WOW.....I WON A CONTEST

I won this cute jewelry box from the contest at http://yoga-gal.blogspot/ it is from Anthropology and is the cutest, prettiest little box with all the bright colors...

You can see the mirror on the inside back.......

The inside is a beautiful burgundy color and coordinates with the top beautifully....

Thank you for picking me Katie...Go visit katie and see some of the wonderful posts she has...

Thanks for visiting AROUND THE HOUSE......

THE CATS MEOW

This post is for all of you out there who love animals, dogs, cats, birds, but especially cats, because these dishes are so perfect to be paired with the cat picture. Everyone comments on that picture and Tina my cat thinks it is her...As most of you know when my mom passed away a few years ago she left her cat Tina, since everyone in our family were dog people, as were we, we had two sheltie dogs, it was a dilemma. I went ahead and took Tina home and after a month or so she had the run of the house...

Of course you can use the smaller plates for salad or bread plates. I usually don't spread all the dishes out this way, it always kind of looks like they are for sale, you know how the antique stores lay every single piece of the china out on the table. This time I just wanted you to see the dinner plates, they are so cute...The dishes are from TJ Maxx and were on sale 2.00 each, what a deal...

Cupcakes for everyone, isn't she soooo cute....... Just a tiny touch of pale pink on kitties ears and on the top of the cupcakes.,,,,

The dessert dishes are depression glass and were purchased at Quartsite in Arizona a few years ago when we had a place at the Colorado River. We would drive there on Sundays about 10 miles from our river house and find wonderful treasures... They have the largest swapmeet in the world, people come from all over the world for 2 months out of the year, it is wild... The small juice glasses are depression glass as well and were my moms.....

Such sweet little juice glasses.....

These pictures were all taken in the daytime and I am going to attempt to do an evening shoot again, you know how I feel about it when it looks like you didn't pay the electric bill....

I have many many white napkins and decided to put a cats paw picture on four of them, to go with my cat table....downloaded on internet cats paws and copied a picture...drew it in pencil on each napkin and colored it in with laundry marker (black) they will wash up nicely....I even like the way the marker bled a little so it looks like cat fur, lol... I sure wish I had one of those sewing machines that you just touch the computer button and you can have those beautiful initial napkins, I'm dreamin.....









I loved the idea of cat paws walking on the tablecloth, so I cut out the shape from felt and laid them on the cloth, the felt is sticky back felt from Michaels and is very inexpensive. When you are finished, just peel it off.... I do think this would be a great idea for many creative fun little projects for your white tablecloths that won't damage them and can just be peeled off.....hummm I will be thinkin about that.,,,











No I haven't lit the candles yet, soon....

Hey, not to bad, I didn't turn the lights too dark. The candles add a nice little glow....

Tina is gonna love this, don't you think???? I love those cat paws on the tablecloth....

The napkin rings are Lennox and were purchased a couple of years ago.....

I think I will hold Tina up to the table to see it because as you all know she is a very well behaved cat, and she would never get on any tables...don't ask me why, maybe because she was raised with well mannered sheltie dogs and she behaves more like a dog....

I had fun doing this tablescape and (isn't that what it's all about) If you are an animal lover, a plate lover, or even a fun crafter, I am sure you will feel at home for this little luncheon....hope you enjoyed all the pictures as much as I enjoyed creating them.....

Thanks for stopping by and spending some time AROUND THE HOUSE, please leave a comment and let me know what you think....I read them all and love hearing from you...Thanks susan from @between naps on the porch for hosting Tablescape Thursday.....Phyllis

BLUE IS FOR JANUARY

loved the blue dishes, remember I put two on the wall and I was going to go back and get the dinner plates.... You knew I just had to put something on this table, right.....

Well I just kept thinking how much I might really use the blue dishes. I decided on the same design only in white with the blue salad plates on top. The plates are from TJ Maxx and were I think 3.00 each..

Yep, I think the white plates will be wonderful and will go with so many more settings........

The small porcelain birds are from Germany are very old and they belonged to my mom, there are four of them and they are each posed in a different position... The large flower container is a pitcher from Home Goods and a Christmas or birthday gift from my friend Mary...

The small jar is full of silver spoons, it is usually by the coffee maker I thought it looked sweet on the table...,it is a great way to display your silver spoons and actually use them to stir coffee with cream and sugar...

The glasses are from Marshals and actually were cheaper then the dollar tree...could you believe that.....

That is a pie plate with the dome I got at Pier 1 many years ago and I use it for cookies, pie, bread and even danish and muffins, love the pie dish.....

It has just been pouring raining here for the last couple of days...I hope it lets up soon...I shouldn't complain to you all with the snow and bad weather out there that you have to deal with.

These flowers sure do cheer up this space with this dreary weather, hows a girl suppose to shop and browse around town in this kind of weather....









This one looks like he is getting ready to tweet a pretty little song...

I knew he was ready to tweet.....

Some of the little silver spoons are small soup spoons some are teaspoons and some are little sugar scoops......they are all mismatched and kind of interesting...... the votive candle holders are from Crate and Barrel, on sale of course.....










I think the different textures of the charger and the dishes makes for an interesting look...

You gotta have a little sparkle....I always wish I could have the lights down low and have the candles lit and it would look so romantic....somehow when I do it, it always looks like I didn't pay the electric bill and we have emergency light from the candles.....

Thanks for stopping by, you know I love it when you hang AROUND THE HOUSE...Please leave a comment, I love hearing from you and I read them all.....I have a new button and would love for you to pick it up.....Thanks Susan @between naps on the porch for hosting today....

A CUP OF COFFEE

This picture and shelf with a cup is located on the wall between the eatting area and the den...










I think it fills the wall space nicely and I love the way the picture resembles the precious little cup...







If you look carefully you can see the cute little butterfly on the flowers...










Coffee would be good in this precious little cup...

The tattered little shelf is perfect for the cute little coffee cup...

The cup was from a little antique shop in Orange, Ca. There was only one and

thats all I really needed.....

I can't remember where I purchased the picture.....I do love the simple lines...

Although I love the cup and believe it would be perfect for my daily cup of coffee.....

These are my new Christmas coffee cups from my friend Mary.....They are from the Pottery Barn and I love the shape the size and the feel of my wonderful new cups....

The numbers stand for Feb. 28, 1949, thats the date the store opened and don't you love the fact that it is 14 oz.......me too....Yep I'll remember the old cups, but I think I'll use the new ones .....Which ones will you use......

Thanks for stopping by and hanging AROUND THE HOUSE. Please leave a comment so I know you were here...I read and enjoy all of your responses...Just click on the word comments and leave a message... Phyllis
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