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Showing posts with label Hydrangeas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hydrangeas. Show all posts

16 March 2013

Hydrangeas for St. Patrick

www.atlantahomesmag.com

Don't you just love this centerpiece?  Did I create it?  Heavens, no!  Sadly, I'm not nearly that creative, have no hydrangeas here at this house, and if I did, they wouldn't be blooming right now anyway!

I thought the green looked great for spring, and as a happy coincidence, I was trying to decide what to use on my table for a St. Patrick's Day meal.  So, I set out to attempt to recreate it as best I could.  It's very similar to the decoration I did for the front door.




I used a similar glass vase from HL, and all the stems came from HL.

Thank you, Pinterest, and www.atlanthomesmag.com for the inspiration!

Hydrangeas for St. Patrick's Day, y'all!

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UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING


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30 September 2012

Song Without Words...Silent Sunday #2



Thanks be to God for providing this beautiful bounty for a recent table setting.
I hope that you will enjoy!
























Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Sunday Showcase @ Under the Table and Dreaming

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 
Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
One Project at a Time @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.

Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style 
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life

Potpourri Friday ~ 2805
Vintage Inspiration ~ Common Ground
It's Fall, Y'all~ Thrifty Decor Chick
Furniture Feature Friday ~ Miss Mustard Seed
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors
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25 September 2012

Come Sit Under the Apple Tree!



On a beautiful morning in northeast Wisconsin, I decided to set a table under our very old and very large apple tree.



Here at our Wisconsin house/cottage, I have very little in the way of good china, but this set that I do have, with its rich jewel-tone colors, simply screams fall to me!




I took the really cheap and ugly old round table from the deck, hauled it out to the side yard, and covered it with a drop cloth.  Apples were literally falling all around me as I set up the table!  Instant table decor!

Aside from the colors, one reason I like this china is the ability to go monochromatic...








...or mix the colors (which is what I prefer)!











The runner has all the colors of the china (a happy coincidence)!




The centerpiece is a bunch of in-the-process-of-drying hydrangeas that I managed to save (there were lots of blossoms this year, but so little rain).  The colors are so pretty, even as they dry.




You are welcome to come by and sit under the apple tree; we'd love to have you!


China from The Winterthur Store (ages ago)
Stems from Kohl's
Runner from Pier One (ages ago)


I'll be visiting some of these great gatherings this week:

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy
Make it Pretty Monday ~ The Dedicated House 
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Metamorphosis Monday ~ Between Naps on the Porch

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 
Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
Tuesday Link Party @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Knick of Time Tuesday @ Knick of Time
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.
Centerpiece Wednesday ~ The Style Sisters
Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Let's Dish ~ Cuisine Kathleen 

Show and Tell @ Blue Cricket Design
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors








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24 June 2012

A Peony For Your Thoughts

Although there has been precious little rain here lately, things are really filling out (thanks to copious amounts of watering!).  I thought you might like to see what is bloomin' around here (since I have nothing else to share at the moment!).  So...without further ado, here are some of the stars around here:

Those of you who have these lovely plants know how sweet the scent is.  They bloomed so fast that I didn't have time to bring any inside; but, they did put on a show for the neighborhood!


The boxes on the deck are filling in nicely; I couldn't bring myself to shear back that beautiful trailing lobellia!


The Asiatic lilies are popping out, too; these are the first!


The clematis is full of buds and blooms!



The Annabelle hydrangea is thinking about blooming soon!



The apples are actually getting ready for fall, way up high in the old apple tree!


A butterfly stopped by to perch on the shadow of a leaf on the wall of the old chicken coop!




And the fuschia is happy on an old cherry picking ladder under that old apple tree!


I hope that all of you are having a fabulous weekend!  The Headmaster and I are taking off this aft up the Peninsula to see a production of  "Opus" at Peninsula Players!  It's one of our favorite things to do in the summer!



The Headmistress will be attending some of these fabulous gatherings this week; thanks to all of the lovely and talented hostesses!


Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Amaze Me Monday @ Dittle Dattle
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch
Making The World Cuter Monday @ Making The World Cuter
Mingle Monday @ Add a Pinch
Show Off Your Cottage Monday @ The House in the Roses
Bedazzle me Monday @Everything Under the Moon
Creative Mondays @ Judy H-J's Thoughts - A Twinless
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home
Dear Lillie Link Party @ Dear Lillie
Just A Party with My Peeps @ How to Nest for Less
Cowgirl Up @ The Farmhouse Porch
It's Show Off Monday @ Kampen Lane
A Stroll Through Life ~ Tabletop Tuesday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 
Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Tuesday Cuppa Tea@ Antiques and Teacups 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
Talent Tuesday @ Vintage Wanna Bee
Twice Owned Tuesday @ Creating a House of Grace
Tuesday Link Party @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Knick of Time Tuesday @ Knick of Time
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Anything Goes @ Type A
Club G.W. @ Charm Bracelet Diva 
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Inspiration Board @ Homework
Rock 'N Share @ The Shady Porch
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.
Works for Me Wednesday @ We are THAT Family
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
White Wednesday @ Faded Charm 
Wednesday Link Party @ Very Merry Vintage Style
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style 
Show and Tell @ Blue Cricket Design
Create and Share @ Trendy Treehouse
Link It Up Wednesday @ Junk in Their Trunk
Sugar & Spice @ Seven Thirty Three
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely
Between Naps on the Porch ~ Tablescape Thursday
Catch a Glimpse Thursday ~ A Glimpse Inside
Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From My Front Porch to Yours
Time Travel Thursday @ Brambleberry Cottage 
Catch a Glimpse Thursday @ A Glimpse Inside
Creative Things Thursday @ The Vintage Farmhouse
Vintage Thingie Thursday @ The Coloradolady
Pearls and Lace Thursday @ Faith, Grace, and Crafts
Pin'Inspirational Thursday @ The ArtsyGirl Connection
Thrifty Thursday @ Tales from Bloggeritaville 
Cute & Creative @ Dumpster Diva
Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Coffee & Conversation @ Passionately Perfect
Thrift'n On a Thursday @ Savvy City Farmer 
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Thursday Favorite Things @ Katherine's Corner
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life
Creative Thursday @ Michelle's Tasty Creations and Crafty Ideas
Chic on a Shoestring ~ Flaunt It Friday
My Romantic Home  ~Show and Tell Friday
Flaunt It Friday ~ Chic on a Shoestring
Foodie Friday ~ Designs by Gollum
Air Your Laundry Friday @ Freckled Laundry
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home
Fridays Unfolded @ Stuff and Nonsense
Vintage Inspiration Friday @ Common Ground
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Inspiration Friday @ At The Picket Fence
Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring Decorating
Friday Flair @ Whipper Berry
Feature Yourself Friday@ Finger Prints on the Fridge
Farmhouse Friday @ LaurieAnna's Vintage Home
Thrifty Things Friday @ The Thrifty Groove
Potpourri Party @ 2805
Funky Junk Interiors ~ Saturday Night Special
Homemaking Link-Up Weekend @ Hope in Every Season
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors
Say G'Day Linky Party @ Natasha in Oz







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30 May 2012

A Tale of Two Households

No, not ours, but a photo of a great old cabin out in the country in n'east Wisconsin!  Fall, 2011.


Twice a year we pick up and move from Louisiana to Wisconsin and back again.  After a few years of doing this, we finally are still trying to have things down to a science (keep in mind that we are also traveling with the two assistants)!  Part of the move involves shipping a few 'culinary' items that can't be readily found here, and that we just can't live without!  Here is what was in the box I shipped to myself:

Jambalaya mix and Camellia red beans!

This is the ONLY brand I can use, and I haven't seen them up here.

Also, I shipped a few vintage linens up to use. Wish I had brought more...oh well, there is always Etsy!!





The old watering can with dried Annabelle and Endless Summer hydrangeas is always here!




Because we are much more casual up here, we don't bring the china with us (we'd never get it all here!).  However, I did, a few years ago, manage to bring some great PLASTIC(!!) unbreakable dishes bought several years ago from Wal-Mart.  It will probably be the ONLY 'tablescape' I will manage to do for six months!  Anyway, here are some of the lovely margarita glasses from the set! (Yes, the wallpaper is VERY dated and needs desperately to be changed!  Assistants, get in here!!).



Today is cold and rainy, so the indoor project du jour is rearranging the pantry and culling stuff that has expired.  Lots to be done, inside and out.  Will take a few more days to 'regroup' and then hopefully some pictures and catch-up posts!

Linking up with the following this week:
Designs by Gollum ~ Foodie Friday
DebbieDoos Newbie Party


Have a wonderful week!


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