FABBY: Beach-Theme Tablescape

Hello sweet friend!

       The days are nice and warm lately in my neck of the woods, as it was in the early 50's before, in the southern hemisphere, of course. Now it's in the late 70's and very sunny, which I'm loving it!

My 'Beach Theme' tablescape is inspired in our good weather, plus, summer vacation is almost over around here too, since children will start school September the second. I am not ready yet for Fall decor, I will start next month.
 
I am using this setting for mother in our alabaster breakfast table; as I'll be cooking sea food we all like for today, Wednesday, which is when she comes to spend the day with us. Anyhoo, here is my 'beachy-Andean' setting, lol!

I used my cane chargers with square dinner plates and my fav Multiple Choice fish plates.

At left are my natural shells for 'Coquile St. Jacques' a favorite of Mr. Living.



The centerpiece flowers are done inside the sea-food tureen. The tureen was made at our past 'ceramic Factory,' specially for Fish Escabeche. The natural 'Ecuadorian Spondylus Shell' with shell pedestal at left....it's for the hot sauce. 

A little fish bowl salt cellar. I love the enamel sailboat napkin rings I bought several years ago. 

White square dinner plate and fish salad, or entree plate.

With a green square plate.

With yellow square plate. All the square plates were also from our past factory.

The Ceviche sherbet with fish, seahorse and sea-scallops hand decorated....from our factory as well.

A close up of the cute sherbets in a sea theme and hand decorated.



The tureen is all hand decorated, as well.

We love beer in these tall glasses with our sea food.

The natural Ecuadorian Spondylus shell' bowl for hot sauce in the back with a shell spoon.

 

The tureen is hand decorated at our former ceramic company. Here you can see the lid with fish handle.


 

The beer tall pitcher and tall beer glasses are a set that Alejandro's brothers gave him several years ago for his birthday.

I really like this tall beer pitcher.

The view from my breakfast room window. The Andean mountains in the foreground. The river at right. We are in a 14th. floor Pt. House.

Natural shell for 'Coquille St. Jacques.' 

 

Thank you so much for coming by lovely friends and for the wonderful comments, as you always make my day!

Thank you so much gracious hostesses for your great parties as well.

LOVE,
FABBY

I will be joining the following parties:

Kathleen for Let's Dish at,  http://cuisinekathleen
Susan for Tablescape Thursday at,  http://betweennapsontheporch
Deborah for What We Accomplished Wednesday at,  http://greenwillowpond
Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife
Sherry for Open House Party at,  http://nominimalisthere
Sarah for Homemaking Party at,  http://hopeineveryseason
Terri for It's a Party at,  http://acreativeprincess
Dana for Two Girls and a Party at,  http://thissillygirlslife
Centerpiece Party at,  http://thestylesisters
Leslie for Create it Thursday at,  http://lambertslately
Suzanne for Vintage Thingie Thursday at,  http://coloradolady
Lindsey for Show and Share at,  http://southernlovely
Christina for Wildly Original Link Party at,  http://igottacreate
Jody and Stan for Simple and Sweet Friday at,  http://rootedinthyme
Richella for Grace at Home at,  http://impartinggrace
Debra for Be Inspired at,  http://commonground
Courtney for Feather Nest Friday at,  http://frenchcountrycottage
Thrifty Things Friday at,  http://thethriftygroove
Ladies Only Blog Share Linky party at,  http://mommifried
Bloglovin and Hometalk Blog Hop at,  http://lifeonlakeshoredrive
Holly for Tickled Pink at,  http://504mainbyhollylafevre
Lucy for Tickled Pink at,  http://craftberrybush
Jenn for Fabulously Creative Friday at,  http://jenniferizzo
Show and Tell Friday at,  http://myromantichome
Frugal Friday at,  http://shabbynest
Dolly for Farmgirl Friday at,  http://hibiscushouse
Laurie for Show and Tell Saturday at,  http://bedifferentactnormal
Aimee for Share Your Creativity at,  http://itsoverflowing
Alma for Seasonal Sunday at,  http://thetablescaper
Ann for Blintz on Pinterest at,  http://onsuttonplace
Donna for Party Junk 200 at,  http://funkyjunkinteriors
Mary for Masterpiece Monday at,  http://boogieboardcottage
Saturday Show Off at,  http://therosegardeninmalevik
Mackenzie for Saturday Show and Tell at,  http://cheeriosandlattes
Natasha for Serenity Saturday at,  http://serenityyou
Kathy for A Bouquet of Talent Linky Party at,  http://lifeinlashoredrive
Silver Pennies Sundat at,  http://findingsilverpennies
Cindy for Amaze Me Monday at,  http://dwellingstheheartofyourhome
Kaysi for Motivate Me Monday at,  http://keepingitsimple
Stephanie Lynn for The Sunday Showcase Party at,  http://stephanielynn





















 I will be joining Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound.










 I will be participating in Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.









 

FABBY: New Cookbook Folding-Wood Stand

Hello sweet friends!

       Last Friday afternoon I went to pick up a "Folding Wood, Cook book Holder:" You see, I always had one I loved in clear Lucite for around 18 years and suddenly it gave up and broke in half, couldn't use it in any way anymore and I was really heart broken. Book stands are so practical when you're following a recipe and you want your book wide open. Anyway, to make the story short, Alejandro said; 'have one made' at the same place where we had our wooden kitchen cabinets custom made, this way they can match the same color of the wood.

I didn't wait to long to go to the shop after hubby's suggestion, although I didn't have a stand for almost a year since the old one broke, though!

I took a copy of the model I wanted made in wood from Internet and explained to the manager of the shop what I wanted. He agreed to make me one to match the wooden cabinets. Anyhow, here it is, so you can see for yourself...I'm elated with it, I even made home made bread for the weekend, just to use my French Bread cookbook wide opened in the stand, lol!

Here is my new 'Folding Wood, book holder stand! Didn't they do a marvelous job?!

Here is the original picture of the copy I took to the shop's manager. I even like mine better!

Here it is doing it's work beautifully by holding my French Bread Baking book.

Didn't my bread come out cute! In the small pic of the book, you can see a little of the bread's recipe I made.

My dearest Mil gave us the two teacups with the green lid when we were just married in 1975 and she said it was for us, 'love birds!'

When you take off the lids, this is what you see...a sieve for the tea bag, also in ceramic.

After the tea is made, you take the sieves off the teacups and rest them in the lids to drip, as in the photo.

We love our tea with honey and at left is an adorable 'honeycomb container' with a bee in the lid, which I designed back at our past Ceramic Co.

We also love bread with cheese and 'blackberry' home made jam; which I also made last week with Splenda. The Green and White pieces were also made at our past company.

We are going to watch a movie in the den this afternoon, so we're taking our tea, bread, cheese and jam, there...all ready in the plates that you see here.

I am soo excited with my new, Wood book holder, as it's so much prettier than the Lucite I had before! I have to hand it to my hubby for the idea!

Here you have it, my Wood-cook book stand and our small buffet setting for tea time.

Thank you lovely friends for your wonderful comments, as you always make my day!

Thanking the gracious hostesses for the cool and great parties they host each week.


LOVE,
FABBY


I will be joining:

Stephanie for The Sunday Showcase Party at,  http://bystephanielynn
Susan for Metamorphosis Monday at,  http://betweennapsontheporch
Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife
Masterpiece Monday at,  http://boogieboardcottage
Mix It Up Monday at,  http://flourmewithlove
Mop It Up Monday at,  http://ishouldbemoppingthefloor
Inspire Me Monday at,  http://createwithjoy
Motivate Me Monday at,  http://keepingitsimple
Tea Time Tuesday at,  http://rosechintzcottage
Tea Cup Tuesday at,  http://marthasfavorite
Tea Cup Tuesday at,  http://artfullaffirmations
Tuesday Cuppa Tea at,  http://antiquesandteacups
Kathryn for Make It Pretty Monday at,  http://thededicatedhouse
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at,  http://coastalcharm
Nita for Mod Mix Monday at,  http://modvintagelife
Bernideen for Tea at The Garden on Tuesday at,  http://bernideensteatimeblog
The Scoop Linky Party at,  http://thefarmhouseporch
Paula and Patty for What's It Wednesday at,  http://ivyandelephants
Angie for Knick of Time Tuesday at,  http://knickoftime
Kathe for You're Gonna Love it at,  http://kathewithane
Make, Bake, Create at,  http://hopeineveryseason
Home (work) Wednesday Linky Party at,  http://theeverydayhome
Kim for Wow Us Wednesday at,  http://savvysouthernstyle
Debi and Charly for Adorned from Above Blog Hop at,  http://adornedfromabove
Cindy for Amaze Me Monday at,  http://dwellingstheheartofyourhome







 I will be joining Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style.





 I will be participating in Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.






 

FABBY: Our Everyday China

Hello sweet friends!

     Our everyday china is a mix of orange and white dinner plates I had for over two years, which I bought for 'fall' and to match my vintage Chinese dishes, which has small dinner plates and lots of orange flowers. 

 Than to my surprise I found salad dishes just recently, in four colors and with flowers. The other day I was in my favorite home store and saw 'soup plates,' as they weren't soup bowls, which I didn't want. The soup plates also came in the four colors as the salad plates, with very thinned stripes in the brim of the plates... and paired with the orange dinner plates, I created my everyday dishes which we're enjoying lately; as for the past five years we've been using a lovely Spanish country style dishes and I was bored with them already...you know how it is, lol!

Hope you like them too!

I thought my pretty blue and white cotton tablecloth would look perfect as a back drop for my everyday mixed and matched dishes. This high pic shows all the colors at it's best!

I liked for this setting my soft blue and white cotton long and round tablecloth.

More than two years ago I bought the orange and white plates, which also came in four colors, just like the soup plates and the salad plates; except I wanted them to match my vintage orange Chinese dishes, so I have eight of them and everything else too. The antique china has small dinner plates, almost like salad ones, that's why I invested in the orange dinner plates, which were not expensive and niether were the new plates.

Pewter chargers, orange dinner plate, yellow soup plate and yellow salad plate.

Here the orange with the pale green soup plate and pale green salad plate.

Orange with the blues, the yellows and the oranges. In the back of the centerpiece is the pale green set.

The blues and blue butterfly napkin ring, which I have in different colors to match each color of the plates.

The flowers are in a kitchen container for spoons and other utensils. This container in blue with doves was made back at our Ceramic Co.

The 'kitchen utensil container' is hand decorated by us in our former factory. This was one of the patterns I designed for a complete set of dishes too.

The thin stripes in the soup plate.

We've been using these dishes for everyday just for the past two weeks and we love them! I enjoy change, as I get bored otherwise...specially with things I see or use on a daily basis.


Thank you wonderful ladies for visiting me, as you always make my day!

Thank you lovely and gracious hostesses for having me at your great parties.


LOVE,
FABBY

I will be joining this week:


Kathleen for Let's Dish at,  http://cuisinekathleen
Susan for Tablescape Thursday at,  http://betwennapsontheporch
Be Inspired at,  http://commonground
Home Sweet Home at,  http://thecharmofhome
Diann for Thrifty Things Friday at,  http://thethriftygroove
Courtney for Feathered Nest Friday at,  http://frenchcountrycottage
Blog Lovin' Hop at,  http://simplyvintageous
The Inspiration Gallery at,  http://craftberrybush
'Final' Festive Friday Fiesta Linky party at,  http://thehomegirl
Jennifer for Fabulously Creative Friday at,  http://jenniferrizzo
Holly for Tickled Pink at,  http://504mainbyhollylafevre
Kathyn for Anything Blue Friday at,  http://thededicatedhouse
Dolly for Farmgirl Friday at,  http://hibiscushouse
Aimee for Share Your Creativity at,  http://itsoverflowing
Alma for Seasonal Sunday at,  http://thetablescaper
Diane for Beautiful Sunday at,  http://dianewantstowrite
A Bouquett of Talent Linky Party at,  http://lifeonlakeshoredrive
AMAZE ME MONDAY at,  http://dwellingstheheartofyourhome














 I will be participating in Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.



 

















FABBY: DIY Cake Stands

Hello sweet friends!

   Hope you're all enjoying Summer time and specially the weekends.

I don't often DIY things because I guess I have enough stuff already around my house...but the other day I was cleaning and fixing some of my kitchen cabinets and I found this beautiful, blue Italian crystal round platter I had and used many, many years ago, as my only cake plate. 

 I also ran into my Mil's pretty forgotten cake plate and small bowl and ideas popped into my mind.  Here they are...my 'cake plates with pedestals' and now I will have more use for both of them!

So there!...I hope you like them too.

The blue cobalt crystal plate is Italian from many years ago. I had a small and simple glass cobalt blue bowl which I used for the stand. The clear one was my Mil's, and a set with the small bowl, which I glued on too and made the other stand. 

The glue I used on the bowls and onto the plates, was 'epoxy' glue, (like here) and left it over night to ensure success.

The plates with the bowls glued on with epoxy-glue and left overnight.

Here is the cobalt blue pedestal cake stand.

The clear glass one is perfect as the bowl and plate were a set.

I love it now with my blue and white china.

The clear is very versatile too.

...and here you have them , my DIYed cake plates with pedestals.


Thank you for your sweet and kind visits my friends, as you always make my day!

Thank you lovely and gracious hostesses for having me at your wonderful parties.

LOVE,
FABBY


Susan for Metamorphosis Monday at,  http://betweennapsontheporch
Sally for BLUE Monday at,  http://smilingsally.blogspot.com
Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife
Kathryn for Make It Pretty Monday at,  http://thededicatedhouse
"Isabelle Thornton" Le Chateu des Fleurs at,  http://lechateaudesfleurs
Kathy for A Return to Loveliness at,  http://adelightsomelife
Tea Cup Tuesday at,  http://artfulaffirmation
Tea Cup Tuesday at,  http://marthasfavorites
Tea in the Garden at,  http://blog.bernideen.com
Share Your Cup Thursday at,  http://jannolson
Home Sweet Home at,  http://thecharmofhome
The Scoop at,  http://confessionsofaplateaddict
Angie for Knick of Time at,  http://knickoftime
Kathe for You're Gonna Love it at,  http://kathewithane
Ma. Elena for Tuesdays at our Home at,  http://ourhomeawayfromhome
Cindy for Amaze Me Monday at,  http://dwellingstheheartofyourhome
Paula and Patty for What's It Wednesday at,  http://ivyandelephants
Wednesdays Adorned from Above Linky Party at,  http://adornedfromabove
What we accomplished Wednesday at,  http://greenwillowpond
Kathy for Home and Garden Thursday at,  http://adelightsomelife
Terri for It's a Party at,  http://acreativeprincess
Share Your Cup Thursday at,  http://haveadailycupwithmrs.olson
Open House Party at,  http://nominimalisthere
Riverton Housewives Roundup at,  http://therealhousewivesofriverton
Christina for Wildly Original Linky Party at,  http://igottacreate
Ivonne for TUTORIAL, TIPS and TIDBITS at,  http://stonegable
Create It Thursday at,  http://lambertslately
Blitzed on Pinterest Linky Party at,  http://onsuttonplace
Stephanie for Silhouette Project Linky party at,  http://bystephanielynn















 I will be participating in Metamorphosis Monday at Between Npas on the Porch.