Saturday, March 16, 2024

MY GREEN TABLESETTING AND ST PATRICK'S DAY


 I purchased 2 more green transferware plates so now I have a full set. 
 This was not without issues
but let's don't even go there.

I also am including a few
Easter decorations.




I have shared the tea cozy I made
from a dinner napkin already.



Perhaps you have a spring
or Saint Patrick's Day table setting
going on at your house too.


I have gotten rid of some
of my old decorations
but one must have some!




Tuesday, March 12, 2024

NEW SPRING MENU TEMPLATE

 


Here is a new spring luncheon or
tea menu template - enjoy!

Just copy and fill in your menu and 
then print out on regular
sized 8.5 x 11 paper.

Monday, March 11, 2024

EARLIEST MARCH SPRING BLOOMS

 So now that March arrived we 
have a few bulbs popping out here
 and there and more following behind.


The giant pussy willow is in full
bloom in our front yard.


I have been watering my bulbs
this spring as we had a very
mild snow winter.
 




Last year I never went back to organize my seeds in the garage potting bench so they are just stacked sky high.  Sometimes
you just have to make the best of things
as it happens so I will just deal with
that on a nice day.

Friday, March 1, 2024

MARCH CELEBRATION OF GREEN


March meant it was time for a change
in the hearth dining area. A bouquet
was simple since the pussy willow out 
front is now in full bloom.
 

My Grandmaw (that's what we called
her) made me this tablecloth
and napkins as a wedding gift, nearly 
56 years ago.  She worked on embroidery every night.
  The thread was bright green
and there were 2 tablecloths with 
matching napkins.


I recently started collecting Johnson
Brothers, The Florentine which I love.
It is an expensive transferware pattern
and hard to find since it is now 100 
years old.  I don't have a set yet but will 
continue to look and mix it with other pieces.






I had made this
tea cozy out of 2 of
the napkins a few
years back. 
Recently I redid
my design by
removing the elastic
bottom, putting a flat bottom piece on it.  I had also added
much more polyfil batting inside. 






Over in the kitchen, a decoration I
made years back: I guess I am old
school still loving crafts.


 The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 

I am excited to say I found a little "Green Basket" bouillon cup and saucer on
Etsy.



 I have 2 more Johnson Brothers green The Florentine plates coming in the mail so I will have a total of 7 plates.  Right now I can't fill the table completely with just 5.

Saturday, February 17, 2024

WHEN VIOLETS MAKE A RETURN

 As soon as Valentines Day is
over, I seem to dream about
forest violets that begin to
pop up early in the springtime.


This seems like a lovely time to enjoy
the hope of spring with some violet
tea wares.



I started collecting violet 
cups and saucers many
years ago.  These are
all English.


And some other
English pieces....









After some warm days this week
we ended up with some snow.  I
am sure many of you have experienced
this before and found it puzzling.
Inside the house, we currently are
enjoying spring violets.




I hope you have
 a lovely
weekend.