases made of poor man’s silver and other candlesticks made of various types of metal. When you light the candles, the effect is even more stunning.

You can create a wonderful and Christmassy effect by making small wreaths, or you can make crowns out of natural materials, metal wire and beads for your preserved animals or your religious figurines. You can also decorate your dressmaker’s dummies for Christmas, adding nice Christmas ornaments that you’ve attached to a bridal wreath or a piece of clothes. If you don’t have any old bridal wreaths, you can make one with Baby’s Breath and leave it to dry. Add some glitter if you want to use it to create a Christmassy feel.

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Small boxes with lots of partitions or something similar are great for exhibiting bits and bobs, or Christmas decoration items. They’re also marvelous for adding height to an arrangement if placed against the wall as a backdrop for the rest of the items.

Old glitter bells have been attached to an old lametta garland and the whole thing looks as if it’s floating out of the old clay jug. The jug is used as vase for yet another dead branch which has been beautifully decorated with old, unique angels.

Even though all the colors here in the living room are neutral, they create an effect similar to that of using a pastel color. Jacqueline mixes lots of neutral colors and most of her things have got lots of patina. This creates a marvelous play of colors and a special, exciting feel.

Experiment with your arrangements to see if you can achieve a similar effect.

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In this arrangement, the old spires have been used as decoration items in an old glass dome. They’ve been placed on a bed of lametta along with some nice, old silver bulbs. Everything has been arranged on an old drum, including more old, silvercolored Christmas decoration items.

At the back of the arrangement is a bouquet of seed heads – a funny and alternative setting that also works well with old glass birds or similar decoration items.

A little bit of gold has also found its way into this Christmassy home. On a beautiful, old door with the most amazing patina, Jacqueline has hung a French shelf with lots of small hooks, and she’s placed lots of old Christmas decoration items in gold, silver and white on the hooks.

The arrangement works as backdrop for a table. Using the door in this way adds life to the interior design, and you can also use old windows or shutters instead of a door.

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In Jacqueline’s study, the color blue dominates the arrangements. Here, the nice atmosphere is created by blue chinaware and earthenware; old blue lace; old linen with blue print; beautiful, old, blue siphons and of course lots of blue glass decoration items. Jaqueline has used blue-gray furniture and furnishings as supplementary colors to highlight the shades of blue even more.

If you come across an old wall Gobelin or just a fantastic piece of beautiful fabric at a market, try to use it in new ways. Hang it, like here, or place it on a piece of furniture. You can attach it all the way round a console table just below the tabletop to kind of ”dress” the table.

Other pieces of fabric might be better suited for making cushions or something similar. Always be on the look-out for pieces of old fabric or other textiles because they really add personality to your home.

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Jacqueline has created a very special centerpiece by using her color theme.

She’s used another one of the old trees from the shop window and decorated it with lots of blue glass decoration items.

You can make such a tree yourself: find a suitable branch and mount it on a stand, perhaps an old Christmas tree stand made of cast iron. Spray fake snow onto most of the branch and add a bit of glitter.

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ACTUALLY, RED IS NOT REALLY ONE OF OUR FAVORITE COLORS BUT IT DOES BELONG TO CHRISTMAS AND IT’S HARD TO AVOID IT COMPLETELY. HERE, WE’VE COMBINED IT WITH SILVER-COLORED PLANTS AND SOME OLD, BROWN POTTERY TO CREATE SOME

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NICE, RUSTIC BOUQUETS AND DECORATIONS THAT FIT THE STYLE VERY WELL. AND YES, THIS IS TRUE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. WE’VE USED RED HAWTHORN BERRIES (CRATAEGUS) WHICH GROW WILDLY NEXT TO ROADS OR IN WINDBREAKS BETWEEN FIELDS. IT’S VERY EASY TO FIND LOTS OF THEM.

IN THE NAME OF THE ROSE

FOR THE LIGHT CLAY JUG WE’VE MADE A TIGHT BOUQUET WITH BIG, DARK-RED ROSES, SOME TUMBLEWEED (CALOCEPHALUS),RED BERRIES, CINERARIA, AFRICAN CONES AND A COUPLE OF MATTE, DARK-RED GLASS BULBS. YOU DON’T HAVE TO TIE THE BOUQUET PROPERLY; JUST COLLECT THE STEMS AND TIE A STRING AROUND THEM TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE. WE’VE ADORNED THE BOUQUET WITH SOME BROWN LACE AND RIBBONS AROUND THE JUG HANDLE.

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CINERARIA, TUMBLEWEED, BERRIES AND ONE SINGLE GLASS BULB HAVE BEEN TIED TO A STRAIGHT PIECE OF METAL WIRE AND THEN TURNED INTO A SMALL WREATH. THIS IS A DAINTY CANDLE RING AND YOU CAN EASILY SHAPE THE WREATH TO FIT THE SIZE OF YOUR CANDLE.

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THE BOUQUET IN THIS CUTE, LITTLE, BROWN CLAY JUG HAS BEEN COLLECTED VERY TIGHTLY IN THE HAND. YOU’LL WANT TO TIE A STRING AROUND THE STEMS TO MAINTAIN THE SHAPE OF THE BOUQUET. WE’VE USED TUMBLEWEED, CINERARIA, RED BERRIES, AFRICAN CONES AND SMALL, RED GLASS BULBS, AND WE’VE COLLECTED A FEW BROWN RIBBONS AND PIECES OF LACE WITH A PIECE OF METAL WIRE WHICH WE’VE THEN TIED TO THE BOUQUET.

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A BEAUTIFULLY LAID TABLE

IT’S EASY TO COPY THIS RUSTIC TABLE. THE TABLE TOP IS AN OLD DOOR PLACED ON TOP OF TWO OLD PAINTING SUPPORTS. THE CHAIRS BY THE TABLE ARE COVERED WITH NICE, SOFT PELTS. WE’VE USED LOTS OF OLD EARHTENWARE, LINEN NAPKINS AND BOOKS TO LAY THE TABLE BECAUSE THE RUSTIC ELEMENTS FIT SO NICELY TO THE SHADES OF RED. BY EACH SETTING WE’VE PLACED A SMALL HAWTHORN TWIG, SOME LIGHT MOSS FROM THE FOREST OR THE FLOWER SHOP AND A SMALL, RED GLASS BULB. THAT’S ALL IT TAKES FOR THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TO EMERGE. APART FROM THE BOUQUETS AND THE CANDLE RINGS WE’VE ALSO ADORNED THE TABLE WITH THE REST OF OUR FLEA MARKET TREASURES AND THINGS THAT WE’VE COLLECTED IN NATURE. WE’VE PLANTED THE REST OF THE PLANTS IN CLAY POTS AND PLACED SMALL BUNDLES OF HAWTHORN ON THE TABLE. WE’VE ALSO FOUND A WONDERFUL, OLD, UPHOLSTERED BOX WITH RED AND BROWN COLORS THAT FIT PERFECTLY TO THE TABLE DECORATIONS. SUCH DETAILS CREATE COHERENCE AND UNDERLINE THE WELL-CONSIDERED SETTING.

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THE ADVENT CANDLE DECORATION HAS BEEN MADE IN AN OVAL CLAY DISH AND THE CANDLE HAS BEEN STUCK INTO A PIECE OF CLAY. THE BOTTOM HAS BEEN COVERED WITH LIGHT MOSS, AND TUMBLEWEED AND HAWTHORN HAVE BEEN STUCK INTO THE CLAY TO CREATE A SLIGHTLY WILD AND RUSTIC EXPRESSION. THE GLASS BULBS AT THE BOTTOM ADD CALMNESS AND BRIGHTNESS. THE THREE DIFFERENT RIBBONS HAVE BEEN SHAPED INTO LOOPS AND PLACED SLIGHTLY ASKEW IN THE DECORATION IN FRONT OF THE CANDLE. THIS ADVENT DECORATION HAS BEEN MADE IN A NICE, OLD, RUSTIC CLAY TIN WITH HANDLES. THE TIN HAS BEEN FILLED UP WITH CLAY AND THE FOUR CANDLES ARE FIRMLY STUCK IN IT. THE BOTTOM IS PARTLY COVERED WITH LIGHT MOSS, AND SMALL TWIGS OF HAWTHORN AND TUMBLEWEED HAVE BEEN ADDED RANDOMLY TO THE DECORATION AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS. THIS CREATES LOTS OF SPIRIT AND AIRINESS IN THE DECORATION. THE BIG AND SMALL GLASS BULBS, BOTH MATTE AND SHINY ONES, ADD A CHRISTMASY FEEL TO THIS DECORATION. AS A FINISHING TOUCH WE’VE COLLECTED THREE DIFFERENT RIBBONS IN SHADES OF BROWN AND ADDED THEM TO THE FRONT OF THE DECORATION.

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THIS MARVELOUS WREATH ON THE MIRROR HAS BEEN TIED ON A WREATH MADE OF FENCING WIRE. WE’VE TIED SMALL TWIGS OF CINERARIA, TUMBLEWEED AND HAWTHORN TO THE WREATH USING SILVER THREAD TO MAKE THE WREATH NICE AND AIRY. YOU CAN TIE THE GLASS BULBS TO THE WREATH ALONG WITH THE OTHER ITEMS BUT YOU CAN ALSO ADD THEM AFTERWARDS. AT THE END YOU TIE THE RIBBONS TO THE WREATH, ALLOWING THEM TO BE OF VARIOUS LENGTH. THIS IS A REALLY NICE WREATH THAT YOU CAN HANG IN MANY DIFFERNET PLACES, AND IT’LL LAST LONG.

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W I T H C H R I S T M A S C O M I N G U P S O O N, I T ’S A N O B V I O U S C H O I C E TO M A K E A C H R I S T M A S E D I T I O N O F B R O C A N T E O N A B U D G E T. YO U C A N E A S I LY F I N D N I C E A LT E R N AT I V E S TO T H E O L D, E X P E N S I V E C H R I S T M A S D E C O R AT I O N S I F YO U LO O K I N T H E R I G H T P L A C E S. YO U C A N A L S O S P I F F T H E T H I N G S U P YO U R S E L F TO M A K E T H E M LO O K O L D. We went to a flea market and found these small turquoise and blue Christmas bulbs at € 0.80 each, and we also found several old boxes at a price of € 1.50 - € 7 for each of them. Then we found some metal lametta at € 0.80 per box as well as a selection of old ribbons in shades of blue, some yellowed lace, some linen ribbon and some paper lace at € 0.80 - € 2.50 per roll. We’ve used all these goodies to make the most beautiful gift wrapping you can ever imagine.

At the flea market, we bought four pieces of old glass with uneven edges and a beautiful, engraved star in the middle. We immediately fell in love with them and as they were only € 0.80 each, we just had to take them home. They ’re perfect for cover decorations on a nicely laid Christmas table. After Christmas, you can use them for other decorative purposes and for decorating your dining table like we’ve done. You can also use them as small trays for exhibiting small, dainty things such as saltshakers in the dining room or small flacons in the bathroom.

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At the same flea market we also found some green Christmas bulbs made of plastic at € 0.30 each and a roll of old gift wrapping paper at € 1.50. We also got some more nice boxes and paid between € 0.80 and € 3 for each of them, and then we bought some more lace, paper lace and a fake rose for between € 0.80 and € 1.60 each. We even found a selection of old postcards with Christmas motifs at € 0.25 each and we’ve used them to adorn some of the presents. All these items defined the color scheme for our gift wrapping session. Don’t forget to look through your hiding places as well: you’re bound to find even more suitable things to use.

Very often, we’re lucky enough to find old Christmas bulbs at the flea markets. They ’re not always that nice and some of them are made of plastic but we do like the price because they ’re usually very cheap. As you can see on these pictures, it ’s often the way of combining the items that makes all the difference when we try to create the right brocante feel.

We also got an old elf for € 2.50. Actually, we hate elves but this one had withered over time which made it quite nice. Next to an old lametta garland, some old, beautiful Christmas bulbs and a couple of pretty boxes, our elf suddenly looks really cute.

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You can easily patinate new or fairly new lametta garlands with some antique wax from our Vintage Paint selection. Here, we’ve used our new color “Bronze” but you can also go for one of our other brown colors. Just apply it with a soft cloth and allow it to dry for a few days. Some of the color might still come off. The things turn out really nice and look very old.

When you buy old Christmas bulbs, you’re usually allowed to take the old boxes along too. If they ’ve got nice patina, they look wonderful in piles but you can also place one inside an old jewelry box just like we did, and suddenly it looks absolutely marvelous.

Musical instruments look great for Christmas and you can use them for many different interior design styles. Here, we’ve used them in our version of the brocante style. The price of such instruments varies but you might be lucky enough to find some cheaper ones amongst the expensive pieces. This horn was € 7 at a local car boot sale. We’ve adorned it with a piece of lametta garland, some blue ribbons, a piece of yellowed lace and a pretty glass bulb. Now it ’s adorning the place so nicely next to some pretty bodices.

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This year, Christmas is welcomed with a hint of blue throughout the entire house like small splashes of paint.

Elegant Christmas

In the large dining room, Christmas has made its entry in a very simple way through only natural materials. The dressmaker’s dummy in the window has been beautifully adorned with a “rococo scarf” made of white cedar, and this wonderful idea is easy to copy.

The table has been decorated with apples, pears, a bit of greenery and a couple of Christmas bulbs made of poor man’s silver. Two tall candelabras create an intimate and cozy atmosphere.

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Hennie and her family live in a big, classic, Dutch house in the northern part of the Netherlands. This area is incredibly charming and scenic. Hennie runs a B&B and a webshop: www.room17.nl. The style is rustic, elegant and French throughout the home, the B&B and the webshop. Hennie loves genuine, classic, French antiques. The house is big, has large rooms and high ceilings so furniture and interiors have to match to create a harmonious impression.

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The blue color of this year’s Christmas decorations is very simple. It was chosen because Hennie bought some beautiful Christmas bulbs in the most adorable, lightblue color, and because she wanted to create coherence, she decorated the entire home with ribbons in the same color: a couple of ribbons tied around some old documents; in a centerpiece next to some eucalyptus; and on the mirror. In fact, that’s all it takes. A couple of old, blue garden chairs underline the color of Christmas as well.

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a beautiful table for her guests. From here, you’ve got the most amazing view of the big garden, and right now the cool winter light enters through the windows in a most wonderful way. The prism chandelier has been decorated with beautiful, light-blue ribbons and small fir sprigs. Hennie has used crockery in shades of light-blue and white, and she’s added some old books with blue binding or blue spines, along with some blue ribbon all the way down the middle of the table. An evocative setting.

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Made with flea market finds and love Cookies are an essential part of the Christmas season and one of the traditions that most of us still stick to. Originally, the cookie was “invented� because a baker wanted to taste a small piece of cake to make sure that the oven had the right temperature. T he small test piece tasted so delicious that the baker started producing more of them. When many private homes were equipped with a stove with oven during the 1800s, the women started making their own cookies, often passing on their favorite recipes through generations. On these pages, we’re showing you some traditional Christmas cookie recipes. All the cookies have been decorated using glasses or vases with nice patterns at the base. Start by cutting out the cookies with a glass and then add the pattern by using the base of various glasses and vases. Each recipe gives you approximately two baking trays full of cookies, depending on the thickness of your dough.

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Gingerbread cookies: 7 oz (200 g) butter

7.1 oz (200 g) brown sugar 6 fl oz (2 dl) treacle 2 eggs 3 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp cardamon 1 tsp cloves 2 tsp ginger 2 tsp potash Lukewarm water 2 tsp baking soda 12.5 oz (350 g) flour 3.5 oz (100 g) blanched, chopped almonds Grated orange peel Heat up brown sugar, treacle and butter at low heat and then add eggs, spices and orange peel. Carefully stir the mixture. Crumble the potash in lukewarm water and mix it into the dough. Place the whole almonds in a bowl with boiling water, leave them for a couple of minutes, remove them from the water and blanch them. Chop the blanched almonds and add them to the dough. Add flour at the end and knead the dough until it’s completely smooth. Leave the gingerbread dough in the fridge for about 24 hours. The next day, roll out your dough, cut out the cookies with a glass of a suitable size and then make patterns on the cookies with the base of the glass. Place the cookies on a baking tray and bake them at 350° F (180° C) (fan-assisted oven) for approximately 8-11 minutes.

Christmas cookies: 10.5 oz (300 g) wheat flour 7 oz (200 g) butter 8.5 oz (250 g) marzipan 2 tbsp water 3 tsp cinnamon Seeds from 1 large vanilla pod Mix all the ingredients and knead the dough well. Turn it into a big ball. Leave the dough in the fridge in a bag for about 24 hours. The next day, roll out your dough with a rolling pin on a table sprinkled with flour. Choose a different glass for the pattern on these cookies. Use the same method as before, pressing the glass down onto the dough, to create a beautiful pattern on the cookies. Bake the Christmas cookies for 10-12 minutes at 350° F (180° C) in a fan-assisted oven.

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5 oz (150 g) confectioner ’s sugar 10.5 oz (300 g) cold butter 1 egg 1.7 oz (50 g) finely chopped dark chocolate Mix flour and confectioner ’s sugar. Crumble the butter into the flour mixture. Whisk the egg, add it to the mixture and knead the dough. Add chopped chocolate and knead the dough again. Turn it into a big ball and leave it in the fridge in a bag for about 24 hours. The next day, roll out the ball with a rolling pin and then use a glass of a suitable size to cut out your cookies. Place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper and use an old glass to press a pattern onto the cookies. Bake them for approximately 8-10 minutes at 350° F (180° C) in a fan-assisted oven.

Belgian cookies: 8.8 oz (250 g) wheat flour 1.8 oz (50 g) brown sugar 3 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp cloves 1 tsp ginger 2 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cardamon ½ tsp black pepper A pinch of salt 5 oz (130 g) soft butter 1 large egg Mix all the ingredients and knead the dough well. Leave the dough in the fridge in a bag for approximately 24 hours. Remove the dough from the fridge 1 hour before you want to start baking. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin but let the dough be quite thick. Make small cookies using a glass. Use another glass to make a pattern by pressing the glass into the dough. Bake the cookies for approximately 8-10 minutes at 350° F (180° C) in a fan-assisted oven.

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Betty & Violet, 14 Cotswold Court, Broadway, WR127AA Worcestershire Online boutique inspired by a love of handmade, antique and vintage goods. Established stockist of Jeanne d’Arc Living magazine, books & products. www.bettyandviolet.com

AUSTRALIA 

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Lily Pond, 303 Moorabool St, 3220 Geelong, VIC

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Parisian Rose, Shop 4/2 The Crescent, 6056 Midland, WA

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Maakivist OÜ, Carl Robert Jakobsoni 20, 71005 Viljandi maakond www.vintagestuudio.ee Mööblisahver, Lao 10-3, 80100 Pärnu

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THE FRENCH CUPBOARD, 2a Riverside Arcade, Queen Street, 0910 Warkworth www.thefrenchcupboard.co.nz

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THE FRENCH CUPBOARD, Shop 1, 44 Silverdale St, 0932 Silverdale www.thefrenchcupboard.co.nz

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Le French Quarter, 466-468 River Rd, 3214 Hamilton

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French & Sons, 87/89 High St, 4818 Bulls www.frenchandsons.co.nz

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Il Cortegiano , Via Dante 26 , 24068 Seriate (Bergamo)

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Pistacchio & Caffè, Piazza Cesare Battisti, 8B, 25128 Brescia (BS) www.pistacchioecaffe.com

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Diverso Finiture, Via Venezia 52/ G , 35010 Vigonza ( PADOVA )

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Bianco Decò di Cardurani Rita, Via  Settembre, 16, 37036 San Martino Buon Albergo www.biancodeco.com Gallery Cote Maison S.r.l, Via Marconi, 21, 40033 Bologna

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Drago f.lli srl, Via Yuri Gagarin, 6A, 42123 Reggio Emilia (RE) www.dragofratelli.it

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Ridolfi Daniela Arr.ti Succi, Via Giorgio Regnoli 4, 47121 Forlì (FC) www.creazionidinterni.bigcartel.com

ITALY

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PAOLA S.R.L., Via E. Berlinguer, 51031 AGLIANA (PT) www.casetteinlegno.eu

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Laboratorio Gatto Dalì, Strada Statale 76, 10, 60033 Chiaravalle (AN) Vendita on-line degli articoli Jeanne d’Arc Living e Vintage Paint spedizioni 24 ore in tutta Italia con corriere espresso GLS Tariffa Economy. www.vernicishabby.com

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Legno e Colori, Viale Europa, 91, 65010 Villa Raspa (PE)

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Mano ai Pennelli, Via Nomentana 101, 00013 Mentana (RM)

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Lux Vernici Di Donato Scognamiglio, Via dell’Appagliatore, 38, 00121 Lido di Ostia (RM)

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Artdeco srl, Via G. Palumbo, 4, 00195 Roma www.ledecorazioni.com

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Silvia Sanna, Via Monserrato, 07014 Ozieri (SS)

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Ceramiche Butterfly, via Sant’Anna 26, 08025 Oliena (NU)

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La Maisonnette, Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 3, 76012 Canosa (BT)

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Koine’sas di Atzori Elisabetta, Via Dalmazia, 40, 09013 Carbonia (CI)

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Nastasi serramenti, via Nino Savarese 67, 93100 Caltanissetta (CL)

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Colorificio Emanuele Ibba, Via Circonvallazione 22, 09040 Maracalagonis (CA)

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LF Evolution Paint s.r.l, Via Emanuele Bellia 99, 95047 Paterno’ (CT)

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VAL.DY CASH & CARRY, Via Santa Maria Chiara, 161 , 09134 Cagliari-Pirri www.valdy.it

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IL BANCO DI CHIVASSO SNC, Stradale Torino 161, 10034 Chivasso (TO) www.ilbancodichivasso.it Fiorista Siamo Al Verde, Via Roma 145, 10070 Cantoira Prov. Torino

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Cose di casa shop di Elisa L., Statale per Spineto 61/2, 10081 Castellamonte (TO) www.cosedicasashop.com

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La Soffitta Incantata Sas, Via Galata 120-122 R, 16121 Genova www.lasoffittaincantata.com

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Colorificio Landonio, Viale Roma 30, 20020 Vanzaghello (MI) www.landonio.net

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INSTUDIO di Meregalli Giulia, Via Francesco Guerrazzi n°2, 20900 Monza (MB) www.instudiomonza.it

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Mobili a Colori, Viale Belforte, 178, 21100 Varese (VA) Vendita onLine e in negozio, corsi utilizzo Vintage Paint, consulenza, gruppo Facebook, guide gratis, videotutorial. Spedizione rapida. www.mobiliperpassione.it/negozio

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The more stars, the more Jeanne d'Arc Living products!

The following LEGEND serves as a guide to which products you'll find in each store.

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