Pastel Napkins

The softest colors of summer on the table.

I've always wanted to add a soft teal

to our home somewhere

and here it is in the form

of candy teal cotton napkins
that I made myself 

Sweet and light.

My oldest son went to the
emergency room Friday and
just got out of the hospital yesterday.
I'm glad he is back home and
feeling better after surgery! 

Linking up with French Country Cottage.

Green Hydrangeas - White Room

We get to enjoy chartruese hydrangeas flowers twice.

When they first form before they bloom white

and then again when they dry.

I love this color with white.

These old soup tureens hold everything

except soup at our country farmhouse.

They make the best vases.

I love the lacy flower petals in abundance

 that look like French pantaloons.

Outside there are other white and green combinations.

Our westie dog got on the hay bale for about 2 seconds

 then jumped down to the shade.

Smart dog.  

Happy 4th of July!

Whether you are inside or out...

Keep cool!

Connecting up with Faded Country Charm
French Country Cottage
Vintage Inspiration Friday 

White Chair Farm

I'm looking at some very pretty whites.

These hydrangeas are gorgeous and came

from Safeway. There are about six-to-eight-rooted,

blooming stalks in each pot!

Martha Stewart planted some "florist hydrangeas"

in her yard years back (she tells about it in one of

her first gardening books)

and they came back beautifully every year.

That was way up north so I think we can have the

same luck down here in Maryland.

The blossom heads are huge and I feel like I am

looking at lots of frilly, flouncy dresses

whose collars and hems are trimmed with pinking sheers.

Two cane chairs are going through the refinishing

process and I'm really liking them. Soon we might

have to change the farm's name to White Chair Farm.

I do love the White Flower Farm nursery so it has a

nice ring to it. Or White Hydrangea Farm? Hmm.

Connecting with White Wednesday.

Fall Tablescapes for Kids

Little ones and big ones alike will love coming to the table when it looks inviting and playful.


The rabbit is cut from cheese with a cookie cutter jumping over an apple cut flower.




For my vases I turned our thrift shop find (ice-cream sundae glasses) upside down and added water

and some hydrangea flowers picked moments earlier with ferns from the yard.

Little hands cannot knock these vases over very easily.




Lavender is still blooming here. I rolled a sage leaf around some lavender stems.

The kids can add these to their lemonade, if they like, or put them in their pockets.




Since Halloween is close I took tangerines and put them under cloches.

Sweet little faces made from cheese cut outs and stuck on with a dab of peanut butter.

They'll have their own orange tangerine "pumpkin" to eat grown just for them under the glass house!



These hydrangeas bloom all summer and are still blooming!

Hydrangeas have such a cottage feel. You can be frugal and still have fun.


I am linking to French Country.

Inspiration Friday

Farmhouse Friday

Friday Unfolded

Debra's Common Ground Fall Tablescapes

Farm Friend Friday