Show and Tell Friday - 4/3 - Sideboards and Cupboards

It's Show and Tell Friday. I think this is so fun because you never know what you're going to discover. I love the uniqueness of blogging...our individual tastes, regional differences, old and new memories and sharing. Kelli is waiting for you over at There is no place like Home. I bet there's a long line!


By now, you know I love Spring! I love the outdoors, the green grass, the bunnies, bulbs, azaleas, blue birds in a house (have I got a story about that). It is like my world comes alive in the Spring! Easter holds such a deep and precious meaning to me. I hope to attend a Sunrise service this year.




So, with that said, I have Spring all over my house! Here's some more highlights:

This is the top of the sideboard. The little lambs are by Raz. I told you I loved Raz! The pink Bordallo egg holder is from Marshall's.





I used these nosegays last year on my dining table but decided to move them for this year.



This little bunny has been with me for years. I have used him with candles in the baskets, greenery...just endless possibilities.





This is one of my precious keepsakes. It was Mother's and was on her coffee table forever. She loved this bowl. No one loved pink and glass like my mother!





The cross also has special memories. My mother's nieces went into together and sent a gorgeous floral arrangement to her funeral. Mother would have loved it. The cross was in the arrangement. I've used it in different place in my home since last July. It reminds me of Mother and of my sweet double first cousins who loved my mother.




In the kitchen, I have a small grouping on an oak cupboard.



From left to right, a Holland ceramic handmade cabbage soup tureen



The silver rabbit tray you saw yesterday with a jelly bean candle holder. Do you remember this? I used it with red hots in February. It has LOVE etched on the front.



On the far right are two Bordallo cabbage serving bowls.


Be back Saturday for another Pink Saturday!

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Tablescape Thursday - 4/2 - A cozy breakfast tray

Welcome to my Tablescape Thursday post. To see more dishes and pretties than you can shake a stick at, hop over to Susan's at Between Naps on the Front Porch. You're in for a treat!




It seems we have all gone Spring crazy and I'm right that with you. We had sunshine today. It was a glorious day. Personally, I love mornings...calm mornings.



Mr. Dumpling, are you reading this? Mr. Dumpling like to chat in the mornings, share what he reads on Yahoo, plans for the day, etc.

Me? Not so much. I want to drink my coffee, walk out on the porch, drink my coffee and maybe watch The West Wing or NCIS I taped while I drink more coffee. Boo snuggles in the chair with me and he's not too chatty in the a.m. either.



Anyway, when I was thinking about Tablescape Thursday, I thought about morning. Wouldn't it be nice to wake up to a lovely little breakfast tray?


Let's play a little and we'll pull out a variety of dishes. I love doing that!


I found this little yellow wooden tray at a Garage Sale. Mother gave me the placemats years ago. Breakfast was sort of thrown together today. We've having croissants, cheese, blackberries, a hard boiled egg, orange juice and coffee.







Here's how I put it together. Using the tray and placemat, I'll add one of my favorite plates that goes with almost everything. It's by Noritake and called Reverie. I've had it since 1977. I was a child. (haha).


I love the designs on it...butterflies, lady bugs and my favorite colors of yellow, pink and green.






On top of that, I'll put my Hobby Lobby bunny plates from several years ago. Aren't they sweet with the open work around the edges?






I love mixing my green Depression glass with the Reverie. Today, I've used my green Depression Fruits tumbler and sherbet.



I love the fruit pattern etched on the glass. The sherbet has the cherries. Some have a pear, etc.



To keep the Spring look, I used my mother of pearl silverware. I just love it. It needs cleaned but I'm sure you're too kind to mention it.



The sweet little chick egg cup is holding our speckled hard boiled egg.



Now just for fun, I'm going to make a few changes. I told you I loved playing with dishes and getting different looks with just a few tweaks.



I'm using my silver bunny tray now as a plate. Isn't he cute? I wish I had more of these.



I added a cute little green bunny. He's the softest green and he's new from HL (1/2 price of course!).

I'll see you tomorrow for Friday Show and Tell!

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Show and Tell Friday - 3/27 - Spring and Bunnies!

It's Show and Tell Friday again! Kelly at There is No Place Like Home probably has a lot of bloggers just waiting to show off a treasure!

It's been quite a week here. Terrible storms these last few days. Trees are down everywhere! No electricity but fortunately we had a generator for basics. Worst of all, NO internet service. I thought I was dying. My hands were trembling. It just came back on so this will be a quick post. It's my bedtime!

It is definitely Spring here. My grass is so green and everything is budding. It's Spring inside too! I change my foyer table for the seasons and it's all ready for Easter!



I love the shades of these eggs and they go perfect with my other aqua colors.



I have these beads in at least 5 colors and I love to use them. These are aqua and soft green.



I found my yellow opalescent Vaseline glass candleholders while clearing things out last week. They are perfect here!



Walk around the corner and let's look in the Hearth Room. I also change the bookshelf next to the mantel for the seasons and it's Spring and bunnies!



I love the little bunnies. They are a set of 3. I bought them 100 years ago at Hobby Lobby. This year, I put a little pink and green ribbon on his neck.




See his little crackle finish?



The little girls are just adorable. This has a sparkle to it and looks like an old fashioned postcard. I bought it in Canton several years ago.



This is on the table by my chair. I love to drink my coffee and look at something pretty. This is my little brown bunny. He really is a Peter Cottontail. he's made by Raz. I have fallen in love with this company!



I started out with my pink Bordallo cake plate from Marshall's ($7.99).



Then a Wal-Mart glass plate to give me some width.



See the texture! I love that about him.




And his little basket is just perfect for ivy.



Since we're talking about bunnies, how many of you remember Bugs Bunny? Since I'm a Southern Belle, here's Bugs Bunny in Dixie. I truly do love my Yankee, I mean Northern friends and family! ;-)



Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you tomorrow for Pink Saturday!

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Pink Saturday - 3/21 - Pink Tea Room Depression glass

Happy Pink Saturday! I can just feel the PINKNESS in the air! Pink Saturday is hosted by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound.

Today, I think we'll look at some Depression Glass. I know you probably have a million things to do today and time's a wastin'. There's milk to churn, fields to plow, beans to pick, meals to cook, bread to bake...hmm, would you guess I've been reading an Amish novel?



Anyway, back to Depression glass. For Spring, I love to pull out the pink Depression glass. I cleaned off the coffee table in living room and decided on my Pink Depression Tea Room flared vase.





This is such a lovely piece. Tea Room was made by Indiana Glass form 1925 to 1931. It is one of the earliest Depression Glass patterns.



Aren't the little bunnies cute? They came from Hobby Lobby several years ago.





Pink Depression glass is so hard to photograph. The color just seems to wash out but it's really a gorgeous color!


Here's a few other pics of Tea Room I wish I owned!








I stumbled across this set in Canton, TX. If you've never been to First Monday in Canton, you've missed a whole "nother" world! This has been going on for over 150 years. Here's a great story in Country Living magazine. I hope to be there next month.




Before I go (work to be done you know!), I thought I would give you some ideas for Easter!

If I had a grand-daughter (hint, hint OnlySon), I would dress her in this -



Boudreaux would be a star in this!




And Mr. Dumpling would wear this -



And me? What about this?



Hmm, I don't think so! We would look more like this!



That's all Folks!

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