Glamorous Review of Ooh La Frou Frou Girl Cherie

Happy Monday, Lovelies!

This is Sandy,

artist and creator of

The Ooh La Frou Frou Collection 

card line.

If you're new, you've found the fun place

that is the accompaniment to the card line ...

where we look into the "lives"

of the eight girls that I've created to be
the stars of the cards!

We've been reviewing the personalities and details

about each of these eight girls lately ...

we had a Glamorous Review of Ooh La Frou Frou girl Hope

and a Glamorous Review of Ooh La Frou Frou girl Tiffany.

In these posts, we also found out where these two

Ooh La Frou Frou girls live.

Today's post is the third in this Glamorous Review series,

where we'll take a quick look at Cherie!

These are the Ooh La Frou Frou Collection cards
you may have spotted Cherie in so far ...







When I created the girls to star in this card line,
I wanted to create not only girls that we could envision
ourselves being friends with if they were real ...
but I also wanted to create girls with a lifestyle
that would be glamorous fun to step into every week.

And we've barely just begun the fun!

Of course, what could be more glamorous fun
than imagining being one of the world's
popular fashion models?
Have you ever given any thought as to whether or not
they travel too much to
even have an apartment or a pet?
In one of Cherie's previous posts, she faced the pet dilemma ...
we watched as she fell in love with a little pug
that the photographers had brought in
as a "prop" in one of her photoshoots
in Central Park last fall.
That photoshoot (below) gave her a craving for
a someday-pug of her own!



Yes, she was a bit in love with pugs.
She'd thought she'd have a painting done
of her pampered pup one day ...

and give her the most
beautiful of beds to sleep in ...

But, alas, she travelled too much to even consider it ...
or so she thought.

Then, on a pre-holiday post, we joined Cherie
for a little shopping in the city and a
fun walk through Bergdorf-Goodman!


... and we learned that she had finally
gotten that pup she longed for.
Since Cherie longs for luxury in all aspects of her life
(sound like anyone you know?)
it was no surprise that she named her new pug "Little Luxe."
The following picture of her darling Luxe
was on last Christmas' gift tags ...

Then, Cherie's New Years Resolution
was to take up a little yoga ...

In another post, we watched as she
got her make-up done for a shoot
and was lost in daydreams
of how she simply loved everything about being a girl ...

Then, earlier this year,
all of the Ooh La Frou Frou girls
had a serious case of spring fever.
Cherie, Hope and Aimee
longed for warm weather and
dressing in the season's bright colors ...

And, finally, in Cherie's most recent post,
she took us on a virtual romp
through the Plaza Hotel ala Eloise ...

The
"SOMETHING NEW"
that we're learning about each of the girls
as we go through these fun posts
is where they each live.

If you were a supermodel living in New York,
as our girl Cherie is,
where do you think you'd live?
We know that Cherie loves the Plaza Hotel ...
the Plaza sort of belongs to Eloise, no?
Since Cherie really has a thing for lovely hotels, though,
it seem only right
that she be ensconsed in luxury.

Yes, she calls home another famous New York Hotel
that you can live in as a resident!
And it's a very glamorous one at that!

Cherie lays her head on her pillow
in one of New York's finest ...
the gorgeous St. Regis!
Below is a quick rough sketch and watercolor of the entrance of
the place she calls home ...
can you just imagine her disembarking from a taxi at it's door?
I didn't have time to illustrate the doormen and people wandering by
for this sketch, but you can be sure they'd be there,
as well as all of the excitement of New York,
as limos and taxi's zip by on the busy street ..



Yes, the exterior is very grand, indeed ...
the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan is a jewel ~
a 1904 Beaux-Arts classic landmark
overlooking Fifth Avenue ...

With an in-house florist
and Remede Spa, as well as designer shops,
it's definitely a place to dream about ...

Come, girls ... let's walk through the door ...

Elegance at every turn ...

To almost feel like you're there,
jump into this Travel Channel review ...


Wouldn't we all like to live this way?
I know I would!
I can imagine getting back from Paris Fashion week,
walking through the peaceful elegance of this lobby ...

Heels clicking on the beautiful marble floors ...

If we were to come to visit Cherie at the St. Regis,
I'm sure we'd feel right at home
and may never want to leave either!

The bathrooms have elegant black marble ...

Yes, Cherie lives a dream life ...
if she is simply too tired to cook, no problem.
She can stop by the Hotel's famous
King Cole Bar for a quick bite or glass of wine ...

and speaking of wine ... the Adour Wine Library below
 is part of the fabulous Adour Restaurant in the hotel ...
it's just made for a glass of bubbles,
wouldn't you say?


If we spent the afternoon shopping with Cherie,
how lovely it would be to walk back to the hotel with her
and compare purchases over afternoon tea in the Astor Court ...

or if the mood strikes, she could entertain us right in her apartment
with room service ...
I love how you can glimpse
the beautiful terrace beyond the sheers ...

But, at the end of the exciting day,
when we leave Cherie in her glamorous St Regis apartment
and walk back out to hail a taxi, we could be happy knowing one thing for sure ..

that for all of our Glamorous Girlfriends,
 GLAMOUR is never far away ...
whenever you need a dose of it, you can easily slip back into
Ooh La Frou Frou again ...
with simply the click of a mouse ...

But before we go ...
 a little more Glamour!
Let me introduce to you
the second notecard that will be part of our
fun Summer "City Girls" boxed notes
soon to be released in 2-3 weeks!

If you've been to Manhattan, you've seen the many
hot dog carts with colorful umbrellas along the sidewalks.
Yellow and blue umbrellas, orange and yellow umbrellas,
red and white umbrellas ...
you get the idea.
"Summer in the City" shows
Cherie, Belle and Sunny
stopping for a little much-needed nibble
during a busy afternoon of shopping!
(A girl simply must keep her energy up!)

Notecard Details:
The pink envelope liner inside the envelope for this card
has charming little floating hot-dog cart umbrellas.
All of these notecards are blank inside
and embellished with touches of glitter or and/or crystals.
The box of 12 notecards will consist of
 three notecards each of four different "City Girl" designs!
This is our "Summer City Girls" notecards
and there will be "City Girls"
for other seasons, as well, in the future.
If you missed it,
we previously introduced
the first of these "Summer City Girl" notecards
at the bottom of Tiffany's Review Post ...
and it shows Ooh La Frou Frou girl Tiffany
gazing into a lovely movie-like window of
Tiffany & Company.
Two more designs will be introduced
in the next two to three weeks ...
completing the set of four to be part of this
glamorous new
 "Summer City Girls"
Boxed Notecard Collection!

Thanks for joining us for another glamorous adventure
on Ooh La Frou Frou ...
have a lovely week, everyone!

Illustration Credit:
All illustrations in this post,
including the artwork on the notecard,
are by
Sandra Shelton Markwalder,
artist and creator of Ooh La Frou Frou.

Photo Credit:
Most of the photos of the St. Regis in New York City
courtesy of the St. Regis.

St. Regis Photo 2 via
Close up of St. Regis architecture via
Photo 4 of the St. Regis shops from Getty Images via
Photo of King Cole Bar via