Monday, January 5, 2009

Winter Whites & Teaware


Elsewhere around the country there seems to be no shortage of snow, but here in Georgia the only white stuff we're seeing is fog and rain. Now I have to have "projects" to see me through the winter doldrums that can so easily beset us with this less-than-cheery weather, and so the other day I removed most of the Christmas decorations and set about rearranging our dining table (extra leaf removed 'til the holidays return). I decided these "Christmasy" decorations could be edited a bit to make them merely "wintery." (And less junky, now that I look back at the earlier effort! But do doubleclick the top photo if you like this sort of stuff ...)

And here's the result. I love the little bottle brush trees, the glass bell jar ornaments, the felted church building, the little cream colored vintage teapot.

For dining purposes, I'm mixing and matching "creamware" pieces I already owned (the reticulated plates) and some I received from my mom for Christmas (pretty cream colored tea mugs, sugar bowl and creamer. Have you done any New Year's decorating with things you got for Christmas?

5 comments:

  1. Having spent most of my life in the Great White North, I am happy to be here in Georgia with no snow. I really like your new dining table arrangement and your lovely creamware pieces. I still enjoy seeing my Edme pattern creamware pop up in magazines and decorating books every once in a while.

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  2. A belated Happy New Year, Angela! I love your new "Winter White" arrangement, and boy does your Mom have a great eye. Your new cup, sugar, and creamer are just lovely. Could you share with us where she found them?

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  3. That's a very clever approach! I, too, try to find ways of staying cheerful in the new year, and it often includes a change up in the house.

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  4. Hi Karen! Mom did leave part of the sticker on these, and they are apparently from HomeGoods. If anyone sees a matching teapot, holler! I'll just bet there's one "out there."

    And now I have to go look up ParTea Lady's "Edme" creamware!

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  5. Hi Angela,
    Your tablescapes are just lovely!I don't think you overdid either of them. It's fun interchanging pieces and seeing how different each one looks.

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