White Azaleas

Virginia is blest with the grace and beauty of azalea flowers in the spring of the year.

All year you can see azaleas as hedge and border plants, or simply as big leafy bushes in back yards, filling in and being quite useful at that sort of thing.

But in the spring, all these unassuming bushes explode with color. And not just one color either. Many, many colors.

It's amazing to see how the countryside can change so. Of course, the dogwoods are blooming, along with a thousand other different flowers, but the azaleas just seem to set the landscape ablaze with beautiful shades of color, from the white pictured here in this blog, to yellow, pink, orange, mauve, violet and so many more.

Bringing a goldmine of color and beauty, it's no wonder that the arrival of the azaleas are celebrated the way that they are.

Our MerchantCircle.com Page

LittleFrenchBoutique.com has discovered a bit of a gold mine in the web world, too.

We have read all some of the negative things posted online by folks about Merchant Circle, but that seems to be with anything. It does take a little bit of effort to have a somewhat decent MC page. We wanted ours to be a "reflection" LittleFrenchBoutique.com.

In the end it has developed into another great way for folks to find us.

It would seem, that if your business is service orientated, without the need of a platform to sell your products, that you could get away with using only Merchant Circle.

We have noticed a few Merchant Circle businesses that had their own websites, found Merchant Circle, and then discovered that their MC page was more effective than their website, only to let their website go.

One of the nice things about Merchant Circle is that you can start out with them for free. They do post their Google ads on your page, but that is a small price to pay for what you receive. As time goes on, you may want to purchase one of their packages, but this is not mandatory.

We are happy that we found them, and we enjoy our little MC community that we have found ourselves in.

Click on the Merchant Circle link below view our Merchant Circle page entitled "LittleFrenchBotuique's Lavender Drawer Sachets"

Ageratums & New Lavender Sachet

We have a shaggy looking little flower out front that looks much like it came out of a Dr. Seuss book.

Bright little shaggy heads all bunched together in a cluster, in flossy lavender blue hues.

They are called "Ageratums" (ă-jer-ā-tŭms).

Some folks like them because they are so easy to grow. TOO EASY! They tend to grow like weeds, with almost no help, needing pulling quite often to keep them under control.

Whether a weed or a flower, depending on your perspective, they are pretty little flowers, with a pleasant lavender color.

The perfect color to introduce our new Lavender Sachet in Lavender with Victorian Style Lace.

A beautiful lavender filled sachet, complete with a hanging ribbon. With its Victorian style lace, it is perfect for your dresser drawers, closet hangers, and door knobs, even to hang from your bureau mirror or to place on a doily for all to see.

Click here on Lavender Sachet in Lavender with Victorian Style Laceto order so you can try it for yourself.

Triple Orange Daylilies

As the summer begins to heat up, the brilliant orange daylilies, with their blazing orange hues, explode onto the landscape with a firestorm all their own.

Many times the color orange is associated with the fall and harvest season, but the bright cheerful orange displayed by these triple orange daylilies is so full of life and energy that they remind us of new beginnings.

New beginnings with a "passion!"

In much the same fashion, our Orange Peal and Cinnamon Soy Candle offers a hearty fragrance that seems to bring your home to life.

Click here on Orange Peal & Cinnamon Soy Candle 6.75oz for more information

"Thank You" Favor Tag

LitteFrenchBoutique.com offers you a way to give a simple yet elegant
"Thank You" with the grace and style of a delicate light rose.

This tag can be attached to any of our lavender sachets at no extra cost.

Simply choose the tag labeled Thank You 01 during checkout.

The lovely rose on this Thank You tag will nicely compliment the beautiful 4x6 Lacy Beaded Organza Lavender Sachet, filled with lavender, and topped with rose petals.

To help you take advantage of this offer, we have reduced our price on the 4x6 Lacy Beaded Organza Lavender Sachet from $5.97 to $4.97 each.

Of course, you can select any Favor Tag of your choice.

Hurry, sale ends July 31, 2010

Click here on 4x6 Lacy Beaded Organza Lavender Sachet to order.

Asiatic Lilies

These asiatic lilies, in bright fuchsia hues, just seem to explode with color. With only a few very leafy stems, they are covered with an umbrella full of buds and blossoms.

Very beautiful lilies :-).

With such a rich color, you may also be interested in our Pomegranate Soy Candle by Je T'aime Fragrances.

Long lasting (55-60 hrs), clean burning, and environmentally friendly, you will love this deeply scented candle.

Click here on Pomegranate Soy Candle 6.75oz to order.

Pink Rose of Sharon

With pink petals that are "almost" violet, the red center of this rose of sharon flower completes the illusion of the violet color.

Open bright and early, the bees have already begun their busy day.

Bees are not the only ones who enjoy these beautiful flowers with us. There are also the japanese beetles to contend with. Unfortunately, their love for these rose of sharon flowers has nothing to do with their beauty, but more with their taste, and they are quite destructive. A most unwelcome visitor!

The pink rose of sharon flowers have a certain charm about them in the dawning early morning light, the soft light adding to the soft violet hues.

You may also be interested in our Pink Organza Cone Shaped Sachets, filled with lavender and topped with rose petals for those subtle hues :-).

Click here on Set of 2 Cone Organza Sachets to find out more.

Summer Roses

The summer heat has been beating down on us here in Virginia, and that means that the roses are in bloom.

The roses are beautiful, and it seems that the different colors and varieties are endless.

It feels like the long hot summer days are endless too.

We have just the thing to help with the heat - Hydrating Mist Rosewater from Simple Scents. With a very light, crisp lemony scent, it cools and refreshes the moment it touches your skin.

Click here on Hydrating Mist Rosewater Toner (4.23 fl. oz.) to order so you can try it for yourself.

Pretty Weeds

As bothersome as weeds can be, they can surprise us with a beauty all their own when they open their blossoms, and show us the splendor of their flowers.

It is funny, as we call them weeds with an air of irritation when we are in the garden pulling them.

But when we pause to admire the beauty of their sometimes delicate, sometimes brash blossoms, then we call them wild flowers.

Whether we view them as pretty little weeds, or as wild flowers, we can enjoy their vast variety, from size to color to texture.

In much the same way, you can enjoy our Classic French Style Lavender Sachet (Lacy), as it has a variety of flowers embroidered into its pattern, with a number of different colors. All of which have a randomness as the patterned material is cut, so that each one is different yet similiar to the rest.

Click here on Classic French Style Lavender Sachet (Lacy)for more information.

Violet Wild Flower

Bluebells

One of the delights we had popping up in our garden this past Spring was the "common" Bluebell.

Mixed in with a splash of bright color from the azalea flowers above only added the beauty.

And with its delicate light blue and lavender hues, it reminds us a bit of the of our Classic French STYLE Lavender Filled Sachets.

With their delicate colors and lace, they are perfect to freshen your drawers or even to set out for display.

Click here on Classic French STYLE Lavender Filled Sachets for more information.

Bluebells

Our pink camellia tree seems to have blooms on it from fall through winter, and on into spring.

And each pink camellia flower it produces is beautiful enough for its own post card.

That would be a lot of post cards :-).

The soft pink hues remind us of the soft pastel colors of our 3x4 Lavender Sachets. Whether it’s pink, mauve, or even rose, their pleasant colors will remind you of brighter days.

Click here on 3x4 Lavender Sachets for more information

Early Garden Blossoms

Some of the favorite blossoms to see as spring changes to summer are the tomato and cucumber blossoms.

That’s because, we know that fresh tomatoes and cucumbers will not be too far behind :-).

We love to watch as the little yellow pedals eventually fall off the tomato blossom, giving way to a tiny tomato that will take the blossoms place.

And it is fun to watch as the little cucumbers begin to form behind their big yellow blossoms.

It is amazing how that the cucumber vine can work its way up a trellis, being held securely by its spiraling tendrils as they reach and wrap around anything they can get their little tendrils around.

So, if you love the clean smell of freshly peeled and sliced cucumber, then you will love our Cucumber Melon Soy Candle

With a honeydew melon base, it is the unmistakable soft clean aroma of cucumber that you will fall in love with.

Click on Cucumber Melon Soy Candle

Wild Red Columbine

In our flower bed out front, we have some Wild Red Columbines growing, probably compliments of a bird passing by once upon a time :-).

And being as how they are perennials, they just keep coming back season after season. This is not a bad thing, since they are cute little flowers with their bell-like shapes.

They are also known as Little Lanterns with their bright little lights (stamens) dangling below.

To the scientific world they would be known as Aquilegia Canadensis.

Just as nature has given us this complimentary little flower, we like to pass along our "compliments" to you in the form of a Complimentary Lavender Sachet.

It is our humble opinion that one cannot have too many lavender sachets, so with every order you make from LittleFrenchBoutique.com, we send a very fragrant 3x4 lavender sachet along with it (the colors might vary from order to order, but the fragrance does not :-).

Our yard is full of Johnny Jump-ups

They grow like weeds :-). All through the grass, in the flower beds, even a couple in the cracks of the side walk.

The tiny little Johnny Jump-ups are a welcome sight. They are such tiny delicate looking flowers, and look like little minature pansys

And what makes ours so unique is their color.

Most Johnny Jump-ups it would seem are a deep purple violet color with a yellow center.

Ours have a rich lavender hue, which just happens to be a perfect comliment to LittleFrenchBoutique.com, with all the lavender colors for our lavender theme.

Of course, even with their lavender color, the Johnny Jump-ups do not have that wonderful lavender fragrance.

But since we have plenty of fragrant lavender buds, that is not an issue.

And with your very own lavender sachets, it is not a problem for you either :-).

Click here on Lavender Sachets to see our sachets

Our LittleFrenchBoutique.com Wish List

One of the new things that we are especially excited about here at LittleFrenchBoutique.com is the implementation of our new Wish List.

Or rather should we say, "Your Wish List."

Now it is possible to shop online with us, and if you are not quite ready to make your purchase yet, you can save your items to the your Wish List, and then come back at a later date and move things from your Wish List to your Shopping Basket. It will save you from coming back to the site and having to search to find all your favorite items again :-).

Of course you will have to Log-In to your LittleFrenchBoutique.com account in order to have access to your Wish List. This ensures that any information you submit will STAY private.

We hope that this will make for a much easier and convenient shopping experience.

Click here on Wish List for more information.

Here are some pictures of our Pink Evening Primroses you might enjoy.

These little Pinkladies, as they are sometimes called, are hardy little plants. So much so that you have to be careful that they don't over run your garden. A little thinning from time to time keeps them in check pretty well. And they are worth the effort.

The pollen will sometimes get so thick inside the flower that if you get your nose too close while smelling them, it may leave a yellow smug on your nose. Just like yellow butter :-). So they are known as Pink Buttercups also.

You may find them with the perennials at the local nursery under their more formal name - OENOTHERA SPECIOSA.