White Plate Herb Garnishes

White Pottery Barn Plates are given a little bit of French Country at my home.

A sweet "French Bow" tied out of lavender.

Provence in Maryland!

It's a combination of a nosegay and a garnish. Double the fun. Dual purpose.
The little floral bowls are from a thrift shop. No marks on underneath. I still
think they are pretty, valuable or not, to me they are sweet.

Herbs always look 'glam against white.

Rosemary. It's aroma is unmistakable and lovely.

I put some rosemary ropes and swags on the plates.
It also looks like a crown!

This simple rosemary heart plate went right on the wall for us to enjoy!

Gardens may be time consuming but they give so much pleasure and entertainment.

I would have made more but it's dark out now...

Connecting up with White Wednesday  and Cottage Garden Party

Paper Roses Take Heart

A Heart Made of Roses!

Paper roses since ours are hibernating

even though the groundhogs are out.

A Paper Parade on my work table

that has moved to all parts of the farmhouse.

(I made this today.)

A symbol of love.

Shabby farmhouse love.

I know Valentine's Day has passed

on the calender, but

Love is here to stay!

Connecting up with these friends:

French Country Cottage

Common Ground

Deborah Jeans Dandelion House

At The Picket Fence

Romantic Home

Limoge French Handpainted Tea Cup

I may not live at Versailles or any great castle, but my home is sweet. Sweet because of who lives here and the little things that brighten our routine. This limoge french tea cup and saucer have a shimmer like a pearl or an abalone shell. It is a handpainted set and I wonder about the painter. Did they have a lovely garden? A big family? Love? I guess I wonder about these things because that is what I have and that is what makes my home sweet.

Connecting to these friends:

French Country Cottage

Common Ground

Romantic Home Dishes-Norway

It's wonderful to discover places to find romantic dishes from Norway and Sweden. Thanks to a darling blog by Emmeline I found these treasures. Be sure to visit her blog.




These are for sale online by Boligfryd.

Against their white dining rooms and white kitchens these are like eye candy. Roses and polka dots .

Flowers and lace. Wouldn't these fit nicely into a farmhouse kitchen? Yes.

Faded Tonal Shabby Chic Colors

Brown, beige and creams are such soothing colors. They are also shabby chic to me. Your accents don't have to be the sweet kiss of candy pink to be shabby. Colors of the prairie. Aren't these two above nice companions? Both brown and beige which makes a happy marriage. Johnson Brothers brown transfer ware china is, man enough for men, and lady enough for women even though it's not pink.




Ballard Designs sells some wonderful fabrics and the one on my wish list is this linen stripe above! Isn't it a classic? You can always add colors for the holidays for the color lover in us. I am working on keeping neutral colors. I have to keep editing.



These faded hydrangea flowers are beige brown and a hint of pink. This is branching out a bit on the color chart, but keeping with the same base colors and adding hints of other colors. Totally awesome combination and especially against the old barn that is almost a mirror to those same colors. My bucket is a bit too blue for me. (Hopefully you don't get vertigo from looking at this picture.)

Other news here. Some folks in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia had their power off for 4 days from our little snow storm. Here in Maryland there were also several small areas without power for 3 and 4 days! It was neat to see all of the electrical trucks from other states and power companies in their own parades going down the highways. Thank you! Thank you! I know some came from Kentucky. (I would not know how to hook up a computer to a generator. ;-/ nor would I attempt it.)