CABBAGE LEAF PLATES IN WAITING

 These cabbage leaf plates have been my go to set for Easter for many years.   I keep them stacked on a stainless pot rack in my pantry year round.  I can’t believe how popular and expensive they’ve become.  They were very reasonable when I started collecting.  Most came from Home Goods.  My daughter refers to these as one of my home decor stock market successes.  My husband wants me to apply my skills to the real stock market.  LOL

CABBAGE LEAF PLATES STACKED IN MY PANTRY

I have bowls, serving pieces, luncheon and dinner plates and more.

My favorite Easter serving pieces even have bunnies on them.

SERVING PIECE WITH BUNNIES

Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

MY TULIP MAGNOLIA SURPRISE

 I always look forward to my tulip magnolia blooming and filling my window with pink.  Last year a late frost damaged the blooms.  I was afraid that the same thing had happened again this year with another late frost.  I was so surprised when I walked in to the room and saw that the tulip magnolia blooms had survived and created my first sign of Spring again.

The blooms always arrive in time for Easter.

Happy Easter

I’M READY FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTERS’ VISIT

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Hope you're having a wonderful weekend with your family.

Are you eating chocolate?

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HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter to all my wonderful readers.

Easter Means Lettuce Leaf Plates

I have many sets of dishes, but I think that my signature set has to be my lettuce leaf plates.
 It started with some dinner plates and over the years has become quite a collection.  They remind me of vintage majolica and are the perfect table setting for Easter.  Although I only use them a few times a year, they're always on display.  I stack them on an industrial restaurant pot rack in my pantry.

Lettuce Leaves Plates Stacked in My Pantry

The graduated shelves work for my plates, bowls, and serving pieces.

I was able to find the plates in green and white.

Green and White Lettuce Leaf Plates

Did you notice the lamp with the polka dot shade?  It originally was a coffee urn.
 I love the spigot.

Coffee Urn Lamp

I use the bowls for soup or salad.

Bowls and Serving Pieces

The dinner plates fit on the large bottom shelf.

Dinner Plates and Covered Serving Dish

The pantry is a long narrow room.  I wanted to show you how the dishes are displayed in the corner. I've updated the other side of the room.  You'll have to wait to see the new look.  

View of the Right Side of the Pantry

I'll be hosting Easter for my family and I can't wait to get the dishes off the shelf and onto the table.  I don't have a picture of one of our Easter tables, but I do have a photo of the white lettuce leaf plates on my garden table in my back yard.  Notice I have lettuce leaf place mats under the dishes.

Garden Table with White Lettuce Leaf Plates

Happy Easter

I see that Tory Burch is reissuing the original lettuce leaf plates by Dodie Thayer. 
To see Tory's collection, go here.

In My Easter Bonnet

One of my favorite things to do is to re-purpose vintage items.  At Easter time I reinvent vintage hats as Easter baskets.  I like to find the fancy Spring hats with flowers in pastel colors like this one.

Then I flip it over and fill it with colored eggs or candy.  Voila, a unique Easter basket.  It also makes a super hostess gift when you add a plant.  Or, a basket for Easter bunny to fill.  My favorite use is as a center piece on my holiday table.

Happy Easter.  Here's to family time and chocolate.

Kathy