Comments on: Maissa Toulet http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html A daily design journal about new england life, home decorating resources, and renovating a 257-year-old house in Marblehead, MA. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maïssa http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1493 maïssa Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/beta/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1493 I've just discovered this article on google.Thank you so much!!! I' m so happy to see that over the ocean some people I don't know are trying to understand what i did. I sometimes feel so useless doing my "stuff" . For sure this post "made my day" as well! <br />As you probably know, in France we're all crossing our fingers for Obama!!! <br />Hope we'll drink virtual champagne together! I've just discovered this article on google.Thank you so much!!! I' m so happy to see that over the ocean some people I don't know are trying to understand what i did. I sometimes feel so useless doing my "stuff" . For sure this post "made my day" as well!
As you probably know, in France we're all crossing our fingers for Obama!!!
Hope we'll drink virtual champagne together!

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]]> By: katy elliott http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1474 katy elliott Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:53:00 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/beta/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1474 Thanks Kate! I love the boxes even more now that I know what they say. Thanks Kate! I love the boxes even more now that I know what they say.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1472 Anonymous Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:13:00 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/beta/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1472 this post really made my day..so are the rest of them, actually:-)<br />thanks! this post really made my day..so are the rest of them, actually:-)
thanks!

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]]> By: katek http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1470 katek Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:24:00 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/beta/2008/10/maissa-toulet.html#comment-1470 I do! The titles of the ones you posted, in order, are (very roughly):<br />"De l'utilité des nuages"-->"Of the utility of clouds"<br />"Les Végétaux"-->"The plants"<br />"La vue"-->"Sight"<br />"Hygiène bucco-dentaire de l'adulte"-->"Adult dental hygiene"<br />"Piège à rongeurs"-->"Rodent trap"<br /><br />Instead of a bio she posted a wonderful alphabet, with each letter giving rise to a sentence or two about inspiration or her motivation or methods. (For A, for instance, she talk about spiders (araignée) and how she sees insects as jewels and that spiders hold the dual power of terror and fascination and are thus sacred animals. More literally, under H (histoires, or stories), she says:<br />"To simplify, sometimes I say my boxes tell stories. In fact, that is false. I have trouble remembering stories, and I have none to tell. In the telling, I most like the details, the little pieces." I do! The titles of the ones you posted, in order, are (very roughly):
"De l'utilité des nuages"–>"Of the utility of clouds"
"Les Végétaux"–>"The plants"
"La vue"–>"Sight"
"Hygiène bucco-dentaire de l'adulte"–>"Adult dental hygiene"
"Piège à rongeurs"–>"Rodent trap"

Instead of a bio she posted a wonderful alphabet, with each letter giving rise to a sentence or two about inspiration or her motivation or methods. (For A, for instance, she talk about spiders (araignée) and how she sees insects as jewels and that spiders hold the dual power of terror and fascination and are thus sacred animals. More literally, under H (histoires, or stories), she says:
"To simplify, sometimes I say my boxes tell stories. In fact, that is false. I have trouble remembering stories, and I have none to tell. In the telling, I most like the details, the little pieces."

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