A MYSTERIOUS PARCEL sent by someone who is currently staying with us at the CHATEAU

[@kathyevans2968]

I loved the perfectly said words in the letter & dresses from Kathy. There are always so many beautifully thoughtful gifts sent from around the world & the concept of the law of attraction is so true. This is highlighted when you consider Emma’s gift sent last year & being opened while in the next room! Wow! Marie and Stephanie together make me think of comfortable uplifting & genuine friends!

[@stephaniewilliams9469]

Marie needs to wear that style of dress EVERY DAY at the Chateau as she frolics and forages for flowers! That dress is perfect on her! So fun!

[@lorassorkin]

My jaw dropped at the vast array of tea strainers. They're so beautiful and unique, and must have taken years to collect. And how funny that Emma's gift opening turned out the way it did! All her treats sound amazing!

[@lunalouhoo]

The medieval dresses are fabulous! Marie looked so perfect in the one she wore. Steph as always is also most beautiful.

[@bettygehm2436]

This was a fun Cadeaux. Seeing Phillips "china Pantry" full was a nice treat. The linens for the bed I believe are called coverlets. The idea is to have a solid spread underneath to highlight the sheer lace over top. They are gorgeous. So nice to see Marie so happy and dressed up in the blue dress that highlights that beauty. I will really miss Cadeaux when it is said and done.

[@virginiahello]

LOVE Marie being here. I feel she is part of the family. Hope she stays.

[@nancypyanoe3347]

I think Philip will definitely need a critter cabinet to display all of the wonderful critter gifts!

[@antonellaarcadolan6004]

Love you all, you spread a little happiness all year round ❤ thank you Fr or this precious gift ❤

[@darlabrock1570]

Soooo glad Marie is home and she looked beautiful in her blue dress…

[@kathleenschmidt2085]

So glad you are enjoying the costumes. It gave me a lot of joy to see you both in my favorite gowns. I could feel the love. Believe me, it was an enormous pleasure to send them to you. I agree that the blue one is stunning on Marie with her coloring. It does look like it was made for her. I used to wear it with a velvet Tudor flat cap. But my husband commandeered it for his alter ego. A “persona” he created to prank a friend that created Casa Bardicci, an Italian palazzo that only exists for two weeks every year at a huge medieval event in Pennsylvania in August. You should google the Pennsic Wars. Now there is an experience that would be different for you and Ollie for your travel vlog. They actually have huge field battles, often with over a thousand participants on the field. It is quite the spectacle.

[@breakfastattiffanys741]

Oo so you're the secret guest hehe lovely dresses. Dressing up is one of my favourite things.

[@maryannaarnold3817]

Excellent cadeaux! I loved looking at the gorgeous, homemade, period dresses!!! How FUN to wear a style that is over 100 years old! Also, having a volunteer from the UK, who made so many different jams etc. cooking currently! What a coincidence!

[@mavep2855]

Marie looked stunning in the beautiful dress, it suits her so well. All the gifts were wonderful. 🙏❤️

[@airenesmiler6624]

I think Marie needs a photo shoot frolicing in the flower garden in that dress.

[@teresacarle294]

📸 Yes💥! Those regal Renaissance costumes are rather spectacular. How kind of this lovely LaLander to share her artistic 🪡sewing🧵 talents with this historic household. 📖 A more fitting fairytale 🏰 setting she could not find! That 💙blue one certainly enhances 🌸 Marie Fleur's 🌸 natural, gentle beauty. Those silhouettes certainly make the best of the female form too. The ❤red velvet & pink suits Stephanie to a "T." 😉Perhaps when Michael Potts returns from his 🏁 international adventures, he can do another photo shoot. 💚Bridget from Cali☘️ (using my pal's YT acct)

[@seanmcgcostumes]

As one of the resident historical fashion nerds that's frequently in the live chat, I *adored* those costumes you were sent! It's absolutely begging for a pastoral, historical costume picnic!

[@carynkabat4208]

Marie looks so at home and relaxed. So glad she is back. I agree that yours is the best of the chateau vlogs and that is because of Stephanie’s cheery personality.

[@jennifervictore5471]

Gosh that dress looks like it was actually made specifically for Marie... Soo beautiful 😀👗

[@chantellvondrasek1027]

I'm so happy Marie joined Love all the gifts

[@vlink4071]

This was a very fun video. And Marie looks absolutely radiant! She is stunning in that blue costume. Being back at Lalande must suit her!

[@chrissih4046]

Isn’t she absolutely GORGEOUS and glowing? Both Steph and Marie looked absolutely fabulous in those stunning gowns 🙏🏽

[@joanlogan7416]

So glad to see you Marie💚💚

[@Ana-Maria-Sierra]

What exceptionally lovely letters you received! And, WOW! That blue dress suits Marie to a T! She should wear it all the time.

[@PaulaKirkpatrick-k4h]

You are intended to put a solid colour underneath the lace cover to accentuate the design ~

[@sidoniejansson403]

I like to see Marie and Stephanie together. Special episode. The gifts are various and all so nice. But Marie in the blue dress Wow! It´s like made for her. And Stephanie in contrast in the red, fitting so well. Davy couldn´t beleive his eyes. 😉You have to make a summer fairy tale party in the chateau together with the other lalanders.

[@gracecaron773]

Those costumes are fabulous. Marie glowed in hers!

[@judynail1690]

Excellence entertainment! I’m so glad these gifts can provide such wonderful benefits to the charities you choose. I will miss this so much when it’s over. But I know you can only accept so many gifts before you run out of storage room.

[@lisatrudeau6291]

You do a grand job on your videos with unwrapping gifts and giving the money you collected it to charities' that can use it. I'm really going to miss this video at the end of the year. You and Marie look so nice in the dresses you need to have a medieval party where everyone dresses up it would be wonderful.

[@marcellejosephine9119]

What lovely gifts!! So happy to see Marie at Laland!! 💚🌿🌸

[@beverlymurray6554]

Loved the dresses on Stephanie and Marie! So pretty!

[@judithlalande2773]

Please continue Chateau Unwrapped. It is one of my favorites. Hugs all. A warm welcome back to your beloved Marie. She's been gone too long. Judith

[@jeanmkaufmann]

Soooo many tea strainers! You will always be able to find one. No more digging around in the cupboard. The linens are beautiful. They look so delicste. The dresses are perfect. You both look amazing. 🙂🇨🇦

[@edwardaelredson4703]

My wife and I are also part of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). You both look fantastic in the medieval garb. Marie, you were absolutely gorgeous and glowing in that bodice.

[@bizzybee852]

The large hand-drawn handkerchief lace pieces are coverlets to go over the top of bedding. They are beautiful to use as tablecloths as well. They were exquisitely and painstakingly handmade and were so precious they were used as dowry pieces which would have gone into a maiden's hope chest and would have been handed down through the female family members, from grandmother, to mother, to daughters. They were highly treasured before the industrial revolution when cheaper imitations were mass produced by machine.

[@carolehanrahan]

I love the dresses! They are works of art. Also, the tea strainers are wonderful. So much fun!

[@liesavillandre3481]

Marie looks like she stepped out of a story book.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Those dresses! And what an extraordinary coincidence with Emma'a jams! Thank you for the video! I will so miss Cadeaux!

[@larissap6586]

That blue dress looks like it was tailored for Marie and she looks beautiful ❤️🇨🇦

[@jeanetterogers]

Marie's joy trying on the dress reminds me of Kat and her enjoyment wearing her midevil dress

[@ludovica8221]

medi - eval

[@mariafaris653]

Love all the costumes and both you and Marie look fantastic in them. 👍👍

[@lindagage7315]

So much fun this time with Marie, you both look beautiful in those dresses!

[@cwatson3495]

This is sun a FUN vlog! Imagine Emma just in the next room while you’re unwrapping her gift. Unfathomable !

[@RinaValentina]

Simulation confirmed lol

[@gingerbenson719]

I think the lace bedspread and curtains would look lovely on a romantic four-poster or hanging from the ceiling to give the illusion... also the period costumes looked gorgeous on both of you. ❤

[@gloriaskryski5222]

I loved seeing Marie and so glad she is back ❤️

[@jfs59nj]

This was amazing. I’m so happy to see Marie flourishing at Lalande. Move heaven and earth to keep her there!

[@yvonnesullivan4388]

So nice to see Marie

[@peterwhite9261]

This was a very special caddeau with the volunteer already there when you opened her gift. Those dresses and that lace are incredibly beautiful. ❤

[@nancyhelgeson9934]

The two of you look so beautiful and appropriate in those gorgeous dresses!! Yes, you need to wear them every day!

[@juliebrown8381]

My grandmother had those kind of Bed covers she had a solid coloured satin/ silk sheet ( yellow) and would put lace type cover over it and it made pattern of lace pop . Hope that helps with regards to styling. I'm from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[@kbal1451]

My Grandmother had the same in Australia. It's interesting that it seems to have been a very Australian style, last century, mid-century or earlier.

[@christinebrown2765]

Wonderful gifts. The costumes are gorgeous and look perfect on both you and Marie. It is also wonderful to see Marie so happy and well at Lalande

[@rtatina2130]

What a treat to see Marie at Cadeau! Perfect timing, beautiful gifts, and fabulous costumes!!

[@Bergantin23]

The letter sent with the gifts was so perfect. Stephanie you are all of those things.

[@robinwall7095]

Loving seeing sweet Marie at LaLande!

[@pamduff1432]

What a great blog!! Totally enjoyed seeing Marie

[@majorfrost8206]

Lots of fun and can I say how wonderful Marie looks in her blue renaissance outfit!? It was as if it was made for her!

[@roselaura-gracesing4968]

Ohhhhh this was so lovely! I watched this with my four year old daughter, Rose 🌹 and my 2 year old son, Theodore. They loved it too! It is so nice to see Marie more and lovely to hear Philipp’s commentary and of course, Stephanie, you are such a light in this my world and inspire me to keep my home beautiful! I can’t believe this channel is ending… but I am not sad because I totally support your decision to make sure you are always doing exactly what you know is right to do. ❤

[@annettewalter2273]

❤ I love Quince jelly, Emma is a very clever lady with her conserves. Such a happy coincidence having her there with her parcel. The dresses were stunning.

[@sandicarpenter2658]

Oh My Goodness...those costumes are....and look amazing!!! Such a talent...as a fellow sewer of all.....that is some work gone into those!! I do hope Isabelle is OK?? Sandi x PS.....I just caught Marie on a Chateau DIY episode showing in UK on Channel 4 at the moment.....doing a gorgeous wedding arrangement around a tree and other things for a photo session.

[@camillewinnie27]

What a fun Cadeau. The dresses were awesome! You both look so beautiful in them and so fun to have the person’s package you were opening right there. I can’t believe you asked her to read the card and it was hers!!

[@seamoonsees]

that coustume was MADE for Marie

[@doreleimcmillan7924]

Another Godwink with Emma and her name. Little miracles! Those lace pieces look like museum quality. Beautiful. Love watching you all. Many blessings.

[@synchronicity1470]

how cool the timing of the unboxing of Emma's home crafted treats. The universe sometimes works in wondrous synchronicity! ✨✨ lovely sense of joy in this cadeau with Marie, Steph & Philip. (hi marie ✋lovely to see you!) so many thoughtfully gifted treasures!

[@jeannebernard923]

love the vlog.. the costumes are gorgeous ... Marie you are so sweet. And so are rest😁

[@Juliedidit]

In your cellar...the sand basin is for burying apples to store for the winter. Was just rewatching a video from 3 years ago. Ive enjoyed your show for years now. An inspiration and retreat.

[@jennifercampbell7698]

Gorgeous gifts and dresses! Enjoyed watching the kindness and love from viewers around the world! I’ll miss watching cadeaux next year.🥲🥲🥰

[@wendyfromholland6562]

I'm glad you like the thee strainers at the end of my collection I had 280 strainers but I have no room for them any more greatings wendy

[@Randy8923]

Beautiful gifts . Enjoyed. Love to all.

[@sandrapugh1373]

Wow what lovely gifts. Stephanie and Marie look beautiful in the dresses. ❤🤗🤗

[@CarolElliot-c4e]

Hi Stephanie,Marie & Phillip,I really enjoyed this video.The lace panels etc are beautiful & the dresses are amazing,love watching all of you at Lalande(Beautiful Chateau)😊❤

[@piperlilythrifts]

Wow! Those tea holders are spectacular! One for every personality!

[@jolombardi1391]

Love all the crochet curtains bedspreads .Can't wait to see how you use them.

[@janinebarron2691]

So good having Marie back :)

[@dennispatrick4999]

My mother had a beautiful Irish Lace Table Cloth. Used it for special dinners on a table that could seat 10 of us.

[@marshawargo7238]

I was thinking, why does it need a title/name? If it is a curtain but it will fit the table, why not call the curtain a tablecloth? Nobody will stop over & say "Is that a bedcover on your table?"😮 It's the exemplary craftsmanship that needs to be displayed in a prominent place!😊

[@HollyRose1529]

The weddings suite is the perfect home for all that gorgeous lace!

[@rpierce7004]

What a fun episode! Presents with coincidences, Christmas in July, Antique Linen Beauties, Marie that is looking Fab, and so many beautiful tea strainers. The dresses & Yes, Stephanie needs to hear kudos for sure Sighhhh.... I feel the stress of the day leaving now that I have watched this episode.

[@debtheguest3109]

Beautiful gifts! So happy to see you so happy.

[@penihavir1777]

What amazing gifts! A warning note on Lace Curtain placement: I had/have some cotton lace curtains from my sister. The ones on the north facing windows are still doing great for the most part; they are never exposed to sun. One spot is thinning, from rubbing against a pull-cord when the window was open and the breeze blew, but better cord management has stopped further damage. But the amazing ones in my west and south-facing kitchen windows are falling apart from sun-rot, though they’re not as delicate as those (what could be more delicate?). It didn’t take many years for them to start failing. The west facing ones turned completely to dust. The south facing ones, shaded in deep winter by the neighbor’s house and in summer by a shrub when I’m slow to trim, is failing more slowly. It’s a bit miss Haversham, but I can’t bear to part with it yet as I haven’t found anything satisfactory as a replacement. Alas, I’ll have to go with polyester.

[@michaelt8727]

I don’t think it’s a stretch but what I’m straining to say is that Wendy’s wide array of cool gifts used to steep hot sips suited Stephanie and crew to a tea. On the topic of suited, the costume gifts modeled by the always delightful Marie and engaging chatelaine Stephanie are bound to ignite the desire for a true fashion renaissance at Lalande and well beyond. I definitely feel a party coming on. Not least by any means is heartwarming news that the El Roi Baby Home in South Africa has a new home for those in need of love and shelter.

[@okienana11]

This year I decided to take after you and leave our tree up until the end of February. We'll life has gotten busy and the tree is still up in July, which is great since we are doing our family photo in front of the tree this weekend .

[@MYJ61]

Marie is amazing. Every dress she puts on looks like it was made just for her! ❤

[@donnamaree2311]

Ladies you look beautiful, what gorgeous gifts xx love from Australia

[@tropicalmom2468]

Such lovely gifts! Can't wait to see them all settle in to their new home.

[@madibe53]

I couldn't help but laugh when Philip spoke about the glass Christmas pickle. My nickname for my granddaughter when she was little was Pickle. So of course I saw one of those for sale at Christmastime and had to get it. We have some lovely memories of hiding and finding the pickle. I think my granddaughter will love the story.

[@naomirempel]

You guys are the best at thanking people!

[@gailgoldys3706]

Great gifts The ladies look fantastic in those out fits

[@johne.p.massey6188]

Phillip, One of my grandmother's was from Friburg, Germany and my grandfather was from the area near Strasburg. AND we have been hiding the "pickle" tree ornament ALL of my life. I am still laughing about your pickle story. By the way, I am 77 years old. Love all of you LaLanders and have been following since advent 2019. Keep up the wonderful work. John from LI, NY. By the way, I am the fellow who sent the Thai brass cutlery a few years ago. LOL

[@pamgraham7603]

Yes, it made me smile too. I have a number of German family members and when they were visiting, we showed them the special pickle ornament on the Christmas tree honoring our German family’s traditions. They said no one in Germany has ever heard of the German pickle tradition! Hilarious.

[@marshawargo7238]

You made me wonder, just how long ago that gigantic pickle 🥒 order was made😂

[@pattyhill4682]

I have a pickle ornament too. My aunt gave all of her nieces one for Christmas one year. The story behind it is interesting.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

So many beautiful gifts 🎁

[@sherryspotts8335]

Marie ,just Beautiful!!!! ❤❤

[@KristyRadio]

Oh someone please get Emma to narrate audiobooks!! What a lovely voice!!

[@N-A-uw5fp]

OMG! We started doing the hidden pickle with our girls!!! I thought it was a thing! 🤣🤣🤣 I live in Pennsylvania.

[@antoinettesinesi2236]

Marie looked fabulous in that dress!

[@brianmatthews1736]

Where in the UK is Emma from? I ABSOLUTELY adore her accent! I could speak with her all day, just to listen to her speak! The dresses at the end were GORGEOUS!!! The color on Marie was STUNNING! Cannot wait to see you Stephanie, and Marie in them for a party. Another themed party with period costumes is way overdue!

[@ludovica8221]

She has nice clear accent-less English You could not easily tell her regional origin from how she speaks.

[@brianmatthews1736]

@@ludovica8221 UM, your ear isn't well tuned...I could tell she was British without being told for sure, she definitely has a regional accent, just not sure which one cause I am not from the UK, nor am I British...but I have loved British culture my entire life, and I KNOW a British accent IMMEDIATLY. Her english is VERY clear and destinct that is true, but if you cannot detect an accent your ear is not well trained at all.

[@natogan1]

they would make beautiful bed curtains on a four-poster bed

[@clarefoskett9959]

Such amazing dresses!❤... You have bought cheer to this day so thank you 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@DamsonElvira1212]

Interesting to know about the American/German ‘find the pickle in the Xmas tree’ thing. Doesn’t matter if it started as a marketing gimmick, it sounds like fun. I don’t think it matters what ornament you choose. My mum kept an ornament I made her out of an egg box when I was five.

[@Kim-J312]

Those dresses 👗 are awesome, you both look like you came from a Renaissance Fair " ❤️😁

[@vickismallwood2082]

Oh my those dresses are gorgeous. I loved everything so thoughtful of everyone.

[@lindastone679]

The first cloth you unfolded would look lovely on the Altar in the Chapel.

[@carenvisser607]

That Marie doll is so sweet. Just like Marie.

[@chantellvondrasek1027]

Cathy beautiful letter so true. Beautiful dresses

[@sindysimms4001]

I 100% agree with the letter from the last lady.

[@lavonnemountain6133]

Time for dancing in the garden in the stunning dresses. Lovely cadeau!

[@madonnadillon5545]

Beautiful gifts as always,love you ladies in the dresses..😊🇨🇦💕👍

[@angieflynn5354]

The dresses looked fantastic on you girls they looked like they were made for you just fantastic

[@faeryvixenetc]

oh wow the best for last!! I wanted to see Phillip in the purple Chinese coat! 🤣💗🦊 I am so sad that this series will be ending! I know there are still months to go, but I do love it so, I will savor every minute! You simply MUST do up an entire room with all of that gorgeous gossamer cotton lace! STUNNING!