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November 3, 2009



LL Bean Personalized Ice-Cream Bowls for Red Heads, Blonds, Dark & Light Complexions Etc. {Beauty & Society}


Katie-Light-Skin.jpgI was browsing the LL Bean catalog when, lo and behold, my eye caught sight of a pair of bowls that initially attracted my attention because they look like an American adaptation of the personalized bowls found in Brittany, France in the Quimper region. Kids love those and especially to see their first names on them. They look like the picture below which is the traditional model for the "bol à prénom breton."

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The LL Bean ice-cream bowls reveal the lineage in the color pattern and especially the way the rim is decorated with sponged blue color, and of course the idea of having your name painted on the ceramic...

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