About Me
I’m happy to introduce myself to you. First of all, I really don’t really look like Mon` Cherie (my hair is longer and not that blond, there are some other differences but why ruin the fantasy). Her image ( I have learned I hope correctly) is that of Irene Dunne an American film actress and singer of the 1930’s and 40’s. French Champagne House, Champagne de Castellane started in 1922 commissioning an collection of 150 original paintings featuring the red cross which is the iconic symbol of Castellane. Along with the red cross in the paintings there are usually ladies (occasionally men) that convey the message of the the brand; sexy, seductive and daring (yes I am all those things)… I resonate with the image of Mon` Cherie (I named her since she is my alter ego). I want to know what secret she is keeping and what she is going to tell me. She just looks like she knows stuff, good stuff. And who does not want to be sitting pretty sipping champagne? So I picked her to speak to you through me. I found her image on a champagne cap, this really all started because of champagne caps.
Do you collect anything? Well I do, and one of the things I collect are champagne caps. I am fascinated by the colors and works of art on the metal caps under the wire hood which is over the cork which is under the foil (got that?) on a champagne and sparkling wine bottle. They are lovely and very interesting to look at. Usually art work, the name, logo of the champagne or sparkling wine house is on the cap. Well I have allot of them, in fact I have 1000’s. Why so many you ask, because I am launching a jewelry line, Champagne Baubles~ Champagne Cap Couture jewelry designed with champagne caps www.champagnebaubles.com This really is how I have learned about champagne, sparkling wines, related places, books, music, and other sparkling things through my interest in the caps. I don’t consider myself a conosuier on the art of drinking champagne, I will leave that to the experts I will be interviewing on this blog for you. But I can talk champagne caps and the art of collecting. Just goes to show you, you just never know where something is going to lead you… I imagined the possibilities…
I have two wonderful children, Max and Whitney who are represented in my bracelet along with my dog Freckles. My husband Kent is on a necklace. I thought it best to show you my family via champagne caps, you just have to use your imagination. They really don’t look exactly like that, kind of like me and the Irene Dunne cap.
I live in Michigan, north of Detroit. I know it is not wine country, but I will travel. In fact there is a winery in northern Michigan (Leelanau Peninsula) L. Mawby who makes sparkling wines, more about them in another post. I like to travel, learn, cook, dine and sip with my family and friends, meet new people, read, have music always playing, I like to be by the water, I like dogs, I like to collect stuff. some people say I have way too much stuff (maybe, just maybe they are right). I like internet marketing. I like to think. I like to be productive. I love being a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend. I like northern California and the east coast. I really like to eat lobster and perch. Surrounded by my family and friends, or perhaps just by myself I just like to sit on a porch by the water, drink sparkling wine, eat a fresh meal, take a walk on the beach and just be. Now that is a sparkle day.
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You do want to be the first to know don’t you? And if you need a special gift or a present to yourself visit www.champagnebaubles.com
for a piece of champagne cap couture jewelry.
Compliments of the Season,
Kind Regards,
Mon` Cherie
(a.k.a Gwenn Lund)
