St Patrick's Day Refreshments

 St Patrick's Day Blog Crawl at Cuisine Kathleen

Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Through Life

ABC Wednesday - "I" is for Irish

Silver Sunday at Gypsy Fish Journal

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

White Wednesday at Faded Charm

I know you must all be parched from travelling all over Blogland visiting everyone participating in Kathleen's Blog Crawl, so I thought I 'd offer up some liquid refreshments and a chance to take a bit of a break.  Please feel free to help yourself and stop back again later in the day for another recharge!

The table covering was crocheted by my maternal grandmother

and is actually a bedspread.

We have Champagne Punch served in a vintage Homer Laughlin punch bowl.

Coffee or tea ... if you have never tasted coffee with a shot of Crème de menthe .... do try it!

Vintage pewter tea service.

Vintage Haviland

From a set of vintage silver forks, this one has a gondola on it.

Cabbage plates, perfect for St Patrick's Day, from Home Goods

Vintage Home Laughlin covered muffin plate.

Cut glasses were my mother-in-law's

Punch Bowl back stamp

Reverse side of bowl

Vintage Homer Laughlin Ivory Fiesta Mugs for Irish Coffee

Perhaps a bit of Guiness would hit the spot for you?

Vintage Belleek creamer and sugar

I'm so pleased you could drop by during your travels around the St Patrick's Day celebrations!

Love Gone Wild ..... A Valentine Tablescape

Happy Valentine's Day

Do you have your hankie handy?

A love story that makes me SOL ...... that's Sob Out Loud .... sigh ......

I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.  ~ Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

 

Enter Vera Neumann with her endless talent.

Vera created thousands of beautiful textiles, many of which were based

on her extensive travels around the world.  Many of them featured animals

she saw during her travels.

Red spotted giraffes and red striped zebras .....

The print on these vintage Vera napkins was the inspiration for a Valentine tablescape here on The Little Round Table, which in this case is actually a rectangular table. So, courtesy of inspiration by Vera and shopping my house, here is:

LOVE GONE WILD - PURE ANIMAL ATTRACTION

Tablecloth - the flat sheet from a $7 Twin set. That's where the metamorphosis comes in, from sheet to tablecloth in the blink of an eye!

Napkins - eBay

Chargers, candle holders, napkin rings - Pier 1

Polka Dot Fiesta plates exclusive to HLCCA

Goblets - Home Goods

Vera Neumann resources:

Vera Neumann The Art and Life of an Icon

Vera Textiles: Add Color To Everyday Fashion

Thanks so much for coming to visit!

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm joining:

Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch

Silver Sunday at Gypsy Fish Journal
Masterpiece Monday at Boogieboard Cottage
Mosaic Monday at Little Red House
Show Off Your Cottage Monday at The House In The Roses