Hesitant Smooch

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I suppose that it would have been quite unromantic to ask this returning soldier to shave off his mustache before giving a kiss....... ouch beard burn!! Doesn't she look a bit hesitant? vintage postcards

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Famous Bride

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Do you recognize this lovely lady? It took a bit of squinting and pounding my head onto my desk... ouch....until it clicked! Norma Jean! Hello Marilyn:) This was taken before she got hitched to James Dougherty! vintage postcards

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Stick Figure Humour

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I found these online and was amazed by how much humour could be jammed packed into such simple drawings! vintage postcards



This issssssssss about my drawing level.




I might have a future as a cartoonist too! vintage postcards

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Thanksgiving Vintage Postcard

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This vintage postcard is a heart - warming humdinger! Look closely at the plates in front of the handsome chaps. They are empty! These boys are cutting air...... or maybe they are stabbing the last pea off their plates :)

Yuck! Who likes peas anyway? vintage postcards

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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving 101

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I am forcing my Frenchman to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving tonight! The proper chow is bowled and ready to be crunched! Thanksgiving 101 can now begin! vintage postcards

• - Two slices of buttered toast (I don't actually have a toaster buttt I popped sliced baguette into the oven:)
  
• - Some pretzel sticks
  
• - A handful of popcorn
  
• - A few jelly beans vintage postcards
  

French Wedding Cake

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This is a Croquembouche! Cream filled puff pastry is threaded together with caramel to form this very French wedding cake. They are usually decorated with candied almonds and chocolate flowers. Yum! vintage postcards

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Meet Marie

 

Bonjour and welcome to The French Factrice! Factrice means postmistress in French:) I'm a bouncy, chirpy, and enthusiastic vintage postcard collector with over 400,000 cards! I have shelves and shelves and shelves and shelves of paper baubles that I've found at antique shops and markets throughout France. Enjoy!

Picnik.com - Postcard Fun

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Picnik.com is a tremendous online photo editor! They have a huge new Christmas selsction of stamps and postmarks that you can add lickety split to your images. I am adding a blank postcard back to this post so that you can create a nifty message for Santa too:) vintage postcards

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Napoleon's Wedding Night

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Josephine's dog Fortune bit ole Nappy on the leg on their wedding night! Fortune didn't want to share his warm bed with the general. Ouch! vintage postcards

I am currently obsessed with Napoleon. I just ordered 10 books on him and can't wait to geek out. My name is Marie and I am a historyaholic.

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Christmas Cadbury Creme Eggs

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You can finally get a Cadbury egg from Santa! They have come out with a red foil wrapped version of this sugary sensation:) I am stiilll having trouble waiting though.. If only they had Cadbury turkey eggs for Thanksgiving! vintage postcards

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Cadbury Cake

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I made a chocolate cake last night at 3 am ! Hooray for insomnia! It was the perfect cake - warm, spongy and allllll mine:) vintage postcards

Q: What do you get when you cross an insomniac, an agnostic, and a dyslexic?
A: Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a Dog.

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Undersized Emperor?

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Napoleon was not an undersized emperor! He was neither short nor sweet. He was actually a bit taller than the average Corsican of the 19th century. The diminuative size Napoleon is so noted for was just a miscalculation.

After his death in 1821, the French emperor's height was recorded as 5 feet 2 inches in French feet. (BUTTTTTTTT)This corresponds to roughly 5 feet 7 inches in Imperial (British) feet, or 1.686 meters

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