Valentine's on the Plate Rack

I always enjoy changing the plate rack for the seasons and holidays.

Found these plates decorated with trees and hearts plates at Pier 1.  

I have a little different color scheme going this year for Valentine's Day.  

Love birds, hearts and of a course a pink frilly pig!  Everyone has one right? 😉

I spotted her at Cracker Barrel and grabbed her up!  

On the kitchen table I set up a little vignette with a pair of salt & pepper shakers, candle and a bud vase.  The bud vase heart has a little hole in the upper side and so I add water with food coloring.  A lace table topper for a little more romantic look.  I just bunch the lace up towards the charger when we eat and then spread it back out when we're done.

My plate rack and table prepped for Valentine's Day!  

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Celebrate Your Story 

This Thursday my Romantic Valentines Tablescape will be part of a blog hop which is going on all week.  I hope you'll swing on by and visit!  Below are the links for each blogger 💝

 Monday

Home is Where The Boat Is * Belle Blue Interiors *  Everyday Living 

*A casa di Bianca* PMQ For Two 
Tuesday     Life and Linda * Knock it Off Kim * My French Twist Red Cottage Chronicles * Our Crafty Mom    Wednesday      Bluesky at Home * The Painted Apron * The Little Yellow Corner Store * The Corner of Plaid and Paisley * Living With Thanksgiving     Thursday     At Home With Jemma * Dining Delight * Panoply Home and Gardening with Liz  

Friday     PMQ for Two *  From My Carolina Home * Me and My Captain The Red Painted Cottage * Celebrate & Decorate  

Inspired by Flowers

I collected a couple of flowers from my gardens.  The peonies have been blooming through this past week and there are still some iris in bloom.

 The white peonies are the most fragrant and intoxicating.  As I wandered towards the garden to cut some I was greeted with their gorgeous scent.

 The iris have been holding up pretty well during all the wind and rain we've had lately but this one was bent over so I snipped it and brought it indoors.

I was inspired to create this little vignette with a cherry scented candle, a goose figurine and of course the flowers.  

 Last Friday I cleaned around the house and took apart the plate rack and decided it was time for a summer look.

 Continuing with my flower inspiration I brought out these Pier 1 floral dishes that I purchased during one of their sales and I adore them.  The colors and the flower pattern are perfect for summer!

 I decided to keep the green cabbage leaf dishes on the plate rack and I love how they look with these dishes behind them.

 A Jim Shore bird house I found at Lowe's several years ago.  I treasure it and it will never really be used outdoors for the birds!

 Our area is all about the cherries.  Every so often I find a cookbook with cherry recipes and this is one. A lot of our local stores sell things like this since cherries are a big draw up here.  They have the National Cherry Festival every year around the 4th of July for a week.  Tons of visitors arrive!

 One of the few MacKenzie Childs pieces I have.   

 I can't be positive if I bought this lamb at Hobby Lobby or another store.  I stuck a potted faux cabbage in it just for extra cuteness!

 I also got the salad plates and brought out two of my fleur de-lis mugs to go with the setting.

Inspired by flowers!

I'm changing my blog name to "Home and Gardening With Liz".  My 2nd blog which was dedicated to my love of gardening is being combined with this one.  Linda (Life and Linda) is handling the transfer   of my old posts and I am so grateful she's there for me!

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Mini-Tablescape and Plate Rack

Sunday morning I put together a quick tablescape for an "Impromptu Morning Dessert" and you are welcome to take a look at it "here".  I mixed some new tid-bit plates from Pottery Barn with my Polish Pottery that worked out nicely.

 I was in the basement I saw my decorative wooden terrarium that I got at least 6 years ago at Kohl's.  It's not a real terrarium since there's no glass in it- it was just an accent piece shown with flameless candles or plants.  

 I invested in several small artificial plants to go in it and I added my faux moss to the bottom that I used at Easter.

 I was going to get rid of it but decided to give it another chance so it ended up here on the small table.

 I found these bisque ceramic candle holders at one of my little favorite shops in Petoskey.  I decided they color and texture worked well with the terrarium.

 I felt like a punch of green was needed so the Pier 1 cabbage plates went up on the plate rack.  This has become a fun decorating spot for me!

 I couldn't make my mind up for the bottom shelf of the plate rack but finally decided to put an assortment of creamy white pitchers for it.

 A couple of months ago I found this blue/white cookie jar at T.J. Maxx and decided I had to have it.  I goes with the other pieces from that same Ralph Lauren Mandarin line that I have.

 I have one candle holder from the same group and I can't remember if I showed this porcelain sphere I ordered from Pottery Barn a few months back.   The cobalt stemware was a clearance purchase at Pier 1 some time ago.

 Pretty much the same here- with the exception of the Dutch Wooden Shoe ornament I found at Bronner's Christmas store on our way back home after my birthday in March.

 Here in Michigan we have a neat little city called Holland that is dedicated to celebrating Tulips!  They have a festival and 25,000 tulips are planted throughout the area including Windmill Island where you can actually go inside an authentic 250 year old dutch windmill.  Anyway I had to have the ornament for nostalgic reasons!  

 I think I mentioned this a while back too- I found the crate at T.J. Maxx.  I was looking for something different to add to the bottom of the etagere.  I started adding a few things I had around the house.  I had thoughts of putting wine bottles in it but they really should be stored on their side.

This area is frequently used.  Notice my Christmas Cactus is blooming again!  This is the 4th time since December.  I guess it likes where it is!

I turned it around to view the flowers better.  I love flowers- what can I say!

I joined Ron at The Uptown Acorn yesterday for his  (link) "What Makes Me Happy" series.

I'd love it if you haven't visited yet and could leave a comment!

Looking forward to a great weekend and I hope yours will be too!

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Singin' The Blues (T)

After all the red I had up for Valentine's Day I decided to cool things off with some blues!

I went through my dishes and accessories to put together this all blue and white display on the plate rack and table below.

I chose my fleur de-lis salad plates and the dinner plates to go together since they have the same pattern.    I stuck two navy blue candles in the miniature flower pots.

The two small  plates are part of a set of 4 that came from Terrain a couple of years ago.  They're hand hand painted designs so no two are exactly alike.  The creamer cow came from Pottery Barn a long time ago.

The fleur de-lis salad plates came from Sur La Table 2 years ago and the dinner plates came from One King's Lane a good while back.

The large platter/plates also came from Sur La Table.  I like to use them for soup and a sandwich.  

During one of my visits to Hobby Lobby I spotted this cute sugar and creamer set and decided I had to have it.  It goes pretty nicely with all the other pieces.

Mr. Rooster got a new home and I added a few more pieces with blue to the vignette.

A 2002 Best of Country Cooking by Southern Living cook book fit right in!

I didn't think this pitcher was going to work but I gave it a try and liked it.  I have a much smaller one too- both found at T.J. Maxx several years ago.

The etagare got a little updating too.

I have been looking for a crate for the bottom shelf and found a rather reasonably priced one at T.J. Maxx that fit there nicely.  I'm still working on what I'm going to store in it yet.

 I spotted this blue and white ball in a Pottery Barn catalog and since I was ordering something for Easter I quickly ordered it before they were gone.  There is a larger size but I guess it's already sold out on-line.

It has a flat bottom with a velvet like fabric so you can set it on things without it rolling or marking the surface.

I set up a quick tablescape using my everyday dishes by Mikasa and our everyday flatware.

 Sorry for the quickly put together centerpiece! 

Thanks for joining me and my "Sining' The Blues"!

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