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 | Apr 1, 2020 | Amber, Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, Vintage glassware
Let’s go to France this week and see the tulips. Wait … that’s wrong … tulips are Holland. And they’re supposed to come in the spring. But these tulips arrived last summer, at Trader Joe’s. It’s a mixed-up world right...
by Helen Kain | Sep 2, 2019 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Country lanes, cornstalks, scarecrows and sunflowers are the epitome of late summer. Sunflowers are even better when they’re edible (and not in the usual sense). Such as chocolate cupcakes decorated with Oreo-cookies-turned-sunflowers, idea courtesy of...
by Helen Kain | Aug 26, 2019 | Brown, Green, Summer Tablescapes
Cheeky, playful and cheerful. Monkeys galore. This table sprang from a combination of patterns comprising Monkey by American Atelier and a tea set from Maryland China. Oh – and Spode Jewel as the dinner plate. The napkins featuring palm fronds were from...
by Helen Kain | Aug 19, 2019 | Blue, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow
The sunny, cheerful faces of sunflowers herald the waning days of summer, bringing a bit of melancholy in their wake. In France, they’re called tournesols – tourner is to turn and sol is for sun. While they do turn east to west when...
