In a White Light

Hello everyone,

I  hope you had a great weekend.

On this bright sunny but cold winter

day I thought  my color scheme would

be white today.

A sun room white tea with

white linens and lace.

One of my favorite white teapots.

Some pretty vintage lace children's dresses

An antique blouse with beautiful

creamy white roses.

A winter white tea

                                                           

An antique dress for afternoon tea

A beautiful bouquet of white peonies.

This is summer tea from my

early days of blogging.

Our Gardener's Cottage 

The chaise in the window nook.

Creamy white tea time.

Winter white in the Boathouse nook.

I love nooks and crannies!

Winter white

                                                

     

                                                    Our summer kitchen

A white summer garden tea.

I am starting to look forward

to warmer weather so this

photo gives me hope of

tea in the garden once again....

but I must be patient and enjoy

the present season.

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn

Summer Tea on the Porch

Hello everyone,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

It has been lovely here and so it is nice 

 to have tea on the porch where I have my

summer wicker and vintage linens.

Vintage china and pretty bouquets of peonies.

I used a mix of pink and green for my summer tea today.

My peonies are past now so these are the last of my bouquets.

                                          I have been enjoying taking lots of summer photos so all I need is                                                    more time to share them. Summer is going by so quickly don't you think
                                                        We had a good turnout for our garden tour and it was a beautiful
                                                   day for it. Thank you to all who came and for all your kind words.

                                                                                 Thank you for popping in today.

                                                                                                     Carolyn

Romantic Pink Tea

                                                           Hello everyone,

                                                I hope your week is going well.
                                                We have lost a lot of our snow here
                                                and although our temperatures still
                                                fluctuate between melting and freezing
                                                we know good things are starting to happen
                                                out in the garden.
                                                    Here in the sun room spring has definitely
                                                arrived as the warm sunshine makes it a cheery
                                                place for our romantic pink tea so pour yourself
                                                a cup of tea and join me.

                                     

                      I have an assortment of pretty pink linens

                       to go with our delicate pink vintage china.

                                                         I love this dainty pink and white
                                                         small teapot.It holds enough for two
                                                         cups of tea.
                       

Pick your favorite tea cup and

relax in the warm sunshine in

the sun room.

      Thank you for stopping by for

       tea today and I hope you have

a lovely day!

Carolyn

Linens and Things

Hello everyone,

I am back again on this rather grey day to

share a little photo shoot I did the other

day when I had some free time to play

with my camera.

I love the turkish towels that

they have at Homesence and

this one fit right in with the

color scheme here at Ocean

Song Cottage.

The baskets were a gift from

a friend and are perfect for

displaying more linens.

A pretty stack of linens.

This  towel was a thrift find that

might one day make a couple

of pretty pillows. The little

fish add some coastal charm.

Pretty napkins

Tea time

A pretty display sitting on the

old drop leaf table that I painted

white for the cottage.

It is perfect for a small space.

Oh, and one more thing I wanted to

show you.......my latest dish find.

I got these at the 70 mile coastal

yard sale and although I told

myself not to even look at dishes

my heart did a little flutter when

I spotted these lovely tranferware

dishes in a box. so they were my

            treat of the day and came home with me.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Take care,

               Carolyn

Transferware Lunch in the September Garden

Hello everyone!

   I hope your weekend is going well.

    Although we still have lovely days in

       September there is signs of approaching

       autumn so it is nice to enjoy these sunny

       but cooler days in the garden as much as

possible.

So, I thought I would share one of my

favorite tablescapes from a couple

of years ago in our September garden.

                                                                    I have always loved variations of the
                                                                    Cabbage Rose pattern and have collected
                                                                   bits and pieces over the years.

                                                         My friend Snow and I had fun setting
                                                         the table out under the old apple trees
                                                         in our garden where it was nice and
                                                         shady on a perfect September day.

                                                                  We layered the table with linens and lace.

                                                           A bouquet of flowers from our garden
                                                           and my red and white transferware were
                                                           used.

                                                                   We had a great harvest of cherry tomatoes.

                                                              You can see our Gardener's Cottage in
                                                               the background.

                                                                 Some fresh rustic bread

                                               It was a beautiful day to enjoy a
                                                          late summer lunch in the garden.
                                                             If you would like to see some of
                                                          my favorite summer garden tablescapes
                                                         you can click Here.

                                                          My thoughts and prayers are with
                                                          all of you who are effected by the
                                                          Hurricanes and hope you will all
                                                          be safe.

                                                                          Thank you for visiting,

                                                                                         Carolyn