FRIENDLY VILLAGE LUNCHEON

 

Sometimes on Sundays, we have a 

few seniors over for lunch.

Now that winter is here we love

keeping warm and having a meal

by the fire.  Friendly Village is

a nice design for just that.

We find we can serve several

people for no more than it costs

the two of us to go out to a restaurant.

If you collect this pattern you

already know the plates come

in many sizes according to when

they were made and it can be a 

challenge finding more in the 

size you are looking for - these

are the 10 1/2" size.

Here is the menu:

Tortellini Crockpot Meal

also with Chicken in It

Apple Pumpkin Bundt Cake

with Caramel Pecan Glaze

Cranberry Jello Salad

A mixed green salad,

Breads, iced tea, hot

tea and coffee

ENJOYING THE CHRISTMAS TABLE

 

If you enjoy some of the groups

on Facebook and love table settings,

you might enjoy this group:

Beautiful Table Settings

of America

Also,  my site is called

a "Page" rather than

a group and I invite

you there as well:

Bernideen's Tea Time,

Cottage and Garden 

SETTING THE TABLE WITH PRETTY LINENS

 This year I have spent some time researching and learning about different

types of laces.  It has been very interesting and I have been fascinated by the older

vintage and antique types of lace.

These are some bobbin lace tea

napkins that arrived today.  They

are small and delicate. (above)

One of the types of laces I am particularly

interested in is Italian lace called

Trump de Venice.  I am no expert 

and so I can be corrected.  I started

making a list and there are hundreds

of types of patterns of lace.  A site

I follow on Facebook is called the

Lace Museum. Most of what I have

learned was by following them

but of course, I know little really.

These pieces above also include a large

runner and I got them at a great price

on ebay.  They are ecru.  I washed and

starched them and ironed them.

I had purchased these

napkins below from an Etsy

site in Canada:

Often you might come upon a

booth in an antique mall that

specializes in old linens.  Such

was the case this summer when

I happened upon these below:

Perhaps I have stirred your curosity

just a little to go peruse your

linens drawers:

Years ago when I had a shop, I sold

many linens but they were all new ones.

The many types of tablecloths and placemats were mostly polyester made in China and there were tables with every size of machine crochet doily imaginable.

My only response to that now is - Yipes!

Stains?  I use Oxiclean and soak

things in the kitchen sink.  If I still

see a stain after that I pour 4 cups clean water to 1 cup bleach in the sink.  I then swish the item around in it for about 1 minute - then rinse quite thoroughly.

Large pieces are done in the bathtub.

CHECK OUT MY TEA COZIES

 I invite you to check out my

tea cozies on my 

Etsy site:

I posted 2 Anne cozies and both have

sold quickly.

CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON TEA MENU TEMPLATE

 In the spirit of encouraging the

art of Afternoon Tea - here

are 3 menu templates

designs I will share

with you made with

various clipart:

You can print them out on

 8.5 x 11 regular

sized paper.

For me, it isn't Christmas with out

the celebration and that would be

the real meaning of  Christmas

which is Jesus birth:

Merry Christmas!

MORE CHRISTMAS DECORATING

 I am sharing a few more photos of

our Christmas decorations.

We had unusually warm weather today

so those of you who have snow must

be "feeling the season" a little more.

I reset my table this week after using

it last Sunday when we participated

in a youth progressive dinner.  We

had 22 here at 3 tables for lasagna

for our part of the evening.

 I used cloth napkins for all the youth so

afterwards I washed linens and ironed

them all.  Fortunately, I enjoy ironing.

I made the tea cozy many years ago:

I think I will get some different 

candles for my candlabras.  I 

shared this 19th century lithograph

here on this blog many years back.

I found it at one of the flea markets

in Fort Collins, Colorado.  This

year I decided to put it out in our

dining room for 

the season.  

We may not be putting our nativity up

outside this year as my husband is

having eye issues.  We certainly will

enjoy our indoor decorations. 

I hadn't participated in a link party

for years but today I am going to

do that:

Create, Bake

Grow & Gather

TIME TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS

 As soon as Thanksgiving is over it

is time to pull out the Christmas

decorations.  We are preparing

to be one of the serving homes

tomorrow evening for the youth

at our church so 3 tables will be

used for our part in the progression.

 late note: we had 22

I absolutely swooned over the cake

dome I saw in this month's Victoria

Magazine.  I went on line and searched

Ebay, Etsy, etc and found the old

dome on a site called Mercari.  I made

a low offer and was thrilled when it

was accepted.  It is very heavy.

A while back we moved our former

kitchen buffet up from the basement

and I have really enjoyed having the

surface to decorate and also to

serve food from it:

I have shared so many of these

decorations over the years and also,

my red transferware.  I apologize

for the "reruns" for some of you.

I made the Ephemera Nativity below

a few years back by printing out art 

pictures from online and using silver

and gold background papers, glue,

glitter, etc.

I am sure you already realized that

it was dark when I took these pictures.

We hide our DVD player inside 

this old piece.  I have a collection

of Nicol Sayre angels I love.

My ornaments are a mix of mid

century and Victorian.  Will

share a few more in a few days.....

Are you enjoying decorating?

OH YES, IT'S TIME TO BAKE PUMPKIN RAISIN COOKIES

We will be driving to St. Louis for

Thanksgiving joining our daughter

in law's family.  I will be taking

some desserts so today was the

day to get that done. 

Those that have followed this blog

have seen these cookies before.....over

and over.

I got this recipe many years ago

from Bev Meller

in Colorado Springs.

You can find the recipe

here at the bottom of 

the page.

This week I made myself another tea

cozy using a piece of antique bobbin

lace I purchased many years ago. I have

been learning a little about the hundreds 

of types of antique lace by following

a site called "The Lace

Museum" on Facebook.

  

 Here is 

the back side of my cozy:

So - if you have a need for a

dessert - be sure and try these

cookies:  I got 42 medium large

cookies out of this batch.

And so I wish you all a very

Happy Thanksgiving and say

I am thankful to the Lord

for His many blessings.

COLLAGE ARTWORK FUN

 So lately I have
been having fun
posting collages

on my Facebook

page:

 

 

 

SUNDAY CELEBRATION