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I'm so happy to introduce our new Etsy shop, French Hen. After lovingly gathering far too many vintage supplies to use in my original art, I decided to share from my collection. That decision, combined with my love of all things French, led me to create French Hen. In addition to authentic and beautiful vintage papers, postcards, textiles, etc. ( most with a French theme), I'll soon be offering exclusively designed original products and artwork featuring our favorite French elements-Paris, Provence, Marie Antoinette, the Eiffel Tower, and more. I'm trying to create a comfortable, country feel to the shop and it's products. This newest labor of love ought to help me channel my obsession français. Check it out, I hope you love it.

Recent Aquisitions

Greetings! I want to share with you some great antique and e-bay finds I've aquired over the past few weeks. First is this lovely wooden doll form. I keep wanting to refer to her as "angel" rather than "doll", I don't know why. Maybe because she seems kind of ethereal? Anyway, I think she's so chic-shabby chic!


Next up is this awesome spice cabinet! I just fell right in love with it. It was already this perfect shade of robin's egg blue and I just love the look of it-so country charming. What I especially appreciate in this piece is the repair work on the back. It reminds me of what a disposable society we've become. Nowadays, I think we'd just as soon replace it rather than lovingly repair it. (I'm as guilty as anyone) These little drawers are perfect for stashing supplies and it makes a great addition to the studio.



Finally, some additions to my growing collection of vintage bling. Theoretically, these are to be used for embellishments on future products, but I'm not sure I'll be able to part with them!

So excited...

Hello All! I'm so excited to have my "French Pacquet" chosen to be among Etsy's top sellers of 2008. A winning vote will provide MSD Design with much needed and appreciated publicity & honor. Go here to vote. Only five days left! Thank you for your support!

Vive la Kaari Meng!

I've decided to start talking about my beloved books on my blog. No one here (husband,son,cat) cares about "inspiration","vintage goodness","beautiful vignettes",etc. At least on my blog I can gush all I want about my inspirational books full of vintage goodness and beautiful vignettes!


I'll start with these two beauties from Kaari Meng of French General. My first was The French Inspired Home which absolutely made my mouth water. I love all things French and to find a whole book full of franco-style projects was a dream come true. The photos are so great-I wish my laundry room looked that good!-and Kaari has provided pages full of lovely labels, tags, etc. for us to copy and use in our own personal projects. My more recent purchase, French Inspired Jewelry, is equally beautiful. Pure eye-candy. The beaded baubles are lovely and look very easy to make. I'll be honest with you, though. I'll probably never make any of them. But I will pore over the photos over and over, sure to find new inspiration every time.