Colours

                           

I have been busy working at my sister's shop again . I just love playing with all the colours - colours that I normally wouldn't have in my house. It is so tempting when all the new merchandise arrives to bring it all home but thanks to my sister I get my little fix without it costing me a fortune!!

Today I'm spending some time in the garden - it is quite overcast but not cold so it's a good chance to plant seedlings before winter really sets in.

Suzy

I'm joining Table Top Tuesday and Mosaic Monday

THE TIMES ARE A CHANGING....

I have some exciting news to share with you.......

No, I am not off a romantic holiday to Paris with Mr FH (but I would love to visit Paris oneday...). Mr FH and I have bought a new house!! It is near the beach about 3 hours drive from the farm. We are not leaving the farm just yet (maybe in a few years) but decided we would try to spend part of the week at the farm house and part at our beach house.

The new house is very large and very modern - totally different to the farm house! As you can imagine most of my shabby chic decor will not fit in the new house so I have decided I'm going to decorate it in a French flavour - hence the Eiffel Tower cushions and wirework. This is going to be such a challenge to me as my usual colours are very much pink and green.

I'm hoping you will join me in my decorating journey which I will include here (along with photos from the farm house) and help me when I get stuck!! I have purchased the above cushions to go on my couch but unfortunately that will not be ready for about 6 weeks - I don't know how I can wait that long.

So, look out everyone - Paris here I come!

Suzy

Footnote: For everyone who asked about my pretty Plumbago post it's proper name is Plumbago Capensis - it is very hardy, frost and drought resistant - in fact you just can't kill it. It does tend to sucker up so it needs to be where there is plenty of room. If I can grow it, anyone can!!

Lunch on Mother's Day

This week I have set a pretty little Mother's Day table.

I love this cute wire cake stand - I was going to use the cover too but the flowers were just a little too high.

I saw these cute coffee mugs in a shop last week and as they were 'my' colours I just had to have them!!

I thought they made a great start to my Mother's Day table. 

I already had the lovely cupcake plates so I layered them with some blue and white dinner plates.

I used two different sets of flatware - one pink and one blue.

For the napkins I decided to use craft fabric in different colours. I had a bag of blue toned fabrics given to me by a very dear old friend ages ago so dived in there and found four pretty pieces. I also was lucky enough to find a conpleted patchwork square my friend had sewn but not used so I used this for my centrepiece.

I'm joining all the wonderful tea parties around blogland on Tuesday so hope you all enjoy the many Mother's Day tables.

Suzy

Blue Plumbago

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Wishing all the mothers around blogland a wonderful day!!

Yesterday when I was returning from my daily walk I aproached our house from a different direction and could not believe how pretty my garden was from the other side!!!

I have two plumbagos flowering at the moment - one is slightly darker than the other - and they were so beautiful just spilling over the fence.

I just love pink, blue and mauve flowers in my garden. Even though yellow really gives the garden a lift I usually only have a soft buttercup yellow which really looks beautiful with mauves and purples.

This plant is about 6ft high - it looks like a wave of beautiful blue water cascading down.

The weather was just perfect yesterday. With mild temps, a gentle breeze and lots of sunshine it was beautiful gardening weather - such a shame I too many other things I had to do.

I have picked you a basket of flowers to enjoy!

I have a Mother's Day tablescape to show you tomorrow - have a lovely day...

Suzy

I'm joining Mosaic Monday - come and see the beautiful mosaics.

When is a bed a table???

When it's used in a tablescape of course!! Yesterday I worked at my sister's gift-coffee shop for the day. If you can call making displays with her gorgeous giftware work...I just have sooo much fun. This time I took a very old iron bed I had found in a shed at our other farm and used that as part of a display (my Mum thinks I'm mad I'm sure LOL). Mind you my sister's eyebrows raised to the heavens when I lugged it in - you'd think they would be used to me by now!!

I have actually had this bed in my garden for sometime - I love to have pretty cushions on it but it is really hard to keep them looking nice with the sun, dust and rain ruining them. I had to use clear cellophane under the cushions as I didn't want them to get dirty even though I had scrubbed the bed clean as they are for sale.

This cute little tray was made from a type of wood and had six pretty little red and white tiles on it - so sweet. We had a big range of winter scarves arrive yesterday - gorgeous jewel colours - you can just see one on the tray in pretty gold and red tonings.

I love the one on the left but that had sold before I finished work - actually I sold eight of them yesterday!

This cute little iron table I used as a coffee table comes with two little chairs - I might have to buy this for my new little granddaughter!!  Isn't that just the most fabulous cover for a recipe book - I can still remember shoes like those pretty red ones.

Have a Happy Mother's Day

Suzy

Tuesday Tea Time

Today is Tuesday and there is a million tea parties on around blogland!! The bookshelf that is in the corner of my familyroom was once filled with books (of course!) until this urge to collect beautiful china seemed to take over my life...I'm sure you know what I mean. The books were packed away and the shelves were transformed.

The top shelf is filled with Bunnikins china that my adult children had when they were small.

Next to this is my pretty floral clock which was a gift from a friend.

This display of silk roses takes centre stage on the second shelf.

Pink and white floral china sits beautifully on the third shelf - you will have seen some of this china in my tablescapes before.

Purple pansy china (another passion of mine) fills the fourth shelf. You will notice also that I have the same teapot, creamer and sugar bowl but in two colours - it's so hard when you just can't decide...

Now the last shelf is filled with old silver tableware but I have noticed how it needs a clean so you'll just have to imagine that! LOL

I'm off to join the tea parties!

Suzy

Mosaic Monday

Wow, what a busy few days. Mother and daughter both well, nana still recovering!!!
As you can imagine I really haven't had time to do much but cuddle my granddaughter so very little blogging has been done...I did however get a couple of mosaics done a couple of weeks ago. I was just wandering around with my camera and decided to take some happy snaps of my Royal Albert china (I am thinking the dresser they are displayed in needs a face lift too but that's another project). I have one to share with you as I am joining Mosaic Monday at Little Red Hen.

Hope you all have a happy Monday and I'll be back later in the week.

Suzy