Cardinals and Christmas in my Kitchen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTk3hlxR4rdHM2kdwHgyS95_RmPwrW-o3RHanQL1mDIVtRv6u7mcUC96pBqIGi3gwCaNIgYf6SZf4NU8ZDdWrdc-aD3UaeZ9-h1NToihuOxTeig4P3PqE6d73BYyirZ2tcjpbxGE8tDg/s1600/cardinal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTk3hlxR4rdHM2kdwHgyS95_RmPwrW-o3RHanQL1mDIVtRv6u7mcUC96pBqIGi3gwCaNIgYf6SZf4NU8ZDdWrdc-aD3UaeZ9-h1NToihuOxTeig4P3PqE6d73BYyirZ2tcjpbxGE8tDg/s640/cardinal.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have always loved Cardinals!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I remember when we first moved from California to Michigan </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and I saw my first Cardinal outside the window in the snow.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I was in love.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I took this picture last winter from my kitchen window.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you telephoto lens you kept me warm inside </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">while I snapped away.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This Cardinal hangs around in a tree right outside the kitchen </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">for most of the winter. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I watch him as I make coffee or do dishes.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">So I thought it was fitting that I filled my dish cabinet </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">in the kitchen with sweet little Cardinals </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">that I found last year at Target.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Besides, they fit my red and white decor and dishes perfectly.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3iuuQaYN92vOyH5XRLx2PU0m7ejDUhKqD0Ja0DcMH0c7stDJaFDnxRohIIytBr7OpzIdGgZ5IhiBBkW0l16ktws4VM2h72G2g3q29pNYx0xAGG6jvKVJnAfwpvQXs5SQEUX7SWBJsLI/s1600/IMG_6466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3iuuQaYN92vOyH5XRLx2PU0m7ejDUhKqD0Ja0DcMH0c7stDJaFDnxRohIIytBr7OpzIdGgZ5IhiBBkW0l16ktws4VM2h72G2g3q29pNYx0xAGG6jvKVJnAfwpvQXs5SQEUX7SWBJsLI/s640/IMG_6466.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I haven't taken my red and white transferware </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">out of my dish cupboard since I found it </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">at an Estate Sale this summer.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have found a few more pieces and I am always hunting.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve_aqUg69o57zae7LCE8FQLhecw_sF85NSzjhxsLyKFPYR3X1754ZjrfIFja69gKLhLUo2YegOLTc4CQfNGBlng6su_Drnu9UcSinYIPBsYT521hmADiSbc7A36CBvG6117JcFGbE3Ug/s1600/IMG_6464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve_aqUg69o57zae7LCE8FQLhecw_sF85NSzjhxsLyKFPYR3X1754ZjrfIFja69gKLhLUo2YegOLTc4CQfNGBlng6su_Drnu9UcSinYIPBsYT521hmADiSbc7A36CBvG6117JcFGbE3Ug/s640/IMG_6464.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I like to mix the old and the new, so I placed some </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">William's Sonoma dishes that I have </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">in with the red and white.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">These are the 12 days of Christmas salad plates.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kdLPSjsHU26fu0YAwW8yZTnLPOHG80Hyog0NSiK82ytP4UJ6a6zOWt7uiqO3u0w6Svou75pPjXbGROvlzw7nRhX9u0snbKDpcvo3jnpBzxJmdGFuInUqzuuLF0mYoEZwYRDf3wD7GTY/s1600/IMG_6454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kdLPSjsHU26fu0YAwW8yZTnLPOHG80Hyog0NSiK82ytP4UJ6a6zOWt7uiqO3u0w6Svou75pPjXbGROvlzw7nRhX9u0snbKDpcvo3jnpBzxJmdGFuInUqzuuLF0mYoEZwYRDf3wD7GTY/s640/IMG_6454.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">More "new" with the old.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm always afraid of things looking too much like </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Grandma's house so I mix it up </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">until I find the right balance.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Crate and Barrel mixing bowls </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and an old Johnson Brother's platter pair well.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcG1L3tWd6DilAO-nnayGIgDzHk0SGRxk-pqxhcoWsNOkoB0k4-eRBiY6ctylWlB_scine_cDyIQprdYsdHMS5CzSgTg1uXxxdGJER8a1zDGBImoAwaYOZmWh8CfOIadqR9122thJPAk/s1600/IMG_6453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcG1L3tWd6DilAO-nnayGIgDzHk0SGRxk-pqxhcoWsNOkoB0k4-eRBiY6ctylWlB_scine_cDyIQprdYsdHMS5CzSgTg1uXxxdGJER8a1zDGBImoAwaYOZmWh8CfOIadqR9122thJPAk/s640/IMG_6453.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Just a little greenery and some fluffy snow </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and you get the Christmas feeling.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFuf8ctS7CZSGCUBiddCfUlsf9kTiONJk16scqxX7TYB9GoCscxMXeoXHX1S75UXxdirEd0xTF2edfCIfLjPp1zutjvf77pIj6yvQkGbMI2-FOkEHWN6uA1K-GK4odmbl9GYsMwvvY0E/s1600/IMG_6455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFuf8ctS7CZSGCUBiddCfUlsf9kTiONJk16scqxX7TYB9GoCscxMXeoXHX1S75UXxdirEd0xTF2edfCIfLjPp1zutjvf77pIj6yvQkGbMI2-FOkEHWN6uA1K-GK4odmbl9GYsMwvvY0E/s640/IMG_6455.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bs52HjsAOx7pG9dHg9dbLJKOjbvtQglpowlt-eLvnrJCwbIALhr_LtmXLJEUV4qDuNbScmGy2JBMihsuM9-9B_bVFsvwqoB4wj6GT34rOEGROhNfmOaNhs-V49zrMd1_AqLgLLNTHPU/s1600/IMG_6459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bs52HjsAOx7pG9dHg9dbLJKOjbvtQglpowlt-eLvnrJCwbIALhr_LtmXLJEUV4qDuNbScmGy2JBMihsuM9-9B_bVFsvwqoB4wj6GT34rOEGROhNfmOaNhs-V49zrMd1_AqLgLLNTHPU/s640/IMG_6459.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Little mini stockings from the dollar bin at Target </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">mixed with a runner from an Estate Sale.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAdWj1x7eazfLE4-E4-I6aEaDmcFemMcB0UyvOSQj2D-v803FyTlS_vslanCDBLRgxxhKZFo1NrbxYS1pkQKwe9vlugF-LeLjAWnYmC_eZ_kFHrAg_CHB7AerIQDVorXiYJnjjCk99XY/s1600/IMG_6448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAdWj1x7eazfLE4-E4-I6aEaDmcFemMcB0UyvOSQj2D-v803FyTlS_vslanCDBLRgxxhKZFo1NrbxYS1pkQKwe9vlugF-LeLjAWnYmC_eZ_kFHrAg_CHB7AerIQDVorXiYJnjjCk99XY/s640/IMG_6448.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFuBHoBJxzPreJcvav2oDE2dcEosMJxBAnGxWVQoR3LIJk7ZE4OMhViATzWysJX4t4-9rB5uGT-vrF0nLPyr9R0qNCwWQR1y3riyMQngI9O6SzYZHUjuHcSKRbZ7RrEi4DN-K4pjE1Yo/s1600/IMG_6449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFuBHoBJxzPreJcvav2oDE2dcEosMJxBAnGxWVQoR3LIJk7ZE4OMhViATzWysJX4t4-9rB5uGT-vrF0nLPyr9R0qNCwWQR1y3riyMQngI9O6SzYZHUjuHcSKRbZ7RrEi4DN-K4pjE1Yo/s640/IMG_6449.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Vintage stockings hang below.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My toile linens are wrapped up like a gift </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">with a green grosgrain bow.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMkhb3kuuv4gy1HU4zQ-XX_moIXDfwXOubvYOgecWRjudX-W4xHZn4CjfFT9xdSio7_LjYJVyIn2HLA6Sw5AUPzW-X-Z59v8OBxCBxLJzY9hOXzjZdJSnxIBgNWHPmcY2Zfl7C6ZZKWo/s1600/IMG_6440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMkhb3kuuv4gy1HU4zQ-XX_moIXDfwXOubvYOgecWRjudX-W4xHZn4CjfFT9xdSio7_LjYJVyIn2HLA6Sw5AUPzW-X-Z59v8OBxCBxLJzY9hOXzjZdJSnxIBgNWHPmcY2Zfl7C6ZZKWo/s640/IMG_6440.jpg" width="420" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I think it's going to be Christmas for a long time </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">in this dish cupboard!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I love this arrangement.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2tacynQiT3__EKkyFLDpS9QQbmZeaXBDDc0Szs589lN-rz-rvrY8k0bJW54ssmIrmblRo6iYaLUCD_WrgZnbomjneioMOdI3Tr_FzuhwE4E6_MLZA1kxCuh8HiPEdE2lWwVeSjA7dZk/s1600/IMG_6446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2tacynQiT3__EKkyFLDpS9QQbmZeaXBDDc0Szs589lN-rz-rvrY8k0bJW54ssmIrmblRo6iYaLUCD_WrgZnbomjneioMOdI3Tr_FzuhwE4E6_MLZA1kxCuh8HiPEdE2lWwVeSjA7dZk/s640/IMG_6446.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Of course you know that I decorated the top of the cabinet.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">More transferware in the lantern and an ironstone platter that I embellished by sticking letters onto it.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry they will wash off.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlXfM2J8KjQyQbn0mNP8JqmTRzmaYLgCMeCTIvF7sYHUljP_vcqdWti3UjkbU0dpjUUsy3XgjcyQKDaGefRcwhCA3etYGcsl7715T7WGxv4EV1G0JkVIcfNTIBvRUs3fuwlwWdXPtc7U/s1600/IMG_6439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlXfM2J8KjQyQbn0mNP8JqmTRzmaYLgCMeCTIvF7sYHUljP_vcqdWti3UjkbU0dpjUUsy3XgjcyQKDaGefRcwhCA3etYGcsl7715T7WGxv4EV1G0JkVIcfNTIBvRUs3fuwlwWdXPtc7U/s640/IMG_6439.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My new olive bucket is filled with real and fake greens.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I tucked in a toile pillow for color.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hung up my new transferware pieces </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">above replacing the green plates<span style="font-size: large;"> that <span style="font-size: large;">hung there.</span></span> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyR4nF-CZbWb0Dqb2LkGDsPVVAb5Gf87hk1u6kx7uUekQxq_BTyLw-vpdfCwXlLRczSgLEf_YoAAsOi6o8cn2lPMwVflasl0V_o-i7axpsBXdtrCuHyESqUWFYXng5AnNKPKuiR1blTw/s1600/IMG_6438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyR4nF-CZbWb0Dqb2LkGDsPVVAb5Gf87hk1u6kx7uUekQxq_BTyLw-vpdfCwXlLRczSgLEf_YoAAsOi6o8cn2lPMwVflasl0V_o-i7axpsBXdtrCuHyESqUWFYXng5AnNKPKuiR1blTw/s640/IMG_6438.jpg" width="312" /></a><br />Yep, that's a lid up there too!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Well, sometimes you have to improvise right?  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It's so pretty I can't let it sit in storage.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLoIQeMe3BVkpYnTJLYbHVoN9NrigxUSVXQiLZ9MBCjpaAv2dIwn2nRlpv0qRBNe42v5Khx3zUvThOFfv3ikx84DnFB-PN3SeaBecSPuwbvmVMNm04Mbla4SGkB3apI9KMF9z9iC1Aus/s1600/IMG_6445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLoIQeMe3BVkpYnTJLYbHVoN9NrigxUSVXQiLZ9MBCjpaAv2dIwn2nRlpv0qRBNe42v5Khx3zUvThOFfv3ikx84DnFB-PN3SeaBecSPuwbvmVMNm04Mbla4SGkB3apI9KMF9z9iC1Aus/s640/IMG_6445.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hope your decorating is going well.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I loved having the music on and trimming the tree with Miss Beaux yesterday (OK, I had to bribe her with a Starbucks).  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We had fun looking at all of the old ornaments </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and laughing together.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">That's what the season is all about right?  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Mixing the old and the new... </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and a few Cardinals too!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i>linking up to:</i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i>Kim at<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank"> Savvy Southern Style </a></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><img class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMMxpHJxx-Vbk0NIid3Agq9q-weExvWYJI0Nn63wXPPJf_OYlfmgh8o9_GkEqZe0tYfvUVlmC2flBp-NOWDtM4af5VvBCL8za-tQjVNAEs3eQ0WBuOulEotJ57NlGhHIIvfcJkIky-Ms/s400/Homespun+Christmas1+%281%29.png" style="height: 302px; width: 300px;" width="397" /> </i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Marty at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Courtney at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Vanessa at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday</span><br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></i></span><i><i><b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a> for the Weekend Wrap-up Party </b></i> <br /></i><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>                                     <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</span></span></span></i></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div></div>

Cardinals and Christmas in my Kitchen

I have always loved Cardinals!   I remember when we first moved from California to Michigan  and I saw my first Cardinal outside the window ...

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Happy Birthday America Tablescape

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I <span style="color: red;">LOVE</span> the <span style="color: #0b5394;">Fourth of July! </span> </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The carefree days of Summer are in full bloom and everyone seems more relaxed and ready for a great party.  We are home this year for the Fourth.  So, we will be celebrating with friends and family and viewing fireworks later.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  How about you? </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> How do you celebrate?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWxNTbwa0CaETHWEh5u2vaORVMKUJwvyHTt6LNhXLUuRLAxR-0FNhH4z8AQ4LLyBMroJvlcdU0Zrm_kksfhoIAYw9537T4Zb9e4K-DN8pytrwWRuh9md8iwz811VaJCHhA71gQeEdRyE/s1600/IMG_4723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWxNTbwa0CaETHWEh5u2vaORVMKUJwvyHTt6LNhXLUuRLAxR-0FNhH4z8AQ4LLyBMroJvlcdU0Zrm_kksfhoIAYw9537T4Zb9e4K-DN8pytrwWRuh9md8iwz811VaJCHhA71gQeEdRyE/s640/IMG_4723.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Just for fun I put together a 4th of July table.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBhB5nM4Q9nJr09P26k71hwWDzu9Yvc7dOjwY7Of7SZ40aPf-ZpuVqtIe8iFmUOreOh-HJqR5WnvcT-M86M0TePFlmR6ALq4iW-9U_FNB2GB4EbOZ-aTeLlJ7q-3PCFrlNQLkp0n1_Ds/s1600/IMG_4707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBhB5nM4Q9nJr09P26k71hwWDzu9Yvc7dOjwY7Of7SZ40aPf-ZpuVqtIe8iFmUOreOh-HJqR5WnvcT-M86M0TePFlmR6ALq4iW-9U_FNB2GB4EbOZ-aTeLlJ7q-3PCFrlNQLkp0n1_Ds/s640/IMG_4707.jpg" width="524" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I bought some things last year on clearance and was eager to put them to use.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhfHzqdfubzIQ4YNerb_F4EBgqZdBqRwj_8f6I_un_3zw-prF1578vcmSBiNhLWZ9-5-_LS5wjdZoEsqf4FBBtAcqPBQMEsfB6AHc2FkhS7Of0pmWB1iTsbvifhSrObVsOHMiMeLwm7k/s1600/IMG_4709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhfHzqdfubzIQ4YNerb_F4EBgqZdBqRwj_8f6I_un_3zw-prF1578vcmSBiNhLWZ9-5-_LS5wjdZoEsqf4FBBtAcqPBQMEsfB6AHc2FkhS7Of0pmWB1iTsbvifhSrObVsOHMiMeLwm7k/s640/IMG_4709.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Blue and white napkins and plates from JCP.  The plates were on clearance for $2.50 a piece.  It's from their Americana line.  The table runner is an Estate Sale find for $5.00.  It's just a remnant of lightweight burlap or a similar fabric.  The white napkins were a WM clearance item at $1.00.  Popcorn holders were also at World Market.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3BvfMBmYUfea59PHOFMtRTfXQdX_OrirlnALl9qkoSC2lfRUQmwQtooyUbZaQaDHRfa8jgCec1vKFgpWRxnspR-DG9D4Aihxmux7BEih_d6Db2fsniEujeSAB-uflOaxd4llnWOn06A/s1600/IMG_4720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3BvfMBmYUfea59PHOFMtRTfXQdX_OrirlnALl9qkoSC2lfRUQmwQtooyUbZaQaDHRfa8jgCec1vKFgpWRxnspR-DG9D4Aihxmux7BEih_d6Db2fsniEujeSAB-uflOaxd4llnWOn06A/s640/IMG_4720.jpg" width="360" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't resist them!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And they matched my Bandanas that I picked up at an Estate Sale a few weeks ago.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMG15BfqegtogDSgeu4H91-7O31nOBwqEpA_REOtpoHm8UXVgSCPiOO1pGmtwQSC3WMVNGpXmZMCkY4gLJcPlCgm8wMRT_uvV9Cl4HWrcbPRFOUw37MYc7CBLyOACT0ttQQN3AKsZjJ0/s1600/IMG_4714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMG15BfqegtogDSgeu4H91-7O31nOBwqEpA_REOtpoHm8UXVgSCPiOO1pGmtwQSC3WMVNGpXmZMCkY4gLJcPlCgm8wMRT_uvV9Cl4HWrcbPRFOUw37MYc7CBLyOACT0ttQQN3AKsZjJ0/s640/IMG_4714.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Have I showed you my new red and white</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> transfer dishes yet?  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is one of my most exciting finds this year!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have been searching for red transferware for a long time. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I passed up a set at an antique store a few months ago.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzyuTon5ZCk9W31R3SEe7pbzZODQswpqdG9aKaVr1U8KJHMQldDu400MDNb7oyai3e1SYmIyOmC52nz92oc7KsRXq77tN_8PBbj7riAXUl2zliKNEi4xhPcHkNhxds5MpIZ4mLTpjf8k/s1600/IMG_4711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzyuTon5ZCk9W31R3SEe7pbzZODQswpqdG9aKaVr1U8KJHMQldDu400MDNb7oyai3e1SYmIyOmC52nz92oc7KsRXq77tN_8PBbj7riAXUl2zliKNEi4xhPcHkNhxds5MpIZ4mLTpjf8k/s640/IMG_4711.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> These were purchased last week at an Estate Sale.  A set of 44 Johnson Brothers "Strawberry Fair" for $125.00.  They were made between 1959 and 1973 in England.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviI3lauLi_82kBfdBpcSWPpaR2i8KBjYlcxGIL-o1dqEsrQ1aqblXzZ-chRwX6n4qH_cuoBb0B3W_fJUuG857u7OlN3GwF2Bu3GpBFSeaV6i5G7Eg8iQebMUTIFiJ0u3w7NgPtgFYD88/s1600/IMG_4721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviI3lauLi_82kBfdBpcSWPpaR2i8KBjYlcxGIL-o1dqEsrQ1aqblXzZ-chRwX6n4qH_cuoBb0B3W_fJUuG857u7OlN3GwF2Bu3GpBFSeaV6i5G7Eg8iQebMUTIFiJ0u3w7NgPtgFYD88/s640/IMG_4721.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm in love! I have kept them on the counter all week now.  I just pass by and look at them!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have a problem, I know! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Dishaholic!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_kDYCgVPeo5if970ONI-WfXX8XijsptB4BYTWhbJFsDwM7N0Dqk4jbgwp0e5yXEkWVM582yxYxNKuZmycQLkznEtXcTNA9Jr7YE2w9HCiJ0oigMIe3ue1I7gw_qy1DgtZi_4qcqdEjQ/s1600/IMG_4715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_kDYCgVPeo5if970ONI-WfXX8XijsptB4BYTWhbJFsDwM7N0Dqk4jbgwp0e5yXEkWVM582yxYxNKuZmycQLkznEtXcTNA9Jr7YE2w9HCiJ0oigMIe3ue1I7gw_qy1DgtZi_4qcqdEjQ/s640/IMG_4715.jpg" width="602" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I finally put them away in the dish cupboard. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> It's all decked out for the 4th too.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkIna3awBbkerz0k2p0jR75rmv3WQkZ_lExDw9PQyL3lwoiCvIB9YW7xc5X0Ab7pAHcmye1LDnGGvghFYrqVp-fyINJUneXa1R9WTqkdIEW8v59HZDyEdt4CEbtFJWg3GBVhv2NU99EA/s1600/IMG_4719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkIna3awBbkerz0k2p0jR75rmv3WQkZ_lExDw9PQyL3lwoiCvIB9YW7xc5X0Ab7pAHcmye1LDnGGvghFYrqVp-fyINJUneXa1R9WTqkdIEW8v59HZDyEdt4CEbtFJWg3GBVhv2NU99EA/s640/IMG_4719.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And so is Mr. Rooster.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSrIb58FukuXN7sNN7PO828bKYwHcxp4Z8zPQDkvmjUhtphqHYlUPTdM5Etd55wcqdHVxu_ZvcAgIyzEsoZdRbWacqVe31JjnD0-C1clHEir6OVjdxKp9g966LUgUXYiFfnVP2nbamk0/s1600/IMG_4713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSrIb58FukuXN7sNN7PO828bKYwHcxp4Z8zPQDkvmjUhtphqHYlUPTdM5Etd55wcqdHVxu_ZvcAgIyzEsoZdRbWacqVe31JjnD0-C1clHEir6OVjdxKp9g966LUgUXYiFfnVP2nbamk0/s640/IMG_4713.jpg" width="372" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I think this is one of my favorite tables!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgwy0xql_UaEh227-ohumVP2XRY5T1JbtiyGxVG8UHVTaZm8_2-QU5kw0Uu-oMZHMzos7iQCisBMPNpENHQLYNdaGTBWvvS2CeFrOkpIpeDBTANt32eFSyyMueIhr-1wlhmcrlSIakJ0/s1600/IMG_4724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgwy0xql_UaEh227-ohumVP2XRY5T1JbtiyGxVG8UHVTaZm8_2-QU5kw0Uu-oMZHMzos7iQCisBMPNpENHQLYNdaGTBWvvS2CeFrOkpIpeDBTANt32eFSyyMueIhr-1wlhmcrlSIakJ0/s640/IMG_4724.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy 4th of July! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Have a brownie! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>And a special thank you to those </b></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>who serve our country</b></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> and keep us safe!  </span></i></b></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'll be linking up to these wonderful parties:</span></i><br /><a href="http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Cuisine Kathleen's-Let's Dish</span></i></a><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">and </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Susan's Tablescape Thursday </a></span></i></div><br />

Happy Birthday America Tablescape

I LOVE the Fourth of July!    The carefree days of Summer are in full bloom and everyone seems more relaxed and ready for a great party.  ...

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