«Août Murit Les Fruits, Septembre Les Cueille.» Translation: August ripens the fruit, September picks them.

Announcing  that I would  only blog seasonally, along with high temps,  lulled me into such complacency that I missed our Summer post.  Excusez moi dear friends!

So together, let’s  now smoothly transition Summer into Fall, yes?

The high point of LCF Maison’s summer was being invited by our host SW Florida showroom, Webster and Company,  to display our creations  as of last August 7^th, in the Miromar Design Center’s  Best of the Best  Art, Antiques and Accessories Exhibit in the lobby level  Atrium .

LCF Maison  through Webster and Company Antiques and Accessories Showroom at the Miromar Design Center Atrium - August 7th through October 14th, 2013

At the opening,  I had my first go at “group speed-dating” ,  giving multiple consecutive micro lectures  to about 150 attendees on accessorizing with soft furnishings .

LCF Maison also debuted the “Grace, la Licorne” pillows and throw, with artwork created by Jacqueline Johnson, pictured below, for our Enfants Collection, which also features the Teacup Demoiselle Pillows and Throw with artwork by Marjolein Vandersluis, shown on the left.

Artist Jacqueline Johnson, who is also a storyteller, will offer an Children’s Story Hour through LCF Maison in early November  in Naples, Florida to introduce  local children and their parents to the world of Grace the Unicorn and her friends.   Feel free to contact info@lcfmaison.com   next month for details.

In early September I travelled to Paris and visited with Rue Monsieur Paris friends Marjan Denkov, Marcin Kowkowski and Marjorie Renner,and throngs of their adoring fans at their most excellent  Maison et Objet stand in the Scenes d’Interieur wing.  LCF Maison was commissioned to create limited edition accent pillows for Rue Monsieur Paris’ Moonlight Collection which were featured at the show, and will be available through our website very soon.  Their Moonlight Collection furnishings, which brilliantly combine perspective views and stone inlay were also displayed in the Galeries Lafayette windows .

From left to right, Marcin, Moi and Marjan of Rue Monsieur Paris

LCF Maison  limited edition accent pillows for the Rue Monsieur Paris"Moonlight" Collection

My time  in Paris evaporated in a flash, but I was glad to have seen cherished friends, met with inspiring talents both known and new, and even to have dashed through Fashion’s Night Out on the 17th with my octogenarian Mom, pictured on the the LCF Facebook Page  grooving on a Goldelicieux  DS 21 1966 Citroen Cabriolet we found on the Rue St. Honore.  

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Do stay in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter or check our site next week for LCF Maison's new Fall/Winter Op Art inspired collection .

À la prochaine!