I Never Saw A Purple Cow

 Hello, Dear Ones! If you visit me very often you'll know my little breakfast room hutch is one of my favorite things to decorate.

 Opps! I'm so sorry for this blurry snap! I think I wiggled a little bit when I took the picture. Does that ever happen to you? 

I love my little trio of Roosters that I bought from Rome many years ago. They like sitting up there on top so I don't want to disturb them. As you can see my little hutch is wearing quite a bit of purple today.

Let's break it down. I'm using these little olden dishes by Eterna and the pattern is called Bluebelles. They have just the perfect little spot on them filled with some bluebelles and the dishes are trimmed in gold.

The perfect accessory for my Bluebelles dishes is this darling purple cow set - creamer and sugar bowl. Don't you love them? I think they are rather elegant even if they are the color purple. I collect cow creamers and I hit the jackpot when I fount the sugar bowl to go with my creamer many years ago.

You can see I sprinkled in some purple goblets. They are perfect with these dishes. Now, I love my Milk Glass and have quite a bit and I can always find some pieces that go with my different dish sets. Here you can see the little Milk Glass sugar and creamer and a tiny little salt and pepper in a basket.

This is the bottom shelf. In the very middle standing up with the plates you'll see a little patterned purple tray I found years ago to add a little spice to my bluebelles. There is another little sugar and creamer set that do not belong to the Bluebelles family but I found them years ago and got them because of the little purple flowers on them. Then I have added a tea cup and saucer - purple. I have a covered butter dish - not a Bluebelle member either but completely appropriate with it's purple flower. You know me, gotta have a little Milk Glass mixed in so I've added another set of salt and peppers.

Here is a little pretty treasure I'd like to show you - this lovely olden covered cheese plate - purple flowers! I got this from a silent auction many years ago and it's trimmed in gold.

Tell me, would you use purple dishes in your home. I know I do at times and sometimes we actually eat from these dishes! I'm so talented like that. 

Well, shoot! Here's that blurry snap again! Could it be my little kitchen hutch is rebelling because she doesn't think the purple goes with her light green dress and made the floor wobble when I took the snap? Could be!

But the real question is - have you ever seen a purple cow? If you haven't, you have now!

I'm joining Love Your Creativity Party

 

Be a bunch of sweeties,                                                                                                                       Shelia :)

I'll leave you with a little Note Poem ~

The Purple Cow

 I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one,
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one!

~ recited by me

Cockadoodledoo Table

 Hello, Dear Ones! Welcome to my Cockadoodledoo Tablescape this morning!

It's still a little chilly outside so I thought I would set my breakfast room table for a yummy cozy breakfast. It's just Mr. Precious and me so just a table for two.

If you know me, I'm rather a Rooster kind of gal and so that's the theme for my table.

I grabbed this handsome Rooster whom I've had a very long time.

See? He's adorable!

Then I grabbed this little tiered stand and poked in some fruit. Perfect for breakfast, don't you think?

Fruit and Roos! What could be better!! Well, don't try to eat the fruit - it's faux!!

Now down to the nitty gritty of why I wanted my table filled with Roosters.

I was out thrifting the other day and stumbled upon these darling plates! They are vintage and are called Sunrise Rooster by Century Stoneware. Y'all, I found eight dinner plates for $2 each!!!

Here's a closer look - aren't they just wonderful? There were no other pieces but that's okay, I'll be on the lookout for more pieces.

Continuing on with my Cockadoodledoo theme are these precious little Rooster napkin rings or maybe they're chicks, that were gifted to me by a blogging friend who doesn't blog any more. Blog friends are just so nice, aren't they?

I just happened to have this Rooster fabric but can't remember where I got it. I think it was a precut piece from Walmart. But the thing is - Roosters! So I got busy and made eight napkins, using only two on my table this morning. The pattern and colors are just perfect, don't you think?

I have a collection of Fostoria that was passed on to me from my Aunt Alma and here are a couple of the glasses. We can have either orange juice or water in them this morning.

See that dark blue mug? Guess what? It's a Le Creuset! Did you know they make dishes along with their pots? Mr. Precious gave me this dark blue set of dishes for Christmas! I didn't know they made dishes too!

I poked down some very olden silverware with an old fashioned pattern. Did I mention my tablecloth is an old cream colored Battenburg lace? Don't you love the old fashioned look of it?

I have quite a few little Roostery pieces that work well on my table.

When I was out thrifting, I found this darling covered butter dish. Don't you just love her!!!                       She just looks so shy.

Now sit down dear ones. These little salt and peppers were mine when I was a little girl. I used to collect salt and peppers and my mother even bought a special little cabinet for me to put them in as I had so many. I guess I've always been a collector. Anyway, these are at least 60 years or more old! I still love them. My children played with my salt and peppers when they were little and only a few sets survived.

These two little pieces are from the pattern Roosters and Roses, wish I had more. I'm using the egg cup to put some sugar in and the little pitcher can hold the milk.

You know for breakfast you have to have some rolls. Can't beat these yummy croissants and I've poked them in this little pottery bowl from Metlox called Poppy Trail. You know, Roosters! I don't have any more of this pattern either.

Roos and chicks!

The sun is beginning to shine! Good morning!

Here's comes Mr. Precious! Okay, I'll pour the coffee!

The best part of waking up...

...is Roosters on my table.

 

I'm joining Tablescape Thursday 

Grace At Home

Love Your Creativity Party 

 

Be a bunch of sweeties,

Shelia ;)

 

I'll leave you with a little Note Song ~ 

 

Good Morning, Mr. Rooster

 

 

Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning to you.

Good morning, Mr. Rooster.

Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Good morning. Good morning.
Good morning to you.
Good morning, Mr. Rooster.
Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Cock-a-doodle-doo. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Good morning to you!

~ sung by all my Roosters and Chicks

A Frilly Little Ladies Luncheon

Hello, Dear Ones! I hosted a frilly little ladies luncheon at my house yesterday and wanted to share my table with you.

Since it was going to be a casual affair I set the table in my Breakfast room.

I do collect Jadeite but I just don't have plates to eat from so the Pioneer Woman came to my rescue with her gorgeous Jadeite pieces! She produces these lovely scalloped edges dishes - dinner plates, salad/desert plates and bowls. Plus she also has sugar, creamer, salt and peppers and a little cookie jar. Do I have any of these? You bet your Jadeite I do and I also have her covered Jadeite cake stand. Okay, this is not a commercial for the Pioneer Woman but I love her Jadeite pieces! Just sayin'.

My dear Aunt Nay passed away many years ago and as I little girl when we would eat at her house she always brought out her Candlewick glassware. I loved them and always felt so special to drink her sweet tea from them. When she passed, my cousin remembered how I loved her Candlewick glasses and he gave them to me. Alas, there are only five glasses left but that's okay. He also threw in, well, he gently passed along a pair of Candlewick candlesticks. What a sweetheart of a cousin I have!

I grabbed these beaded napkin rings and put in some pretty print napkins that are so soft. I found these napkins at Home Goods.

When I took this picture I really didn't have everything on my table. I served chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, kettle chips, sweet pickles and kosher dill pickles. I'm easy. For desert I made from scratch a yummy pound cake, sliced up some strawberries and put a dollop of whipped cream on top! It was all yummy. 

Am I patting myself on the back? A little! :)

Here you can see my strawberries sprinkled with a little bit of sugar so they will be nice and sweet - like me!

In the background you can see the Pioneer Woman's pretty little sugar bowl and creamer. That was for the coffee if they wanted some. You'll notice a pretty set of Jadeite salt and peppers but they aren't part of the Pioneer Woman's Jadeite. I found those in an antique shop but I don't think they are antique. Do I care? No, I do not and you want to know why? They. Are. Jadeite!

Since there were only three of us ladies I used the fourth dining spot for my table focal point. I made a  little floral with my faux flowers and poked them into this darling little homey teapot - a 1930's Porcelier Vitreous China teapot with a hearth scene.Aren't these such beautiful little faux ranunculus and I think they look pretty realistic too!

Well, needless to say, we had a lovely little luncheon and talked and laughed and roasted a few friends in a very loving way! :) We ate and drank peach tea, talked and laughed a little more. Now this was certainly a frilly little ladies luncheon because what guy would want to eat frilly food on frilly plates sitting on frilly doilies? 

I'm joining the parties

 Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

 Thursday Favorite Things

Be a bunch of sweeties,     
Shelia :)

I'll lead you with a little Note Song ~

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

… I come home, in the mornin' light
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh momma dear, we're not the fortunate ones
And girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun...
The phone rings, in the middle of the night
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one
But girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Ho hoo girls just wanna have (girls) fun (they want)
(Wanna have fun)
(Girls)
(Wanna have)

… Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest o' the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Ho hoo girls just wanna have
That's all they really want
Is some fun
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have (girls) fun (they want)
(Wanna have fun)
(Girls)
(Wanna have)
They just want, they just wanna (girls)
They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun)
Oh girls
Girls just wanna have fun
(Just want, they just wanna)
They just wanna, they just wanna (girls)
They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun)
Girls, girls just wanna have fun
When the workin'
When the workin' day is done
Oh, when the workin' day is done
Oh, girls
Girls just wanna have fun
They just want, they just wanna (girls)
They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun)
Oh, girls
Girls just wanna have fun
(They just wanna, they just wanna)
When the workin'
When the working day is done (they just want, they just wanna)
Oh, when the working day is done (oh, girls)
(Girls just wanna have fun)
(They just want, they just wanna)

~ sung by Cyndi Lauper

Bye Bye Christmas

 Hello, Dear Ones! Oh, it's so good to get my Christmasing put away but then I have to clean before I put out more stuff. This week I had a goal - clean and then decorate. Well, I can go about 30 minutes then I'm worn out and have to rest a bit but then I'm up again! Okay, enough of my whining.

I've put together a little vignette here on my breakfast room table. My daughter gave me the old glass tiered tray and I thought it would be perfect for my little round table.

My granddaughter, Carter, gave me the sweet little porcelain spoon.

Now don't laugh! My little grandson, Camp, gave me these little olden doggie salt and peppers.         They are just so adorable!

So I grabbed my little round tea table cloth - ironed it, of course and poked some faux food on the tiered tray and went to town.

So every time I walk into my little breakfast room I will smile and think of my little family, especially when the sun shines through the blinds just right!

They know me pretty well.

Be a bunch of sweeties,                                                                                                                           Shelia :)    

I'll leave you with a little Note Song ~  

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window

How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggly tail
How much is that doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie's for sale

I must take a trip to California
And leave my poor sweetheart alone
If he has a dog, he won't be lonesome
And the doggie will have a good home

How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggly tail
How much is that doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie's for sale

I read in the papers there are robbers
With flashlights that shine in the dark
My love needs a doggie to protect him
And scare them away with one bark

I don't want a bunny or a kitty
I don't want a parrot that talks
I don't want a bowl of little fishies
He can't take a goldfish for a walk

How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggly tail
How much is that doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie's for sale

Falling On The Baker's Rack

 Hello, Dear Ones. Come on into the breakfast room part of my little kitchen.

I've been decorating my baker's rack for Fall!

 

Here is an over all look.

I'll start on the top shelf. I always have this little white lamp up here and really should have spiced it up a bit but it is what it is!

I did grab my pretty round platter to use here. I think those flowers are poppies but they are the right color for Fall. I always love to have a few yard birds around and poked this cute little couple down. This little hen is very much in love with her Rooster as you can see.

 

I have four of these little LeCreuset baking dishes and I have two of them here along with a little LeCreuset pie bird. She sings constantly!

Moving on down to the second shelf. My Barker's Rack is where I keep my LeCreuset so I can grab them when I cook. They are very heavy and this is the perfect place to keep them. I think they're pretty too. Just simple...olden cook books, a little Rooster creamer, pun'kin, Fall wooden block and a LeCreuset butter dish. I'm not showing it up close and personal but the bottom shelf has a couple of baskets filled with some of my beloved cookbooks!

Here's a full picture of my little breakfast room all ready for Fall! 

As always, be a sweetie,

Shelia :)

I'll leave you with a little Note Song ~

Hey, Good Lookin'

Say hey, good lookin', what you got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?

I got a hot rod Ford, and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancing's free
So, if you wanna have fun come along with me

Say hey, good lookin', what you got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

I'm free and ready, so we can go steady
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin', I know I've been tooken
How's about keepin' steady company?

I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it till it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page

Say hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

~ sung by Hank Williams