FABBY: Tea Time at my Mother's

Hello sweet friends!

     My mother has Bible readings with her friends and they take turns at their houses every month, so here are some pics I took from her last gathering, specially because the blue and white dishes were made at our former ceramic company.

For the friends that don't know; we used to own a ceramic factory up to six years ago and Alejandro has worked for more than 30 years in the ceramic and pottery business.

Alejandro was very skilled, actually, he is the one who knew about the pottery or ceramic production and I, in later years designed the dishes, inspired in the indigenous people of Ecuador's beautiful and colorful embroidered apparel.

The big pieces were reproduced from the original Spanish colonial design forms by hand, by a potter's wheel and an artist decorated them reproducing the flowers and plants mostly in the embroidery blouses and skirts.

I gifted mother these dishes years ago, which I'm sharing here. 

Hope you like this design in a classic blue and white.

Many years ago I made mother and my Mil choose the pattern they wanted  for a Mother's Day gift from us and my mom picked this one we called 'Zuleta,' because the embroidery came from a zone of the country, called like so.

The Zuletians make beautiful hand embroidered tablecloths, place mats, (I've shared before) caftan dresses, blouses, aprons, you name it; just gorgeous!

A close up of the Zuleta pattern in the place set.

The jam bowl has a rabbit in the lid.
The original Spanish designs had in all the lids different kind of farm animals.

I made her favorite 'Carrot Cake with Cream cheese frosting and Coconut.'
Here you can see another lid with a duck on the sugar bowl.

I think the 'Zuleta' style is a very elegant pattern and it makes it a classic been in blue and white.
I'm glad mother chose this one!

Here you have it, another design from our past ceramic company.

I might add that I had designed 14-15 patterns of dishes and we were very successful with them, since we used to export them to Texas, to England, Italy, France, some countries here in South America, etc.

Ok, you might ask why then we sold it and it was cause Alejandro was tired, nothing more to add!

Thank you for your sweet and kind visit, you always make my day!

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

LOVE,
FABBY

I will be joining: 

Saturday Show Off   http://malevikrosentradgard.blogspot.com
Show and Tell Saturday   www.bedifferentactnormal.com
Serenity Saturday      www.serenetyyou.com
Saturday Sparks Linky Party   http://piecedpastimes.blogspot.com
Say G'Day Linky Party   www.natashainoz.com
The Bouquet of Talent Linky party   www.lifeonlakeshoredrive.com

BLUE Monday   http://smilingsally.blogspot.com
Amaze Me Monday   www.dwellings-theheartofyourhome.com
Blue Willow for Tea Time   http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com
Tuesday Cuppa Tea   www.antiquesandteacups.com
Tea in the Garden   http://blogbernideens.com
Show and Share   http://linda-coastalchar,blogspot.com

Make it Pretty Monday   www.thededicatedhouse.com
A Return to Loveliness   www.adelightsomelife.com
Tuesdays at our Home   http://mariaelenasdesigns.blogspot.com
Metamorphosis Monday   http://betweennapsontheporch.net
THE SCOOP   www.stonegableblog.com
Inspire Me Tuesday   www.astrollthrulife.net
You're Gonna Love it   www.kathewithane.com
Anything BLUE Friday   www.thededicatedhouse.com








 



  


 

FABBY: Walking Back to my Fall Settings

Hello sweet friends!

I'm walking you back to my first Fall 2011 table settings up to last year's Thanksgiving tablescape.

It's fun to remember and to see how I didn't take good photos while going through the posts... not that I take great ones now either!
I also used a big Canon semi-professional camera I inherited from DD Alex, who is a 'real' photographer and now I have a gorgeous small Power Shot, SX50 Canon I bought last year in Orlando. 

Anywho; I hope you like my past tables, even though I know there's still another month before we can start decorating Fall, but I just love Fall decor, as in my neck of the woods weather is getting cold like Autumn. 

I love the warm burnt orange colors, golds and greens, so here they are.

To me it's good to go back to memory lane and see what dishes I've used, etc. and I can start planning for this 2014 Fall and Tksgiving settings.

Ok, here you have them, starting from 2011, the year I started this fun, fulfilling road with wonderful human beings I have met in my blogging journey, as you all are. 

Autumn Leaves 2011. The tablecloth was hand embroidered by me.

Fall Table for Four 2011. My mother crocheted this gorgeous tablecloth you've seen many times before.

Pumpkin Bread Pudding 2011

Kitchen Chocolate Time with 'Pull out Bread' - 2011

Thanksgiving Table 2011

Fall Table Setting 2012

Wooden Dough Bowl and Pumpkin Soup 2012

October 20, 2012 - my birthday. I always loved Fall, maybe cause I am a "Fall-Girl!"

Fall Harvest Tea Tablescape 2012


 

Thanksgiving Table 2012

Fall Lunch Table 2013

Pumpkin Cake Tea Table 2013

Thanksgiving Tablescape 2013

Thank you so much for your sweet and kind visits, you always make my day.

Thanking the gracious hostesses for having me at their parties.

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Mix it up Monday   www.flourmewithlove.com
Show and Share   http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com
TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME   http://mariaelenasdecor.blogspot.com
A Return to Loveliness   www.adelightsomelife.com
The SCOOP   http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com
You're Gonna Love it Tuesday   www.kathewithane.com
Isabelle Thornton Le Chateau des Fleurs   www.lechateaudesfleurs.com

Counting my Blessings One at a Time   www.marthasfavorites.com
Tuesday Garden Party   http://creativecountrymom.blogspot.com
Tuesdays with a Twist   http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com
Wordless Wednesday   www.createwithjoy.com
Wow Us Wednesday   www.savvysouthernstyle.net
What's It Wednesday   http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com
Wednesday's Adorned from Above   www.adornedfromabove.com
Wake up Wednesday   http://sewcraftangel.blogspot.com
Vintage Inspiration Party   http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com
Cottage Style Party   http://lavendergardencottage.blogspot.com

Make Bake Create   www.hopeineveryseason.com
Tablescape Thursday   www.betweennapsontheporch.net
Home and Garden Thursday   www.adelightsomelife.com
Create it Thursday   www.lambertslately.com
Wildly Original Linky Party   http://igottacreate.blogspot.com
Its' a Party   http://acreativeprincess.blogspot.com
Creative Ways Linky Party   www.posedperfection.com
Riverton Housewives Roundup   www.housewivesofriverton.com
Centerpiece Wednesday   http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com
Centerpiece Wednesday   http://thestylesister.blogspot.com

Food on Fridays   http://foodonfridays.blogspot.com
Grace at Home   www.impartinggrace.com
Home Sweet Home   http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com
The Inspiration Gallery   www.craftberrybush.com
Foodie Friday   http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com
Saturday Show Off   http://malevikrosentradgard.blogspot.com
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FABBY: Holiday in the Coast of Peru

Hello sweet friends!

I'm back from our short vacation to the coast on the border of Ecuador and Peru, called Vichayito.

We went along with my Sil and Alejandro's brother Pablo and their special daughter. We had a real fun time, as the beach is gorgeous and the weather is wonderful and great food too!

Here are some photos of it.

They mobilized us to our tents in this car, almost like those golf type ones!

Here are the four of us. Alejandro, me, Juanita and Pablo, his brother.

Ok, here you'll see the great Peruvian food dishes they had in the zone.

The hotel was beautiful, with the distinction that they were bungalows and 'tents,' like in Africa. We where in a tent each, yes, you heard right!

 Inside they were fabulous, with a great bathroom, beds, closets, flat TV, you name it, really fun... I felt I was on Safari in Africa, lol!

Here you can see the tents and in the back a bungalow. They were gorgeous, but for more people, as families, thus, they were full with lots of families with children.

The entrance of the hotel.

Beautiful sunsets every late afternoon by the gorgeous, white sand beach.

Everything went perfect. We had a terrific time, thanks to our Lord.

Thank you for your sweet and kind visit, they always make my day.

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

LOVE,
FABBY

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FABBY: What I Have in the Foyer

Hello sweet friends!

   
I will be going on a small trip to Peru with Alejandro, his brother Pablo and his wife.

Ok, some of you remember we went to a coastal tour with his older brother and his wife back in May. 

 Pablo and Alejandro were very close when they were growing up because Pablo just follows hubby. We have a wonderful relationship with all 6 siblings, they are seven with hubby.

I will be visiting you when I come back. We are leaving this Saturday and returning home the following Sunday.

I'm sharing my 'almost fave' piece of furniture in the house, although, let me be clear, I love them all.
 
 Since I was a child I had a special attraction for things Oriental, I mean the Chinese, Japanese kind. I always loved furniture, porcelains, dishes, screens, you name it!

Ok, so here is what's in my foyer...speaking of Oriental.

I bought this gorgeous Chinese secretary almost 15 years ago and it was love at first sight!
The chair is Scandinavian with real leopard skin on it! We inherited from my in laws.

I loved the black enamel, hand painted doors with mothers and children in a garden, playing. I might add it's painted inside and out of the secretary. 

The other half of the secretary has drawers, where I keep tablecloths, doilies, napkins and who knows what else!

Now, this is what it looks like opened and it's so much fun! 
 
I decided to place my Oriental teapot collection inside here, before they were in the kitchen's window sill.
The painting is of Cayetana and Victoria, my grandgirls, when they were very young.

The left side of the secretary with some teapots. In the middle the three wise men.



The right side with some more fun things and teapots.
 
The pretty yellow teacup I received from lovely Deborah's great blog, 'The Beautiful Matters.'

  I love to change my things here, like I just added the teapot collection, that was previously in the kitchen sill...some of you might remember.

 

I keep lots of memorabilia too.

This is what really got me, all those cubbies; when I first opened the doors back in the store.
I immediately envisioned myself decorating each cubby with all my pretty treasures.

Than I also have some of my dog collection on the desk top.
Also some family photos and the telephone.

I don't think I've ever shared this Oriental blue and white porcelain pot I bought a couple of years ago and I have a small jade plant on it.

The white crocheted big doily here was made by my grandma. 

This is my vintage, marble top French foyer table.

This is a lovely chest, an antique, as it was Alejandro's grandfather.
 
Besides the picture frames, I have my Delft garniture set, more dogs and an antique small oriental box that belonged to hubby's great aunt.

Some of you remember I shared how I cleaned my silver in the dining room...well, I did clean some of the silver and sterling frames here too!

Love the carvings in this piece...so you see, I really love all our furniture.

The chest is flanked by two pretty Frenchy chairs.

And of course, our antique Carrara marble top French table is the queen of the foyer!

The floor in all our social area is marble with black onyx-marble insets. There are wonderful marble mines here in Ecuador.

Ok, so this is what our foyer looks like and what's in it.

Thank you for your sweet and kind comments, as they always make my day.

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

LOVE,
FABBY

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The Homemaking Party   http://www.hopeineveryseason.com
Home Sweet Home     http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com
Fabulously Creative Friday     http://www.jenniferrizzo.com
Wednesdays Adorned from Above     http://www.adornedfromabove.com
The Inspiration Gallery     http://www.craftberrybush.com
Friday Favorites     http://thediaryofarealhousewife.blogspot.com
Thrifty Things Friday     http://melissasantiques.blogspot.com
PINK Saturday     http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com
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Saturday Show Off     http://malevikrosentradgard.blogspot.com
Anything BLUE Friday     http://www.thededicatedhouse.com
"Inspire Me Please" Weekend Blog Hop   http://loveoffamilyandhome.net
Saturday Sparks Linky Party    http://piecedpastimes.blogspot.com
DIY Inspired Party     http://foodfolksandfun.net
Show and Tell Saturday     http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com
From the Farm Blog Hop    http://www.sunnysimplelife.com














 

FABBY: July Rosary Gathering Tea

Hello my sweet friends!

      Here is another Rosary gathering with friends, that has come and gone, the last Wednesday of each month.
It seems I'm often sharing these tables but no, they're are each month it's just that time runs between our fingers and we are now celebrating the First of August, my goodness!

Wishing all of you a wonderful August and may God bless you too!

For the July Rosary I chose my ever lovely, ivory reticulated dishes. I might add it's a complete set for 12 with chargers, as well.

This set of dishes came with two pretty hurricanes too.

The tea set is from another ivory and lace pattern, as my dishes didn't come with a tea service, but they matched pretty well, as you can see here...right?

I also found this ivory bowl in another place a few years ago and it became a fruit bowl for the centerpiece, opposed to flowers for a change.

We had the usual food: 'home made bread, bakery bought bread and home made jams and cheese.'

Here are my homemade jams, blackberry and strawberry.
 
The small cloches were a giveaway I won from lovely Chie and they are four and came with their small and cute spoons.

I used the dinner plate as chargers for more of an effect and to add more lace volume.

 The set for 12 has soup bowls as well and big chargers. It also came with service bowls and long platters and I bought two extra chargers, to use as serving big round plates.
 

The runner was crocheted by mother as a set with the big tablecloth she made for me several years ago.

Some of the friends that follow me know that the yellow tablecloth I re- purposed when I changed my 'yellow silk moire' draperies from the living room and family room to 'Hunter Douglas' shades a little over two years ago.

Thanking you so much sweet friends for your lovely and kind comments, they always make my day!

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

LOVE,
FABBY

I will be joining:

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The ROSEGARDEN in Malevik at,  http://malevikrosentradgard.blogspot.com
The Inspiration Gallery at,  http://www.craftberrybush.com
Creative ways Linky Party at,  http://www.posedperfection.com
Inspire Me Please weekend Blog Hop at,  http://loveoffamilyandhome.net
DIY Inspired Linky Party at,  http://foodfolksandfun.net
Make it Pretty Monday at,  http://www.thededicatedhouse.com
Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife.net
Saturday Sparks Link Party at,  http://piecedpastimes.blogspot.com
Inspire Me Monday at,  http://www.createwithjoy.com
The Sunday Showcase Party at,  http://www.bystephanielynn.com

Amaze Me Monday at,  http://www.dwellings-theheartofyourhome.com
Masterpiece Monday at,  http://boogieboardcottage.blogspot.com
Tea Time Tuesday at,  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com
A Return to Loveliness at,  http://www.areturntoloveliness.com
Tea Cup Tuesday at,  http://www.marthasfavorites.com
Tuesday Cuppa Tea at,  http://www.antiquesandteacups.com
Tea in the Garden at,  http://blog.bernideens.com
Tea Cup Tuesdays at,  http://artfullafffirmations.blogspot.com
Share Your Cup Thursday at,  http://jannolson.blogspot.com
Tablescape Thursday at,  http://betweennapsontheporch.net
Home Sweet Home at,  http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com
Show Share Party at,  http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com
The SCOOP at,  http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com
Knick of Time Tuesday at,  http://knickoftimeinteriors.blogspot.com

You're Gonna Love it Tuesday at,  http://www.kathewithane.com
Le Chateau des Fleurs at,  http://www.lechateaudesfleurs.com
Wow Us Wednesday at,  http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net
Centerpiece Wednesday at,  http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com
Make Bake Create at,  http://www.hopeineveryseason.com
Tuesdays with a Twist at,  http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com
Wake up Wednesday at,  http://sewcraftyangel.blogspot.com
Wednesday's Adorned from Above at,  http://www.adornedfromabove.com
What's it Wednesday at,  http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com
Cottage Style Party at,  http://lavendergardencottage.blogspot.com
Home and Garden Thursday at,  http://www.adelightsomelife.com
Inspiration Exchange Monthly Party at,  http://cityfarmhouse.blogspot.com
Share Your Cup Thursday at,  http://jannolson.blogspot.com
Wildly Original Linky Party at,  http://igottacreate.blogspot.com