Shades of William Morris

Today's vintage tablecloth is one I have nicknamed "Shades of William Morris"

William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement.

Morris founded a design firm in partnership with the artist Edward Burne-Jones, and the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti which profoundly influenced the decoration of churches and houses into the early 20th century. He was also a major contributor to reviving traditional textile arts and methods of production, and one of the founders of the SPAB, now a statutory element in the preservation of historic buildings in the UK.

Some of his wallpaper designs.

This vintage tablecloth reminds me of some of the classic forms seen in Morris' work. More details on this tablescape at the end of today's post.

Thanks so much for stopping by again today!

Vintage tablecloth from my Tablecloth Database

Contemporary Fiesta in Seamist, Rose, White and Shamrock

Napkin Rings from Crate and Barrel many years ago

Napkins, stemware - Home Goods

Flatware - Deauville

Green Depression Glass is vintage

Votives - Michael's

Round centerplate - Fiestaware 2000 NOP test piece in Seamist

Shakers - vintage Homer Laughlin Rhythm

Vintage Fiesta Light Green Covered Onion Soup Bowl

Crystal footed candy dish w/ 'Pinky' roses from the garden was my Mother's

On the sideboard:

Reproduction Jadite footed cake stands from the defunct Martha By Mail catalog

Pink Homer Laughlin "Kenilworth" bowl and carafe

Vintage Wells Art Glaze covered muffin plate from Homer Laughlin

Contemporary Fiesta "Hostess" bowl in Shamrock

Vintage Harlequin Ball Pitcher

Pink pitcher is vintage Homer Laughlin

I'm joining:

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Table Top Tuesday at A Stroll Through Life

Masterpiece Monday at Boogieboard Cottage

Mosaic Monday at Little Red House

Making The World Cuter Monday

Toot Your Horn Tuesday at A Silly Little Sparrow

Three or More Tuesday at The Gypsy's Corner

Lavender Blue

Originally published May 16, 2010

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I'm joining Chari for her weekly meme Sunday Favorites over at Happy To Design with this post from this week last year.  The lavender is blooming again right on schedule, as are the Lady Banks roses.

Here are some pictures of my "lavender blue" taken in my garden.

Pruning lavender hard helps promote new growth and rebloom, so I took my

clippers and did a job on a few of the many lavender plants that line the driveway.

Lavender makes wonderful sachet and helps ward off scorpions!  I also hang bundles in the laundry room and in the closets.  There is something so special about the memories that flood over me when I open a drawer with lavender sachet.  It always speaks very softly and says, "Grandma's house."

I brought in a couple of bundles to check, not ready yet for making sachet, but soon!

Thanks for coming by to visit.

Originally linked to:

Blue Monday

 at Smiling Sally

Two Peas In A Pod

There will be no fighting over the salt and pepper with these too cute

individual shaker sets found at Pier 1.  Combined with a beautiful

vintage tablecloth depicting herbs, more details at the end of this post.

Vintage tablecloth can be seen in the Tablecloth Database

Flatware combines a set from Home Goods and another from the UK

Contemporary Fiesta in Chartreuse, Paprika, and Tangerine

Glassware, mushrooms and shaker sets from Pier 1

Napkin rings from a thrift shop

Thanks so much for dropping by to visit!

I'm joining:

Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch

Vintage Thingies Thursday at Coloradolady

Favorite Things at Bargain Hunting

Open House Party at No Minimalist Here

Alphabe-Thursday at Jenny Matlock for the letter "D":

"D" is for the darling little shaker sets

"D" is for the Fiesta demitasse cups

"D" is for dill

"D" is for Tablecloth Database

Bad Day At Blogger ....

Did you miss me? LOL

I missed you.

I'm playing a wait and see game before manually restoring the

"Two Peas In A Pod" tablescape post.  Look for it to magically reappear

if Blogger is successful in their attempt to restore all data (posts and comments)

that was temporarily removed in their effort to get back to normal.

I've manually added the new header, so check out the second from the

left table to see the peas in a pod scape.

Let me know how you coped with this disruption ....

accomplished major things?

stewed and checked back numerous times?

didn't even notice Blogger had crashed and burned?


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I'm tired of waiting for Blogger to attempt to restore the comments,
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Two Peas In A Pod
This Week In My Garden Linky Party
Candy