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Welcome to Château de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, our 500-year-old home in Southwest France's Dordogne.
We're Sara & Stephen, creative retreat hosts who believe everyone is more creative than they think.
Our take on château life: hosting art retreats and creative workshops, watching transformations unfold, learning restoration and design for our guests, embracing slow living in rural France, and discovering that creativity is about finding joy in how you approach everything.
You'll see: Behind the scenes of our retreat experiences, the real work of creating magical moments, authentic French culture as we live it, and what happens when people discover their own creativity.
Whether you're curious about château life, drawn to creative exploration, dreaming of France, or just love watching people build something meaningful—welcome.
The perfect pairing of creative journeys and bespoke château experiences.
Manor and Maker, Chateau Adventures in France
Sorry for the delay in this weeks video but it will launch tonight at the regular time. Unfortunately no Premier tonight as we have our first retreat of the season. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/StTwc25bncM
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Bonsoir! Just a note to stay that our video is delayed tonight, pending an approval. Stephen's worked hard on it, and we've got some more lovely glowups to share. Stay tuned, we'll post as soon as we can. -- Bisous, Sara
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Check out our interview over on @BaguetteBound ! Thanks to Raina and Jason for a great visit!
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Faerie Life video coming soon! There was lots (and lots and lots) of video from the Faerie Life event last week, and we're also hosting right now. Patreon Members - I dropped an edited clip for you of one of the shoots. I hope to have the full video out later this week!
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Sorry no video last night, we had a great week hosting some makers who love crochet, and didn't do much filming between cooking & cleaning. We've dropped a video on Patreon for the members with some updates. You can see some of the guests' posts on Insta @vive.lecrochet if you're interested.
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Hi all - Our friends at Conservation Without Borders are auctioning off off a selection of rare items such as Brian Froud Original Skeksis (from Dark Crystal) paintings and sketches including Brian's very special 'Joanna Lumley Skeksis', drawn live at The Flight of the Vultures Launch event, supported by Thames Con.
Find out more here:
www.thegreatconjunction.com/auction
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Bonjour everyone! Thanks for your excitement, patience, and support through our wedding. It's all caught up to us, and I'm afraid a cold is seriously slowing the video editing. Plus we want to spend time with our parents while they are here. So it will be a short video tonight, and then we want your opinion. You can also check out all our vlogger friends' videos too!
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If you want to learn more about the Flight of the Vultures and Conservation Without Borders, check out the link here.
www.conservation-without-borders.org/flight-of-the…
It's a great chance for companies particularly to get in on the ground floor to support a great cause.
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Thanks for all the kind words about Stephen's fall. Yes, it was quite scary at the time as the cut was quite deep, but fortunately there were no other injuries - no concussion, no internal bruising. They medical team did a good exam, including an ECG and found no other factors than what we thought - probably dehydration and being a bit fatigued. This has happened a few other times, but it's not a regular occurrence either. We cant thank Vivienne & Simon (@chateaulove) enough for their care and support in the moment - they really a great friends. And of course all our other friends as they learned about the mishap. We're lucky in so many ways.
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Bonjour tout le monde! No video tonight, it's been a great week of getting business things done for 2025, admin, and planning for the wedding! However, none of that is really filmable. We popped a barn update in the members video list, and I'll send out a newsletter with some updates this evening. Otherwise... back to my sewing room. See you all next week with hopefully *another* absolutely fabulous update!
www.manorandmaker.com/contact/newsletter
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