Life is Beautiful

La Vie est Belle

in other words

"Life is Beautiful"

It's the title of a gorgeous book I picked up

at Anthropologie.

I saw the book and flipped through it to

see all of the marvelous photos.

It was love at first sight.

Still, I didn't buy it right away.

I walked out of the store.

A few days later, I still had some of the images

floating around in my head.

I wanted MORE!

I went and bought the book.

It was the magical merging of two things

I absolutely love: books and almost all things French.

I love the soft colors on the cover,

so I decided to display the book on my coffee table.

Soon after I purchased my new book,

I received a gift from a family that I know

(I was the teacher for both of the children in the family).

It is a candle

(which, by chance, is also from Anthropologie).

It is called "Volcano"...

and it smells divine.

It is my favorite scented candle EVER.

In addition to the scent,

I also like its pretty gray jar.

I placed the candle on a metal "doily"

that I purchased in Provence, France

about 2 years ago.

I added this to my coffee table, too.

Now, I have a beautiful table...

and a beautiful life.