FABBY: Cloche Party at Marty's Place

I love collecting cloches, as everything inside them looks fabulous and take a different light to it, even if they are the same old things from around the house. Therefore, there's nothing that makes me happier, than to join a Summer Cloche Party and since the Lady of Cloches, Marty is having one and has invited us to her place at,  A Stroll Thru Life, I'm terribly excited to link up and visit as many as I can..hope all of them!  Let me not waste any more of your time and post mine!

WELCOME TO MY TEA PARTY UNDER CLOCHES!

 I gathered MOST of my cloche collection in the formal dinner table for a tea with  a yummy cake I made from: myrecipes.com Pinterest. The recipe is long, but easy and really delicious!

 The dishes are Alejandro's favorite pattern that I designed at our past Ceramic Co., inspired in the Ecuadorian indigenous women's embroidered blouses.. and I called this pattern Carnations, as that's what the flower in the original embroidered blouses are. The design in the finials of the cups and saucers, along with the other pieces and plates is what goes in the collar and cuffs of the blouses. A cute basket under a cloche hold the napkins and cake forks. 

 The "Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake" under my widest cloche. The small cloche comes from a set of four with four tiny spoons I won last year at "Marty's Cloche Party" too and the gift came from dearest "Chie at Chubby and Chieque". I use them with marmalade and butter.

 A fresh cheese that we love around here, it's almost like a country cheese. The "Alfajores with Dulce de Leche" filling are totally yummy! I didn't make them, but when I do, I will post a recipe.

 The other pastries under the cloche are called, "Quesadillas" and are sweet and filled with cheese, we love them for tea parties, along with the alfajores..they're both Ecuadorian pastries. The teacups are under my tallest cloche.

The blue sherbets are under a medium size cloche ready for a little cool ice-cream too.

Everything is set for tea with cake and pastries..so please come on over!

 The silver spoons are in the creamer, under a cloche as well.

The Alfajores with Dulce de Leche filling.

I have some more cloches I haven't used today, but I don't have a wire one..if I can't find one here, I'll have one made one of these days, there are great artisans here in Cuenca.

 The tea napkins and cake forks are in the basket under the cloche.

Welcome to my kitchen nook, where we can have another piece of cake and relax, talking for hours on end! This pretty vintage hand embroidered table topper belonged to hubby's grandmother and I have it for so long, because my dear Mil gifted me with it so many years ago, I can't remember when..

Oh goodness, I should turn the TV off as I just heard that awful news about the movie house shooting! God bless the families of the victims and my heart goes out to them. How terribly sad to hear this happen again.

 These beautiful teacups are Polish, a gift from my daughter Alexandra last October for my birthday.

 All my eggs on ONE CLOCHE...lol..

The fruit bowl with a mother-bird feeding her birdie, is also under a wide cloche. This fruit bowl was also made at our former Ceramic Co., Monte Turi.

In this yellow plate I served a piece of the cake, where you can see pieces of the apples and pecans inside it.

Thank you very much to dear Marty for having me at her wonderful CLOCHE PARTY AT A STROLL THRU LIFE. I hope you join the party too as I can't wait to visit you all.

Thank you lovely hostesses for the wonderful and fun parties I will be joining with my cloches.

Thanks my sweet and wonderful friends for dropping by my place, you know you make my day, EVERY TIME!! 

Let's Dish at,  Cuisine Kathleen

Table Top Tuesday "Summer Cloche Party" at,  A Stroll Thru Life
On the Menu Monday at,  Stone Gable
Mix it Up Monday at,  Flour Me with Love
A Return to Loveliness at,  A Delightsome Life 
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at,  Coastal Charm 
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Bunny Hop Wednesday at,  Bunny Jean Decor and More
White Wednesday at,  The Faded Charm 
Primp your Stuff Wednesday at,  PRIMP 
Open House Party at,  No Minimalist Here 
Share Your Cup Thursday at,  Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
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Teacup Thursdays at,    Antiques and Teacups
Vintage Thingie Thursdays at,  Colorado Lady
Thrifty Things Friday at,  The Thrifty Groove 
Home Sweet Home at,  The Charm of Home
 

FABBY: EAST meets WEST!

I wanted to start my partying Destination at Let's Dish, Cuisine Kathleen's with my Chinese tablescape..direct from Beijing, lol!!  Unfortunately I didn't have Internet for almost three days and so I'm very late to everything and to every party as well..I can't wait to visit some of the wonderful destinations at the party! Anyway, here is mine, hope you like it!

 I fixed my Chinese tablescape with my set of Oriental dishes for eight I bought many years back, almost 30, in Bloomingdale's, NY City.

 The dishes are mix and match as you see them here. I used gold place mats, red chargers and the Chinese dishes that are one of my very fav.

 The soup bowls came with their own lid, which they can also be used on the side with the different sauces Chinese food has and for the deep fried veggies to dunk them in the sauces..  snacks, or spring rolls, etc.

 We love to use these dishes when we have Chinese take out!..this way we can enjoy the things we have, instead later on the kids will, or might not even like them as we do...

 Here is the other bowl without the lid so you can see  how it looks.

  I bought this elephant tea set, also several years ago and it came with eight elephant teacups and saucers, two elephant teapots and five decorative little elephants. The girl figurine is a pair with the other pretty one, they are both "holding birds in their hands"(lol) and they both have dangling bracelets...from four years ago.

 Here is the other lady with a bird and dangling bracelets. The wooden Chinese tea chest was my Mil's.

 My friend Francy said that classic Chinese sign in the dinner plate means "LONG LIFE" in Chinese..isn't it great! Thanks Francy.

 The elephant teapot with a little boy on top of the lid..along with the elephant teacup and saucer..they're so cute!

 Hubby and I know how to use the Chinese sticks, so I didn't set any other flatware on this one.

 I used Chinese fans for under the flower vase.

The hand decorated Chinese Secretary in the background .

Oops!..the little boy just came down from the elephant..

 The mud Foo-dog under a cloche in the Chinese Secretary top.

The row of little elephants came with the tea set.

 The little elephant train also came with the tea set. Aren't the fingers on the girl exquisite?!

I did my Chinese tablescape in my vintage French table in the foyer.

Your visits are one of the BEST things that happen to me in my days, so thanks a million for dropping by! Also thank you lovely and gracious hostesses for having me at your fabulous parties, I so enjoy linking too!  


Have a great, safe and cool weekend all of you!

LOVE,
FABBY

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FABBY: Tablescape with Meissen Centerpiece

Hi my darling friends! How are you all? Hope you are all doing well and enjoying summer weather and maybe heading to the beach on weekends too!

I made a tablescape on my alabaster, round breakfast table inspired on the beautiful  quilted place mats mother gifted me a couple of years ago, as she also received the six of them from a friend of hers for her 80th. birthday gift and they're a set of six with a round doily like..but she thought I'd use them more, I'm so lucky she thought that way, lol...of course I didn't argue...hehehehee..
I'm also using my beautiful Meissen bowl as a centerpiece, as everything has lots of pinks, including my antique dishes from my Mil.

 The tablescape for tonight was inspired on my quilted chintz, place mats..a gift from mother and my second inspiration was this beautiful Meissen bowl with the three girls playing hide and seek..they look like they're two in some pics, but here you can see they're three, two brown haired and one with fair hair.

 Vintage Meissen bowl,  I used as the centerpiece..one of my very fav things around the house.

 I shot I took of the Meissen bowl, standing on a chair, lol..so you can see how pretty the inside of  it is. I love to serve chocolate bomboms on it for guests.

The clear pink water goblets are Polish and the clear wine glasses are hand blown in Mexico.

 I arranged on my antique Belgium buffet the teacups, teapot, water pitcher, salad plates and sugar bowl.

The napkin rings are brass and they're from India and I like them as a touch of gold. I used pink linen napkins, to pop up all the pinks in the place settings and tablescape.

 Another angle of our breakfast table and buffet. Some of you who follow me know we bought this beauty last March, I think...

Here's a peak of the formal dining room.

 The quilted chintz place mats I simply love. They're also reversible, and the other side is pretty in stripes too.

The reticulated chargers go very well with the place mats, as neither are stark white, but of a soft creamy color.

 The dishes are also a soft creamy color.

 The place setting.

 The teacups and in the background's tier, a cute vintage silver teapot that was my Mil's, along with some small and large vintage silver pieces.

Hope you like this simple, but feminine pink tablescape, the type I love the most.

Thank you all so much for your wonderful, kind and generous visits which leave a smile on my face EVERY TIME!!

Thank you gracious and lovely hostesses making me feel welcomed to your fun linky parties!

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Potpourri Friday at,  A Potpourri of Life at 2805
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PINK SATURDAY at,  How Sweet the Sound
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Say G'day Saturday Party at,  Natasha in Oz
Seasonal Sunday at,  The Tablescaper  
Make it Pretty Monday at,  The Dedicated House 
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You're Gonna Love It at,  Kathe with an E 
Make it Pretty Monday at,  The Dedicated HouseTea Time Tuesday at,  Rose Chintz Cottage
A Return to Loveliness at,  A Delightsom Life
Tea Cup Tuesday at,  Artfull Affirmation
What's It Wednesday at,  Ivy and Elephants
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