Thursday, June 26, 2014

What's New


Recently Linda http://une-petite-folie.blogspot.com/ sent me several beautiful pieces of Stokesay Ware to add to my collection. It was a thank you gift for something I made for her. I was thrilled! I love their new "Chelsea Plates". They blend so nicely with my mismatched blue & white collection. She also sent me the blue willow tureen and the little leaf dish. Thank you so much Linda!!!

 
I bought the Guinness stone bottle by Terry Curran from Peeps by Post. Elaine wrote and said she was moving house and she had just found a brand new Jane Newman dresser she forgot she had. Right before Jane retired she came to visit her for tea and brought a few of her last pieces. How lucky because it is a bigger hutch and I obviously am out growing the one I have. It is unfinished so I can choose what sort of stain or paint I want on it. I will be very glad to have all the cup hooks it has too.
 


Stokesay Ware Leaf plate and Teresa Martinez's canned string beans, tomatoes and olives. 

 

22 comments:

  1. OOOOH Catherine, how Beautiful! What an amazing gift! I LOVE your dresser and can't imagine thinking there would be a better one.... but I admit my first thought was "oh dear, she is running out of room!" LOL!
    I think you have such beautiful pieces already... the new ones are icing on the cake!

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  2. Beautiful! You lucky thing. I love how you have accessorised the shelves. Genius!
    Hugs

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  3. You have an amazing collection and I love how you have put it together on the dresser! That is a beautiful dresser!

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  4. Your collection is just gorgeous. The way you've arranged everything, yeah, I agree with Simon, genius! Thank you for posting this, I loved looking :)

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  5. What an awesome collection! Thank you for sharing photos of so many beautiful pieces arranged so delightfully.

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  6. Catherine, simply stunning and so so real. Just beautiful.
    All the best
    Vivian

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  7. Hello Catherine,
    The hutch is incredible. what an amazing collection of porcelain. It is so beautiful and the non porcelain items add a really nice touch to bring it all together. It is scary how realistic it looks.
    Big hug,
    Giac

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  8. Your hutch is wonderful. I really like your collection of porcelain

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  9. Wow ...wat een prachtig servies en etenswaren. Mijn complimenten voor je kast met inhoud.

    Groetjes Xandra

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  10. It all looks so nice together. I love it.
    greetings

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  11. wow, I love your collection it's stunning and Linda is a very special blog friend :)

    Hugs
    Marisa

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    1. She is indeed!! She is a very good friend. It is funny how close you can feel to someone you have never met in person.

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  12. Ahhh Blue and White miniature china! What can be better than needing a bigger hutch to showcase it? :D I love the arrangement of it all in the photos and I love the fact that it is mis-matched. I love that kind of look Catherine, and your collection is SUPERB!

    elizabeth

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    1. Thank you Elizabeth. I really questioned my choice of mismatched for a while. Now I think it makes the hutch rather interesting.

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  13. Your china collection is wonderful and perfectly realistic looking!

    Riitta

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  14. Wow .. what a beautiful cabinet with very beautiful tableware, love it!

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  15. What a lovely collection Catherine. You have some really beautiful pieces.

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  16. "I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china." --Oscar Wilde

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  17. He was such an interesting man. I watched a movie where Stephen Fry plays Oscar Wilde (Wilde (1997) . It was great.

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  18. We really looks beautiful! Thanks Catherine :)

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  19. What a beautiful gift! You can never have too much blue and white china so yes you really need a bigger hutch ;-)
    I love the mismatched lookand the way you have displayed it with different accessories. And oh! that tea kettle....

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