by Helen Kain | Oct 2, 2019 | Black, Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Home, Orange, Recent
We’ve turned the calendar page to October, so bring on the spooky-ware. As long-time readers know, I’m not a huge Halloween fan. The sinister and destructive undertones of the holiday make me a bit queasy. I was happy, therefore, to find some quite fun...
by Helen Kain | Sep 19, 2019 | Black, Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Home, Orange, Pink and Red, Recent, Yellow
Dogs trucks and pumpkins. Yahoo! It’s autumn in the country. With hounds and sheepdogs, haybales and pumpkins. There’s a kitten, too, for good measure. “greeting” a bulldog. I always think of that as the “Halloween Cat” position...
by Helen Kain | Sep 12, 2019 | Amber, Blue, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Terracotta, White
The richness of cobalt and burnt orange is a time-honoured combination found in Imari patterns, beloved by collectors for centuries. Collectors Weekly provides us with a concise history: “Imari is a style of porcelain named after the Japanese...
by Helen Kain | Sep 2, 2019 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Country lanes, cornstalks, scarecrows and sunflowers are the epitome of late summer. Sunflowers are even better when they’re edible (and not in the usual sense). Such as chocolate cupcakes decorated with Oreo-cookies-turned-sunflowers, idea courtesy of...
by Helen Kain | May 16, 2019 | Amber, Black, Brown, Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
I don’t know who thought up this particular theme, but it made me smile. Pups and Handbags. Beats Dogs Playing Cards! The four salad plates from Pier 1 are cheerful, colourful and downright silly. Perfect! Look at that little guy, sleepily gazing out. Is it...
by Helen Kain | Mar 20, 2019 | Blue, Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, Terracotta, White
It’s time for some psychedelic wildlife fun. Anthropologie brought us Mooreland by artist Starla Michelle Halfmann a few years ago. A little zany and a lot colourful, these imaginative renderings of wildlife creatures make an unusual table. The first...
