by Helen Kain | Oct 19, 2017 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Home, Recent, Yellow
Botanical prints fill my heart with song, particularly when they are exquisitely rendered and occupy a set of mixed salad plates. By Spode no less! Woodland Harvest by Spode for Williams Sonoma is a relatively recent pattern, produced between 2006 and 2008. The set...
by Helen Kain | Oct 16, 2017 | Amber, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Home, Recent, Terracotta, White, Yellow
Hallowe’en is not my favourite holiday. I entered into the spirit of it (pun intended) when I was a candy-crazed kid. The sinister and destructive overtones of the occasion reverberate more with me now, and I see less innocent enjoyment than was my youthful...
by Helen Kain | Oct 9, 2017 | Fall Tablescapes, Green, Pink & Red, White
Fresh, crispy, crunchy and juicy. Fall apple season. Yum! Known for his vibrant use of colour and heartwarming images, David Carter Brown strikes again with his Apple Orchard series of salad/dessert plates by Sakura. The series had a short shelf...
by Helen Kain | Oct 5, 2017 | Blue, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Thanksgiving, Yellow
Cobalt blue, vivid yellow, lime green and deep red is not a combination that immediately comes to mind when I think about turkey plates. But somehow these just seemed to work. Made sometime in the early 20th century by Enoch Woods of Burslem, England, these lively...
by Helen Kain | Oct 3, 2017 | Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Pink & Red
Not to be confused with plain old Harvest by Johnson Brothers, Harvest Time is a multicoloured transfer ware pattern with an apple theme. Right on the money at this time of year, don’t you think? I was very taken by the soft peachy tones of the apples and the...
by Helen Kain | Sep 25, 2017 | Fall Tablescapes, Family & Friends, Green, Terracotta, White, Yellow
Always on the lookout for individual soup tureens, I was delighted to find these Country Market Accessories by Nikko. Zany, farm animal themed bowls available at a wonderfully reasonable price at Replacements. Yes please! What could be more fun for little girls than...
