Last Spring, I took a truly wonderful vacation to London and Paris. As you may remember, I visited a great many patisseries, cupcake shops and candy stores. But I also made sure to go to as many local gourmet food shops as possible - as I am always on the lookout for pretty sprinkles and baking supplies to add to my collection. So, while I was in Paris, I was over-joyed to discover this incredible line of French sprinkles!
Yes, they were a "bit" pricey, were a major pain to schlep back to the U.S. in my carry-on luggage and caused a hold up at Customs - but they were definitely worth it. And then, just last week, I was shopping at my local HomeGoods when I spied these...
Hmmm...the bottle on the left is one that I brought back from Paris and the one on the right is from Homegoods. They look exactly the same, don't they? And do you know why?
Because they are!!!!
And that, my friends, is why I LOVE Homegoods.
:-)
Jessica
Ahhhh Isn't it the best when this happens?? LOVE me some Homegoods :)
Posted by: kristen | January 10, 2013 at 01:30 PM
HAAAA! I know... happens to me in the gourmet food aisle at TJ Maxx as well. Congrats on your find!
Posted by: Mrs. Cozy Home | January 10, 2013 at 09:01 PM
So Colorful!!!! Btw, I know from your previous posts that you Love nice Bakeries. Well, there is a very quaint & beautiful Bakery in Savannah Georgia called: "Back In the Day" bakery! I've never been, but they have a cookbook, so I've seen that & the decorations of the place are So Pretty!!! I'm in Love with the decorations of that place!
Here are some cool images of their bakery, such as this one w/a small Chandelier (they seem to have Several Chandeliers)!:
http://for91days.com/photos/Savannah/Back%20in%20the%20Day/bakery-savannah.jpg
Baby Cakes:
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/26/0d/49/savannah.jpg
So Vintage:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YoNU1IpvWWI/T8AM3iNmdcI/AAAAAAAABsk/gA12C-8varU/s640/backinthedaybakery.jpg
LOOK at this Breath-taking Chandelier!!!!!
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=SoW&sa=X&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=585&tbm=isch&tbnid=Itu1Da3wdQBOJM:&imgrefurl=http://shoestringcowboys.blogspot.com/&docid=H4kP5HIeoljBKM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tsYPaYoA7g4/TaMoYjwPeyI/AAAAAAAAADM/zb1lfvYYclE/s1600/DSC00675.JPG&w=1600&h=1200&ei=-PXxUIuWHOi40AGqu4HgDA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=385&sig=116851256792012356130&page=1&tbnh=136&tbnw=192&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0,i:138&tx=145&ty=26
Posted by: Zell | January 12, 2013 at 06:56 PM
I just saw a bottle of these today in Marshall's! I love them and would have bought them except the bottle looked like it had been opened and had sticky stuff on it...eww! I'll be at Home Goods tomorrow! So sorry I missed out on Le Bon Marche when I was in Paris 2 years ago..as good a reason as any to go back!!
Posted by: Patricia | February 17, 2013 at 12:24 AM