We were very happy when we came across Claire Lise and her beautiful creations in porcelain. She lives and works from her home in Normandy, and enjoys the luxury of having a working studio within her property. Claire Lise is self taught. Her father was an artist before her and she grew up in […]
With each box, we choose a brand to reveal before the box is shipped, just to give a little taste of what surprises await you in the next box. For the August box, whose theme is “la cuisine française”, we’ve chosen to reveal stoneware brand Manufacture de Digoin! The Manufacture des Grès et Poteries de […]
When we were putting together our May box, spring had sprung in France, and everywhere you looked little blossoms were dotting the trees, and there was that feeling of freshness in the air that only springtime can bring. We wanted to bring that feeling of spring in France to you through this box. As we […]
One of the most rewarding things about our boxes is seeing how they inspire you. Recently we received an email that took our breath away, and we knew that we had to share the content of the mail with you. Ann Kissane Engelhart, a watercolor artist and illustrator, discovered us while researching a trip […]
We are super excited to introduce you to ‘our artist’ for 2018! Celine Chollet is a talented French lady, whose work we have been following fro a while. Céline writes a blog about her lovely part of the world in Auxerre, a charming town, about two hours south and ever-so-slightly east of Paris, and also […]
In our November box, we included a selection of Christmas tea provided by the French gourmet tea company, Mariage Frères. This iconic brand dates back to the 17th century, when the tea trade began to boom in France. The Mariage family travelled as far as Madagascar, India and Persia, seeking out exotic new flavours of […]
Jeanne McKay Hartmann is an artist and woman after our own hearts. With a lifelong love for France, Jeanne is known for her gorgeous watercolors and ability to convey the sweetest luxuries of French life and culture via a brush on paper. After gracing our first four boxes with her original artwork created exclusively for […]
Our February edition of My Stylish French Box is all about Marie Antoinette. Iconic figure in her own time, and still now over two hundred years later, the epitome of feminine self indulgence, amid beautiful 18th century design. Eighteenth century images seem to please, no matter which fashion we go through. The attention to detail, […]
