Home Sweet Home #115

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I took a picture of A Little Vignette I had in my kitchen window to share with you.

I re-posted A Mother's Tea from two years ago. 

I went about town this week and took some pictures in Spring Blossoms.

I introduced a new sponsor Wholeport.com online craft supplier.  They are now sponsoring a Craft Party Thursday giveaway.  Where you can take any craft supply you purchase from Wholeport and create a craft and enter to win $30 of craft supplies in Craft Party Thursday.

There supplies are of nice quality and very reasonably priced.  Check them out.

 I would like to highlight another sponsor.  Vision Blinds is a family business that has been operating in the UK for over 100 years.  They supply the finest quality window blinds, awnings, and conservatory blinds.  They also have a line of  Perfect Fit blinds by Louvolite® and cane furniture.  Visit this sponsor to take care of your window fashion needs.

Now, I would like to feature some of the great blogger's post that caught my eye from last week's Home Sweet Home.  

Lani of Simply Fresh Vintage shared some Vintage Tablecloth Love.  So many inspiring ways to sew up vintage tablecloths!

Manuela at A Cultivated Nest showed several ways to decorate a tin can.

Anjana from At the Corner of Happy and Harried shared this recipe for Vegetable Stew with Coconut Milk.  If you haven't given coconut a try yet you should try it.  I have been on a diet that is anti-inflammatory for allergies and it works for many illnesses (almost all modern illness is based in the immune system and is from inflammation in your body).  Coconut is my favorite thing in the world right now.  It is healthy and it is good for you.  I had to share this simple stew recipe, a winner with a coconut milk base.

So many great post each week and so many talented people!   It is really hard to feature a few! And, remember to be featured you must have a link back to the Home Sweet Home party.   Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here!  

Sherry

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I will join these ladies today:
Be Inspired Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 
G' Day Saturday at Natasha in Oz  

Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or you won't be featured.

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes, delicious recipes, crafts, or whatever makes your home special!

 *If you are pinning a post submitted here, please pin from the original site. 

 

Mother's Tea

I have a little set of china I picked up at Goodwill for $5 (for 13 pieces).  I have been trying to decide what each piece was meant for. 

There is no maker's mark on the bottom, but they look a little Japanese.  I put this little cup in this "saucer" and it looked very much like a tea set.  But, I am not sure.

What do you think?  Does it pass for a tea set.

  Whatever it is, I used it for a little Mother's Day tea for me.

I am loving the pattern and colors on it.  Thanks for viewing my tea!

This was a re-post from 2011.  I knew this spring was going to be crazy busy and it is!

Sherry
I will link this to:

 Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage 

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Table Top Tuesday  at A Stroll Thru Life

Share the Shelter at A Sheltering Tree  

Homemaking Linkup at Hope In Every Season  

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm

Thrifty Things Friday at The Thrifty Groove 

Home Sweet Home #114

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I styled a lovely creamer full of spring blossoms in Blue & White Spring.

I then discussed what book I should read to my youngest this summer in Summer Reading with Boys.

I then made a Sweet Potato Pie with a tropical twist.

 I would like to highlight a sponsor.  Phoenix Carpet & Flooring a family run business with 30 years experience within the industry, serving Bristol, Gloucester and Bath, England.  They have teams of fitters that are highly qualified in all aspects of floor laying which allows them to offer a diverse range of stylish and affordable floor coverings for domestic and commercial use.  Visit this sponsor if you are in that area to take care of your flooring needs.

Now, I would like to feature some of the great blogger's post that caught my eye from last week's Home Sweet Home.  

Diane at An Extraordinary Day created these book page spring blossoming flowers.  So very cute!

The Decorating Diaries created a Antique Sheet Music/Chalkboard Folding Screen.

Trudy at Looks Like White showed us a Swedish and French home that was divine!

Julie at Tattered Tiques showed us how she created a terrarium that was so sweet.

So many great post each week and so many talented people!   It is really hard to feature a few!  Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here!  

Sherry

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I will join these ladies today:
Be Inspired Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 
G' Day Saturday at Natasha in Oz  

Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or you won't be featured.

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes, delicious recipes, crafts, or whatever makes your home special!

 *If you are pinning a post submitted here, please pin from the original site. 

Summer Reading with Boys

Having raised three boys, I know that boys can lack a certain interest in reading.  There comes a time when my sons have learned to read and they then begin to read on their own but, there is a little gap in their reading.  This is where I stepped in as a Mother and read a big kid novel to my sons.  I read one to the first two together, they were around 6 and 8.  They were reading books at their level but, the depth of the story was very simple and the wonder and spark of reading a really good book just wasn't there.  When I read to them I was fluent, could do interesting accents, and pronounce the unknow words, so it just translated the magic of the story so much better.

My youngest, this summer, is just the right age for the first big novel.  What to read....  this is what I have been mulling over.   Some of the contenders are The Hobbit, Treasure Island, and Tom Sawyer.  I am still deciding.  Pictured above is Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.   

Do you have any suggestions for a great novel for a young man?

Boys like romance too.  They like knights in shining armor, pirates with wooden legs, and especially the thickened plot of a great adventure novel.  As a mother showing them the magic of that summer reading experience has been a great pleasure.

This is my new find this week it is a Limoges teacup.  I got it at the thrift store for $4!  I have been looking for one of these teacups for a long time.

Sherry
I will link this to:

 Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage 

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Tea Cup Tuesday at Martha's Favorites

Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations

Table Top Tuesday  at A Stroll Thru Life

Share the Shelter at A Sheltering Tree  

Homemaking Linkup at Hope In Every Season  

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm

Thrifty Things Friday at The Thrifty Groove 

Cottage Style Link Party at Lavender Cottage Garden

Home Sweet Home #112

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!   I reflected on the season in The Love of a Mother for a Son.

I enjoyed an Easter Tea.

I also revisited a past post in the Children's Easter Table.

Now, I would like to feature some of the great blogger's post that caught my eye from last week's Home Sweet Home.   

Penny of Penny's Vintage Home showed off spring blossoms but, I have to show you this Hooiser cabinet she turned into a kitchen desk.  I love this!

Rosemary & Thyme created this Orange Sour Cream Pound Cake that looked divine!

Laura at Decor to Adore showed how to create a French Lantern the smart way.

 Carolyn at Aiken House & Gardens showed off her vintage style guest bath.

Kristen at Sophia's showed off Lily's Garden Bedroom.  Such a sweet space for a child!

So many great post each week and so many talented people!   It is really hard to feature a few!  Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here! 
And, everyone have a wonderful Easter!  

Sherry

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I will join these ladies today:
Be Inspired Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 
G' Day Saturday at Natasha in Oz  

Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or you won't be featured.

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes, delicious recipes, crafts, or whatever makes your home special!

 *If you are pinning a post submitted here, please pin from the original site.