Sprung has sprung in our neck of the woods with temperatures in the 70s and 80s this week! With warmer weather comes porch and outdoor dining and thoughts of flowers, bunnies and eggs with Easter less than two weeks away! I pulled out my wedding china, Fitz & Floyd Classique d’Or, chosen 32 years ago. Coordinating Tulipe d’Or…
I have an Easter Peeps centerpiece for your table that’s easy to assemble and edible too! I like to decorate with my Peeps with hatching chicks in egg shells for Easter and candy skewers in vases for Halloween. To make this centerpiece, you’ll need Peeps, candy for filler and two vases~ one vase smaller and shorter than the other. I used a set…
You may have noticed I have *slight* dish addiction. . . I don’t discriminate. . . I love both new and old dishes alike. And I can’t help picking up a lonely transferware piece to give it a new home. Pieces with crazing, worn and stained. . . Gravy boats that are chipped. . . Tureens and sugar bowls…
I have some flower therapy for the table, ideal for spring or summer, but especially welcome on a cold winter day, Mikasa Meadow Violets dinnerware! Meadow Violets, by Kim Parker for Mikasa, brings the vivid beauty of the garden indoors, with a bright palette of painted florals to the table. An embossed foliage design borders one side of the plates, providing…
For those of you buried under the snow from the blizzard that hit the East Coast over the weekend, I’m sending you some flower therapy to chase away the winter blues! Freshly picked from the 2015 archives, here’s a round-up of flowers and promise of spring and summer blooms to come! Click on the links…
Thank you for ALL for your visits, comments, shares and pins in 2015! I’m looking for some inspiration in the new year, if you have any, please send it my way. :) In the meantime I’m sharing my Potting Shed year in review and a celebration of the seasons and holidays. Here is a recap and highlights from 2015. Click…
Our weather has swung like a pendulum this winter, with unusually mild temperatures in the 60s and 70s, followed by more normal temperatures with the mercury dipping to the low 20s. Some welcome January sunshine and blue water views inspired my table this week, with lanterns filled with shells to join tropical flowers at the table, in contrast to…
It’s a time of transition weather wise here in North Carolina. We haven’t had our first frost yet and some of the summer annuals and flowers are still blooming. I gave my window boxes on the Potting Shed a touch of fall color with a quick fix and the addition of a pumpkin and some…
I filled my Ferry’s Seeds Box with a bit of fall. . . Some mums and pumpkins. . . Ornamental kale, gourds and ivy to soften and spill over the sides. And tucked them in together in my vintage Ferry’s Seeds Box with a little Spanish moss. I hung a bundle of Indian corn for some seasonal texture and…
I’m at the table with Pfaltzgraff Painted Poppies dinnerware and a blooming pumpkin centerpiece. Painted Poppies by Pfaltzgraff provides bold and colorful blooms for the table in a warm palette for fall. Each piece of the handcrafted collection is made of stoneware with a reactive glaze, with variations in color and pattern, just like flowers in nature.…