Easter kitchen cupboard

I have all my Easter dishes in the kitchen cupboard. We will use them every day through Easter. I love using Fiestaware for the holidays. In the cupboard I have sunflower, turquoise, lemon grass, tangerine and flamingo Fiesta. My Bordello Pinheiro bunny plates and Longaberger egg plates are also tucked in.

                                                       The colors just makes me smile.

My table will look like spring even if it's still cold outside here in Indiana. I will be leaving to visit my daughter in Virginia Beach on Friday and I asked her to order up some nice weather. I hope your day brings you spring sunshine.

                                                                            Blessings, Missy

Easter Mantel

Hippity hoppity Easter is on it's way to our house. The mantel is decorated and ready for the big day.

                       I used Longaberger Easter baskets and my collection of Lefton figurines.

                        I just love Lefton Easter animals, don't you? The lambs are my favorite.

It just would not be Easter without bunnies. I sprinkled in some ceramic carrots for the Easter gang.

You have to have a few ducks and chicks. When my older two kids were little they got an Easter duck. His name was Quackers and he was one spoiled duck. Did you or your children have Easter pets? I may have to take a trip to the farm store to see the baby chicks. Im sure my mom has room in her coop for a couple more chickens.

                                                                               Blessings, Missy

Kali's little Spring table, tablescaping for kids

Happy Spring everyone. I am so excited for warm weather here in In. My grand daughter will be coming over tomorrow so I had to get her little table ready. She has come to expect a new tablescape every time she comes. I have set her table for a Spring tea.

On Kali's table I used a mix of Fiestaware, Bordello and Longaberger and a few thrifty finds.

The yellow bunny plates are Bordello, I just love them. The cups and saucers are Fiestaware in flamingo and lemon grass. The egg plates are Longaberger as well as the tea pot.

                                           The tablecloth and napkins are thrift store finds.

I hope you have enjoyed Kali's little table as much as I am sure she will. Happy Spring.

                                                                           Blessings, Missy

St Patrick's Day

St Patrick's day is near and dear to my heart. My grandfather was Irish. He passed away when I was 7 but I have very vivid memories of him. In honor of my grandfather I have done a little decorating.

On a little shelf in the kitchen a leprechaun left his shoes. I found a pair of vintage baby shoes at GW and painted them green and added gold laces. I plan to use the shoes for a leprechaun hunt for the kids. The figurine is one of a set of three Lefton leprechauns. This is the one I needed to complete the set. The others are still packed away and will make an appearance soon. The hankie with shamrocks was my grandmothers as well as the vintage post card. The moss covered rocks are a Dollar Tree find.

The kitchen cupboard holds my Shamrock, Lemon Grass and white Fiestaware. Lets open the doors and take a closer look.

On the top shelf in the middle is a vintage decanter from 1972 made by the Old Fitzgerald Collectors Gallery for Stitzel Weller distilleries. I found it at a local flea market for $2.00 I have to have any vintage Irish or Leprechaun things I come across if the price is right. The next shelf in the center is a Longaberger shamrock dish with a leprechaun blown glass ornament peeking out.

The bottom shelf has my Smith Moon and Stars pitcher and toothpick. I has several pieces of this vintage green glass. Please come back and visit for more St Patrick's decor and an exciting giveaway for St Patty's day.

                                                            Blessings, Missy

Easter at Victorian Cottage

The Easter dishes are ready and the house is decorated. The small china cabinet has Longaberger Ivy dinner pates, Bordello bunny lunch plates, Bordello Cabbage plates, Longaberger egg plates and some vintage Easter eggs and planters.

The egg with the chic on top is a recent Goodwill find, Lefton china.

Kali's table is set and ready for Easter dinner.

I found the cute orange fabric for the tablecloth at JoAnn's. I used a Fiesta lemongrass dinner plate, Bordello lunch plate and Longaberger egg plate.

The tea pot is Longaberger and the little basket is also Longaberger filled with carrots.

On the coffee table is a easter doily and a Goodwill find bunny planter filled with Easter silk flowers.

I found the paper mache bunny at TJ Max and thought he would be the perfect companion to my vintage Easter books.

The foyer table has my German eggs and my cute peeps box that I filled with fuzzy chic's and eggs.

Thats the end of my Easter tour. I hope you have a beautiful Easter and remember the true meaning of the holiday.

                                                                      Blessings,
                                                                                    Missy

Mantel Monday

Welcome to Mantel Monday. Easter is fast approaching and I had to scramble to put away the St Patrick's decorations. The mantel is my favorite place to decorate for the holidays.

It has taken me several years to collect the Lefton Easter figurines. I am still in search of the brown bunnies.

Let's take a closer look. Lefton lambs and ducks. Longaberger Easter baskets.

Two more Longaberger baskets, Lefton rabbits and chicks. I hope you enjoyed my mantel.

Come back tomorrow for more Easter decorations.

                                                                               Blessings,
                                                                                             Missy
                                                                     

St Patricks Day, Kali's little table & more

Just seven more days till one of my favorite holidays. I wanted to share with you my grand daughters little table all set for St Patty's Day.

I used a yard of fabric from JoAnns, Longaberger Ivy plates and shamrock ramekins, two longaberger luck baskets, a Lefton Leprechaun planter filled with candy, old horseshoes and brick sprayed gold and cast iron pot filled with gold nuggets.

 
I rolled two Longaberger napkins and just plopped them on the plates.

Kali and uncle Kameron are going to love having dinner at the little table.

This is my small china cabinet that I change out with seasonal dishes.

Just one more final St Patty's decoration that I want to share with you.

Yes even the dog gets her space decorated for St Patty's Day.


I hope you have enjoyed your visit.
                                                     Blessings, Missy

Luck of the Irish

Welcome back for another day of St Patricks Day decorating. Today I decorated the coffee table, tiny powder room and the coffee bar.

I wanted to keep the coffee table simple. I found the book at GW for $1.00 last week.

The basket is Longaberger and filled with chocolate gold coins.

I found this planter at a local shop last year, I thought it looked like a Leprechaun boot. I added some Dollar Store silk flowers.

This is my coffee bar, it is inside the butlers pantry. I found the mugs at Hobby Lobby on sale. I added a shamrock towel and Longaberger basket. Can you tell I love my K cup coffee?

This is my tiny powder room all decked out for St Patty's Day.

I found the two wooden shamrocks at Gordmans and could not pass them up. Another Lefton Leprechaun and pot of gold on the shelf.

I love the little sign, sounds like something my ten year old would say. Thats all I have for today. Pop in tomorrow to see the last of the St Patty's decorations, my tablescapes. The dining room table will be set and the breakfast table as well. I will also have an extra special little table all set for my grand daughter Kali.

                                                  Blessings,
                                                               Missy

Luck of the Irish

I am so happy you stopped by today to see more St Patrick's Day decorations. I love to use thrifted and crafted items in my decor don't you? Did you notice the gold bricks on the mantel in yesterdays Mantel Monday? All you need is a solid brick and a can of shiny gold paint. The horseshoes I found at a Flea Market a while back. I had know idea what I would do with them at the time. While painting the bricks it hit me, I can spray those old rusty horseshoes and use them in my St Patrick's decorating. I also spray painted a bunch of small pebbles to look like gold nuggets and put them in little cast iron cauldrons that I used in my Halloween decorating. Instant pot of gold.  Here is my entry table with one of the gold horseshoes.

The planter is Lefton, I found it at a thrift store quite some time ago. The basket is Longaberger scored on ebay for $15.00 I also pull out the moon and stars green glass that I have collected over the years. I filled it with chocolate coins and left over chocolate lips from Valentines day (kiss me i'm Irish) The scarf is actually a Longaberger napkin in the classic green pattern. The horseshoes I paid $1.00 each.

I found this vintage Irish blessing on ebay last year and I just love it. The pipe is another ebay find and it is hand carved in Ireland, it has shamrocks on each side and a harp on the end.

Thank you for stopping by and come back tomorrow for more St Patrick decorations.