Ooh La Frou Frou Novelette: Pink Valentine

Happy Valentine's Week,
Ooh La Frou Frou Girls!

We're celebrating City Girl "Favorite Things"
with these Valentine Hearts .... what "Favorite Thing"
would you add to the candy dish?

Here in the oh-so-posh world of Ooh La Frou Frou,
 we occasionally get a peek through a very

~ Glamorous Window ~

into the imaginary lives of the illustrated
 Ooh La Frou Frou City Girls ...
I call these little trips into this fantasyland

"Ooh La Frou Frou Novelettes."

The illustrated City Girl dressed in
 pink coat & beret in the header
is Aimee
 and in this Novelette,
we're heading to Aimee's side of town ...
East 64th Street boasts
 luxurious "drool-worthy" places like
 the lovely Plaza Athenee New York
and oh-so-luxe townhouses ...

So, let's flag this virtual taxi
 and ask the driver to turn the cab around and head to the
Upper East Side!

Ooh La Frou Frou City Girl Aimee

not only loves pink.

Aimee adores pink.

Almost as much as she loves Paris.

In fact, when she dreams,

she dreams soft pink dreams ...

 

... she fills her pretty townhouse with pale pink roses ...

... she dresses her Yorkie, Paree, in stylish pink cashmere sweaters ...

 (c) The Sassy Pup

In fact, she simply can't explain it, but

 when she is surrounded by pink,

 life seems to be simply a little

~ rosier ~

Across town from Aimee's pink chic world,

a handsome someone sits reading the Wall Street Journal
 at a Starbucks and as he sips his coffee, his thoughts wander to a
certain very lovely someone that he met at Starbucks a few weeks ago

 {and had subsequently shared two lattes with}
and whether she'd received a little pink invitation yet ...

Meanwhile, back on 64th Street,
 Aimee sits in her kitchen
 sipping fresh-squeezed juice from a stemmed glass,

leafing through a stack of mail
she had left on the counter ...

a new issue of Vogue ...

a handful of bills ...

fashion catalogues ...

wait, what was this?
A pink envelope ...

She carefully slips her monogrammed knife into the

corner and slices open the pretty pink paper

 to reveal a heart-shaped

Pink Valentine.

So exciting to receive an "official first date" invitation
from a handsome new suitor ...
and to La Grenouille!
Visions of a candlelit dinner at the beautiful
East 52nd Street French restaurant
that is often frequented by celebrities
filled her mind ...

... but her dream is interrupted with the familiar panic she always feels

in anticipation of an exciting event ... what would she wear?

She needed to find something and soon ...

something not too sweet ... and not too sexy.

Something just sweet enough, just sexy enough ..

very chic and sophisticated ...

 

... and with that thought, Aimee dressed quickly and stepped out the door

of her townhouse and onto the city streets ...

... all day long she ran all over the city

looking for the perfect magic ...

... and she found it all!

But since it's fun to leave a little to the imagination,

rather than reveal Aimee's La Grenouille date ensemble right now,

I would love to hear your suggestions if you have some ...

and who knows?

Your suggestions may appear here soon on the blog!

A Valentine Gift For You!

As Aimee was running around the city,

she glanced up into a gallery window

and what did she see but one of my illustrations

of her and three other Ooh La Frou Frou city girls

along with several chic Paris girlfriends celebrating in a

grande French apartment on their last Paris getaway ...

 

This 11" x 17" limited edition

signed and numbered unframed print will soon be available

in the Ooh La Frou Frou Boutique ...

BUT BEFORE IT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL,

I am going to GIFT one print this week to one of my fabulous readers ...

as a little Valentine's Day sweetness from

Ooh La Frou Frou!

To enter the giveaway, ...

you need only leave me a comment here on the blog!
The giveaway will be held open all week until
this coming Saturday February 18 at 9 pm.
The winner will be chosen via random generator
and announced February 20
on the next Monday post!

Good luck, everyone! 

If you are a fan of Ooh La Frou Frou and haven't yet followed

with Google Connect or Bloglovin' yet, I'd

so appreciate the love, everyone!

And Happy Valentine's Day,

Ooh La Frou Frou Girls!

Illustration by Sandy M
{Sandra Shelton Markwalder}
artist, illustrator and founder of Ooh La Frou Frou.
To order Ooh La Frou Frou cards, go here.
For custom illustration, drop me a line here.

All Illustration by Sandy M ~ Ooh La Frou Frou:
In this post:
a) Valentine Heart Candy created by Sandy M
b) Pink Flowered Chair Illustration w/Paris Pillow by Sandy M
c) Stack of Mail illustration by Sandy M
d) pink heart valentine created by Sandy M
e) Chanel perfume, pink purse, sparkly shoe, lipstick by Sandy M
f) Aimee's townhouse by Sandy M
g) Ballet flats running all around city by Sandy M
h) "Paris Party" illustration by Sandy M
i) Ballet flats in sign-off by Sandy M

All photographs used in this post found via:
{some images edited by Ooh La Frou Frou}
1. Plaza Athenee NY
2. Taxis by Flatiron Bldg NYC
3. Pink Balloons
4. Pink Roses
5. Dog Sweater
6. Girl in Hat
7. Macarons
8. Booties
9. Cans of Champagne
10. Book with Ribbon
11. Flowered lingeree
12. The Wall Street Journal and Coffee
13. La Grenouille 1, 2, 3