Blue Birds of Spring

by Helen Kain | May 20, 2020 | Blue, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White

The sweetest of flowers have arrived: white lilacs and lilies of the valley. Utter heaven. Their exquisite blossoms are as delicate as their scents. Not yet being blessed with blooms from our newly-planted-last-year white lilac bush, I have to content myself with...

Buzzing Bees Greet The Sunshine

by Helen Kain | May 15, 2020 | Black, 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...

Eau de Nil with Lilacs

by Helen Kain | May 6, 2020 | Antique china, Antique glassware, Blue, Purple, Spring Tablescapes

Hooray for May and Mother’s Day! To celebrate, I thought a dose of soft pastels and fragrant lilacs was in order. Don’t let their lowly name, “common” lilacs, fool you. Their scent is divine.  I paired them with antique Royal Worcester...

Blooming Hydrangea and Garden Terrace

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....

Spring Willow by Kent

by Helen Kain | Apr 23, 2020 | Brown, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes

This china pattern reminded me of a song my daughter Stephanie sang when she just a little mite:   “Spring, spring, spring is in the air I can feel it everywhere And the pussywillows bloom And the pussywillows bloom And the pussywillows bloom in...

A Famille Rose Easter

by Helen Kain | Apr 9, 2020 | Antique china, Antique glassware, Easter, Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, Vintage china

It’s a weird kind of Easter this year, as the Easter Bunny observes social distancing. We will need to hop to it and make do with pretty pictures and virtual gatherings. And some non-virtual chocolate. I set this table a few weeks ago, pre-pandemic, in blissful...