Bunny Time

Some of you have asked for ideas/tips designing table settings, one of the most versitile style of dishes to have is simply white (or cream). White can be mixed with any color and look good. And of course white on white is always stunning (or cream on cream, or even mixing white with cream).

In the photo below this one is the Bridal Tea Party. To change out the look, I just removed the "bridal ladies", slid the candles over in front of each diner, and added the white bunnies to the centerpiece with a few bunched silk flowers. Just a simple change, but gives a whole new feel to the tablesetting. So if any of you have white dishes, pull them out and play around with them, look for some interesting items that can be part of your centerpiece.

Something else that looks great with the white dishes is if you have some floral dishes. Use the white dish as the dinner plate and use the floral plates as the salad dish and bread dish, pull in the colors from the floral plate for your napkins and centerpiece idea. OR you can go vis-veras, and use the floral plate as the dinner plate and the white dishes as the accents.

I hope this helps, if you have more specific questins, I will try to help there too.

Engagement Tea Party

Sorry, it has been so long since I have posted, my personal laptop has been crashed for about a week and a half! Just got it back from the Geek Squad, and it still is not right so I have to return it to them AGAIN....arghhhhh. I will try answering some of the lovely comments you all have left too, and thank you for participating in my Poll at the bottom of the page, that helps me alot. Once my lap top comes back I will start to implement your suggestions.

So I am posting on my work break to put up these tea party photos that I had participated on another Board. You will notice the napkins are missing, but it was late and I had just run out of steam. I hope you like them. I like doing "Engagement" type of things, good practice for me if/when my DD marries...one of these days.... LOL

Happy Easter everyone

I hope everyone is having a Happy Joyful Easter. I am relaxing at home, today was a catch up day for me, I did a bit of furniture arranging, and while I was at it I changed out my coffee table setting which I do on a fairly regular basis. I have more blue and white objects than which I care to admit to, but I do love how the blue and white porcelains just seem to go with everything.

Edited : I just added a short Poll at the bottom of the page, if you have time I would love it if you could add your opinions. Thank you. :)

Tea Party Blog Fun

This is my tea party set up, I changed my mind from doing the pink and white, hope that is OK.

I love this particular set of china, "Old Country Roses". I preferred to use roses instead of the tulips, but the 3 stores that I went to had very poor looking roses, and at the high price of roses, I just did not want to settle for them.

Much thanks to Risa, the Partea Planner's invite to do a Tea Party I had fun doing it! (See her banner on the right).

New Cherub/Angel purchase

I bought this large cherub/angel wall piece last week at Marshalls..I just love that store, only $29.00. I have seen this type of look for $150-$200! I am still deciding where to put it, I do plan on adding more botanical prints on the wall so maybe that will help the emptiness there now, I often change out that central area with a mirror or some other large art.

A little Spring and Easter

Just thought I would show a bit of my Spring/Easter look, and I have just started playing around with Picasa on my computer, I guess you don't learn unless you hit a few buttons. I love nests, I have all sorts stored and displayed in my home, under cloches, in large glass jars, perched on the edge's of covered boxes, they just seem to fit in everywhere. Are there any more bird nest enthusiasts out there? I would love to see your photos.

Maybe I will do this for the "Tea Party"

I am terribly indecisive, I have so many goodies that I could go with, so right now I am having fun just experimenting for Risa's Partea Planner's Tea Party coming up (see banner at right for more information). The "charger" is a mirrored "vanity" tray, I bought a couple to use for a 2 person tablesetting, I love using items in a different way in which they were intended. I especially love using mirrors in all forms, they reflect beauty and light, and lend a romantic atmosphere especially when candlelight is involved.

Sneak Peak of Tea Party Photo

Sneak Peak of something I am working on for http://theparteaplanner.blogspot.com/2008/03/first-day-of-spring-tea-party.html Risa's Tea Party on her blog. Although I have been known to change my mind and go with a totally different look! How do you all like it so far...?

Please click on the side bar to join "The Partea Planner" in this very fun event.

Bell Jars

Something that I like to do alot of is vignettes and I love how versatile bell jars are in a vignette. There is just something about being able to change the feeling in my home with a little touch of the season. So I thought I would share with you a couple of photos from last Fall. The theme is one of my favs....a bunny, surrounded by the brilliant colors of Fall. The great thing about bell jars is that you can put almost anything under them, you are only limited by your imagination and it fitting under the jar! I came across talented blogger, Mary at Little Red House http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/, she had a lovely scene under a glass bell jar, her blog is worth a leisurely visit.

Time for Tea and a snack

I love weekends because I indulge in my fondness for tea, the tea today is Honey Vanilla Chamomile. Of course I always have some kind of little snack with it, today just a simple slice of banana bread and a few slices of a Granny Smith apple. Just taking a moment to prepare this for myself makes me take a few minutes to relax between chores and other busy work. An added bonus is that I usually will open one of my decorating and design books just for a little "eye candy".

Dinner for one...please

Tonight, it is just me, but I still like setting a pretty table, it's just a little thing I do to feel special. Everyday is a celebration.

These green cabbage plates are plates that I use over and over again, they are so interchangeable with so many other dishes that I have. The green and white pattern in them evoke a feeling of Spring time and Summer, especially since it is still cold here now it lets me escape into a fantasy of blooming trees, flowers and chirping birds.

***Edit, I was told by Penny @ Lavender Hill Studio (thank you for letting me know:) that my comments were not working on this photo. I just figured out how to fix it (with many not-so-nice-words to the innocent laptop) I hit every button I could think of and got lucky, the comment button on this photo should work now) Whew... Oh yes, one more thing....I promise to be adding on your lovely blogs to a Fav's area.....once I figure that one out.... the shame, the shame, of being a non-computer-geek. Hang in there with me folks!

My blue and white tablesetting

My blue and white tablesetting, originally uploaded by jcann.

One of my favorite sets of dishes, blue and white, is just so classic. I have 2 different sets of the blue and white style, they even look pretty mixed together because of the common unifiying theme of blue and white.