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Monthly Archives: July 2010
All the Links that Are Fit to Post
Your blog mistress stumbled upon the following this week and thought you’d like a look. A museum exhibit dedicated to Marie’s rumored love, the dashing Axel von Fersen, complete with his desk, burnt letters and all. A podcast about a … Continue reading
Posted in Axel Von Fersen, Fashion, france, Interweb Marie, Life at Court, Louis xvi, marie-antoinette, Rose Bertin, versailles
Tagged 18th Century France, axel von fersen, Catherine Delors, Eighteenth Century, Fashion, France, Life at Court, marie antoinette, RoseBertin, Royal Ontario Museum, versailles
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Marie Antoinette Cakes That Will Blow your Mind
Last week, I posted a collection of Marie Antoinette-themed cakes I’d found on our grand Interweb, thinking that I’d provided for you, my dear reader, a well-curated selection. What I didn’t know, and needed Twitter friend Lily of Opulence to … Continue reading
Posted in Buy Me!, cakes, Covet this!, food, Plan a Marie Antoinette Party, Sweets, wedding, WWMAD
Tagged 18th Century France, Alexandria Pellegrino, Buy Me!, Cake, Cake Opera Co., cakes, Covet Me!, Covet This, Eighteenth Century, France, Macaron, marie antoinette, ontario, Toronto, Wedding
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Free Stuff! Marie Antoinette Paper Dolls
I know what you’re thinking. You want free online paper dolls of Marie Antoinette but don’t know where to go. Fret no longer. Your humble blog mistress has found not just one but two online paper dolls of your favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting Marie, Free Stuff!, Interweb Marie
Tagged Fashion, Free Downloads!, Free Stuff!, marie antoinette, paper doll, paper dolls
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In which a lady (repeatedly) sleeps with a man who is not her boyfriend
A weekly series in which modern day ladies ask Marie Antoinette for advice on love, life and personal disaster. To send in your own quandary, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com to be answered next Sunday. Marie, My boyfriend and … Continue reading
Book Review: Evelyne Lever’s Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France
Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France by Évelyne Lever My rating: 2 of 5 stars Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France (Paperback) by Evelyne Lever What I liked: I liked a history from a French perspective. I’d read … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged 18th Century France, Book Review, Books, Buy Me!, Covet This, Eighteenth Century, Evelyn Lever, France, Life at Court, marie antoinette, versailles
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Let them eat cake! Marie-inspired cake decadence (and link roundup)
Of course, our queen never uttered such an atrocity. The quote, “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” was likely said by Marie Therese, the wife of Louis XIV, 100 years before her birth (your blog mistress has made something of a … Continue reading
How a well-to-do woman spends her day
Your blog mistress was charmed by a description in Olivier Bernier’s The Eighteenth Century Woman about how a woman of wealth and connection filled the hours. The excerpt follows: Unless there was a court function, she had to attend, she … Continue reading
Posted in The Good Life
Tagged 18th Century France, Aristocracy, Buy Me!, Covet Me!, Eighteenth Century, France, The Good Life, Wealth
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A reader asks: He’s charming but cold — how do I win his heart?
In this Sunday series, readers ask Marie Antoinette for advice on love and life. To see your question in this space, write whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail.com. Dear Marie, I’m a teen, almost a young adult. I’ve never been in love. It … Continue reading
Posted in WWMAD
Tagged 18th Century France, Advice, Eighteenth Century, Horace Walpole, lessons, love, Madame Du Deffand, what would marie antoinette do, WWMAD
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Let Marie Antoinette be your emotional Sherpa
Darlings: Have you ever experienced a problem, a quandary, and thought, “I wish I had a long-deceased French monarch to share her guidance and hard-won wisdom.” Finding no such match, were you forced to turn to Emily Post, Dear Abby … Continue reading
How are you celebrating Bastille day? A holiday roundup
If you must know, your humble blog mistress is torn by Bastille day. On the one hand, it was a bitterly painful anniversary for her queen and the French monarchy. On the other hand, it’s one of the only days … Continue reading
