tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31281326322968495562024-03-19T01:03:38.563-07:00Mulberries and LaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128132632296849556.post-70793003328991800202012-07-05T07:41:00.001-07:002012-07-05T07:41:08.337-07:004th of July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Once again it was time to pay tribute to that Grand Old Flag, the Red, White and Blue and to this wonderful country that we hold true. Friends and family gathered all over this great country and paid tribute and such was the case on Mulberry Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This display of flags and colorful pin wheels set the mood for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At each place setting there was a pail of goodies for everyone to take home to remember the celebration. Each pail contained a "popper" and everyone was instructed to take it in hand, pull the string and let the celebration begin. This was followed with a glass of champagne and there was a toast to our great country's birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Uncle Sam must have been here too for sure, as there is his hat to show proof.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On down the line there was plenty of Red, White and Blue to celebrate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These wonderful Red, White and Blue plates and parfaits are from the Stars & Stripes pattern from Pfaltzgraff and were the inspiration that started this year's 4th of July table for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Flags and more flags. There just could not be enough flags for a day like this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The table was set for eight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">By the time I had finished setting the table the explosion of Red, White and Blue was everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This little fella was the final touch and his sparkle said it all . . . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Runner ~ Pier One</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Red Place Mats ~ Home Goods</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Blue Place Mats ~ Kohl's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gold Chargers ~ JCPenney</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">White Plates ~ Italian Countryside ~ Mikasa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Salad Plates ~ Stars & Stripes ~ Pfaltzgraff</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Parfaits ~ Stars & Stripes ~ Pfaltzgraff</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Flatware ~ A find from a friend while helping clean out an out of business shop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Napkins ~ On loan from another friend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Blue Star Napkin Rings ~ Pfaltzgraff.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Blue Goblets ~ Dollar Tree</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Red Bubble Goblets ~ Target</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Blue Pails ~ Sur la Table</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Red Jar for Flags in Centerpiece ~ World Market</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Red, White and Blue Star Ball(s) ~ Pier One</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Red Tea Lights ~ Michael's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Red, White and Blue Star Bursts ~ Dollar Tree</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128132632296849556.post-24554517536265408912012-06-26T20:05:00.000-07:002012-06-26T20:05:32.152-07:00Shade of Green<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't it nice how certain shades of certain colors can bring pure unadulterated relaxation into your day. That is how I feel about the cool shades of summer green and I am sure that is what made me go to my dish closet and pull the items I did for a quick lunch with a friend a few days ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ferns are one of my favorite things to have as many of as I can during the summer months. It is to cold where I live to have them all year but in the Spring, Summer and Fall months we really enjoy them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this little guy at Home Goods in early Spring and he seems to be making his way on to a lot of my tables this season. He is almost green for green right along with the big gorgeous fern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet more layers of green with the peonies bushes and more ferns that are hanging in my potting shed in the distance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These pretty dishes that go so well with all of the beautiful greens are Chelsea from 222 Fifth PTS International and I found them last year at Home Goods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The playful Chelsea goes so nicely with my April Cornell table cloth and napkins, almost like they were designed for each other. The charger is the Leaves and Berries pattern made so famous to all who follow Stone Gable on Yvonne's wonderful tables. I happened to be at the right place (Home Goods) on the right day, when eight of them were headed toward a shelf.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, let's gather up everything we need for lunch and move out onto the back patio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Perfect, I think we have everything that we are going to need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Tuscan flavor of the dinnerware fits right into the back patio setting. The lilacs are finished blooming but if you look real close you can see a couple of bright pink peonies trying to make an appearance and there at the top of one of the napkins, you see my pansies too. I love my back yard this time of year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I purchased these dishes late last summer for a competition that is held at our County Fair each year called, "Best Dressed Table". One of the themes was, "Lunch in Tuscany for Two". I came in second and that yielded prize money. Bet you think I put it into . . . . more dishes. Yes, I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is really what started the whole thing today. I stopped at the market to get some spinach for a salad and just inside the front door these beautiful flowers called to me. Went right home and the table on the patio followed. I am sure this has happened to many of you out there in blogland too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The breakfast try is set with a butter croissant, soft-boiled egg, juice and coffee. How special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh look, there is a little present for "Mom".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This napkin ring is very special to me as it belonged to my Grandmother. She is a very formal lady, and it sat at her place at the table everyday. It was passed on to me by my Aunt. My first name, my middle name, my maiden name and my married name, all start with an "M".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These serving pieces are on lend to me from a good friend but are so pottery appropriate they just had to come to the party and the lemons are a recent pick from another girlfriend's yard. Let the party begin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The bright reds, yellows, greens and cobalt blues in the Mexican tradition is so much fun to work with and embellish upon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Peeking through the cactus and goblets we see all the bright colors taking on a life of their own ~ ahh, the fun of Cinco de Mayo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't remember where I found this little serving dish but knew that it would be perfect for salsa (and my family always requests the hottest that can be found please).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Little Ponchito here came to live on Mulberry Street a few months ago while I was shopping for a fountain for my front courtyard. I found him in a building tucked away with a lot of like Mexican pottery. I instantly knew that he would be the focal point for my 2012 Cinco de Mayo table. The fountain will be the making of a future post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is such fun when you can go to your dish room and pull all these different items that have been purchased at different times, and have them blend together so well. Viva Mexico.</span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128132632296849556.post-83385568896012894062012-04-24T08:02:00.002-07:002012-04-27T18:57:15.186-07:00Finally Spring<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here at 4,000 feet on the Southern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Spring is starting to finally show itself with the blooming of our lilacs. The peonies are still hiding, but the lilacs are showing themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here they are in all their glory, right from my back yard, lilacs. This time of year I fill the house with them.</span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128132632296849556.post-51557907890298461512012-04-04T10:34:00.000-07:002012-04-09T19:11:50.546-07:00Happy Easter<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Easter Everyone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I always have such a hard time choosing between formal and "fun" when it comes to the Easter table. My mother always went toward the formal, so I think this will be the table setting on Mulberry Street this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you Susan over at Between Naps on the Porch, for teaching us how to do the Bunny Fold. Always a favorite, and this year requested by my grandsons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thinking of my grandsons, I am teaching the use of the knife rest this Easter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just love how all of the shades of pink, green and gold go together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cut glass canister ~ Pottery Barn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Royal Albert ~ Dinner, salad, bread/butter plates, and cups and saucers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gold Flatware ~ Hampton Signature ~ Macy's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Clear goblet, Waterford Marquis ~ Home Goods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gold goblet, Artland bubbleware ~ Target.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bird Salts and Peppers ~ Pier One.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sugar Bowl ~ Victorian Bird, Gracie China ~ Home Goods</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The colors for this Easter table were taken from these two sweet little bunnies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Easter always seems to flag that Spring should begin and the colors here are pastels of Spring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These little bunnies were a recent Home Goods find and set my mind toward an Easter table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This little chick was a last minute find and so badly needed to be included in the Easter theme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So much fun to go to the dish room and see what is there that will blend together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pinks, greens, yellows and lavender. . . .how Spring/Easter can it get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is the long and the short of it for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is my 2011 Easter table. At that time I did not have a blog but did show my photos to Susan over at Between Naps on the Porch and she so graciously posted them with a few words about my attempts. Some of you may have seen this table there but I thought I would republish it for others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This charming fellow you will see through out the rest of this post and he made the perfect centerpiece to create around. I found him at Tuesday Morning a few years back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most everything for Easter 2011 centered around pink as pink is in my very best china.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This little set of salt and pepper shakers also came from Tuesday morning and happily followed Mr. Rabbit home to live at 509 Mulberry Street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Scattered in and among crystal candle sticks and glittery eggs, is a blue painted egg candy box from one of my favorite places . . . See's Candy Shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't think there are many of us who don't follow Susan and this is my version of the sweet bunny fold napkins she taught us last year. So easy and so effective on an Easter table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is the pride and joy of my "china fleet", my Royal Albert, which was a present from my mother many years ago, a story in and of itself that I will share with you sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here again, Mr. Rabbit, with his precious cargo of Easter eggs. The tall flutes are special to me, a present from my father to my mother many years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A parting shot of a bunny folded napkin on it's way to the table no doubt. Happy Easter everyone. Please come back soon. I have two Easter tables for 2012 that I would like to share with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128132632296849556.post-36675006028777150922012-03-18T15:09:00.000-07:002012-03-18T15:09:03.129-07:00The Day of the Irish<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Welcome everyone. Where I live there is snow on the ground but we cerebrated St. Patrick's Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Who knows, this lantern might have been used by St. Patrick to drive the snakes from Ireland, but only if he had a Pier One near by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ah yes, the green of the Irish and a touch of gold, for the gold at the end of the rainbow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As we peak through the loops of shamrocks, we can see Irish Waterford Crystal that has been selected especially for this day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Luck was on my side when I found one lonely shamrock plant at the grocery store to grace the table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Beautiful shades of green bring this traditional Irish day into focus by all that are present. Lots of different textures should make any Irishman feel at home on his day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The round mat is from Pier One, gold charger ~ Michael's, dinner plate is Italian Countryside ~ Mikasa, salad plate ~ Bordallo Pinheiro, butter plate ~ Pier One, and little ramekin Sur la table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I gaze across the table, I can't help but think what fun this was to put together as my first published tablescape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All we need now is for dinner to be served.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Once dinner is finished, we will all enjoy a cup of Irish Coffee. Hope everyone enjoyed a Happy St. Patrick's Day.</span><br />
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