by Helen Kain | Apr 1, 2020 | Amber, Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, Vintage glassware
Let’s go to France this week and see the tulips. Wait … that’s wrong … tulips are Holland. And they’re supposed to come in the spring. But these tulips arrived last summer, at Trader Joe’s. It’s a mixed-up world right...
by Helen Kain | Mar 4, 2020 | Antique glassware, Brown, Easter, Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes
Spring is in the air! Let the nesting begin. For now, we may have to content ourselves with birds and butterflies of a painted nature, but we know they’ll be here in the flesh very soon. As my granddaughter, Juliana is fond of asking, “For...
by Helen Kain | Jan 23, 2020 | Blue, Brown, Chinese New Year, Cobalt, Pink and Red, Winter Tablescapes
My youngest daughter, Lauren and I have birthdays very close together in the early part of February. The other adult kids usually host a celebratory dinner for us and last year we employed a Chinese New Year theme, as the date was very close (February 5, 2019). ...
by Helen Kain | Jan 12, 2020 | Brown, Green, Home, Pink and Red, Winter Tablescapes
It’s a blustery day, bringing to mind Winnie and Pooh and his forest companions. We don’t have Tigger or a Kangaroo, but we’ve got lots of birds, bunnies and squirrels. We had a patch of warm weather and sunshine in late November, and I...
by Helen Kain | Nov 14, 2019 | Amber, Antique glassware, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Thanksgiving, Vintage china
It wouldn’t be fall without a Game Bird table. Especially one that features ducks. Mallard ducks. Enter Mason’s Game Birds. In green, as opposed to the polychrome version, which is also lovely, and easier to lay your hands on. But for this table,...
by Helen Kain | Nov 7, 2019 | Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Grey and Pewter, Winter Tablescapes
Who is that masked beast? How handsome he is! How dashing! Why does he come amongst us, in this idyllic forest vale? Is he friend or foe? And who is his companion, the learned-looking creature? Hmmmm. A bit haughty, perhaps,...
