Monday, November 2, 2015

Y is for YES and Yippee! ~ Tartan Parade 2015


Y is for 

YES and Yippee!




MacKenzie-Childs Pocket Watch Ornament

Yippee!

Alison @ Polohouse 

 decided it was time for another

Tartan Parade!




iPhone Tartan Case ~ Mackenzie-Childs Glasses ~ Tartan Wool Scarf

To quote Scott Meacham Wood, the King of Tartans,

"All tartans are plaid, 
but not all plaids are tartans."




Tartan Ware Tea Caddy c1880 ~ Marburger Farm Antique Show

But who wants 

to be that technical?




Part Of My Personal Collection of Tartanware


I simply adore all the 

vibrant colors and textures.



Vintage Brass Lamp With Tartan Shade

I say a resounding 

YES!



Tartan ~ Plaid ~ Paisley @ Marburger Farm Fall Antique Show 2015


Tartans ~ Plaids ~ Paisley ~ Checks



Vintage Paper Maché Tartan Balls c1970

 I'm a fan of all.


Sadie Mercedes In Tartan Frame

Be it fall, 

Winter, Spring, or Summer,

Y'all!




Antique Tartanware Napkin Rings At Christmas


Around the house ~



Wool Dress and Scarf @ Madewell ~ Part of My Fall Wardrobe

Around my neck.



Stack of Tartan Plates From The Cupboards

Tartans ~ Plaids ~ Paisley ~ Checks




Arita Tartan Cup and Saucer ~ Antique Tartanware Glasses Case 

 Life's Little Instruction Book

 I say YES!


Store Window ~ Madewell in Austin, TX
Are you seeing a pattern here?


Yes!

 Tartans ~ Plaids ~ Paisley ~ Checks

 I never met one I didn't like!

 How about you?




Alison @ Polohouse 

 is hosting a Tartan Parade.

 Join the fun HERE,

Click HERE to enter my Fall Giveaway!


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Friday, October 30, 2015

Traveling Totes #4 + Fall Giveaway - X is for EXcited for the Golden Days of Fall



X is for

e-X-c-i-t-e-d

about the Golden Days of Fall

Welcome to Tales of the Traveling Totes #4




Texas is often hot and dry well into October,

so we don't experience the beauty that

one sees in the Northeast with  

the blazing glow of changing leaf color.





Our autumns are much more subtle.

They are indeed, Golden!





Miss Merri Mac and I

have to find our flaming orange hues

at the local plant centers.





And the many pumpkin patches

that pop up around town in early October.





Even Miss Mini Mac enjoys exploring

the abundance of russet hued pumpkins and gourds

that seem to be at every market in Austin.





Loading up a few plants

to put out in the fall garden.





A favorite fall activity is

of course shopping the venues during

Round Top Antiques Week.





Miss Merri Mac 

and I wouldn't miss it!

Always the first week in October.





A highlight this year was meeting

Anita @ Cedar Hill Ranch.

She was there signing her new book,

FRENCH ACCENTS

Farmhouse French Style.

What a treat to meet a blogging friend

whom I've admired and followed for many years.

You can find her book HERE.





Autumn in the Texas Hill Country west of Austin

is always a beautiful time of the year.





One such delightful day trip is to a

 nearby olive grove at the Texas Olive Company.





Halloween is definitely

 a big part of the Golden Days of Fall

 here at Hyacinths for the Soul.


There is the Annual Halloween 

 Dinner Party with long time girlfriends.

 You can see previous years' dinner parties

 HERE and HERE.





Miss Merri Mac and I have also joined girlfriends

 at several Halloween themed Happy Hours

where the treats were very scary.

 Previous Halloween Happy Hours 

 can be seen HERE and HERE.

 Great ideas for party food!




Miss Merri Mac has her mask

 and is ready to be filled with Halloween treats

 to share with all those little goblins 

 that will soon be on the street.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!




 Golden Days of Fall!

Let's Celebrate!

 All who leave a comment on this post will be

 entered into a draw for a $25 Starbucks Card,

 Miss Merri Mac's treat as a Thank You for

 following along and joining us for

 Tales of the Traveling Totes.

 Winner will be announced November 11, 2015.


Below are the links to more 
Golden Days of Fall with the Traveling Totes
Join the fun!

Patti and Miss Kenzie @ Pandoras Box

Linda and Miss Posie @ More Fun Less Laundry

Debbie and Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths
Colleen and Miss MacKenzie Joy
Tami and Miss MC La Mer

Rita and Miss Luna C @ Panoply


Next Traveling Totes Series on December 15th.


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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Witches Tea Party ~ 2015






Come on in

the party is about to begin.





Members of the Black Hat Society 

have been seen arriving at various parties.

Many with black cats frocking along!





And, yes, of course!

All dogs are welcome to join the fun.





Vanessa @ A Fanciful Twist

is hosting her annual

Witches Tea Party!

Thank you, Miss Vanessa!





Cleo and some of the "girls" here at

Hyacinths for the Soul

have prepared a simple tea tray

in hopes you will join them.





Nothing too fancy!

Miss Tilly made some sweet treats,

and Greta brewed a fresh pot of her favorite tea.





Of course the

 black and white theme

was totally the girls' idea.






They flew straight to the cupboard for their

favorite Courtly Check tea service.





Like I said,

nothing too fancy.






But they do love the beautiful

brass and carved cinnabar finial on top.





The "girls" chose to use our

best black plaid china.





Care for milk and sugar with your tea?

One lump or two?





French Macaroons are Miss Tilly's speciality.

Lemon ~ Passion Fruit ~ Salted Caramel ~ Chocolate

Yum and Double Yum!





And what's a tea party 

without a sprinkling of candy corn?





Grab your broom and 


to wisk yourself over to all the other 

Witches Tea Parties.

Thanks for stopping by!

 Happy Halloween!

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