Sunday, November 6, 2016

October Rosary Tea


Hello sweet friends !

I haven't been able to host my monthly Rosary prayers for a couple of months, with my ten sweet friends because all the remodeling we've been doing, so they were held at mother's house twice.

I was so lucky that I had fixed the flowers and cleaned the house by the last Wednesday of October because my birthday luncheon was the Friday of the same week, (as some of you know from my last post); therefore, all I had to do is set the table for ten ladies with my Mil's gorgeous hand crocheted tablecloth and my beloved English red transferware for tea time.

The Rosary tea is held every last Wednesday of the month to pray for world peace, for the ill, for people that are going thru hard times, our families and friends and I can have requests from you as well. I will be very happy to oblige, as I have done it in the past.


I still cannot believe my Mil left us this gorgeous crochet tablecloth I've always admired in her lovely settings and beautiful house.

My beloved Red English transferware, a set for twelve place settings for tea time, plus two teapots, creamers and sugar bowl and three serving pieces.

I said at the beginning of this post that I was lucky to have fixed flowers and all cause the same week, on Friday I was gonna host my 'own birthday luncheon,' lol..

The crystal and mercury glass pedestal candle holders are something I just gifted myself...hehehe..


The figurine of two young country girls making sausages was hand sculptured by an artist at our past Ceramic Co.

The other figurine is an Ecuadorian indigenous girl making potato dumplings, also hand made at our former Ceramic Co. Monte Turi.

I thought they were cute in for the luncheon as well, that's why they're displayed in my birthday setting on my last post again.

The same arrangement done on my old German crystal basket from many, many years ago.





Thank you so much dear friends for your sweet comments, they always make my day !

Thanking the lovely hostesses for having me at their great parties.

LOVE,
FABBY

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Monday, October 31, 2016

My Birthday Luncheon Table.


Hello dear friends !

Last Friday we hosted my birthday luncheon to all our siblings that Mr. Living invited, so I really did all the cooking and everything else, lol..

We had two tables set up for 13. The formal dinner table was done up for eight and the round for five.

I wanted to use my green china they haven't seen and my DD Sofia's beautiful quilted place mats she gifted me two C'mas ago. I had almost forgotten them!
I wanted a cheery table for a sunny day, so all I used for Fall here was the leaf napkin holders.

Hubby gifted me a Channel perfume and ten clear crystal- German chargers, that would've looked great under the green plates, matching the same bread plates, but the store had to order them as they only had six.
Anyway, I will do my Thanksgiving setting with them to make the Mr. happy. They are gorgeous though !

My birthday was actually October 20th., so here is my two Lunch settings from last Friday Oct. 28.

I wanted to create for my birthday luncheon a happy, day table setting for a sunny day and came up with the green china and the lovely quilted placemats my DD Sofia's C'mas gift from two years ago.


Here the place set and for Fall all I had was the leaves napkin rings.



The bread plates are German crystal and hubby just gifted me for my birthday the chargers to match, but they only had six and he bought ten for this table.

I also placed as part of the centerpiece this adorable figurine of Ecuadorian country girls making sausages.  There are two and they were made by an artist back at our former Ceramic Co.


Here is the other figurine with another country girl making potato dumplings.




The round table I fixed for five and this is the only pic I took, lol..
Italian Tognana china, pewter chargers and bread plates to match.

Although I did the cooking, it was fun and so enjoyed it. I love the company of my brother and the rest are Sils and Bils.

Thank you you dearest for your sweet comments, you always make my day !

Thanking the lovely hostesses for having me.

LOVE,
FABBY

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Halloween Table 2016


Hello sweet friends !

Hope you all are doing great and preparing for Halloween.

I finished all the cleaning and washing and arranging all I could in the new reno quarters of the house. The guest rooms look wonderful and now I'm trying to decorate the best I can, buying new comforters, sheets, spreads and little accessories, specially for the new bathroom. Hope I can share it next week.

For the time been I was happy to create my Halloween 2016 table setting, incorporating a little of the black and white 'Mackenzie-Childs inspiration' I did lately and, some of you have seen it too. If you haven't here it is again, lol..

Here you have it.

                                       HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

For my Halloween 2016 I used a tablecloth I made back in the Summer from a piece of cloth I found on sale for $4.50. Never used it for any tablescape here in the breakfast room, I thought it was perfect for this spooky spread.

I started with an orange dinner plate, a black salad plate and the black teacup is from another set as well.

The cloche in the centerpiece is very ghoulish with that 'ugly skull' and my Mil's antique poem book and keys.






The skull has batteries and it 'screams horribly' and red lights flick thru the eye cavities... the girls love it...hehehee


A little Halloween in the buffet incorporating the new black and white check M.CH. inspiration.

The ugly skull is doubled faced, in front and back, lol..


A simple vignette in the other buffet incorporating the witch hat as center stage.




Thank you dear friends for your sweet comments, you always make my day !

Thanking the lovely hostesses for having me at their great parties.

LOVE,
FABBY

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Saturday, October 15, 2016

DIY MacKenzie-Childs Pumpkins


Hello sweet friends !

I'm sorry I've taken so long in showing up, but I've been so extremely busy with the remodel of the guest rooms, bathroom and walking closet.
 
The moving back to the rooms and clearing the entire living room and family room of things, furniture beds, etc. it's been vary hectic for Alejandro and me and we are exhausted ! 

Anyway, we are also waiting for the night tables to come 'revamped' from the wood shop we sent them and are not here yet. I also need to make time to go shopping for new bed linens for the two beds, and so much more.

I gave myself some nice and relaxing time to DIY 'two cheap ceramic pumpkins' I had for years and decided to try the Mackenzie Childs new look on them too; plus these were easier then the silver pitcher our friend painted for me, as the shapes of the pumpkins was easier for the job, specially for the striped one.

They did come out pretty cute with some help from Mr. Living too.

Hope you like them as much as I do.

Aren't they so cute; MacKenzie-Childs home made !
 
I'm so enjoying my sideboard vignette with the black and white, it makes me smile and it makes me forget how pooped I am from all the cleaning and dusting to no end !

The surface was kind of rough and rustic on them, not a smooth one, which enables one to just flow with the paint. But the stripes was pretty easy to do.


I also got inspired from a couple of pumpkins, one in checks and the other in stripes... both on Pinterest again.

My Mackenzie-Childs inspiration pieces all gathered and I'm thinking of making a wooden tray next and I hope that will be all, lol !

I'm really loving the pumpkins !

I decided to incorporate my beloved silver 'fowl cover' hubby gave me for Christmas a few years ago; along with dear daughter Alexandra's gift the gorgeous mercury glass pumpkin.







Ok, here you have it, my M.CH.'s style pumpkins for this Fall.
I think I will use them for my 'Thanksgiving' table setting with my white and gold 'Noritake' china and gold chargers.

Thank you dear friends for your sweet comments, you always make my day !

Thanking the lovely hostesses for having me at their great parties.

LOVE,
FABBY

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Saturday, September 24, 2016

Baby Maxima is Ten Months Old !


Hello sweet friends !

I wanted to share our grand-baby Maxima update, who was born last November 20th. is now TEN months old !  I can't even believe it, time goes so fast she will be ONE in no time at all !.

Here are a couple of pics with her mom and dad. She lives in Spain now, where her father has resided for the past eight years.

After coming to Ecuador to visit her grandparents, us, and grandmother; they went after to Miami where they have an apartment, then they flew to NYC, my hometown and the girls' favorite;... for some great tourism and then they drove to Conn. and later to Boston cause my daughter Alexandra was taking a course in 'Computer Science' at Harvard University.

Ok, so much for that, here is baby now.

Baby Maxima and her mama, Alexandra. She's so cute and fun this baby, we're crazy about her !

Here she is with her dad Sergio.

Daughter Alex works very hard with baby who still 'breast feeds' lucky for DD, cause this way baby enables her to travel with her easily without worrying about preparing formula, or anything.


Our three angels, Maxima (here she's 8 mths.), Victoria 12 and Cayetana 9 from my dear Sofia.


I thought I'll add my dear Sofia and her Cayetana in a look alike style, lol..


Thank you so much dear friends for your sweet comments, you always make my day !

Thanking the lovely hostesses for having me at their great parties !

LOVE,
FABBY

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