To Mother With Love

I'm celebrating with flowers and photography and tea and my favourite female today!

Lousy Apartment

I found this quirky plate for $5 at Value Village and have it hanging on a wall for the twofold irony that 1. I don't live in an apartment and 2. if I did I would pull every creative stop possible to make it the farthest thing from lousy! So the blessed sentiment (and that hopefully intentionally hideous furniture illustration) shall forever make me chuckle. In all seriousnessness, oh how I thank God for décor with a sense of humour.

Floral Dishes

I found this sweet set of floral dishes for $9 at Value Village. It's 4 round plates and an oval platter and dish; that tiny oval dish is particularly charming. The set is marked Myott and is from England circa 1930s-1940s. 

Valentine Transferware

This fine collection of red and white Transferware includes a plate of particular interest...

Another Chatsworth House, a.k.a. Mr. Darcy's Pemberley, plate! The view is of the house in 1792. I love how this dish illustrates the house from the side, from the River Derwent, through the arches of the bridge (which pictures the statue that is no longer there), nestled in the foliage. The clouds look like pointillism. In 1792 I suppose Mr. Darcy would have been a boy playing in these grounds, or, you know...diving into the lake! (Hope that induced a Happy Valentine's swoon!)

Urn It

I've been playing around with this collection of thrifted urns; I love the variety of materials and textures. It makes me chuckle that an urn gives the displayed item a little bit of elegant pomp.

Green Gables Tea Cup

I found this sweet teacup and saucer at a local thrift store for $1. It's the same house and garden illustration as on the dish in the post below, but this one is coloured in!

Green Gables Dish

I found this gilded edge Green Gables dish for $1.99 at Value Village. It's a bit of my beloved P.E.I.!

Splatterware Pan

Take a look at the intricate swirls and spots on this Splatterware pan. It's hard to say how old this particular pan is, but I've seen very similar ones from the 1940s, so that's my estimate.

The pattern in the enamel is mesmerizing!

Cobalt Craze

My Cobalt Craze design is up for voting in Spoonflower's Mosaic challenge!

Blue and White Dishes

You may have noticed that I'm a fan of blue and white dishes...here are some stunners from the collection!

Delft Charms

Much to my delight I found these dainty little charms at Michael's and am turning them into jewellery!