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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Cottage Angel

I am starting to get ready to head back up north to the cottage. We spent this weekend planning out what needs to be done in the cottage and out in the garden. Most of the shrubs survived the winter and the deer snacking on them. However it is always an adventure with nature up there, a buck marked his territory by scraping the bark off a new lilac, I have a groundhog digging at the base of the house and a bird nest in a wreath that should come down. At least there are no skunks so far this year.

Inside things are just fine…. I like to think this little angel is wishing for our return...

  

Those are silver dollars in the vase.




I love the patina on the mirror frame.





To me her nose looks a little smashed but that is ok it adds to her charm. Maybe she is counting the days to our return, I know I am.


Saturday, April 7, 2012

Coconut Macaroons

We're big fans of holidays here at our blog, celebrating Easter and Passover this week and appropriating the most fun parts of them - the food! Friday kicked off the start of Passover and to celebrate, I whipped up some classic Coconut Macaroons adopting  Ina Garten's recipe. 


Toasted-looking, no? Very easy to make as well. Only about 6 ingredients. 



I don't have fancy cake plate to display the macaroons on, so my mom suggested flipping over a wine glass and putting a plate on top- genius! Although I don't have a light enough or flat enough plate for that so they're just setting on the base of the glass. I still kind of like it though!


Cooling off. 




Monday, April 2, 2012

Bunnykins Hop to the Table

Yes, I have dishes for almost every occasion.  The Bunnykins are not used very much any more only in the spring around Easter. But there was a time when they were used everyday by Andrea. She ate everything from baby food to mac and cheese and everything in-between on these dishes. Like a lot of collections it started with one cup and one bowl, and grew from there.  I think these dishes are so charming and magical, each scene is different. 


Every child likes to play dress up, wouldn't you like to join this group.






It's tea time!



 Even the back of the cup has a sweet little scene.




Royal Doulton's Bunnykins were introduced in the United Kingdom during the 1930's. They depicted Mr. and Mrs. Bunnykins along with other rabbits and mice dressed in human clothing. They usually illustrated rural and small-town English scenes and activities. Bunnykins were even used by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret when you were young and became popular for gift giving.



Rub-a-dub-dub how many bunnies will fit in the tub????




Wouldn't your little ones like to drink out of this cup.








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