by Helen Kain | May 25, 2024 | Afternoon Tea, Antique china, Antique glassware, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Afternoon Tea is a delightful treat. I try to enjoy at least one whenever I’m in England, but it’s also fun to experiment with different recipes to serve at home. One lovely spring day, I pulled out Wedgwood Prunus plates for an afternoon tea with...
by Helen Kain | May 15, 2024 | Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes
Spring has been long coming this year in the Northeast. While I’ve relished the additional daylight, I’m longing for warmer temperatures and dry days. My goosebumps are starting to rust! But a glimmer of hope has emerged with the advent of luscious...
by Helen Kain | Apr 2, 2024 | Books, Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, Spring Tablescapes
Considering the chill, blustery weather in which we started March, I wondered if the maxim “Comes in like a Lion, Goes out like a Lamb” quoted in Edith Holden’s Nature Notes and the Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady would hold. Sure enough, we were...
by Helen Kain | Mar 22, 2024 | Easter, Green, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Years ago, digging around for Easter inspiration, I came across a picture of an elegant rabbit and his wheelbarrow in a magazine—Victoria, I think—but frustratingly, the manufacturer was not attributed. I searched online using every description imaginable. Nada. I...
by Helen Kain | Mar 10, 2024 | Brown, Easter, Green, Orange, Spring Tablescapes, White
Now, who is that peeking out from behind the carrots? Oh my! It’s a fluffle of bunnies who have come to enjoy a veritable feast of greenery and vegetables. Perhaps they wanted to visit with their Bunny Toile friends on plates by Jay Willfred. This charming...
by Helen Kain | Feb 25, 2024 | Easter, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes
Brunch is a wonderful meal—especially a getting-close-to-Easter brunch with chickens and rabbits from Pistoulet by Pfalzgraff. The pattern is based on the book “The Secrets of Pistoulet” by Jana Kolpen and evokes the colours of Southern France. The dinner...
