by Helen Kain | Nov 5, 2025 | Antiques, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Pink and Red, Recent, White
Every November, the poppy reminds us to pause and reflect — a small but powerful emblem of remembrance. This year, I’m marking Remembrance Day through art and tableware. The square poppy plate shown below is one of a set of twelve Royal Doulton Arts...
by Helen Kain | Oct 29, 2025 | Afternoon Tea, Fall Tablescapes, Recent
It’s getting rather late in the autumn season, but let’s sneak in one more table, and better still, a tea table. Really, autumn is the perfect time for tea, especially when built around the season’s most graceful fruit: the pear. Their honeyed sweetness...
by Helen Kain | Oct 23, 2025 | Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Recent
Some holiday traditions are stitched right into our childhood memories, and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is undeniably one of them. Decades later, Charles M. Schulz’s beloved characters still charm us with their wide-eyed sincerity, dry humour, and...
by Helen Kain | Nov 9, 2024 | Amber, Fall Tablescapes, Terracotta, Thanksgiving
Though I’m itching to start posting Christmas tables, Remembrance Day still lies before us. The unspoken rule (adopted from son Adam, who I suspect uses it as a convenient excuse, as he’s our family Grinch) is No Christmas Before November 11. So, one more...
by Helen Kain | Oct 23, 2024 | Afternoon Tea, Antique glassware, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Featured, Green, Terracotta
It’s game bird season, at least in plate form. Over fifteen years ago, this antique Limoges game bird set flew in from Country Dining Room Antiques. It comprises two sets of six different birds surrounded by gilded depictions of leaves and pine cones. The...
by Helen Kain | Oct 16, 2024 | Afternoon Tea, Amber, Antique glassware, Fall Tablescapes, Featured, Terracotta
Dahlias are a relatively recent discovery for me. Perennials have been the backbone of my garden (and tablescapes) for time immemorial. Hydrangeas do more than their share of heavy lifting, but perennials begin to look pretty shabby by August, when dahlias really...
