2008 FALL NEWSLETTER

Autumn Greetings!

When nature changes season we embrace it!

Welcome Autumn with all its brilliance and warmth and scents! Changes are wonderful and your home will wear it very well! All the earth tones and the comfort scents of Autumn make us want to cuddle up with a good book, a scented candle, and a cup of tea or, after this hot Summer, why not have a party just for a chance to reconnect with friends?

At the store, Autumn is in all its splendor! We selected a variety of beautiful candles, potpourris, reed diffusers to make you feel cozy. Seda France has now a refill for their diffuser, hourrah!! We have a new line of lotions, shower gels and soaps from France, named Pré de Provence, all naturals products made with essentials oils and not tested on animals. aldrea, a favorite to clean your house, has a new fragrance for the Fall: Norvegian Angelica and Alpina. Trapp candles changed their packaging, it is pretty and of course the candles are fabulous! Archipelago has some wonderful scents in candles and diffusers, Black Forest and Côtes du Rhone are some of the new scents. Bougies Nouvelle's candle urns are beautiful and delightful! Try one of our new candle jar with a pretty fall décor, they smell scrumptious, almost good enough to eat! Sid Dickens new fall collection is named ”The Tatoo Collection” it will arrive at the store at the end of September. He also has 3 new Memory Blocks for the Christmas collection. Let us know if we can order them for you! Curly Girl, Papaya and Patience Brewster are new lines of cards, check them out! We love them!

We have a wonderful selection of books to inspire you or to give as a gift and new journals, notebooks and planners.

Byers choices, the Carolers are celebrating their 30th birthday. We just received some of the new creations. We can order any special pieces for you including the fall children. Just fill out the coupon at the store.

Check out our Aroma Cones, they are real pine cones dipped in scented wax, beautifully displayed in a container or great to mix with candles or other natural elements. Arriving soon, a wide collection of runners, placemats, quilts that will make your table sparkle!

Look for our slipcover sofas, chairs, ottomans. Neat fabrics, handmade in California and washable!

Coming this fall, all made in the USA : wonderful purses made with great fabrics, jewelry made with antique buttons, the best chocolate and cookies in fancy packaging.We hope that you will be delighted with our new finds!!

Do you know how gourds and pumpkins grow? We have a fabulous gourd topiary, wonderful pumpkin filled baskets, mums, fall sprays, apples, pears, pomegranates in amazing colors, great containers and everything you need to make your holidays memorable.

Halloween is the fatest growing Holiday in the USA. Check out the great selection of “creatures” from different artists for you to enjoy and add to your collection! If you need our help, let us know! We would be delighted to assist you with your décor from setting your table to refreshing your home with some new ideas using your collection and/or adding some of our found objects! (Please take one of our brochure.)

To be announced:

Please join us for our Annual Charity Events, let's give back to our community !

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late”. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hope your Summer was relaxing and that you are as eager as us to bring Autumn to your home. Deep in my heart I hope that we are helping you to make your house “Une Maison de Rêves”, the home of your dreams. Thank You again for opening that door for the past 18 years. As this year is challenging for many of us we are more than ever thankful and hope that your shopping experience at our store is what you expect! Stop by to share some of your new projects and to see all the Goodies.

Sincerely Brigitte and the Staff from Past and Presents

"There is a way of living that has a certain grace and beauty. It is not a constant race for what is next, rather an appreciation of what has come before. There is a respect for quality, recognition of what is truly meaningful."