You can find blue and white chinoiserie style pillows and pillow covers on eBay that you cannot find anywhere else. This set was made for the Lilian Vernon company. They are a retired style. What’s not to love? The chinoiserie china fills the space, surrounded by a lattice border in shades of blue. The needlepoint…
Peking Handicraft has been working with artists and makers to bring beautiful home goods to the market since 1977. Madcap Cottage and Sally Eckman Roberts are two of my favorites. Their chinoiserie pillows and rugs are just a delight! The lavishly decorated Pretty Petals hooked rug and needlepoint pillow have chinoiserie pots and vases filled…
Laura Ashley Summer Palace is a stylized botanical print with birds, flowers and butterflies. It has been available as wallpaper, fabric and ready-made window treatments. Laura Ashley introduced Summer Palace in 1988. It was inspired by an antique Edwardian chintz fabric. Laura Ashley Summer Palace is currently available in seven different color choices. Summer Palace…
Sometimes you will find a decorative oval flower pot called a Jardiniere, which means Gardener in French. French nouns have genders. Jardinière is feminine. Spelled Jardinier it is masculine. In French, a Jardinière is a planter or a raised garden box or bed. In English, Jardiniere means a plant holder, especially one that is oval…
Every time a piece of my Blue Willow china gets broken, I save it for crafts. Use broken china to create beautiful mosaic stepping stones. You can start with a cement paver, use a kit or a mold. You can buy a kit that includes everything you need to make one stepping stone. The kit…
The Dragon Collection from Caskata has a mythical dragon hand-etched into lead-free artisan blown crystal barware. Caskata Dragon Etched Crystal Collection on Amazon The Dragon Collection Sparkling crystal sand-etched with our handsome, lyrical dragon brings a little attitude to happy hour. A symbol of power, protection, hidden knowledge and untamed nature. The Dragon Collection from…
Wall pockets have been around for centuries. You can find antique examples on eBay or new versions on Amazon. They are available in every color and style you can think of, but my favorites are the Blue Willow and the blue and white chinoiserie. There are a wide variety of shapes. Wider more shallow shapes…
I just learned a thing. Have you seen tulipieres? Kinda like vases with a lot of sort of spouts. Sometimes they are tall and look like pagodas. Often they are cobalt blue and white chinoiserie, so they show up for me on Pinterest a lot. You often see them with flowers poked into each hole….
These amazing cookies showed up on Instagram. They are made with the Tea Time Assortment Cookie Decoration Kit. Tea Time Assortment Lorena’s Sweets Fondant Cookie Decoration Kit with Cookie Cutters, Fondant Molds, Fondant Texturizers and a Frosting Tip on Amazon The Tea Time Assortment Cookie Decoration Kit is from Lorena Rodríguez, Lorena’s Sweets in Escazu,…
These mirrors are reproductions of a traditional Venetian design. Most inexpensive copies just have a polished edge on each mirror piece, but some have a bevel. This is a classical Venetian Mirror, each small piece mirror with handmade carved designs as well as handmade nice bevel Reproduction Venetian Etched Mirrors on Amazon Genuine antique Venetian…
