Fleur de Lys

It’s amazing how life seems to come circle. When I was a teenager in a really small rural town in northern New York, all I wanted was to be French. There was a study abroad club in my high school.
I applied and was accepted. We all worked together to raise money to study overseas. We anxiously awaited our placements. Everyone had always gone to a Spanish speaking country – either Mexico or somewhere in South America. I insisted that I just HAD to go to a French speaking country. I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I was given a placement in the French-speaking part of Belgium.
For the next five years, I was sure I was going to become French. I spoke French, I cooked French food, I read only French novels, I went to French movies….and then – while in graduate school studying French Literature – of course! -  I met an American and fell in love. Now, how many years later…here I am, the proud owner of a very American pewter company. And yet, at the same time, here I am – poised to introduce our newest design in measuring spoons and cups – the Fleur de Lys pattern! The fleur de lys is the symbol of the French monarchy – and all things French. After almost 25 years in business and thousands of original pewter products later, I have to say that these are surely my all-time favorites. Who knows, maybe some of that "love for all things French" is still there!