MOTHER'S VINTAGE LIMOGES

My mother gave me this  Candle Light by American Limoges-22k. Gold, (this is in back of plates).  She said it was for the memories as not much is left of it, except 5 place sets, some of the dinner plates are chipped and so I covered the chips with the napkins.  There's a salad bowl, a oval platter and a cute sugar bowl...no cup and saucers left!   I love the pretty gold finials on the plates.
The center piece is French antique, as it was my hubby's grandparents an art Noveu piece from the 20's...I ciuldn't believe how incredible it went together with such a very French colour, from the Napoleonic Empire era, it's a Federal Blue... (this is also in back of plates).  It has a monogram from his dad's side of the family CA and we have the same initials, AC, so that's why my MIL left it to us.   The faux flower arrangement was made by my MIL...I'm finally ready to take them off and make something new.
Thank you for visiting me, I'm always thrilled to have you.

Love...FABBY

FABBY'S LIVING: My 36th. Anniversary China.

FABBY'S LIVING: My 36th. Anniversary China.

My 36th. Anniversary China.

Our 36th. Wedding Anniversary was last Friday, February 25th.  We were married in Las Nevada in Vegas in 1975, as I was living in Westwood, L.A. at the time and my fiancee Alejandro Crespo came all the way from Ecuador to marry me.  A year later we got married by the Catholic  Religion.  We've been so very blessed by our Lord  with lots of happiness. Few years later our wonderful daughter Alexandra came and one year after our dearest daughter Sofia was born, she has given us our adorable and beautiful granddaughters, Victoria and Cayetana.

My dear husband,  ( I don't know where he got the idea I love china?!) OK...heheheee...he sure knows!  He surprised me with this beautiful set of china for 8, from THUN the Onion Pattern, made in the Czech Republic.  It's absolutely gorgeous, I'm crazy about it, it's the pattern in blue and white and it's perfect because I don't have any in this colours in my collection, which is of 15 set of dishes with this new one.

The center piece is a MEISSEN, 2 tier compote I bought a few years ago at an auction, as you know, it has the Onion pattern too.  I love using it with fruit like here and in the middle of an arrangement of flowers from the super market. The ceramic napkin rings, with the little butterfly on top, were made in my husband's ceramic factory he had for 30 years.

The crochet tablecloth is a real treasure, a jewel I would say,  my MIL left my husband as it was made for her mother, my MIL would have been 90, so the tablecloth must be an antique by now.....it's in perfect conditions, I just washed it by hand so you can see it in my table scape today.

Thank you all for your visits, I'm always thrilled when you do; as you  know you're so very welcomed.

Thank you to our gracious hostesses for the great parties too.
Love ya'll

The three tier centerpiece is  Meissen and I arranged it with yellow flowers and some fruit.

I really love these china, specially cause it goes with my Blue and White Meissen piece.

I'm smitten with my new dishes from my sweet Alejandro.

I was so lucky my dear Mil left this hand crocheted, lovely White tablecloth, to him!  I have a special love for crochet because mother and grandmother was both, very talented in this field.

The stemware is Mexican hand blown from several years ago.

The napkin rings with butterflies were also made at our former Ceramic Factory.

The chargers in cobalt blue were made in our past Ceramic Factory.



I am joining Alma for Seasonal Sunday at,  http://thetablescaper


LOVE,
FABBY

MY ASIAN TABLESCAPE.

One of my favorite things about the home that I love are Asian, or Oriental china, the patterns are always so beautiful and serene, all I've seen.  Here I want to share with you this set of dishes for 8 I bought in theMacy's Cellar, around 28 or 29 years ago on one of my visits to my parents.  The combination is like this, the dinner plate with the gold simbol in the middle, than the salad plate and the soup bowl with a lid...the blue and white is hand decorated.  The chargers  I used are my gold glass Turkish ones that somehow with the Oriental plates on top it has a look of a Chinese fan!
The little tea set with a family in it dates since first WWI...it's an antique, it's bone china  you can see through and weights almost nothing.  It has 2 tea pots, one big and a small one and a sugar bowl, along with 8 cups and saucers.  I fell totally in love with it when I saw it  in an antique shop I paid $225...I didn't care, but the lady gave it to me for $25 less... I love it!


The figure of the man fishing and the Foo Dog, I bought in China Town in NY, around the same time.  Lastly, the tablecloth is the one I embroidered for C'mas years ago,  I liked that it's red and couldn't find anything else around the house and so it turned Oriental all of a sudden!


I hope you like it like I do and if you visit,  I  thank you in advance,  it's always an honor to receive you.    Wishing a wonderful TBNOTP and thank you so much to Susan for the chance to be around such talented people!


GREETINGS.

MY ORIENTAL VALENTINE'S FOR FOUR.

Hello dear friends!

I LOVE ORIENTAL DESIGNS IN DISHES, FURNITURE AND VARIOUS GORGEOUS ACCESSORIES ORIENTALS HAVE.....I LIKE THE DYNASTIES, SPECIALLY THE MING, OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT SOMEDAY MAYBE ONE SMALL PIECE.....WISHFUL THINKING!?, BUT  HEY, THE SECRET IS TO HAVE WISHFUL THOUGHTS!!!


I BOUGHT THE DINNER PLATE,  SALAD PLATES AND BOWLS WITH LIDS,  AMONG OTHER SMALL PIECES, AROUND 29 YEARS AGO IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE MACY'S CELLAR, THEY WEREN'T A BARGAIN,  BUT EXPENSIVE EITHER,  THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.


THE GORGEOUS TEA SET IS AN ANTIQUE FROM  WWI ERA,  I BOUGHT IT  AT AN ANTIQUE SHOP...I TOTALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT; IT'S A TEA SET FOR 8 AND IT'S  BONE CHINA, THE KIND THAT DOESN'T WEIGHT A GRAM AND IT'S TOTALLY SEE THROUGH.


THE RED TABLECLOTH IS THE C'MAS ONE I EMBROIDERED, I THOUGHT IT'LL LOOK ORIENTAL ALL OF A SUDDEN! I LOVE RED FOR VALENTINE'S.

"I'M REPOSTING MY FIRST VALENTINE'S FROM 2011, WHEN I WAS FIRST BLOGGING."



I used my gold glass and hand painted Turkish chargers.



I bought the china set for eight in mix and match pieces in Macy's, NYC while visiting my parents; more than thirty years ago.

 

Hand decorated salad plate and the lidded soup bowl in the next photo. 

The soup bowls have a lid which you can use for saucers and spring rolls individually while eating your Chinese meal.

I love take out, so who knows, maybe we'll have that, lol!

 

Another pattern with a lidded soup bowl.

 

 

 

Look how beautiful the bone-see thru saucer is.

The antique Chinese tea set is a real treasure to me, as it came from England from after WWI.

HOPE YOU LIKE ALL THE ORIENTAL THINGS IN  MY TABLE AND HAVE A GREAT VALENTINE'S, FULL OF LOVE.    MONDAY-FEBRUARY 14, 2011.