All Is Calm... Nordic French

All Photos by Dore
Burlap Luxe

Often a peaceful joyeux noel are those full of the unexpected.

French cypress trees painted on wood paneling like the old world artist once painted add
to a Nordic French holiday home.

Remember this December,
That love weighs more than gold!

A tree of  nothing more than winter branches,
But softly gives of itself.

Nordic in style filled with my hand created wire pieces, mini crowns, chandeliers,
garlands of crusty beads, and hand aged crystals wired with age.

One of my wire pieces I create are birdcages that one would perhaps hang
from the weakest of branches soulfully.

The perfect tree, all trees are perfect.

My Nordic French Kitchen.

Giving Of Thanks

Photos by Dore Callaway
Burlap Luxe

Giving of Thanks

Give thanks, for he is good;
his love endure forever.
Psalm 107:1

A simple...

Giving Of Thanks

French Kitchen and Hand-Made Wire Crowns

Photos Taken by Dore BurlapLuxe

Burlap Luxe French country kitchen where creating is known to take place.
The holidays here in our home entertain rustic French style where the pleasures of
the table will be set in rural French elegance.

The French bread-boards will be put to use.

I imagine my surroundings to be exactly what I need it to be; layers of white neutrals
that feeds my rustic soul.

I have been busy creating with my love for wire and gathered
vintage ephemera book words.

I let my free spirit imagine what I will create with salvaged wires and
a vision for what it wants to become.
Seeing is half the beauty of the end results.

I create little wire charms backed with a papering of paper mache, then
dressed with a word of meaning. On the other side of Royal the word
Queen appears.

Adding then a finish with a technique artist created where layers of old
crustiness covers it rustically; where the stained washed of whites
take on the right kind of rightness, this is when I know the piece
is completed.

You will find them listed in my etsy shop.
Along with custom orders.

Tattered and aged golden silk will embellish as well.
They are 4" 1/2 round and 2" in height
with little gem like stones on the tips aged as if time got the best of them.

www.etsy.com/shop/BurlapLuxe

My Wire Crowns can be used on your holiday tree as a tree topper or
as a meaningful tree ornament.
A perfect holiday gifting of One-Of-A-Kinds
each one uniquely created by my hands.
~ Dore Callaway

Looking forward to sharing the holidays with all my blog friends and
the relationships that add grace and beauty to our lives.

Newest Addition To Our Home

All Photos Taken by Dore Callaway
BurlapLuxe Home.

Nearing the end of blooming season I am getting ready to welcome winters calm
and a new addition to our home.

The quiet spaces in our home are now filled with little foot prints.

Anticipation for her to arrive where we welcomed her home.

UnderFoot....

October 16th 2013
9 week old, ITALIAN GREYHOUND my daughter Hannah's favorite breed became
her new love and mine too!
She had a long flight with lay overs that ended up 10 hours and her flight was too much for
her to handle that ended her in the hospital where she barely survived her travel.
after a week of nursing her back to health with around the clock care this little girl knew she
was loved.

Shy and delicate at 1 pound 5oz.
Wondering what name we will be calling her.

Her breed colour: Blue Fawn, white
this means her fawn colour is not true fawn in colour but, a cast of grey to her coat.
Her grey eyes are so soulful...

Here she is at 12 weeks, in all her grace and beauty.

NAME.....

Pia Bleu

She insist on resting in piles of linens making sure you get her good side.

At home with the love Pia Bleu brings, she had no idea how much she needed us
and how much we needed her.

Weathered And Washed With Life

All Photos Burlap Luxe Home

Weathered and washed with life.

How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky
Hues of all flowers that in their ashes lie.
Trophied in that fair light whereon they fed.
Tulips, and hyacinth, and sweet rose red

~ Thomas Hood

Here in October with the cool Autumn sun I lie awake in what I
will find tomorrow.

Here just a simple face of a birdhouse is all that was salvaged pale with
a colourful soul

Weathered with a galvanized patina garden markers await their next markings.

French floral cans with the change of seasons will be filled
with nature.

Timeworn Hush Greets Fall

All Photos Burlap Luxe Home by Dore Callaway

Awakening of Fall in my home with soulwork.



Fall is where your heart lands, a season of renewal;
awaiting the seasons to come.



A French chest that sits in my entry to my French rustic home welcomes my very soul to a
natural fall home.
I gave this piece many finishes until I settled on a patina that added an
authentic awakening.



Natural French Fall



Even the colourless pumpkins are crowned and loved with the art of rustic fall.

This crown is one of my bent and twisted wire creations.



Fall and its natural organic pieces underfoot encourage an imagination with
rustic country living.



A custom ordered crown for Vera, this piece was loved for what it added to my fall.

When stain and colour was not definable that's when I knew it was done.

Vera, its on its way to you and your beautiful Row Home Philadelphia.