A country stay for the weekend, ... the beach for a day, ... or a work trip to country France and Paris for a couple of weeks. Your heart soars, your mind clears and the ideas flow so fast! And you are so determined to cling on to this 'new state' of mind on your return....
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| Eiffel Tower in Rain, David Lebovitz |
But once the unpacking is done and you're back into your normal routine, whatever that entails, the 'envigorated mind' starts to settle and it begins to feel that you never went anywhere!
I've been back home to Brisbane for a couple of weeks, and have made lots of notes of ideas and creative influences - I am hoping that my buying trip will stay fresh for a little while longer. I met so many creative people with many different ideas for me that they were perfectly willing to share - I truly hope to just capture one or two of these!
That is what I love most about what I do, it is the wonderful people I meet and that cross my path in this new venture! My customers are such wonderful souls, from all over, and I love hearing their stories of their ideas and what they are looking for and sharing the history (as much as I can) on the pieces I find.
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| Normandy |
And the dealers, shippers and other contacts I have met are some fabulous like-minded and extremely creative individuals both here in Australia and overseas - it's such a treat to be able to catch up and see some of them each time I return to France. And it's so wonderful to have the opportunity to reinvigorate friendships from when I lived in London many (many) years ago.
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| 9.00pm: Last night in Paris ... out to dinner with friends. |
Isn't it amazing how our furniture and interiors, around the world, can start conversations of our hopes and dreams for our lives...
Thankyou, merci, for your comments and requests and suggestions! All the best for the start of your week! I hope you can retain a little magic from your own last 'escape'.
Jennifer.
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| Jardin du Luxembourg |
