Saffron Marigold is an Indian company that makes textiles and home furnishings. They sell direct on Amazon. Their hand block printed textiles are available in a lot of colors and patterns. None, of course, are Blue Willow, but the colors coordinate and blend. And when you buy from them “You are helping build a fair…
If you collect old china, you may have noticed how deep some of the saucers are. Have you ever wondered why? When I was a teenager, I visited a friend’s foster parents. They lived in a beautiful enormous house. I perched on a white watered silk covered sofa over an oriental rug and they handed…
After I looked at the Chinese Blue and White Reticulated Fretwork Porcelain vases, Amazon showed me lighting with the porcelain used as the shades or diffusers. There are a lot of options available. You can find shades in different sizes and shapes. The socket sets, cords or chains and canopies come in different finishes, colors…
Culver Barware makes generous-sized tumblers with Blue Willow and Blue Chinoiserie in cobalt blue and white on quality clear glasses. The tumblers are clear glass with heavier bottoms. The design is blue and white. Both designs are ideally traditional. Culver Blue Willow Glasses on Amazon > Culver Glassware and Barware on Amazon > The glasses…
The French style chairs and stools from Purple Leaf are available in two frame colors and eight seat and back colors. They are durable, designed for outdoor wet locations. But the traditional style will look great indoors as well. They are designed to be comfortable and attractive. Rust proof aluminum frame with white or bamboo…
These French style stools from Purple Leaf Outdoor Furnishings have a bamboo-look aluminum frame and woven back and seat. They come in bar height and counter height. They are rated for wet locations, but would look great indoors, too. Rust proof aluminum frame with painted finish to look like bamboo All-weather hand-woven PE wicker is…
This vase is beautiful, but if I win it, what can I do with it? I’m not an expert, but I have opinions. I agree. The vase really is beautiful! The description calls it ”Blanc De Chine” which is “Chinese White” in French. According to the Victoria and Albert Museum website, it “is the name…
Laura Ashley sheets have a lovely feel and seem to last. I have the Charlotte Duvet Cover and I mix other blue and white bedding with it. Laura Ashley Dark Blue Lorelei Bedding on Amazon The Lorelei sheets have the darkest indigo blue on a white white background. The variations of indigo blue look lovely…
Laura Ashley’s Chloe bedding is in shades of blue from cobalt and navy to a sort of sea glass color they call Cottage Blue. It is on a true white background with details in shades of grey. The top of the comforter is a lovely water color floral pattern. This beautiful blue and white watercolor…
Do you see those amazing flower arrangements and wonder how they did that? This is the same arrangement, looking down into it. See how densely packed the flowers are? Juliska Country Estate Tureens on Amazon I bought a book on flower arranging. It gives instructions to create an arrangement like this. First tape across the…
