Showing posts with label Table Top Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Table Top Tuesday. Show all posts

Monday, October 31, 2011

Fall Cloche Party

So happy to be joining Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for her latest cloche party.

I decided to use the cloche in the garden cottage and set the mantle there for Fall, so I will let the pictutes do the talking!

Turkey planter, marigolds, gourds and mini apples.


















Monday, September 26, 2011

Table Top Tuesday

I had my new stove delivered on Saturday and it was a good opportunity to clean and move things around on the cabinet next to the stove. That is where I have the things I need to cook with.

utensils, herbs, salt, pepper and vinegar and oil

I love the cookbook holder I found years ago...usually Mr. bible is there....that would be The Joy of Cooking. He gets it out every Sunday and decides what he wants to make for Sunday dinner, he loves that.

Of course I have my large salt and pepper grinder and my utensils for quick access.

This is one of my most treasured items. I had always wanted a vintage spice rack, they were so expensive back in the 90's...about $250. When my Mom and I were in London on one of our trips, we saw this spice rack at Fortum and Mason. I loved it and you could pick which herbs you wanted for the drawers. My sweet Mom bought it for me and had it shipped home. You can see why I love it so.




The vinegar and oil we brought back from Paris. There was a kitchen shop down the street from our hotel on Rue Vaneau and I loved stopping there. So these, some salt and pepper shakers and clay jars for basil and garlic have come home with us over the years. Now I have seen the same ones show up in the US.

It is a small space, but holds what I need and does so in a Sentimental way, bringing back thoughts of good times of trips in the past.


I know everyone is showing their Fall decors... I am running behind but here is what I do have in the window of the kitchen

I love it because, it runs on a battery and timer and comes on every night!
There is nothing like saying home with a candle burning in the kitchen window.
 


Joining Marty for TTT


Monday, August 22, 2011

Trying to Capture Summer

Do you think if I put Summer under glass it will stay?

Do you think the look on his face is because I just caught them?
I found this great cloche at my cousins new shop Forest Road.

So I am using it to try and capture summer

I love mixing vintage with new

I was so happy to find these old butterfly dishes last year.
Stamped France 1899
The fan is a present from my cousins, they bought it at an auction because the advertisement on the back is from my hometown. It reminds me of my brother and I and summer.

Detail of the cloche

Beautiful butterfly


I hope your able to capture the last bit of summer.........


Joining Marty for TTT


Monday, August 1, 2011

Green and White Table Top Tuesday

Now that my Annabelle hydrangea has turned the perfect color green, I love to cut them, bring them in, let them dry and use them to decorate my house.....especially since green is prominent in my living room.


Beautiful green Annabelle hydrangea's with green and white vintage ironstone make a great paring.

Check out this wickless candle. I bought when I was at my hometown little shop Grandma's Place. It is sage scented and it smells wonderful and no burning required. They came in different shapes and colors, but I love pineapple finials.

Ironstone pitcher

Ironstone compote I picked up for $10, I think it matches the pitcher fairly well.

I just love the bright green color. I cut some other blooms and the heads are huge. So let me go make a arrangement for the dining room table.

Have a great TTT
Thanks as always Marty!