While the calendar page has turned to September, there are plenty of warm, summer days still ahead for us in North Carolina! Fall is my favorite season and I’m ready for all things pumpkin, warm plaid layers, and cozy meals with the flavors of fall on the menu! And I’m waiting not-so-patiently for pumpkins to arrive at the garden centers…
September is just a few days away which means we’re closer to autumn’s arrival and my favorite season! I’m counting down the days until fall, anxious for autumnal hues, a harvest of pumpkins, warm plaid layers, and cozy meals with the flavors of fall on the menu! In celebration, I’m at the table as part of a Fall Tablescape Blog…
Summer blooms are waning in the garden but my Portmeirion Botanic Garden provides a continual flower show year round! I had a little tabletop and dish gardening fun with blooms and butterflies in the Potting Shed. The beauty of these blooming dishes is I don’t have to wait until next spring to enjoy the short but…
I’m at the table with Fleur du Soleil or Sunflowers, which say “summer” no matter what language you speak. Sunflowers were for $3.99 a bunch at Trader Joe’s, impossible to resist for the price and the smiles they bring with their cheery faces. Grown for beauty as well as harvested for seed, sunflowers symbolize the sun,…
I’m hopping down the bunny trail with a table for Easter, with bunnies, eggs and a spring blooming centerpiece! Green and white toile bunny plates are layered on cabbage leaf plates atop carved white chargers, and moss bunnies hopped to the table to join a centerpiece of spring blooms. Daffodils are the harbingers of spring and…
Ireland is a land that boasts 40 shades of green, so I dressed the table with a multi-hued cloth and with cabbage leaf plates in celebration for St. Patrick’s Day. Green and white flowers form a parade down the table, filling a pitcher, teapots and mini cabbage leaf bowls. . . An assortment of Alstroemeria, Mums, Daisies,…
We’ve had a couple of weeks of 60 and 70 degree temperatures here in North Carolina and we’ll be on the cusp of 80 degrees today. . . time to put away the boots and pull out the flip flops! I can’t remember a February when we considered turning on the A/C. Mother Nature may have some more…
Valentine’s Day is a week away and I have a round-up of recipes and table inspiration to make your celebration extra sweet! Click on the links below the photo for the full recipe and have a taste! Note: All recipes have a printable recipe link so they print without photos. Look for the link at the bottom of each post. Valentine’s Day…
Happy New Year! Thank you for all your visits, comments, shares and Pins in 2016! Here’s look back at how the tables turned in 2016, with highlights from the months, seasons and holidays. Click on the links for complete full posts, sources and more tabletop inspiration. A Winter Woodland Table Tree slice chargers, beaded snowflake napkin rings, pine cone filled…
I hope you had a Merry Christmas and are enjoying the holidays with your family and loved ones! We’re enjoying the glow and twinkle of the Christmas tree lights through New Year’s Day, so I set a table by the tree for some holiday dining. An appliqued and embroidered owl runner provided the inspiration for this Happy Owl-idays table, layered…