New Things....

Love the sweet items arriving weekly-blooming sprigs and sticks with white and pink blooms and concrete birds that can be featured anywhere even under a glass dome. And these interesting chains that you can clip these great vintage Paris banners, old photographs or postcards or anything you can think of...

Spring/Easter Dining Room

 Getting ready for Easter and Spring I found my pale turquoise chicken eggs that we blew out last year and these fuzzy yellow ducks....Used these white tulips and hydrangeas and put a nest inside the large cut glass container....

My Santos always has a theme so this Spring she had to be holding a nest of course with tiny quail eggs and limelight coleus crawling out from her arms....We have a box of wonderful fresh lemons loved filling my large glass jar with them....Spring Inspiration!

This is a time of renewal

as it happens every spring.

The flowers now are blooming

The birds begin to sing.

Easter is a time of hope

and a day of rebirth.

It shows that winter’s over

And spring has come to earth.

Our Spring Postcard

Strawberry Lemon Cream Pie

This is the fantastic recipe featured in our Spring mailer that should be arriving at your mailbox today. Here is the recipe I plan on trying myself this weekend for Easter! We have just ordered a case of Stonewall Lemon Curd so stop by and get your jar to make this wonderful cream pie.

Ingredients
1-9 inch prepared piecrust, baked
3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup Stonewall Kitchen Lemon Curd
3/4 cup confectioners’ or superfine sugar
1 cup whipping cream, whipped to stiff peaks
1-pound fresh small or medium strawberries, stems removed
1/2 pound fresh strawberries, stems removed and sliced
1/4 cup currant jelly
1 Tbs. Grand Marnier (optional)

Directions
Make sure the prepared baked piecrust is cooled completely.
In an electric mixer fitted with a paddle (or in a bowl using a hand mixer) add cream cheese and mix until fluffy. Add Stonewall Kitchen Lemon Curd, and sugar. Mix until uniform. Gently fold in the whipped whipping cream.
Place whole strawberries in the bottom of the cooled piecrust. Spread the lemon cream over the whole strawberries. Decorate the top of the pie with sliced strawberries and blueberries.
In a small saucepan heat the currant jelly, add the Grand Marnier. Cool glaze and brush over the berries.
Chill the pie in the refrigerator several hours before serving.

Print Recipe Here

Easter Giveaway

~EASTER GIVEAWAY!~ Make sure you LIKE our Bonnes Amies facebook page. Then SHARE PHOTO & COMMENT one word that describes Easter to you!
Miniature Egg arrangement, tangerine table runner, nest plate and butterfly napkins will spiff your table up for Spring- it's on us!

Charlie's Confetti Glass & Yellow Forsythia

This large yellow jar is stuffed full of bright yellow forsythia-surrounded by Charlie's confetti glass for Spring & Summer. Charlie lives near San Miguel in Mexico and makes hand-blown glassware that is beautiful & functional! I can see that large pitcher full of margarita mix and the large bowl full of chips...Oil Painting in background is one of our new ones very large and beautiful!

Eggs For Easter

Love our antique back table filled with wicker cloches, egg wreaths, mossy rabbits and blue & white Spode. Aren't those ostrich eggs unusual stacked underneath that domed cloche? I especially think the big mossy square tray would be wonderful as a centerpiece on an Easter table or beautiful with glass trays in it to serve out of....

Here is a close up more eggs! It's definitely Springtime in the shop!

Spring Is In The Air

This fat washed linen tufted chair would love to come home with me. We could roll it right out the door-it is so comfortable to sit in and so soft. Love the egg wreath and this pastel green felt pillow sitting in it....

Easter Fixings

Can't believe Easter is almost two weeks away are you ready? We are...we have nest scattered throughout the store, eggs, chickens & rabbits oh my! Beautiful accessories for your Easter table this year....

Trying out one of these burlap and linen ruffled runners on my kitchen table-these burlap runners are a fabulous price and come in bright Spring colors. Will add a pop of color to your kitchen or dining table!

Great Crank Table

Loving this great crank side table that can go up or down. The old worn wooden top is great it kind of looks like a giant's work stool. Has a great industrial look very cool!

Old French Postcard + Spring Mailer

Working on our Spring mailer today. Found this great old French postcard dated 3/21/1913 that we are using for the front. Our recipe featured will be Strawberry Lemon Cream pie with our Stonewall Lemon curd for Easter. Message us if you would like to be on the mailing list!

Here is the back of the old postcard. Beautiful and perfect handwriting...Can you read what the postcard says to Meme?



"As good a translation I can come up with is:

Dear Meme,

The doctor told me yesterday that my problem was a hip problem and an ameliaration (infection?) It makes walking painful and I take small steps. He said I have no more infection. The hip is causing no more fever. We are continuing tincture of iodine with cotton and using stretch bandage, I will return in one month. I am happy to be here and can walk a few small steps, Darling Meme, I hope that you are always in perfect health and that you live forever in my life. Until we are reunited, Darling Meme, the most tender caresses and warmest kisses to this little girl. Friendship (Love) from Maman.

I can't guarantee each and every word, but this the gist. Been a long time!"

Santos For Spring

These cream and pale blue Santos are scrubbed down and worn-with delicate white-washed gold wings(these can be removed) I can see a nest with eggs tucked inside there base. I have a large turquoise Santos on my dressing table and it is perfect for hanging all jewelry and necklaces on. I love looking at her every morning she is quite lovely!