Monday

Victoria - A Return to Loveliness

I'm joining Kathy at A Delightsome Life and her A Return to Loveliness meme. Click on her name to see other beautiful articles on the Victoria magazines published back in the 80s and 90s.
While browsing through my collection of Victoria's I came across this lovely May 1991 issue with this breathtaking cover and knew I must share it with all of you. Click on any of the pictures to enlarge them.

A twelve-page spread with Toshi Otsuki's photography is absolutely beautiful!




The wedding pictures are amazing!

Rose petal recipes:

Card Designer:

On The First Day of May:

The Eloquence of Cherished Objects:


The Domestic Gardner:

Even the ads are beautiful:

I hope you enjoyed seeing these pretty pages from nineteen years ago! Timeless beauty!

Have a happy day!

God Bless.

Katherine


Tabletop Tuesday

Time for Marty's Tabletop Tuesday, click on her name for lots more inspiration.
Today I'm sharing a few sconces I have in our house. Marty says we can use various surfaces, and these little sconces have a surface! I have figurines on the sconces.

These two are in the living room on each side of this Thomas Kinkade painting.
The figurines are Fontanini, made in Italy. We bought them on our trip there.

These two are in the family room:

This one is on a narrow wall in the breakfast nook:
I think the addition of faux ivy adds interest
Thanks to Marty for hosting Tabletop Tuesday, I hope my wall sconces qualify!


Click here if you are looking for my Thursday Tablescape, I'm doing an encore presentation (due to my neighbor's death I haven't had time to create another tablescape this week.)

Have a happy day!

God Bless.

Katherine



Victoria - A Return to Loveliness

I'm joining Kathy's A Return to Loveliness again this week. Click on Kathy's name for more loveliness! I bought this new Victoria magazine last week and have enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it with you!

The new publishers of Victoria went into the archives of the Victorias published back in the 80s and 90s and are sharing many of the pictures with us. One of the most popular photographers then was Toshi Otsuki and there's much of this classic photography reprinted in this new magazine named "Rooms of Bliss."

Some of my favorites
So soft and beautiful:

How lovely is this?
Looks like there were dishoholics back then too!

A signature look with boats and hats!
Plates on the wall very popular then as well!
Timeless beauty!

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of this magazine, I think it is well worth the $7.99, this beauty never goes out of style!

Thanks, Kathy, for hosting!

Have a happy day!

God Bless.

Katherine

Thursday

Rooster Party!

The Rooster Party is finally here! Thanks so much to Barb at Bella Vista for hosting this fun party so we can show off our struting roosters! Click on her name to view all the party participants, such fun!

I have a few new roosters since last year. I'll start with this one I found at Ross. It was only $5.99, so I had to have him!

Isn't he handsome?


He is displayed on an end table in our family room



The polka dot rooster below is called a "Rocking Rooster!" He actually rocks, I wish I had him in motion!
I recently featured him in a tabletop disply with a teapot and tea cups.
His tail feathers are real!
I found him at Home Goods.

Here's another rooster I found at Ross
This rooster is a candy dish!
I used this clear glass rooster in a tablescape last week
Here's a peek at the tablescape. Scroll down a few posts to see more of it.


Here's the big white rooster I used in yesterday's tablescape, he's a beauty!

This fine rooster was purchased at Home Goods for $12.

This chicken was also featured as the centerpiece in a tablescape last week. She is also from Home Goods.
This is Henrietta!
She wanted to come to the rooster party.

Henrietta says: "Do you think if I disguise myself in this straw hat and bandana
"will they think I'm a rooster??"

Now a short review of the roosters from last year's Rooster Party:
This little feather rooster was a hit at last years party!

So was this silly looking foul, we never decided if it was a hen or rooster!!

This cute rooster was only a dollar at Dollar Tree!

These two came from Hobby Lobby (half-price!)

And now -- ta da! The real prince (or so he thinks!)
This colorful rooster strutted his stuff big time last year!! He's baaaaack!!!
He wanted to make another appearance since he is such a good looking dude!

Okay, okay, that's enough! Shoo!! Stop hogging the camera! You are a has-been from last year!

Let the new guys have their glory this year!


I hope you enjoyed my roosters! Which is your favorite?

I have been in a panic because my server was down all afternoon and I was afraid I would miss the party! I apologize for being a bit late! Thanks for hosting Barbara!

I'm also linking to The Style Sisters Centerpiece meme. Click on their name for lots of inspiration!

God Bless.

Katherine