by Helen Kain | Apr 3, 2021 | Easter, Green, Home, Pink and Red, Purple, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Easter is such a hopeful holiday. While I love Christmas, it marks the beginning of winter and many months of darkness. Easter, however, is the beginning of warmer and longer days (at least for us Northern Hemisphere dwellers). You can almost feel the world coming to...
by Helen Kain | Mar 20, 2021 | Blue, Easter, Home, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White
Chirp, chirp! It’s time to start preparing our nests. Every spring, it’s the same. She starts nagging me to redecorate as soon as the weather warms up. What’s wrong with last year’s nest? It’s so … tatty … she...
by Helen Kain | Mar 7, 2021 | Green, Home, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
They’re on their way! In the garden, daffodil leaves are sprouting, inching higher with each warm day. Beneath, the soil holds captured sunshine: Narcissus Poeticus (the poet’s daffodil) stately King Alfreds and diminutive Baby Moons, whose tiny bulbs...
by Helen Kain | Mar 2, 2021 | Easter, Green, Home, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White
Hi there! It’s Maxcera Bunny speaking. Is it time? Can we come out yet? It’s still a bit chilly, but green shoots are popping up, and I’m hopping to go. I see a basket of flowers to nibble on, and hey – what are these things? Little...
by Helen Kain | Feb 21, 2021 | Black, Green, Home, Orange, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Yellow
Drama, drama, drama. Though not a fan of it in my personal life, I’m all for it where it comes to tableware. Henriette, by Anthropologie, made a brief appearance last year and has since retired to the wings. But what a performance! Vibrant orange, yellow, pink...
by Helen Kain | Feb 6, 2021 | Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, Yellow
Soft pastel shades and fresh flowers are an instant cure for the winter doldrums. English Garden by Certified International was new for 2020. The trellis pattern on the soft green, scallop-edged dinner plate was an instant hit with me. I can see styling it a dozen...