Paris Umbrellas...

Fifi's NEW booklette...

on the fashion runway...

dancing and romancing with umbrellas...

on the Paris Plage next to the Seine...

in the cirque...

on the terrace at Versailles...

on a family vacation view La Tour Eiffel...

and roaming the rues of the City of Lights...

Nowwww... grab your umbrella and come with me... if it rains we will be ready... if it is too sunny we are covered too!  Let's go see other Outdoor Adventures via A Southern Daydreamer!

Wonder if anyone else is in Paris... hmmmm... ooooh and if you are interested in this booklette... hurry to my Etsy shop... there's only ONE available... HOWEVER... frameable notecards will be available and the booklette cover is available in a painting via my Gallery Shop too!

Time to shop...

Ooooh la la I wish it was Chanel Paris I was visiting!!! See you outside tomorrow... and I'm thinking it could be in VIRTUAL Paris... hmmmm

Bright Colours for Hollywood

It started with black white sketches...

and then there were some adjustments and several colour combinations... and then three completed 12" x 12" paintings...

This was a FUN commissioned job to work on... who's is next?  Bring on the commissions!!!
Now be sure to see other transformations and blue post via  Blue Monday via and how others have transformed via Metamorphosis Monday! 

Pink Dress on the Streets of Paris

It all started with a PINK Dior dress...

Sonia Rykiel shoes...

a combination... Dior and Rykiel...

a Paris street complete with La Tour Eiffel...

and the finish product... A Model Strolls in Paris...

This was a commissioned piece for an Interior Designer.  Some times you just can't get the exact painting you need for a room... but Fifi CAN do it for YOU!!!  Hello Designers... To The Trade rates are available... email me and I will paint for YOU!!!

Nowwwwwwww... I'm off to finish ANOTHER set of paintings for a room... I will be showing you the colour process and results on Monday... ENJOY your weekend and be sure to visit Beverly and her PINK participants on Saturday!

P.S. Special Rates in My Gallery Shop and My Etsy Shop... come shopping and if you don't see the painting you want for sale... contact me... it might be available... and ALL of my paintings are available as signed prints and frameable notecards!!!

Dog with Champagne in a FAB Basket...

Oui... I stole a table and a dog via Decor to Adore...

I couldn't resist... this is my kind of dog... he brings CHAMPAGNE in a French Basketeer basket to a tea party!!!  Be sure to visit other Tablescape Thursday participants!

J'adore bicycles... sketching them...

Let me share three of my new bicycle collection with you... two outdoors in the country...

and one outdoors in the City of Lights...

Off to paint these sketches... ENJOY your day and be sure to see what other people are doing Outdoors today via A Southern Dreamer!

These bicycle will be part of a booklette and they will be full size paintings... and they will be part of a new bicycle set of frameable notecards... like these items in My Etsy Shop...  oui oui oui... I will share them when the are in colour!

Dog Dining in Parisian style

This is the process of commissioned painting... "give Rufus his own café in Paris"... starting with a sketch... then beginning to add colour...

more background colour...

the start of colour on Rufus...

anddddddddd voilà Rufus sitting outside of his Paris cafe...

Oui oui oui... I paint several pets in Paris... soooo FUN! I can paint YOUR dog a cafe too!

Inspirational Paris View...

A photo...

an artist in Paris (virtually... truly in California)... figuring out what to paint...

starting with a sketch...

adding some black ink... paint... and some RED...

another glamorous sketch that receives the same colour touches...

and another version of the Parisian view... BLUE skies... greenery... black ink and RED gates...

oooh how I adore Paris... and painting it several times!!!  ALL paintings are available via My Gallery Shop!

NOW... be sure to see how others have added BLUE to their lives Blue Monday via and how others have transformed via Metamorphosis Monday!

ENJOY a FAB u LOUS week and be sure  to come back and visit...
Tuesday.... French dogs!
Wednesday... Outdoors Somewhere!
Thursday... Stolen Tables!
Friday... Fashion of course!

Celebrating... Table Hopping...

Starting off the morning with breakfast via Miss Bloomers...

then afternoon tea Pride and Prejudice style via Kay Ellen...

and ending the day in Northern California with a glass of vino via Napa Style...

anddddd... I will continue all weekend wearing this FAB PINK dress..

to celebrate the launch of my book for children... Valentine in a Cage... NOW available via My Etsy Shop... link to purchase in my sidebar!!!   ooooh and it will be PERFECT for visiting Beverly on PINK Saturday via How Sweet the Sounds....

ENJOY your weekend!!!

First Edition Book Launch Party

Bonjour... Hello... today's tablescape hostessed by Susan of Between Naps on the Porch... with a "CAGE" is the PERFECT setting (image via here)... take a seat...

Champagne will be poured (image via here)...

as I am THRILLED to announce my first self-published book for children... Valentine in a Cage is AVAILABLE for PURCHASE!!!

oui oui oui... it is a story about Valentine's Day... and I realize it is not near Valentine's Day... BUT... truly it is a story about LOVE... and it is a PERFECT story for ANY DAY...

Valentine in a Cage was a bedtime story for Fifi's son loosely based on true events. It was created in English and translated into French later for a classroom cultural day event.  Fifi and another French speaking mother read the book to the classroom anddddd Fifi brought berets for the children to try on too! The children loved the story... so Fifi decided to publish it to share with others... soooo here it is for YOU too!!!

The 26-page book also features 14 original illustrations by Fifi... on SALE in My Etsy Shop at an introductory rate of $10.00 (regularly 12.95)... the first edition will be "personally" autographed... be sure to write the name of the person you wish Fifi to address... I hope you ENJOY the book!!!

P.S... STAY TUNED... Fifi is in the process of illustrating two more books for children... and one for an older crowd... something about someone with initials M.A. and it may have something to do with a little city called Par-ee!!!