by Helen Kain | May 15, 2020 | Black, Home, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow
We are all buzzing as the days grow warmer and sunnier, and there is a new air of hopefulness as the world begins to come to life again. So I set an outdoor table, complete with a Lemon Honeycomb Cake, perfectly portioned for snacking and sharing. We do like our...
by Helen Kain | Apr 29, 2020 | Blue, Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow
It may be rushing the seasons a bit, but today we are featuring a table with hydrangeas—lush, full, colourful hydrangeas with an exuberantly blooming garden in the background. Blue hydrangea is the consistent feature on this set of mixed salad plates by Portmeirion....
by Helen Kain | Mar 25, 2020 | Blue, Spring Tablescapes, Yellow
Flower focus. That’s my quick cure for the jumpy jitters. And as it’s March, daffodils are the flower of choice while hunkered down in solitary confinement proscribed isolation. Happily, daffodils are readily available at the grocery store, so we can comply with...
by Helen Kain | Nov 3, 2019 | Amber, Black, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Terracotta, White, Yellow
Adjusting to a six-hour time change and weather whiplash has left me a bit discombobulated. A little over a week ago I was scarfing down pasta in Rome in blissful mid 70s temperatures. Monday of this week saw me boarding a flight to Omaha (for my “real...
by Helen Kain | Sep 19, 2019 | Black, Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Orange, Pink and Red, 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 15, 2019 | Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Yellow
Don’t you love a versatile china pattern that is skilled at transitions? Enter vintage ironstone Apple Blossom by Ridgway, The name would have you believe it’s a spring pattern. But have you ever seen a yellow apple blossom? Or a blue one, for that matter?...
