Blue & White

Hello everyone,

I hope your week is going well.

January is flying by or so it seems.

As I mentioned in my last post I am

sharing a blue and white theme today.

Blue and white is my favorite so I

have lots of photos today.

A corner in our cottage~ Ocean Song.

Blue and white in our garden.....

a pretty tea time.

Our bed nook at our cottage

Croquet anyone?

Tea in the garden with the fragrance

of roses anyone?

Ocean Song again

Of course, as a lover of blue and white I

have collected lots of blue and white china

over the years.

Blue and white tea with pretty lilacs.

I love this teapot that my husband gave

me several years ago. The bouquet

from our garden makes my heart sing too!

Lots of beauty in our June garden.

Biscuits and tea anyone?

Another garden tea

A charming little cottage in Provincetown Cape Cod.

Our little blue garden shed.

Since,I have shared several summer teas,

I will now share some winter teas which

are more in keeping with our present

season.

I hope you will let me know if you enjoy

my color themes and if there are

any other themes you would like to see.

Have a wonderful day!

Carolyn

Blue and White Teapots

                 Hello everyone,

                      I hope your week is going well.

                        I know I shared my red and white

                       transferware teapots awhile ago

                but I don't think some of my

                   blue and white ones have ever

been shared here.

So,  I grabbed my camera

and took a few shots for you.

This teapot was a gift from a

friend. It is Genvine Ironstone

Ellgreave , England.

 

This teapot belonged to my Dutch Mama.

My husband gave me this tea set a

few years ago. It came from a

local gift shop.

I have a couple of other blue and

white teapots but they are at

our cottage and I am sure I

have shared them already.

A little search turned up a few of 

my other blue and white tea pots

taken in the summer.

Enamelware tea set with

blue and white willow mugs.

My blue chintz set.

Well, I think that is all of my collection.

Hope you enjoyed a peek at them.

I think now is a good time to get

myself a nice cup of tea!

Thank you for visiting!

Carolyn

Blue & White Cottage by the Sea

               Hello everyone,

               I hope you all had a lovely Easter. It has

                       been awhile since I last posted here as spring

chores and projects took over.

                We took a day to clean up the cottage for

          the season a week or so ago so I am

           looking forward to being able to stay

       over there and relaxing for awhile.

                 This will be our 3rd summer for

         enjoying our little cottage.

                It was a fixer upper so it wasn't

            all just about relaxing but we

                       enjoyed seeing it all come together.

                                      As you can see we went with a blue 

                                    and white theme which I find so relaxing.

We still have some projects to finish

but in the meantime we can enjoy

the peace and beauty.

The needlepoint sailboat pillow was a thrift

find .....all I had to do was

make it into a pillow.

I enjoyed finding furniture etc. for

the cottage at yardsales etc. and

giving them a coat or two

of white paint.

I love this hedge of hardy roses and am

so glad that someone had the foresight

to plant them years ago.

It is a lovely place to enjoy tea time.

But you will often find me enjoying this view

at the front of the cottage on beautiful summer

days.

Couldn't resist some sailboats inside.

                                            I love watching the sailboats go by.

                                                     I have been busy with garden cleanup,
                                                     furniture painting, a bedroom makeover
                                                     some sewing and Easter so I hope you
                                                     don't mind that I have been absent lately.

                                                       On a different note, our garden is
                                                        popping a little more each day.
                                                        Soon, I will be able to pick my first
                                                        bouquet of daffodils for the season.

                                                                Hope you are enjoying your week
                                                          and thank you for visiting me.

                                                                                   Carolyn


                                                 
                                                           
                                                                           

Calico Tea

                                                                       Hello everyone,

                                                          I hope you had a lovely weekend.
                                                         
                                                          We are in the process of closing up
                                                           our Ocean Song cottage for the winter
                                                           so before we leave I want to enjoy a
                                                           cup of tea using my calico tea set that
                                                           I bought a few months ago. I know I
                                                           didn't need another teapot but how
                                                           could I resist ? It suits well with the
                                                           blue and white theme at the cottage.

                                                        I love the mugs too that were also a
                                                        thrift find.

                                                                               

                                                                  We will still be popping in to the
                                                                   cottage but won't be staying at
                                                                   night again until spring.

                                                          My calico tea set sits happily on
                                                                     the table waiting until our next
                                                                     tea time.

                                                                        I had my last house and garden tour
                                                                     on Thursday and we have decided not
                                                                     to do the tours next year. I really enjoyed
                                                                     my visitors over the last several years but
                                                                      relaxing more at our little seaside cottage
                                                                      doesn't seem like a good thing at this time
                                                                      in our lives.
                                                                           So, with milder weather this week we
                                                                        will get our garden cleaned up for winter
                                                                      and then soon start decorating for the Christmas
                                                                      season that will be here before we know it!

                                                                                              Thank you for popping in!

                                                                                                                 Carolyn