Showing posts with label Heather Goldminc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heather Goldminc. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Luck of the Irish




We're not Irish, but I've set a festive table  

in honor of St. Patrick's Day next Sunday.




I pulled out some shamrock linens.




Set our places with a stack of green and white.

Alternated Bordallo Pinheiro Cabbage Leaf 

 with Wedgwood Nantucket Basket




Added my favorite vintage flatware.

~ Silver and French Ivory ~




Topped each stack with  

these cute ceramic cup cakes.




I found them at 

 TJ Max a few years ago.




They are the work 

 of Heather Goldminc.




I scattered in a few sparkly 

shamrocks in among my bowl of hearts.




Picked up one of those lucky shamrock plants 

at the grocery today and planted it in 

a vintage ironstone sugar bowl.




This is the mark on the sugar bowl.  

I bought it in the fields at 

Round Top Antique Week several years ago.

Can anyone help me date this piece?

 Update:
Diane @ Confessions of the Obsessed and
Marigene @ In the Middle of Nowhere
did a little research and found that the sugar bowl is dated
January 14, 1853.
Thanks, friends!





The Shamrock Plant is actually an Oxalyis.  

I'll keep this one as a house plant.

I treat the pink Oxalyis that 

grows wild in my garden as a weed.

It's a nuisance!




Cuisine Kathleen's 
5th Annual St. Patrick's Day Blog Crawl 
~ March 13th ~




I'm ready with some shamrock 

shortbread and a cup of Irish tea

while I sit on the sofa and visit 

all the lovely posts that celebrate the green.





You can see a glimpse of 

Tricia's @ The Dull and the Dutiful

above on my computer screen.

Just look at all that pretty green glass.




No, we are not Irish here, 

but luck has come our way.




We found a "Pot of Gold" last March 

when this sweetheart came to live with us.




I made a tray of 

 shamrock cookies just for you!

For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way ~
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and everyday.
~ Author Unknown ~


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Getting Out the Green



Practice up on your Irish dancing

and start pulling out the green.


is hosting her Annual

St. Patrick's Day Blog Crawl




 Last year I served tasty

green shamrock sugar cookies.




Filled a vintage ironstone jardiniere

with delicate white hydrangeas




Scattered about some lucky

gold coins and glittery shamrocks




Then set a table 

 to honor the Green





 Shamrock 

 Green Linens




 Vintage Flatware




 Layers of 

 Green and White




 Wedgwood Nantucket Basket

Alternated with Cabbage Leaf Plates




 8" Salads 

 by Olfaire, Portugal




 Chargers by 

 Sur La Table, Portugal




 Ceramic Cup Cakes 

 Offered Good Luck and . . .




 Happy St. Patrick's Day 

 Wishes




 Heather Goldminc's artistic talents

are produced by Blue Sky Clayworks.



This year there will be something new.

So come back on Monday to join in the fun.

Fourth Annual

St. Patrick's Day Blog Crawl

Monday, March 13th


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Monday, March 14, 2011

Flying the Green

A little note if you are here for
M. E. Monday, 3-21-2011.
Hope everyone celebrated the green on St. Patrick's Day. Ann Estelle has been enjoying the windy days and doing a little cooking. She has some shamrock cookies left and would love to share.


 It's a windy March day.

Ann Estelle has been

at the park flying the green.




 Though St. Patrick's Day

is right around the corner, March 15th is

Cuisine Kathleen's

St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop.




So come on in and join the party.

Ann Estelle is waiting for you.




She's set a special table 

 just for you and her.




 A vintage ironstone jardiniere is

filled with delicate white hydrangeas.




The table is scattered with lucky

gold coins and glittery shamrocks.




 Each Place Setting 

 Honors the Green.





 Shamrock Green Linens




 Vintage Flatware




 Layers of 

 Green and White




 Wedgwood Nantucket Basket

Alternates with Cabbage Leaf Plates




 8" Salads 

 by Olfaire, Portugal




 Chargers by 

 Sur La Table, Portugal



 Ceramic Cup Cakes Offer 

 Good Luck and . . .




Happy St. Patrick's Day 

 Wishes




 Heather Goldminc's artistic talents

are produced by Blue Sky Clayworks.




Ann Estelle made these

shamrock cookies just for you!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Ann Estelle paper doll, HOME COMPANION,
FEBRUARY / MARCH 1997

ME image from
Mary Engelbreit 2011 Desk Calendar

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