Everyday Living

Tablescape Tuesday: Vintage Quimper Pottery

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
‭‭Joshua‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends and welcome to another edition of Tablescape Tuesday!  I am very excited to share my new (to me) pottery.  I recently acquired from my friend, Rita at Panoply, 58 pieces of beautiful Quimper faience pottery in the “Soleil Yellow” pattern. I have long admired Quimper and am more than pleased to have added this to my collection of dishware.  I have 8 dinner plates, 8 luncheon plates, 10 salad or bread/butter plates, and 16 cups/saucers.  According to Rita, this pottery came from a single estate, manufactured sometime after 1930, likely during WWII.  It was a popular gift from soldiers, who were stationed in France, to their loved ones during that era.  Each piece is hand-painted and is made in the Brittany region of France.  You are invited to join me in the dining room for a vintage Quimper pottery tablescape! 

You all know how much I love color, the sunny yellow pottery mixes well with the red walls!

The dark blue stemware highlights the blue in the Quimper faience.READ MORE

Tablescape Tuesday: An Old Standby

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Spring, Tablescape Tuesday

 “Forever, O Lord, your word
    is firmly fixed in the heavens.”
Psalms 119:89

Hello Sweet Friends!  I hope your week is off to a good start.  We had a busy weekend, but the weather was gorgeous, which was a nice change!

As I was contemplating this week’s Tablescape I realized that I hadn’t used one of my china patterns since last summer. It was time to bring it back out, a favorite old standby!

Early morning sunlight dances across the dining room walls.

  The china pattern is Artesian Road by Tracy Porter, now discontinued but can still be found on the internet.READ MORE

4 Spring Tablescapes

~ Food & Entertaining, Spring, Tablescape Tuesday

“For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭

Happy Tuesday dear friends!  Can you believe spring will arrive three weeks from today?  It has already made an early arrival in our Appalachian Foothills…trees are blooming and daffodils are showing their happy faces!  I always love the change of seasons, because it brings refreshment…and tablescaping changes up a bit!  The colors of spring make it easy to set a beautiful table!  Grab a cup of coffee or tea and join me for 4 spring tablescapes!

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A setting that is a little casual and a little elegant!READ MORE