Au Petit Bonheur la Chance

 Au Petit Bonheur la Chance, watercolor, 9" x 11"

 Have you visited one of the cutest shops in Paris?

 Au Petit Bonheur la Chance 13, rue Saint-Paul 75004

 If you can hit it when they're open, which takes a lot of chance/luck in fact you'll have a ball browsing.

 Even if they are closed, the windows are full of fun and whimsy.

Though nothing beats going inside.

 Looking for French back-to-school stuff?

 This is ze place.

 Do you collect vintage bath duckies or swans? I once did. Though I'm pleased to announce I've moved on to wind-up chicks.

 Yellow Bird has afternoon gouter, watercolor, 9" x 11"

 I don't think there's a single thing in this shop that isn't vintage...

 Which basically means you'll pay through the nose like I did for a few butter signs (10 euros each). If you're looking for bargains...urrrr

 Go around the block to 129 Rue Saint-Antoine

 And stuff your face with a 1 euros giant marshmallow/guimauve in a variety of flavors/parfums

Or save on the plane ticket and visit New York's Bosie Tea Parlor for a 'S'Mores' macaron with a toasted marshmallow plus a tiny square of graham cracker inside.

Au Petit Bonheur la Chance

Au Petit Bonheur la Chance, watercolor
Linda Dannenberg gave me the name of her favorite secret Parisien haunt for antique kitchen and old school treasures - Au Petit Bonheur La Chance.

I went the day I arrived, a Monday, when most Paris shops are closed. Au Petit is in the Marais 13, rue St. Paul around the corner from Aux Désirs de Manon.

 It's a tiny shop, but jam-packed with kitchen goodies and old school supplies.

You will want everything. And I had no problem photographing everything in sight. I only bought a tiny box of jam labels. Not that I'll ever make home-made preserves. I had big plans to return and buy more.

They have a huge collection of cafe au lait bowls and tins.

Remember Cuisinophilie, where I found the little blue milk jug. That's a shoe box compared to Au Petit Bonheur La Chance, which by the way means, the little happiness of random luck.

Because I love French handwriting I took a picture of their doorway. I just forgot to read it.
"Open everyday except Monday - Tuesday"

I returned on Tuesday. They were closed of course.

Do you have art hanging in your kitchen? 
It's ART MONTH at apartment therapy: the kitchen. They've done a very nice interview on Paris Breakfasts and my food art.
Please take a look.

BIG MERCI !