by Helen Kain | Dec 17, 2023 | Antique china, Antique glassware, Christmas, Green, Recent, White
Shades of green and gold collaborate to create a soft, delicate palette for an elegant yet playful Christmas setting. The inspiration for the table came from the pitcher belonging to a Fitz and Floyd series called Gregorian Santa. There it is – mid left of the...
by Helen Kain | Dec 9, 2023 | Christmas, Green, Pink and Red, Recent, Winter Tablescapes
It’s nearly mid-December and time to make merry. Let’s start with a Christmas table featuring classic elements: tartan, trees, animals and elves! Juliska’s Berry and Thread in Whitewash is my everyday white pattern in the Cape. When we bought the...
by Helen Kain | Nov 5, 2023 | Black, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Recent, Thanksgiving
Here is one turkey looking forward to Thanksgiving—Fitz and Floyd’s Omnibus Turkey Tureen is taking centre stage. He joins Woodland Wild Turkey dinner plates by Johnson Brothers and Wildwood Leaves salad plates from Pier 1. We have lots of wild turkeys in the...
by Helen Kain | Oct 13, 2023 | Black, Grey and Pewter, Halloween, Orange, Organization, Recent, Storage
Back in the Stone Age, when I was a child, we waited with delicious anticipation for the annual screening of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, on TV. Hard as it is to fathom today, it was shown once; if you wanted to watch it, you had to show up in front of...
by Helen Kain | Oct 13, 2023 | Cakes, Fall Recipes, Halloween, Recent
Chocolate cupcakes are frosted with luscious chocolate French buttercream. The wings are made with sinfully delicious dark chocolate wafer cookies. Add the candy eyes and drop the cupcakes into spidery cupcake holders, and you’ve got deliciously fun Halloween...
by Helen Kain | Sep 29, 2023 | Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Orange, Thanksgiving
The week leading up to our early Canadian Thanksgiving celebration incorporated the usual preparations. I always wonder why I’m tired the day after the dinner. (Hmmmm—why might that be?) Monday: track down fresh turkey. Learn that none are to be had locally, and...