Christmas ornaments of Paris

Dec 17

The entire city of Paris is like one giant Christmas tree ornament in December. You'll find lights strewn across streets...Monumental Christmas trees sprouting up in front of monuments... Screen Shot 2015-12-17 at 6.53.31 AM

La Defense

And department store windows a-glow with animatronic wonder. 20151205_195317_resized

The intergalactic theme at Galleries Lafayette.

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The always pretty windows of Printemps.

Inside those and other department stores you'll find the loveliest and strangest collection of ornaments.

First up, our Fabergé egg collection:

Faberge egg ornament collage

All hand painted, bien sur.

Second, our aquatic collection:

aquatic ornament collage

This chameleon is in camouflage.

Third, our ballerina collection:

Ballerina-Collage-5 All these inspired one of my Paris Letters.Gawd I love mail.

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Janice MacLeod

Janice MacLeod is the New York Times best selling author of Paris Letters, a memoir about how she became an artist in Paris mailing out illustrated letters. She has a vibrant Etsy shop and is one of the pioneering entrepreneurs featured on Etsy's Quit Your Day Job newsletter. She has been featured in Business Insider, National Geographic Traveler, Forbes, Canadian Living, Psychologies Today, Elle, Huff Post, and CBC, among others.

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Christmas ornaments of Paris

First up, our Fabergé egg collection:

Second, our aquatic collection:

Third, our ballerina collection:

La Grande Épicerie and the power of three

A spontaneous trip to Paris