Chartreuse Vera

Vintage Vera Neumann table linen set came with cloth and napkins.

Bauer footed bowl

Metlox Spiral candle holder, Bauer Footed Cake Stand

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Vera ® Dish Towels at Crate and Barrel

Perfect go-alongs for Fiesta

 Crate and Barrel - Dish Towels

Crate and Barrel has recently teamed up with The Vera Company to create a fun and colorful new line of kitchen linens and accessories for Spring 2012. Slices of carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers and other garden favorites align in whimsical and vibrantly colored patterns by renowned designer Vera Neumann. Insalata is one in a series of archival Vera prints released exclusively to Crate and Barrel. Vera’s brilliant and graphic artwork patterned housewares and fashion textiles for nearly four decades—always finished with her signature ladybug. Believing that good design should be accessible to all and incorporated into daily life, Vera designs were welcomed into homes across the country—including the White House—and worn by everyone from the fashion-savvy masses to Hollywood royalty. Keep a lookout for more patterns available for Fall and Holiday 2012, as well as a set of prep bowls rimmed in colorful slices of carrots, tomatoes, and celery, available now!

 Canning

 By The Pint

Insalata

Breakfast With Vera

Thanks for coming by again today.  This is a vintage Vera Neumann tablecloth with coffee beans as a theme.  I'm using a mix of vintage and contemporary pieces, more details at the end of today's post.

Vintage Vera Neumann tablecloth
Treble Clef flatware and napkins - Home Goods
Contemporary Fiesta in Marigold, Pearl Gray and White
Vintage Go-Along Juice glassware from one of the vintage Fiesta Ensembles
Mugs are Fiestaware2000 in Pearl Gray
Votives from Michael's
Center table - vintage Fiesta, vintage Harlequin and a piece of HLC Premium Stoneware from the late 19th Century
On the baker's rack are Fiestaware2000 rimmed soups, vintage Fiesta Yellow Coffee Pot and Juice Pitcher, vintage glass pitcher, Post86 Fiesta Jam Jars, and my Mexican Pewter Fiesta Look Alike Disc Pitcher

I hope you enjoyed your visit today!

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Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch

Fall Flashback

A new season is approaching, which means I need to get my creative juices flowing

and come up with some new Fall tablescapes.  In the meantime I thought I'd look 

back at some of the tablescapes from last year's Fall offerings.  It's hard to believe

a whole year has gone by since I started blogging about my dishes and tablecloths!

Here's one from last November ....... please come back later this afternoon for
this week's Tablescape Thursday entry.

Left is my young Locust going from green to yellow to brown in the span of a couple days.

Top Right is the deciduous Trumpet Vine 'Madame Galen' (Campsis x tagliabuana) trying to

put on a fall show but not succeeding.  Center Right - Well there's some RED, time to harvest

the pomegranates before the ants get them!  Bottom Right - Again from green to yellow to

brown in a couple of days, this is a Spice Bush (Calycanthus occidentalis) which is also

deciduous.  I sacrifice the great colors of the Fall back in the East and Midwest without

hesitation because we have no SNOW!

Vera was much more successful in capturing Fall in this third iteration of one of her vintage tablecloths. Check the first and second versions of this vintage cloth for some additional ideas. Today's version uses Post 86 Fiesta in Shamrock, White and Chocolate.

Vintage Homer Laughlin small pitcher.

Vintage GPK (Grace Patricia Kelly) napkins designed for Springmaid.  Yes, it was "the" Grace Kelly who designed a line of linens for Springmaid.

I've added some additional info and images on the Grace Kelly linens -

Grace Kelly Linens For Springmaid.

Christmas 2008 Vera Poinsettias

Another set of images I found while working on the tablecloth database.

Christmas 2008 Vera's Poinsettias.