Fall Treats~

I love that my shop is often called upon to loan items for photo shoots…it gives us exposure and allows us to be a part of something bigger! 

I love the calls we get from the readers of all of these publications…it brings us people from all walks of life and every corner of the Untied States and then some. 

We share the common bond of loving and collecting beautiful things such as antique transferware!

Selfishly, I get to read the recipes in the magazines before a lot of you do because they send us early copies as a "Thank You" for letting them borrow our antique pieces. Therefore, when I see some that I think really look amazing I've decided to share them early with you!

(I love the way this tea pot photographed!)

 The cake stand above has sold since this was shot for Tea Time Magazine. 

I plan on finding more to add to the collections I carry at my shop…especially seeing how beautiful this *Salted Caramel Pound Cake looks on it!

*see recipe below

After reading this today at my shop it made me appreciate once again the reason I started my shop in the first place….

Collections!

The things that remind you of the past and give you something to share with those in your future! Your children and your grandchildren! Special friends and loved ones!

 I named my personal cookbook that I made for my family, "Collections". 

This is exactly the reason why I did!

 Enjoy the magazine when it arrives near you... 

~And definitely try out some of these amazing recipes~

Fall Is In The Air!

Sometimes it's hard for me to transition from one season to the next when we have to start putting our fall merchandise and decorations out so early! 

Thankfully, this arrived in our mail yesterday and it got my spirits up and I began to see that I WILL enjoy Fall and all that it has to offer!

After all, it is when we get to start enjoying college football games, putting out pumpkins and mums and enjoying some much needed cooler weather!

As well as planning our Thanksgiving menus and guest lists!

I was so pleased to see that this photo shoot taken in the shop by the great people at Tea Time magazine turned out so well and truly showcased some of our most special pieces of antique transferware as well Alison's gorgeous flower arrangement in an antique sugar mold.

I didn't even notice right away that they had also showcased some of our pieces in other parts of the magazine. 

I really like how the pictures turned out. 

I'm loving the rust colored chargers underneath our antique plates! Unfortunately, those are not from our shop! They certainly add a pop of color to the table setting!

I thought this table was really pretty as well. It was in the article right after ours if you come across a copy of this magazine. It is just now out on the shelves.

As you can see we do have a lot of items that work really well with fall tablescapes!

And we even have our twig Acorns out for all to see in our window display! 

Yes…we are definitely trying to get in the fall spirit!

So, the next question is when to start decorating at home? Have you started planting for fall? Or thought about which color pumpkins you will use this year? I'm always so torn! I love the vivid colors but I'm also very drawn to the shades of white, salmon and even green.

No matter which you choose it will definitely signal that fall is truly here once I start seeing the pumpkins on the patios and front steps of my friends houses and in the shop windows that I love so much!

And it will definitely make me thankful for this season in life and for the fact that we celebrate such a wonderful American holiday.