Fleur De Lis & The City!

Fleur De Lis & The City!

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This week's article of Fleur De Lis & The City! features great ways to decorate your home with the beautiful fleur de lis symbol. Since so many of you requested we do another round of decorating ideas, we thought today's post would be the perfect place.

With many residents just returning home, or completing their homes, why not add a beautiful fleur de lis to your home decor. We have found some great ideas for you this week, that we know will look great in anyone's home. No matter your style, whether contemporary or traditional, you can add this symbol to your decor. Below is a perfect example.

One of the first ideas we came across is a beautiful glass transom. These pieces look especially beautiful when used for a bathroom window, or inside of your home for an added touch of elegant looking glass. This piece highlights a beautiful fleur de lis in the center of a circle with colored accents. You can find this piece at dazzle glazz or by clicking here.

The next decorating idea comes from your local Home Depot. How about a beautiful glass fireplace enclosure! This gorgeous piece can be such a conversation piece and a lovely tribute to New Orleans. The iron work and detail display a classic fleur-de-lis that is sure to get noticed.

Even with your fireplace off for the summer, this piece will look great all year long. Click here to accent your home with this gorgeous fireplace enclosure.

If you are re-doing your home since the storm, or just making some upgrades to your kitchen, beautiful new canisters can tie your colors and theme together. We found these unique kitchen fleur de lis canisters for you to add as accents for your kitchen. The photo is copyrighted but we have the link for this canisters here.

And while we are talking kitchen, we have found a very rare and hard to find set of fleur de lis dinnerware. Not the usual set you can find, this set is unique and dureable. An intricate fleur de lis is found at the base of all the utensils for an elegant look. Since these can be found at an affordable price, you don't want to miss out. Shop for your set today by clicking here.

And guys, we haven't left you out of this weeks discussion either. We have found a perfect apron with a fleur de lis theme, just for you to enjoy with your new fleur de lis home decorations.

Perfect for a barbeque or cooking a fancy dinner, this apron will look great no matter what. Purchase your own by clicking here.

We hope you have enjoyed this weeks version of Fleur De Lis & The City! As always, we love when our readers send it photos of thier homes featuring the fleur de lis. Be creative and enjoy your fleur de lis accents in your home. It can help remind you of how much you enjoy living where you do.

Fleur de Lis & The City!

Fleur de Lis & The City

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We have been a little absent lately, due to an illness and we apologize! But we are back and we would like to wish all of the Moms out there a Happy Mother's Day!!!! Mom's deserve so much more than one day, but let's honor them the best way we can.

The beautiful photograph above is such a wonderful artistic impression of all that we are about here at Fleur de.lir.i.ous! The fleur de lis sitting on top of our city is so beautiful. Unfortunately, the person who sent this in, did not give us the name of the artist. If you have it, please let us know so we can acknowledge them and give them credit of their work.

We found some interesting information for this Mother's Day edition of Fleur de Lis & The City! We wanted to highlight some great articles and information about our beloved symbol that you can read and enjoy all week long.

Our first piece of news we bring to you to today is super exciting! In this blog post you can read about and watch a video about the fleur de lis possibly becoming the state symbol of Louisiana! Many people, ourselves included thought it already was. Turns out we were wrong, but the state legislature is preparing a bill to change it officially. You can read the blog post and watch the video by clicking here.

For more great news about our favorite historical symbol, we have invited you to read some of our best articles from Fleur De Lis Fashions.Com. As one of the few full service online ladies boutiques selling beautiful fleur de lis items, our store strives to provide useful information to our customers.

This talented staff of writers often writes articles that gets published across the web. These articles combine useful and practical information on the fleur de lis symbol and combines it with fashion. What a great way to learn even more about your favorite items!

The first highlighted article written by the CEO, Mrs. Rene' Fletcher, talks about the thing that prompted her to open her online ladies boutique more than anything, fleur de lis jewelry. With the popularity of the symbol, Mrs. Fletcher's passion for quality and affordable jewelry is how she began. This article offers great ways to incorporate fashion jewelry into your wardrobe today.

One of the most popular articles that includes Mrs. Fletcher's bio, is all about how to accessorize for a casual date. This article has great useful tips that help a lot of ladies who are on the dating scene. Not just jewelry, but beautiful accessories make a woman feel confident and attractive for important times in their life.

Another important resource for New Orleans ladies, and people who love reading about the fleur de lis is an article written about fleur de lis handbags.

This article highlights how an attractive purse gave a Mom back her sense of style. How appropriate for Mother's Day! You can read that article by clicking here.

We hope you enjoy these readings, and pass them along to your friends. The symbol is still hot in the fashion world. Maybe you can learn how to hop on the fashion trend of the fleur de lis as well!

Fleur de Lis & The City!

We are proud to announce the arrival of Fleur de Lis & The City! Every Sunday we will be highlighting the beautiful fleur de lis symbol along with the City of New Orleans. News, information, and pictures will be the focus of these news posts to our blog. We will be looking for great and interesting stories regarding the fleur de lis symbol as well as the New Orleans. If any of you out there would like to contribute, please contact us by commenting on our blog.

Article 1 of Fleur de Lis & The City!

Have you driven around the City of New Orleans lately? After a recent drive through the French Quarter, we couldn't help but notice that they fleur de lis is everywhere! It seems that even more businesses, companies, and even official city vehicles are utilizing the royal symbol in some way shape or form.

We were able to find some nice pictures of a New Orleans Police Department car that has a fleur de lis incorporated into it's decals. The picture below shows the fleur de lis on the upper left side of the car in near the rear window. Check out the photograph below:

We also found that the New Orleans Emergency Medical Services vehicles use the symbol on their ambulances as well. A nice picture of one of the ambulances in front of Jackson Square can be found below.

These are just a few pictures of how logos and emblems have been changed and or re-designed since Hurricane Katrina to display the fleur de lis as a symbol of the city.

Artists have also enjoyed using the symbol as ways of expression of the city and it's re-birth. Many paintings and pieces of artwork have incorported a lovely fleur de lis to attract residents who have enjoyed displaying fleur de lis artwork in their homes and offices.

A nice picture of an example of this is in the picture below from Big EZ Artist. A fleur de lis appears as the focus of the piece, with a nice scene of the city in the background.

Along with seeing the symbol out and about, we also still love seeing people who are decorating with the fleur-de-lis. One creative homeowner decided to accent her bathroom with hand painted stencils on one wall, which we think came out great!

We hope you have enjoyed our first article of Fleur de Lis & The City! Look for more great articles in this series next week. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Fleur De Lis and Rebuilding

As people in New Orleans and the surrounding areas are returning home and rebuilding, many of them have chosen to include a beautiful fleur de lis in the rebuilding process. As a way to show the great symbol off in their home, people have gotten really creative in the ways, and places that they have found to display the emblem.

From beautiful bathroom windows, to designs on cabinets, to floor designs, lovely fleur-de-lis have become part of the "new" New Orleans and the metro area. We found this unique picture of kitchen cabinets with the fleur de lis on the outside that really makes a statement. The light colored fleur de lis makes a great compliment to these dark cabinets. What a great idea and an attractive way to accent your home. This picture is actually a stencil and we found the article on how to do this design yourself. Check out the article here.

Another great photo that we found is a gas light that is positioned outside of a home. What makes this light unqiue is that the flame of the gas is actually in the shape of a fleur de lis! While the exact shape is a little different, you can get the idea, and what a great way to to display the fleur de lis. This is definitely on of the most unique uses of the design that we have seen. This beautiful picture is courtesy of Metal and Wood Crafts.Com.

Many bathroom and kitchen windows have also been seen accenting homes with the fleur de lis flair. The beautiful thing about the different glass works is that so many different colors can be incorporated into the design, while making it a part of any home. We found the pictures below of fleur de lis glass designs that are lovely. We hope it help give you ideas as a great way to add a fleur de lis to your home.

If you have used a fleur de lis in the re-design of your home, or in the rebuilding of your neighborhood, we would love to see the pictures and share them with our readers. Please email us with your photos and comments! We hope this article has shared some unique ideas with all of you.

Fleur De Lis Statues for Sale

So as you know, we are fleur de lis crazy right? Well if you have been to the New Orleans lately, (and we hope you have as the city really needs visitors right now) you probably noticed the beautiful, large free standing fleur de lis that are all over the city. These beautiful pieces of artwork are to help raise money for the Fore!Kids Foundation. The public art dispay has been going on since February 2007.

Well, not only are these fleur de lis gorgeous and artistic, but they are also for sale. You can actually own a piece of New Orleans buy purchasing one for $7500.00. If you click here, you will find the name of each piece, it's theme, location, and designer.

The themes range from black and gold, to rainbows, to pictures of the historic French Quarter. The one pictured above sits at 334 Royal Street in front of the New Orleans Police Departments 8th District Station. For history on the meaning of the fleur de lis, you can learn more by clicking here.

So you can actually own your own uniquely designed fleur de lis and support a great cause at the same time. The proceeds from the sale help in the rebuilding efforts of New Orleans. The public display is ending this month, so get your fleur de lis statue today.