Blessed to be a Mom

Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday 

♥ 

It is such a blessing and so much

 FUN to be a Mom

{Love}

everything about it

and very grateful everyday 

for such a wonderful handsome husband

 and amazing children

This card says it all

it goes like this

little one yells

{while you are in the bathroom}

 knocking on the door

Mom...

Mommy.....

MOM.....

Mama......

M.O.M.

mooommmmiiieeeee.......

you answer 

trying to have the calmest voice possible

 while you are thinking

 the house is on fire or someone is running with scissors

or cutting the curtains or even worse cutting someones hair

yes sweetheart

and you hear 

♥

I Love you

{sigh} 

you answer

I Love you.... more

This always makes me smile

because it is so true
Has this happened to you too?

Thrilled we made it back home from Kauai for
 Mothers day 
best gift ever is being all together
with the ones that you Love

 Life is filled with magic moments 

I hope you all had a blessed  Mother's day filled with moments
 that will be etched in your heart forever

romantic saying for today

"I Loved you yesterday, I love you still,

 I always have and I always will"

unknown

♥

Pam

Easter photo shoot

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

This morning the house is filled 

with beauty for a Easter photo shoot
it is so fun to decorate for Easter

 So happy these vintage white ironstone butter pats
are featured
To show you how small they are they were placed

 next to freshly fallen rose petals and freesias

The mantel with a vintage
robins egg blue Easter basket filled with
white freesias and night blooming jasmine from the garden
notice there are no traditional tulips or Lilies

{Love}
the combination of freesias and jasmine
 very delicate and smells amazing

The vintage blue dust broom
looks right at home on the mantel too

A peek at the front door
a simple vintage galvanized watering can
 filled with garden flowers
hanging on the door
 the perfect welcome for family and friends

{Love}
to decorate with vintage especially
at Easter
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romantic saying for today

"I shall Love but thee for all eternity"
unknown


♥
Pam

White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

Recently I have received several questions
 about vintage white ironstone

there are many misconceptions and untruths about

 White Ironstone

  Did you know that white ironstone

is not made of porcelain

it is actually a glazed earthenware clay

The glaze is what gives the white ironstone

 its beautiful lustre and shine and helps to identify it
as white ironstone

 Did you know that cleaning white ironstone is really simple

just use a mild dish soap and warm water

 Please Do Not
 use a bleach or a product that contains bleach

 this will remove the glaze 

Please do not put it in your dishwasher
 the water gets too hot and will also stripe the glaze
For tough stains you can use a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide and water
 let it soak overnight
this is useful if you leave flowers in a vase too long
in addition you can use toothpaste to scrub tough stains

This is a brand new pitcher from Williams and Sonoma
can you see the difference in color
there is a subtle yellow tint
 This is not white ironstone

Another misconception is that all white ironstone
 has a hallmark on the bottom

The truth is the hallmark can slowly be removed
especially if you wash the ironstone with bleach
and unfortunately there are fake reproductions
 with the hallmark coming out of china now

Crazing is actually small tiny cracks in the white ironstone
some do not like crazing some do
 I personally
{love}
 all white ironstone

From chamber pots to pitchers, tureens,
 and plates and so much more
White Ironstone
 is  an affordable and timeless
treasure to collect

The best part about
 White Ironstone
besides its elegant beauty is
 White Ironstone really does go
with every decor and if you take good care of your
 white ironstone
 you can pass it down from generation to generation

♥
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romantic saying for today
"To Live is to Love"
unknown

♥
Pam

White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

There is something so serene 

about the color

white 

that may be why vintage 

White Ironstone

 is so popular

Decorating for
Thanksgiving
this vintage white ironstone pitcher 

was the first to get

filled with pretty white hydrangeas

and a few simple white roses as we get ready 

to host

family and friends

Simple  elegance

  

We will have a full house  

  for 

Thanksgiving

Such a blessing to be all together

{Love}

decorating our home with simple white bouquets 

all through out our home

Keeping the color scheme white 

 helps to provide a serene flow from room to room 

 highlighting the beauty of the

 white ironstone as well as the flowers

Every year we ask our dinner guests

 to share with everyone at the table

 what they are grateful for
  

I think we all look forward to hearing our grateful's as much as we 

look forward to all of the delicious food

I would like to start my grateful early by saying how thankful

 I am for Debra at

Common Ground 

for being such a thoughtful and kind blogger friend

 she always is supportive and encouraging 

Thank You for highlighting

White Ironstone Cottage

Debra you are a Blessing

Next week I will be sharing some of our family
traditional Thanksgiving recipes
and a few more fun family traditions

This is such a wonderful time of year

romantic saying for today

"I wish I could do everything on earth with you"
Fitzgerald

♥
Pam

White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

Vintage White ironstone

 casserole dishes

 have the most beautiful lids

this little lid has amazing detail

{Love}

the leafy handle and the pretty design around the edges
it has a curved dome shape
 that makes it sit up high

The larger lid has a 

delicate rosebud design 

and the handle is large and easy to handle

Do you see their shiny luster 

 and creamy  vintage patina

This Sunday is the Groves Antique Market
 at the Great Park in Orange County, California

A great place to shop for beautiful
 Vintage White Ironstone
it is always the first thing my eye spots
when shopping
and the one treasure we always make room for in our home
What vintage treasure is the first thing your eye sees?
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romantic saying for today

"Meet each other with a smile for a smile is the beginning of Love"
Mother Teresa


♥
Pam

White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday

♥

I am  always grateful for your
wonderful comments

 recently

 I read an email from a follower who asked why

 I don't post more pictures of

 White Ironstone 

on my blog

 Seems I am not the only one who adores

 vintage white ironstone

 Its wonderful luster and shine

 Its timeless simple beauty

Its ability to blend with every decor 

The perfect container for  flowers

Thank You Sarah for reminding me

 to share more 

of the 

White Ironstone

 in our cottage 

 I am glad you 

{Love}

white ironstone 

too

guess who

romantic saying for today

"My Soul will find yours"

Devereaux

♥

Pam

White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

This vintage white ironstone pitcher 

has a funny history

It was found in France at the
Porte des Vanves 

flea market

Of coarse the fun part was my limited French

 and the sellers limited English

 this made for the most hilarious

transaction

 It basically ended up being mostly

 smiles and pointing

and in the end this 

 vintage white ironstone treasure

had found a new home

Armed with 2 years of French in High school

I was confident we were 

going to be
fine negotiating at the Paris Flea markets

LOL

When I heard the price

of 4o of coarse I thought U.S. dollars
 and I said sold
 but she meant in euros
 which turned out to be
$75 U.S. dollars
definitely still worth the price though
!!!
Merci

So Grateful for this beautiful addition to our 
 vintage white ironstone collection
 and for the universal  language

of a smile
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romantic saying for today

"Love knows nothing of order"
Jerome

♥
Pam

Vintage Sterling

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

These gorgeous sterling silver spoons 

are so elegant and charming

 just look at the detailed

 filigree and flowered rosebuds 

They are even engraved 

which makes any treasure even more special

These silver spoons are so delicate and feminine
 they add a touch of beauty and old world charm
 to any table

When we found these darling sterling silver spoons
 at a garage sale the young girl said they were
in her family for generations
I asked her several times if she was sure she wanted to part with them
she said she never used them and she could not remember
 the last time someone in the family
 had even looked at them
she said she was ready to let them go

You all know that in our house we use everything
 all the time, if not
 it is let go to make room for new vintage treasures we will use
 and so someone else can enjoy them

 These beautiful vintage spoons have

 already become part of our everyday life

 we use them in the morning to stir the cream in our coffee

and even for dessert 

They are too beautiful to be hidden away and not used everyday

So grateful they are now a useful

 cherished treasure in our home

♥

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romantic saying for today

"The language of Love is filled with kindness"

unknown

♥

Pam