Merci Paris goes green and yellow for Spring

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uQOS4VxfNE4wu8_KkhaUo0lhQtnaVICWbcdxoQjPz7ztQxH5mPNUsiLzznvwR1dQKbHSRYCeXYO_xy1uOz5GdNOMJSsi5c_Q0IjBI6L1vKzgOq4nkE77HYq-i-IOu_ZIWPi8i2Qm3io/s1600/merci+little+red+car+missing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uQOS4VxfNE4wu8_KkhaUo0lhQtnaVICWbcdxoQjPz7ztQxH5mPNUsiLzznvwR1dQKbHSRYCeXYO_xy1uOz5GdNOMJSsi5c_Q0IjBI6L1vKzgOq4nkE77HYq-i-IOu_ZIWPi8i2Qm3io/s1600/merci+little+red+car+missing.jpg" width="426" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of our favorite shops Merci in Paris changes it up for Spring this year.  They have switched out the <a href="http://greigedesign.blogspot.com/2011/07/shopping-in-paris-merci.html" target="_blank">little red mini</a> for green grass, a yellow farm truck and beautiful flowers.  I am sure it is so amazing to see in person.  The switch was made with the expertise of  David Jeannerrot and the team at <a href="http://www.lesmauvaisesgraines.com/" target="_blank">Les Mauvaises Graines</a>, check out their interview with him <a href="http://www.merci-merci.com/en/news/rencontre-avec-les-mauvaises-graines?utm_source=inscrits-nl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=B1-interview-EN&utm_content=nl-jardin&utm_campaign=commercial" target="_blank">here</a>.  Just another reason to stop by the shop if you are visiting Paris, it has become a destination in itself,  and make sure you take a few moments to have a snack in their little bookshop cafe too if you are there.</div><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">David Jeannerot and his team from Les Mauvaises Graines - See more at: http://www.merci-merci.com/en/news/rencontre-avec-les-mauvaises-graines?utm_source=inscrits-nl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=B1-interview-EN&utm_content=nl-jardin&utm_campaign=commercial#sthash.Gy69XLqN.dpuf</div><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">David Jeannerot and his team from Les Mauvaises Graines - See more at: http://www.merci-merci.com/en/news/rencontre-avec-les-mauvaises-graines?utm_source=inscrits-nl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=B1-interview-EN&utm_content=nl-jardin&utm_campaign=commercial#sthash.Gy69XLqN.dpuf</div><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">David Jeannerot and his team from Les Mauvaises Graines - See more at: http://www.merci-merci.com/en/news/rencontre-avec-les-mauvaises-graines?utm_source=inscrits-nl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=B1-interview-EN&utm_content=nl-jardin&utm_campaign=commercial#sthash.Gy69XLqN.dpuf</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJx3Ug3i-e8-Jn51BTCCyC76lccq-4n3_-j4xjOlQmGZT2lYAfKtyl4FMTPFSJehEYes0Sy-khJvWUc1X9kHwihgISnsYMRZqpRPKhgPPVQI7-hbrfX2j0SNTh_lbQcmgaOJRXscp68H8/s1600/merci+paris+garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJx3Ug3i-e8-Jn51BTCCyC76lccq-4n3_-j4xjOlQmGZT2lYAfKtyl4FMTPFSJehEYes0Sy-khJvWUc1X9kHwihgISnsYMRZqpRPKhgPPVQI7-hbrfX2j0SNTh_lbQcmgaOJRXscp68H8/s1600/merci+paris+garden.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>images<a href="http://www.merci-merci.com/en/news/rencontre-avec-les-mauvaises-graines?utm_source=inscrits-nl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=B1-interview-EN&utm_content=nl-jardin&utm_campaign=commercial" target="_blank"> via  </a></i></span></div><br /><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/littlebluedeers%20album%202/signature-8.png" /> <span style="font-size: small;">If you would like help creating inspirational spaces for yourself <a href="http://www.greigedesign.com/index2.php?v=v1#!/CONTACT" target="_blank">contact us</a>!</span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">© 2008-2014 Christina Fluegge for greige </span>

Merci Paris goes green and yellow for Spring

  One of our favorite shops Merci in Paris changes it up for Spring this year.  They have switched out the little red mini for green grass,...

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Lunch at Merci's Used Book Cafe

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sAX1q4FuCRGMgjLtWhuCmp6UGH5qQV4ECrIz6w_4gIiHpkF2zsiy8lWBSO0DjAHv_TfGpHPcIKw5jOb0DNc9A1De8rwEI0itLX4NQUwdeVyIz3HOgDWOxhNPaSivcHqZJI09C3ws9zA/s1600/paris+and+misc+may+2013+381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sAX1q4FuCRGMgjLtWhuCmp6UGH5qQV4ECrIz6w_4gIiHpkF2zsiy8lWBSO0DjAHv_TfGpHPcIKw5jOb0DNc9A1De8rwEI0itLX4NQUwdeVyIz3HOgDWOxhNPaSivcHqZJI09C3ws9zA/s640/paris+and+misc+may+2013+381.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first trip that I have gotten to visit the Used book cafe at Merci.  Each time we have been running late and <a href="http://greigedesign.blogspot.com/2011/07/shopping-in-paris-merci.html" target="_blank">closing down the store</a>..  This time I was able to visit Merci, lets just say often (read 5 or 6 times), because it was just around the corner from our apartment.  If I lived there all the time I would be poor.. I love their stuff and my apartment would be amazing!!  We had a chance to have a late lunch there one afternoon and it was perfect!  We sat in my dream spot by the window over looking the door so I could see the people coming and going.  The waiter was sweet and the food was wonderful.  I loved it and vowed to stop again during out trip but never made it back to eat there. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oD_wOvLJni1Lpkcl8Wt0JKMRH8dYXBSDPDM20Pz7bCWYa4a1T1UGYzsGOaz34HQYmCWXIdcLiBBUg5IEmrBg2aJko9bZdMnEPgtuqRhCup1qFVwGdXRRWOyDEqQzo0h1-mg8GIRaWi4/s1600/paris+2013+cannon+329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oD_wOvLJni1Lpkcl8Wt0JKMRH8dYXBSDPDM20Pz7bCWYa4a1T1UGYzsGOaz34HQYmCWXIdcLiBBUg5IEmrBg2aJko9bZdMnEPgtuqRhCup1qFVwGdXRRWOyDEqQzo0h1-mg8GIRaWi4/s640/paris+2013+cannon+329.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKXg1kuETFmlPPBd-6bWId6DXJ1pONwyRkEL9ct0EAww9twXBaWQQChety6ptB_u55HE0B2n098I3-BDdVXR-oZtrsUhGCrYgUZgE1Cpc-CZzukQBve-Azh1wX7YGoHcrQ9Fas-546IM/s1600/paris+and+misc+may+2013+378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKXg1kuETFmlPPBd-6bWId6DXJ1pONwyRkEL9ct0EAww9twXBaWQQChety6ptB_u55HE0B2n098I3-BDdVXR-oZtrsUhGCrYgUZgE1Cpc-CZzukQBve-Azh1wX7YGoHcrQ9Fas-546IM/s640/paris+and+misc+may+2013+378.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That day the little mini was getting a make over and so was the shop, which was super fun to watch unfold over the few times that we visited.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYRgl7S8yc5IdYe5qjm1zinHyZQfAHLLH3gra7f02MGzrPLOlO-6vBdEDf86xGdj3i75ieVY25m7QkgU-5vqMiksBfht50HUXx8MWd6yCOMRYeLxWPI2emOgPws5iu7QZZ9ci8g4iwe8/s1600/paris+and+misc+may+2013+379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYRgl7S8yc5IdYe5qjm1zinHyZQfAHLLH3gra7f02MGzrPLOlO-6vBdEDf86xGdj3i75ieVY25m7QkgU-5vqMiksBfht50HUXx8MWd6yCOMRYeLxWPI2emOgPws5iu7QZZ9ci8g4iwe8/s640/paris+and+misc+may+2013+379.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0wIGRPPEFi06SKljv8-rTbzDENgabD9S5bgsqhgtVDNDaXitLk6xQI-6Dt5mUCvgu6HzMYp2uiYSw8rMTVP56r9K61uihF74_DWljCvsbcA0PqmhN-hsm7IegAtIprKrSsjugJwUO00/s1600/paris+and+misc+may+2013+391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0wIGRPPEFi06SKljv8-rTbzDENgabD9S5bgsqhgtVDNDaXitLk6xQI-6Dt5mUCvgu6HzMYp2uiYSw8rMTVP56r9K61uihF74_DWljCvsbcA0PqmhN-hsm7IegAtIprKrSsjugJwUO00/s640/paris+and+misc+may+2013+391.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStW-5H1NjQlHR4yWNbhtgfOtGkgrw7TDNo9FtOZCKQ7L6Ibjx0fO0nV2CZKtKVwXrNCtabLHKE_ra9K9IHbDfr5WQshN_ueuuMT9-NI30hnhjYMCb86dPGuMIqAw3LQHAVBYfETGYT8g/s1600/paris+and+misc+may+2013+387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStW-5H1NjQlHR4yWNbhtgfOtGkgrw7TDNo9FtOZCKQ7L6Ibjx0fO0nV2CZKtKVwXrNCtabLHKE_ra9K9IHbDfr5WQshN_ueuuMT9-NI30hnhjYMCb86dPGuMIqAw3LQHAVBYfETGYT8g/s640/paris+and+misc+may+2013+387.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QxXEmBY2Lc_WjricBcAWIXR1b32QqL70jupqtKqg0YT3HIckqPGkrwBE3OSiCpsSjVYqKp_MteOxFk4ZNBHB3_Dkx98xoG-x1sVfap3YWQ5jsoJmfmxwzJMqds_ONCTtkNE9tmQvIRQ/s1600/paris+and+misc+may+2013+393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QxXEmBY2Lc_WjricBcAWIXR1b32QqL70jupqtKqg0YT3HIckqPGkrwBE3OSiCpsSjVYqKp_MteOxFk4ZNBHB3_Dkx98xoG-x1sVfap3YWQ5jsoJmfmxwzJMqds_ONCTtkNE9tmQvIRQ/s640/paris+and+misc+may+2013+393.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was by far one of the best things I have ever eaten.  Amazing and perfect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKvK56yXk3OnG_PmpltD0NwzupcX5ILNOm014QsvNRUTvGHaLDveiizMz705RDDnkjsuFtFqjLYTJgwe5mMoOZsCmLG3QUe1_c43IKfpFW9QBGuD8T78qdAZeAkAT_Fp_vUEeHK2zIhk/s1600/paris+and+misc+may+2013+394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKvK56yXk3OnG_PmpltD0NwzupcX5ILNOm014QsvNRUTvGHaLDveiizMz705RDDnkjsuFtFqjLYTJgwe5mMoOZsCmLG3QUe1_c43IKfpFW9QBGuD8T78qdAZeAkAT_Fp_vUEeHK2zIhk/s640/paris+and+misc+may+2013+394.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Don't miss our upcoming sale @greigeshopsale on instagram!</div><br /><br /><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/littlebluedeers%20album%202/signature-8.png" /> <span style="font-size: small;">If you would like help creating inspirational spaces for yourself <a href="http://www.greigedesign.com/index2.php?v=v1#!/CONTACT" target="_blank">contact us</a>!</span>

Lunch at Merci's Used Book Cafe

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Design Traveler: Trip planning

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNemEnAxRmcOBUkwPM3GKCdElxYZh_geJ49MhTg0cFqqvGs9NzyMSHZqW_vCW4IwUxTs5jgAdySEg7nzOqsOVwM-ZTcWCt2_dUbeBIhN0o6PBOIAd54SHL5cuUK-6XqrE3JkP84BFSWo/s1600/paris+tulleries+garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNemEnAxRmcOBUkwPM3GKCdElxYZh_geJ49MhTg0cFqqvGs9NzyMSHZqW_vCW4IwUxTs5jgAdySEg7nzOqsOVwM-ZTcWCt2_dUbeBIhN0o6PBOIAd54SHL5cuUK-6XqrE3JkP84BFSWo/s1600/paris+tulleries+garden.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />I don't know about you but I am a total trip planner..  I like to have an itinerary that notes just about everything (there is always a section for free time-but it is noted!)  I was at dinner with my Mom and Sister last week and my Sister said to me- "I don't like to travel with anyone else, you always have everything planned.  I don't have to worry about anything, I know our next move and what I am supposed to be doing when I get there."  Some people love this and let's face it some do not love it.  I am a planner, I have to have all of this in one place or I will never find it when I need it most, because on top of being a planner I am always a little bit late and a little bit frazzled!  This type of pre planning keeps the vacation moving for me and those with me or we would never make a decision. <br /><br />So I have been planning our trip for the past few weeks and I keep finding more things I would like to do.  I have been to Paris several times and there are so many wonderful parts, I want to see something new each and every time but I still want to visit my favorites for a second, third, fourth.. well you get the idea.  I have been stalking Paris blogs and I have fallen deeply for this one.. <a href="http://parisinfourmonths.com/" target="_blank">Paris in Four Months</a>, mostly because she is living a dream and because her images are beautiful, but also because she is posting about sweets around Paris a lot!!!  <br /><br />So now I have too many things on our list and I think we will be running from one musee to the next or I might have to eliminate something somewhere.. so sad! (But so exciting at the same time!)  <br /><br />I would love to hear how you plan for your trips?  Do you make a list and do what you feel like when you arrive?  Do you plan every outfit for every occassion including accessories, like one of my best friends?  Do you fly by the seat of your pants?<br /><br />image <a href="http://lingeredupon.blogspot.fr/2012/06/tuileries-at-golden-hour.html" target="_blank">via</a> (another group of beautiful paris pics)<br /><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/littlebluedeers%20album%202/signature-8.png" /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">If you would like help creating in</span><span style="font-size: small;">spirational spaces for yourself <a href="http://www.greigedesign.com/index2.php?v=v1#%21/CONTACT" target="_blank">contact us</a>!</span><br />

Design Traveler: Trip planning

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Happy weekend..

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLDk59Zpwx5znsmxi2bFElDR1PzWu9BosbUti3GagW517r0N9Xc_UZhPiH-t2eES3G5Aa_FtZ65KefEQNIzQ5OjyCMCzG-A_txsnJE40X2hjeh2shlXlC7qxod2sI532juW3NtuJvYDk/s1600/merci+paris+packed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLDk59Zpwx5znsmxi2bFElDR1PzWu9BosbUti3GagW517r0N9Xc_UZhPiH-t2eES3G5Aa_FtZ65KefEQNIzQ5OjyCMCzG-A_txsnJE40X2hjeh2shlXlC7qxod2sI532juW3NtuJvYDk/s1600/merci+paris+packed.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is how my brain feels today!  Over packed. bursting at the seams. but always ready for another challenge.  I have gotten to the point were my mind is going one way and my mouth is going another, I have started saying things out of order...  Hello!  See how I am rambling now- so bad.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay now that you know I have hit max capacity, I am heading off to the LA show today to soak up some more design and order pieces for my current projects!!  Yey!  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a wonderful weekend my friends, and may your mind find a bit of peace...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>image <a href="http://hannasroom.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">via</a></i></span></div><br /><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/signature-6.png" />  <script src="http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Happy weekend..

  This is how my brain feels today!  Over packed. bursting at the seams. but always ready for another challenge.  I have gotten to the point...

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