Lady Sadie gasps as she removes an eye catching diamond spray brooch from a blue velvet lined box within the wrapping. Over the decades jewelled interpretations of flowers have evolved to include Daisy, Woodland and sunflower collections.

adds Lally, taking a gulp of champagne from her glass at the mere thought of their horrible sibling, detested by the whole family except for Aunt Egg. Lettice says with a satisfied sigh, sitting back and admiring the sparking jewelled brooch now affixed safely to her mother’s left bosom. Paul Poiret was a French fashion designer and a master couturier during the first two decades of the Twentieth century. The discarded blue and gold Christmas wrapping on the carpet of the drawing room are in reality foil wrappers from miniature Haigh’s Chocolate Easter Eggs.Lettice gets up and crosses the thick old floral carpet, dropping to her knees before her mother, the russet coloured silk georgette of her day gown pooling about her. At least Leslie and Bella’s wedding seems to have taken the pressure off me, for the time being at least. With a rustling sigh, the paper falls away, revealing a beautiful lapis lazuli blue leather book, decorated with ornate gilded tooling.

They have their own special cut of diamond and produce leather goods, silver and gold pieces, trophies and leatherbound books, both old and new. She looks to her beloved aunt drifting distractedly about the room, leaving a trail of cigarette smoke curlicues in her wake, her aqua satin gown cascading round her elegantly as she moves. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. He takes up the open bottle of champagne and proceeds to top up all the adults’ glasses, except for Charles who continues to nurse his brandy.

You’ll be taking over the estate sooner rather than later, and then you’ll need to always have your wits about you. Margie and Mike Balough also made all the beautifully wrapped Christmas gifts gathered around its base. Despite his incredible vision, Poiret did not see the change of fashion that came after the Great War, being on the brink of bankruptcy by 1919 thanks to simple sleek designs of new Couturiers like Coco Chanel which he refused to adopt. This fun Christmas tableau full of festive presents and wrapping may not appear to be all you think it is as first, for it is made up of pieces out of my miniatures collection.