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...
by Helen Kain | Feb 7, 2019 | Blue, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, Terracotta, White, Yellow
It’s time for a change of tableware, I think. I’m invoking sunshine, warmth and country living with Rooster Meadow, by Pfaltzgraff. Isn’t that chick the cutest thing? Rooster Meadow is one of those timeless patterns that warms the heart,...
by Helen Kain | Jan 24, 2019 | Brown, Terracotta, White, Winter Tablescapes
Please come and join me for a wintery walk, and let’s see what we spot. Oh my! Who is that masked fellow? And who are his friends? Why, hello there! Nice of you to drop by, little guys. Let’s see, who else has joined us? A Wise Owl. A Wily Fox. And a...
by Helen Kain | Nov 8, 2018 | Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Terracotta, Uploaded to Wordpress, White, Winter Tablescapes
One of the delights of fall is waking up to an unexpected jewel of a day with bright sunshine and warm temperatures, just when we’ve resigned ourselves to gloomy skies and plummeting thermometers. We had already brought in the outdoor furniture for the...
by Helen Kain | Nov 5, 2018 | Amber, Black, Dundee, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Pink and Red
We purchased Braeburns at our local apple orchard this past week. They’re the last of the heirloom varieties to be picked, so that’s it for apple season. Finito! Clearly, the solution to any sadness that might invoke is an apple pie! It was also...
