Cloche Encounters

 This week is all about the cloche! (There’s a big party don’t cha know!) It’s been a blast running around putting everything under glass. 

 I placed a couple of bathing beauties, strings of pearls, seashells, and a whole lotta bling as the base. And what beauty would be caught dead without a mirror?

 Next step, a topper. This is the key and beaded tassel from my secretary, and inside a gorgeous ivory finial from my lamp. (Looks like stalactite dripping from a cave ceiling, right?)

 I’m calling this one the siren's cave. I love how the beads cascading down look like seaweed. Watch out Little Mermaid!

 This little angel is cute as is. I just draped some pearls around him and plopped on the cloche. Cute!

 This is a French cloche called a Globe de Mariée. A bride would have one made upon her marriage. To see others click here. 

 This one includes the original orange blossom headdress.

 I had so much fun making the first cloche that I just had to try my hand at it again. I really wanted to think outside the box on this one. I used an old glass magnifier,

 A lovely pressed glass ashtray,

 Hmm… what to magnify? Why of course! This pretty little Georgian lover’s eye pin! 

 These were jewels that could be worn without revealing the lover’s identity. Romantic, huh? Voilà! I love it! 

 Until next time, I’ve got my eye on you. 

While we’ve got our eyes wide open let’s peek in at Paula’s and see what’s under her cloche.

Patti

First up is my elephant and roses cloche. Cloches, bell jars, and glass domes are a perfect way to highlight an object of your fancy. I just love porcelains. Porcelains with roses are one of my favorites.  

This vintage coffee pot from India is small enough to display in a cloche. I like to rotate my vintage import pieces giving each piece an opportunity to debut.

My favorite type of ironstone is Red Cliff. My favorite of the red cliff are the ones with the little grapes. This little Tureen was a bargain buy without its ladle. 

Have you ever seen these small dessert cloches and wondered "What can I put in there?" Well the answer is pretty much anything small. Patti and I were visiting a local orchid nursery and they were selling this orchid, from Thailand, in a painted wooden container. Can you believe that that orchid is soap? 

Here is another porcelain piece with roses on the front. I can't wait to show you the rest of the porcelain collection. 

 Thank you for joining us for our cloche encounters, we will be linking to the following blogs:

Masterpiece Monday @	Boogie Board Cottage
Amaze Me Monday @	Dittle Dattle
Show Off Your Cottage Monday @	The House in the Roses
Wow Us Wednesday @	Savvy Southern Style
Share the Love Wednesday @	Very Merry Vintage Style
French Inspiration Thursday @	The French Cupboard
Club G.W. @	Charm Bracelet Diva
Thrifty Thursday@	Tales From Bloggeritaville
Open House Party Thursdays @	No Minimalist Here
Pearls and Lace Thursdays @	Faith, Grace, and Crafts
Vintage ThingieThursday @	The Coloradolady
Vintage Inspiration Friday @	Common Ground
Inspiration Friday @	At the Picket Fence
Fridays Unfolded @	Stuff and Nonsense
Feathered Nest Friday @	French Country Cottage
Home Sweet Home @	The Charm of Home
Thrifty Things Friday @	The Thrifty Groove
Show and Tell Friday @	My Romantic Home

 

Patti & Paula

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To Shine or Not to Shine...

Silver Chalkboard

Your silver of course!

Sterling, stainless, or silver plate, it has always been collected and prized by its owners. Silver items blend with any decor, as the accent or as the star.


The elegant blackboard, that sits in the kitchen, was super simple to make. All that was needed was a silver tray purchased on sale at a local antique store, blackboard paint and chalk. Yep, that was it. This idea came from the fabulous Cindy of My Romantic Home. 

The silver antique butter dish to the left is one of the best antique finds. Low fat cream cheese has been served from it.

Double-sided Chinese Teapot

One thing we learned from Mary Carol Garrity's Nell Hill's is placement and the use of stands and books to elevate objects. This silver stand found at an antique store was the perfect stand for the double-sided Chinese teapot.

The measuring spoons and silver salt and pepper shakers are used whenever cooking takes place.

June of 2010, will always be memorable. While perusing Suzanne Duda's Pink Roses and Other Passions, she was sharing the beautiful measuring spoons she received for Mother's Day. They were ordered from Anthropologie. A week later those beauties showed up at the front door. They are not only beautiful but quite functional and heavy in weight. They really make the silver salt and pepper shakers look great.  

Antique Jelly Jar on top of a small cake stand

You can never have enough silver trays.

Succulent in Silver

Have you been by to visit ANTIQUE CHASE? She is a genius. This is where we got the idea of Succulent in Silver. It's an absolutely brilliant idea. We love it. 

Stunning after the morning's rain

Beautiful silver vanity set

Even the salt and pepper shakers are wrapped in elephants.

A silver caddy in a silver tray is pretty neat

This silver tray was found at a local Goodwill Store. We followed the fabulous idea of our friend Vanna over at Delusions of Grandeur. She is just an amazing person. 

Inside of the cloche are a porcelain rose and a porcelain pitcher with roses on it sitting atop of a silver cake stand. The cake stand was recently found at a local Goodwill store for $4.00. Yep, the decimal is in the correct position. By the way, the tray in the picture above was $3.00. See, that's why we love Vanna. 

Hugh Casson earthenware is enhanced by this silver sugar bowl

Replaced the M & Ms with sea shells

Fascinated with ink blotters

Love sea shells in a brides basket 

The Patina is left on the bride's basket. It actually looks better with the patina on than polished away.

Silver stand highlights blue & white piece

You can find all kinds of wonderful stands at antique stores. They come in all shapes and sizes. This stand was black last weekend when it was picked up from the antique store. With lots of patience, silver polish and love, voila!

Below the table is a silver sugar scuttle with bath salts

The table is from Ghana. His name is John. John holds all the essentials needed for a fabulous bath. 

Silver and blue & whites enhance each other

Antique silver pickle castor

We try to find functionality in the items we collect. This pickle castor is an elegant way to store the toothbrush and toothpaste. The antique dealer suggested leaving the aged patina on the pickle castor. Yep, she was right. 

Silver matchbox

Love collecting silver boxes

Call it an obsession. Boxes are so amazing because inside of each and everyone of them is a story. The silver coin case on a chantelaine that is standing belonged to my great-grandmother and the monogrammed flat round one was my grandmother's which housed her mirror and face powder. ~Paula

An antique mahogany secretary desk serves as a night stand

A silver fan vase is great in any room

Check out the beautiful toast rack

The toast rack holds books and journals. This was a great idea we picked up from Nell Hill's. You can't have just one. 

Shiny bright or aged with patina, there is no place in the home that can't be enhanced by silver. "How do you like yours?"

Gonna party with Lee over at Tales from Bloggeritaville.

We are partying with the following fabulous folks this Friday: Show and Tell Friday, Feathered Nest Friday, Vintage Inspiration Friday, and Inspiration Friday. Please join us!