Wonderful gifts for the chateau!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
- In 'Cadeaux at the Chateau', all of the inhabitants of the Chateau de Lalande gather together to open beautiful gifts that people have sent from all over the world. All of the monetisation from these videos will be donated to a different charity each month. RUclips earnings fluctuate wildly each month, as ad revenue changes throughout the year. Here are the charities that we've donated to so far:
July 2020:
British Heart Foundation UK (in memory of my father) €634
August 2020:
Alzheimer's Research UK (in memory of all of the residents of my parents' nursing homes) €350
September 2020:
Prostate Cancer Foundation (in memory of Selmar's father) €1,255
October 2020:
Medecins sans Frontieres (chosen by my mother to support vaccinations in Africa) €942 (equivalent to 426 cholera vaccinations)
November & December 2020 & Jan & Feb 2021:
A Lalande Fashion Scholarship for a student at the Villioti Fashion Institute in South Africa R100,000 (approx €5,800)
March 2021:
Suffolk Artlink £1,505
April 2021:
Association Petit Prince €1,689
May 2021:
Melanoma Focus €1,204
June 2021:
Aide aux Jeunes Diabétiques €1,735
July, August & September 2021:
The 2nd year of the Lalande Fashion Scholarship for a student at the Villioti Fashion Institute in South Africa R100,000 (approx €5,800)
October 2021:
A La Bonne Vauvre (our local Crozon sur Vauvre community centre) €3,184
November 2021:
Techo €2,709
December 2021:
Genesis Hope El-Roi Baby Home ZAR90,000 (€5,248.01)
If you'd like to see the video we made in the South African orphanage, click here: • How this RUclips chann...
January 2022:
We Are Here Venice €2,000
February 2022:
Red Cross for Ukraine €2019
I used to show the gifts as part of ' @The Chateau Diaries ' episodes, but you're all so very generous that we have many gifts, and if we spent the episodes opening them, we wouldn't be able to show you other aspects of chateau life! So, for those of you who enjoy watching presents being opened, and as a way to thank those of you who were kind enough to send them, I've made this new channel. Every week we will film your beautiful gifts whilst enjoying afternoon tea or aperitif together.
It is very important to me that you know that we in no way expect anyone to send us gifts. I would like to go further than that and add that, if doing so will put you in any financial difficulty whatsoever, please, please do not send us anything. Knowing that you join us by watching 'The Chateau Diaries' gives us all an enormous boost. But for those of you who have sent these incredibly thoughtful gifts, I hope that seeing us open them gives you a fraction of the joy that you've given us 💖💖💖
If you would like to see more of our life at the chateau, please go to our main 'Chateau Diaries' channel:
/ thechateaudiaries
Wow! Another viewer alerted me to this cadeau video when they contacted me to tell me they had bought my book after watching it! I sent the postcards and my book long ago and had completely forgotten about it! Thank you Stephanie for your heartfelt reading. I am blown away by such genuine excitement, interest, and the raw emotion Tatina and Nattie expressed as you did so. And thank you for all the kind comments as well. What a wonderful, supportive community this is! Just to update everyone - I'm in the process of buying a (petit) chateau in the south of France near Agen. I'm super excited and hope to close at the end of August! Gulp! I might just wind up with my very own channel someday! Thank you to all! XO, Abby
In tears, dear @Abigail Carter. Bless you and may your dream of moving to beautiful France come true 🌻
God bless you, Abby!
Just so you know, flapjacks in America are basically a pancake cooked on a griddle. Basically, we use the term pancake and flapjack interchangeably. They are not a bar. However, we are famous for things like lemon bars and seven layer cookies etc
Seven layer bars and Hello Dollies are basically the same thing.
Not to mention Nanaimo bars…although not from the US, but from British Columbia (I lived in the Pacific Northwest for many many years and B.C. felt like my neighborhood even with a border crossing). I hope someone sends Stephanie some Nanaimo bars!
@@RosettaMaranos Those are the BEST! I'm also in the PNW and my parent live in the Lower Mainland. :D
@@RosettaMaranos Manor and Maker made Nanaimo bars at Christmas
@@cathymc8365 Did Stephanie et al get to sample them? I feel that she and all the laLanders are the repository for all things epicurean!
The horror of 9/11 will never go away, and as a New Yorker it's devastation, loss and constant reminder of a forever changed skyline. will always be a big part of New York. I feel her pain and cannot wait to purchase her book and tell so many people I know that she has written it. I am very happy she has found peace in her new life, and Lalande is a bright spot in her day. Thanks Stephanie and all at Lalande for being a beacon of brightness to a lot of us. Love from NY.
Natalie is so sensitive and empathetic. What a sweet lady. :)
My family gave me a tea shirt that says, "If they are books, It isn't hoarding".🤣🤣🤣🤣❤
Love it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Love seeing you wonderful people opening wonderful gift. I’m glad Michael is spending time at the chateau. He adds a certain je ne sais quoi Hope to see more of you with all the other beautiful chateau dwellers.
I wonder if Ruth is there with him?
The story of Abby hit like a brick, what an amazingly strong woman. Thank you for sharing with us :)
Abbey's book was so emotional I'm now in tears, and Tattinet was upset as well. Sending hugs to anyone who needs one. Xxx
Me, too! 💔😭
Abby's story reminds me of my family. My father passed away in a plane crash when I was 5. My mother had to learn all the same skills Abby did, but because we were Canadians living in America (my father was Canadian military stationed in Anchorage) my mother was forced to come back to Canada after only 6 months. My sister and I were so young (my sister was 8) we never really saw the full scope of our mother's grief. Just hearing the back cover of Abby's story has reduced me to tears. I know she's touched many of us.
Oh, @Helene Legault, I was in tears hearing Steph read Abby’s book cover & now in tears reading about your life 💔 Sending your mother, sister and you much love from Australia 🌻🌻🌻
Wonder gifts! I must say it's lovely to see Michael Potts home. He is so charming and patient and seems to really enjoy everything LaLande! As he should😎
He is delightful. Such a lovely friend.
Natty, you are so beautiful……your hair is amazing. I love your reserved personality.
Natti has such a caring heart.
I'm so touched by the stories of the people who sends you gifts ! It is moving how the Chateau Unwrapped gives them opportunity to open their hearts in form of presents ! ❤
Chantal .. what a charming & wonderful lady she is, such a delight 💕
🤚🏻I have watched Chateau Diaries from day one, and all the Cadeaux’s and all patron videos as well. This was a beautiful cadeaux . I am from NY and when I heard Abigail’s story it was extremely heart wrenching. I will read her book as I am trying to make my way through grief after having lost someone this past December. I wish her a beautiful move to France and I’m so happy for her. Do you see how much good, how much beauty you bring Stephanie? Your father is so proud of you !
Steph you are so funny...playing with the hedgehog the way you did and completely ignoring the next gift momentarily. The Cat dress is you....I've seen you wear it at the latest guest dinner, yesterday? Abigail's story is heart wrenching, but I am so happy she rose up to move on happily. Everything else was just as moving.
All amazing gifts, sent from the heart. They are right, you, and all of the people at Lalande have shown a positive light on all of us, during very trying times. I thank you, along with everyone else. With all these treasure, Lalande will be filled with it's own history.
I just ordered Abigail’s book! Can’t wait to read it. My MIL and my Mama lost my FIL and my Daddy the year before 9/11 at young ages. They both never remarried and lived life unapologetically afterward. My MIL always saying, “He wouldn’t have wanted me to be sad all the time!” My mama just didn’t talk about Daddy at all! “Too painful!” She would say. Now at 83 with Alzheimer’s, he is all she wants to talk about. I hope the book will give me some insight into the lives of the two most important women in my life and help me remember two of the most important, precious men in my life. Thank you Abigail! God’s speed!
I’d love the little worrier in the tinies of houses at the gate of Laland.
Thank you so much for all the love and joy!! 💝💞💝
Gosh, what a small world, I grew up in Dyersburg, Tn, about an hour from Jackson. I’ve lived in Belgium for the last 18 years. I’ve also watched every single video and am a patron too. I, unfortunately, don’t have Joy’s skills with a needle but I can make a mean pancake/flapjack. I love how this channel connects people from all over the world!
Small world 😀😃I haven’t done needle work in a very long time. What took you to Belgium?
Hello from Dyersburg
Hello! I am watching from Memphis!
It’s small world. If on
It’s a small world. If only the world could live and laugh in such harmony. God. Bless you and yours. ❤️
And hello from Maryville. Good to see there are other Tennesseans in the chateau fan club. Hello dollys are my favorite and I dare not make them as they are so irresistible. They are also called seven layer magic bars but in the South they will always be Hello Dollys.
Stephanie…….who are you, where are you from? I know your story but you are more than that. Thank you for what you give to so many❤️
The story that Abby relayed is so spot on. I’m only a year and a half into being a widow and just now stopped crying daily. 9-11 was so devastating and my heart goes out to Abby. Traveling was our ‘thing’ and after a year, I had to see if I could do it by myself - I went on a Rhine river cruise !!! So now that I know I can do it I plan on visiting all of you at La Lande soon. Your positive energy will do me wonders!! Thank you for everything you and all the La Landers do for lifting one’s spirits!! ❤️💔
Gosh the thoughtfulness that goes in all those gifts!! It’s amazing to see every week. Each and everyone of them are beautiful and amazing in their one way!! It’s a joy to watch!💚🌿🌸
Keep up the good work!!! It's so wonderful to see the La Land Landscaping more beautiful every week.
That was such an emotional Cadeaux, wasn't it, as you said Stephanie. I kept wanting to give your precious Aunt a big cuddle and soothing strokes on her back (I'm a massage therapist and natural health student coach).
What beaufiul and special gifts, as always! And that dress (which you just HAD to wear to dinner since your wooden dowling snapped in half causing all your other dresses to come tumbling down with it!) and those earriings 🤩
Much love to you ALL!
Jacqueline from New Zealand 🤗
As always, Cadeaux delivers! Fun, joy, beauty, thoughtfulness and poignancy!
I wish there was a 1920's room at Lalande with your yellow King Tut chairs circa 1923 and the post cards. A gramophone player and you are all set.❤
Don't forget, we can watch Philip dance his Charleston too.😊
Michael So Happy Your Still at LaLand, Beautiful Story From Abigale What a Wonderful Lady , Stephanie you have an Amazing Group Of People around you, So Happy Auntie is Still with you , She is Adorable and her Husband 👌👍💕💕💕🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥂🥂🥂
Hello all - missing the chats. I just want to say to Abby that I send you hugs and hope your dreams come true after all you have been through. I was so very touched by what Stephanie read. Also hugs to all the Chateau Hoppers and LaLanders.
I too found Abby’s story touched my emotions and I’m so glad that she is finding light at the end of the tunnel. Hugs back to you Lisa, I hope you have not been ill? I haven’t caught up on the chats lately either. Having just spent a week isolating with a very mild dose of Covid, Stephanie’s vlogs and Patreon video interspersed joy through those days for me. I just hope she takes care of herself first and not overdo her workload. 🌹🌻
@@christineh5790 Hugs to you as well. We have all been sick for one reason or another in my house and my son was in hospital again, but hopefully by weeks end we will all be back on track. Drives me crazy when my routine is thrown off. 😜
27:45... I had no idea that a man would ever know what a "sweetheart neckline" would be! You surprise me all the time, Philip.
I like all of you was so touched by the book by Abby. Yes…it hit home for me too. 🙏🏻
Hi Steph and all the beautiful Lalandes, brilliant video as usual I love watching all the gifts being opened and I think Michael is gorgeous! Flap jacks in the UK are made with oats and honey and are delicious, much love to everyone xxxxxxxxxxxxx😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Stephanie and everyone LaLande,
In this world where there is so much hate and discord, it is so nice to see such gracious, beautiful people! Hear in the South (USA), women are known for being hospitable, but you can run circles around us. I don’t know why, but I am always so touched at your giving, kind hearts. I wish I could meet you all, but I want to thank you for all the joy, and entertainment you bring to me. Bless you all!
I agree . They are all precious ❤️🙏🏻
Gorgeous Stephanie! Everything you wear is just so lovely & I love how all the beautiful outfits gifted are a perfect fit! xxx
Another delight! Thank you all.
I want to Thank you all for all you do and giving me a reason to smile 😃
And i love you guys soooo much,you have Entertaint me for all the pandemic and still going strong!😘😘😘😘💖💖💖💖 Thank you Stephanie💖💖💖💖
I echo that 10 fold. They have become my 'adopted family' during this pandemic - thank you all.
Stephanie you always look glamorous whatever you wear. Honestly, I think if you wore a bin liner you'd still wear it with grace and panache and make it look fantastic!!
My best friend wears charity shop finds and looks fantastic. Stephanie can do that also. ❤
@@linvin18 You're beautiful!
Auntie's beautiful blue dress brings the perfect contrast and interest, to the group!
You are becoming quite the encyclopedia of world place names, I love when you are guessing where a pkg is coming from - and you are 99% right and 100% adorable. Love you all
Another great caddeau! Awesome gifts. We have to see you mix the champagne and gold and snow. Enjoy all and keep well.
I would like to suggest sending a donation toward helping children that are visually impaired or blind. Both my children, now adults, have Retinitis pigmentosa. This organization does so much for the children. They teach them independent skills, education and equipment to help aid them towards independent living. In America they helped so much! I am proud of my children and now how they are thriving as adults❤️
Trivia - Wiki says that "I Wanna Be Loved by You" is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical Good Boy
So many wonderful gifts and surprises. I couldn't help but cry when you were reading the segment of the book on loss. Anyone who has ever lost a loved one knows the pain of it and having to go through their belongings. The dress is fantastic and fits you perfectly Stephanie. I also adore the earrings.
Wonderful video!!! I have been so blessed by your videos, thank you everyone for being there!!!
Such sweet gifts!! Love that count stitch also that is quite a hard and time-consuming item. Had a friend who could do that and she was so good at it. I can only do it on stamped material and larger stitching.
Thank you all for the love and fun you bring to us all and so much( meaning to me, as well,) of course.
How do people get the sizes so perfect? It amazes me how they can guess as your size in clothes? i cannot find my own clothes to wear as it can be a little big or small or whatever. The people are amazing today, in how they can do so many usual things like that.
Stephanie looked so elegant with her hair like that and those Peacock earrings were absolutely stunning!!
Steph : You mean you're so " in pink " with each other...Cherryl from Canada
Hi everybody! Gorgeous video, as usual. Love all the thoughtful gifts!
For some of us who have been trying to track down the artist Catherine who gifted Stephanie with the gorgeous fairy art a couple of weeks ago, I have found her info and have purchased a couple of items! She is delightful and so generous. She has a RUclips channel called “I paint beauties” and her her name is Catherine Stenhjem.
And just for the record - flapjacks and pancakes are the same thing in the US, only flapjacks are cooked on a griddle! Lol
Ahh Stephanie I’m so glad you received the Fluffe! We sent it out in November as a little Christmas present for the chateau, but glad it’s finally arrived - a surprise mid-year treat haha! Enjoy ❤️
To Abigail Carter Thank you! It is just on 4 years for me and my son was around the same age as your eldest child when my husband passed away. I can only simply say Thank you xx
I adore 7 layer bars. They are incredibly rich.
So Incredibly moving the reading from the book! Listening and watching all your emotions gave me a lump in my throat! All of you are so Incredibly beautiful people and this is why people trust to tell their stories to you! ..So many stories I've read from that terrible , unimaginable day! Something we witnessed as though it was out of a movie...yet this time not so it was real ...! I can not imagine what the people were going threw in that building that day .I can not imagine their fear! ...Then the family's left behind who will go through that pain everyday! Abbie I pray you get your wish and I will definitely be purchasing the book xxxxxc
I got it in hardback on Amazon. They also have the Audible version.
The cat dress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh I love it SO much!
Stephanie you look stunning in that dress
Beautiful gifts and emotionally touching gifts as well. Stephanie, your Aunt is a joy to me because she looks and has mannerisms of my favorite beloved aunt Birdie, A classy , Elegant lady who loved to laugh. Enjoyed. Love to all ❤.
Love to you all.❤️
Always so much fun, you would think I may be jealous of all the wonderful gifts you receive, but no, I get so much pleasure from the joy you express.
The cat dress is AMAZING!
luv the dress its so stinking cute and luv the earrings w it ... thanks for another fun cadeaux
I love Tatiana's dress.
Super gifts as always - love the cat dress and peacock earrings - thank you for sharing x
so good to see the handsome and debonair Michael Potts still at the Chateau!!!! You are all wonderful 💖🏰⭐🦘
You're right Stephanie, what you (in the UK) call flapjack, we (in the US) call granola bar. Great video, lovely gifts. Lifts the spirits, thank you!
Fabulous Vlog To Night. Beautiful Gifts. Xx 😊😘
We love La barbe a Papa . Love your beautiful dress Stephanie.
What a beautiful show! Thanks for having the show and showing all the love you share with the world! Blessings! Looking forward to seeing all the flowers from the seeds💐
The dress is a BIG wow!
I just finished my sweetened condensed milk today by itself. I bought it to put in my coffee but it never made it. YUM!
I feel slightly confused. I feel a strong need to go back in time to this Stephanie and warn her that her dress hanger bar thing is about to fall down and the only thing she's going to have to wear is that beautiful cat dress.
I can't wait to see if Kirsty has success with those blue poppies. Years ago they were a big fad and everyone in our neighborhood tried to grow them but no one managed to. You had to put them in the refrigerator for 2 months to simulate winter before the seeds will germinate. It will be interesting to see if she has to do that or if there are now blue poppies that don't require refrigeration first.
Just started laugh because flapjacks are pancakes in the US. So funny to hear the confusion between countries.
… yay counted whitework! The only embroidery I seem to manage to do correctly!
O my goodness Stephanie with the hedgehog was hilarious 😂
Oh Abby you sound like such a wonderful person, I hope you realize all of your future dreams. Ps. Your painting is beautiful.
Patrick, you parents were very lucky to have you.
The other craft I do is tatting! I’m inspired by these beautiful cards.
Stephanie those earrings match your new outfit perfectly and they are stunning! I love cameos.
That was the perfect ending. Thanks fluffe
Glad to see a gift come in from my home state of Tennessee (except I am 3 hours away in the middle of the state). Joy's beaded needle work is stunning.
Thank you 😀
In America we call pancakes 🥞 flapjacks too
Ginger in Gilligan's Island also used to sing that song, if I remember correctly! Lovely presents. Thank you for the video!
I love the peacock earrings, they are beautiful. They candies look so yummy. 🙂🇨🇦
I love the little musical moment, your tender admiration for the cute hedgehog, and my heart is all with Abigael who mourned her love one and all what she had to face. I´m going to ask the library in my town to order her book which I haven´t known about before. The title "Alchemy of loss" is clearly giving a hint of how to heal, because surely everyone of us have had to go through the loss of a dear family member. And as usual when Stephanie receives a dress it suits her perfectly! LaLande makes us experience the sadness and happiness of life within a few minutes.
100% agree with you.
People are so kind. Wonderful, thoughtful gifts.
I was laughing out loud (really) as you all were taste-testing the candy floss, again and again. :-)
Lovely gifts! 🙏❤️
In Canada, same! Flapjack is the same as pancake--not a bar. 😊❤️🎈🇨🇦🎶🎶🎶👏👏👏
😊I think she said Britts call granola bars “flapjacks”💕💕
Hello Dollies aka 7 layer bar cookie. Try them, they are fabulous. Believe me….gal from Tn.
So much fun watching you open up the presents.
Love this vlog. I've ordered Abigail's book. You read the exert so thoughtfully. Her story is so sad, but with a wonderful light at the end of the tunnel. Keep sharing Steph, have a good week all ❤️
Just a head's up; Shasta daisies are lovely, but best planted somewhere their rather stinky scent won't disturb you.
Fun gifts. Blessings.
I love hollyhocks. My father mentioned them in his novel Defeat and Victory. Thank you so much for reading from Abbey’s book “Alchemy” and Patrick’s selflessness and love is inspiring. Please, do not forget to show us the hollyhocks when they bloom…
The story about Aaron written by Abigail, certainly made me tear up. Death, loss and grief is a horrible cross to bear
The story of Abigail was so moving. So much conveyed in such a short summary, imagine the depth of the rest of the book!
Omg the Gucci style cat dress!wow!
I have watched you since I think it was February 2019 I watch everything you guys do when it comes on the regular RUclips but I can't do patronage because it's only on I only have it on the regular TV love you all
Thank you for another fun and delightful Cadeaux! Thank you also Stephanie for pronouncing my name so perfectly! Made my day! love and hugs
I'm so excited to see you in the pink dress Stephanie! I have one just like it I found at our second hand store!! I love it. But there were no tags left on it, I wish I knew where it came from.
I also went back to the beginning and watched all of the videos in order. Almost caught up on the gift opening. Will be so sad when I’m all caught up and have to wait for the next videos! 😢🤣💗
Once again very enjoyable happy vlog.
You are correct that DC is not a state.
It stands for District of Columbia. There is a movement to make it a state eventually, because the residents of Washington, have no Congressional representatives. I was born there. I like to quiz people by saying I was born in the continental US, but not in a state... where was I born? It is amazing how many people can't guess.
Today's people care only about how to pleased themselves with social activities on the network.
Ohohoh,i feel in love whit does postcards,i whish i could paint like that!😘😘😘😘💖💖💖💖
Beautiful things..💕👋👍💞
Candyfloss triggered a childhood memory of sneaking a look at my fathers monthly magazine. Oh so Wicked was Wanda!
Love the earings
I laughed and cried during this unwrapped! Also, why is no one talking about how hot Michael Potts is? Sheesh! 🔥 good grief.