Let's go to France!

Revenons à la France!

(Let's go to France!)

J'aime tout ce français !

(I love anything and everything French!)

Ok seriously, Bing Translator is amazing!!!

I just got 2 "learn to speak French on cd" kits from the lovely library.  Two months and counting for our trip to France, Italy, Brussels, Spain, etc!

Je ne peux pas attendre !

(I CAN'T FREAKING WAIT!)

So I will be learning French while I drive my 50 mins a day commute.  Might as well maximize my time, right?! Also I have a workbook.  I WILL find time to learn this!  Who doesn't love French?! How beautiful and romantic:-)

Now I am going to add French to my repertoire . . . along with Spanish from high school, and Vietnamese in college:-) 

Andy and I went to Paris on or first big trip together before we were even engaged:-) He planned this amazing trip to London, Paris and Rome.  AMAZING!

It was my first trip to Europe, and I'm hooked:-)

Traveling with someone is a great way to really get to know someone, let me tell ya! Fortunately Andy adn I make great travel partners, we both love to walk like 12 miles a day and see EVERYTHING! Love it!

Mmmmm Crepe under the Eiffel Tower?! Perfection.

Back almost 2 years ago! Versailles

Voici certains éléments de grande décoration maison française sur Etsy

(Here are some great French home decor items on Etsy)

"Vinyl Wall Art Decal Eiffel Tower 8 Feet Tall Highly Detailed" by ChuckEBrydWallArt

$72.50

"New -- Framed French Ephemera in 30x40 mm ovals for pendants and more -- piddix digital collage sheet no. 656" by Piddix

$3.25

"Buy One Get One Free - The Blue Room (reproduction art print)" by stilettoheights

$18.00

"Simply Chandelier dish hand tea towels towel ruffled ruffles shabby chic french tattered" by AVintageRetroBaby

$45.00

"Romantic French Inspired Crown Pillow-Series 8" by GardenAdornments

$65.00

"Arc de Triomphe Etching -- original fine art photograph print 8x10" by Tandy Photography

$22.00

"LAUNDRY French with Fleur de Lis Shabby Cottage Signs 24 x 12" by thebackporchshoppe

$41.95

"Charcoal Gray Beret Hat with a Gray Chiffon Flower" by mojospastyle

$40.00

Lundi heureux !

~Tamara Nicole~

P.S. I just got a FOURTH store wanting to sell my Memory Bean Designs items!!!

Sooo excited more info soon:-)

We have ourselves a winner!

Happy Tuesday!!!

I hope today finds you all warm, fuzzy and happy:-)

So for last week's Giveaway

(a day late . . . sorry!)

Drum roll . . .

 Our winner is:

(by random drawing)

Nikos Mommy

(And she has a fabulous blog, if you haven't chk'd her out DO IT)

So go ahead and email me (memorybeandesigns@yahoo.com)

which photo you want for an 8x10

OR

Mix-n-match 5 greeting cards

From HERE

What's been on my mind lately:

Photos ala Flickr

More on MAC makeup tomorrow . . .

Have a great day!!!

Tamara Nicole

Second Giveaway!!!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

I sure did, busy busy and full of lots of visiting with my peeps:-)

More on that soon!

So without further ado . . . As promised . . .

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

Win:

Your choice of a 8x10 fine art photograph

~OR~

A set of 5 Greeting Cards (your choice)

From:

Tandy Photography

~To win~

1) Tell me your dream vacation: Location, with whom, and what would you do???

2) Go to the website and tell me which photo you love the bestest:-) (1 entry)

3) Follow me!!! If you already are a follower it still counts, just mention it in your comment.  Also if you are a newby tell me (1 entry)

4)  Blog about this giveaway and share the link in a comment (1 entry)

Winner will be announced on Monday the 8th

 

***Reason 1***

We LOVE to travel and share our travels and experiences with others :-)

***Reason 2***

We're going on VACATION in 2 months!!! I'm counting down the days, seriously we have a countdown on our desktop:-)
Among other things, I get to finally meet my niece and nephew in Luxembourg!

Also going:

Barcelona!!!

Photo by MorBCN "The Last Sunray"

Nice, France

Photo by Cormac Phelan "Nice Promenade"

Pisa

Photo by Joanot "Pisa (La Toscana) Itàlia"

Amalfi Coast

Photo by inetnasshadow "Vintage Amalfi Coast, Atrani"

Brussels

Photo by: gbatistini "From the most exclusive and secret place. Carpet flower, Great Market, Brussels, Belgium"

Eze in La Cote D'Azure France

Photo by: Hélène G "Ça c'est la Côte d'Azur !"

Rome, Italy

Photo by : Tandy Photography

Sorrento, Italy

Photo by: Tandy Photography

Florence, Italy

Photo by CGoulao "Florence"

Soooooo excited, and I feel blessed to be able to go on such a trip with my hubby, the best travelign partner ever! 

*Ok if ya'll don't have a mileage cc, get one!!!

We have been racking up our miles on our CC and

saving saving saving!!!*

Anywho (be still my heart!) . . .

***Reason 3***

"Operation Snail Mail"

 . . .

AND

 . . .

More info tomorrow! Ha ha I'm so bad huh? :-)

Have a great night ladies and gents!!!

 Can't wait to see the results of the Bachelor. 

TOTALLY addicted and psyched to see what happens:-)

Hmmmmm . . .

Vienna . . .

Or . . . Tenley

Nighty night!!!

~Tamara Nicole~

My Etsy and Thank You's

So my new blog, woo hoo!!! Tried typepad, and I've decided I'm a blogger fan through and through:-) So a quick few things:

~ETSY~

My Memory Bean Designs Etsy shop, chk it out! I'm about to add more items, etc.

~Thank You's~

JUST finished editing a few photos to print and finally send out my Thank You's for Christmas:-) I had fun playing around with my Corel Painter Pro, fun times!!!

Santorini, Greece

Mykonos, Greece

Capri, Italy

Venice, Italy

~Monday Monday~
I LOVE Mondays, my day off from the normal job to have all to myself!!!Today I am going to:

*Finish some craft projects I started a while ago . . . you know the ones you leave in a box to finish later.  Yup time to clean up and finish things started, good motto for this year!
*Make my hubby a nice dinner, maybe THIS ?
*Make and send out my Christmas cards!!!
* Hit the gym, yes I need to still lose the few holiday pounds I gained, but yum yum the food was amazing and worth it:-)

HAPPY MONDAY!!!