Spring / Easter Tablescape - Breaking Dormancy

Welcome to my blog, Panoply. Today I have a treat for you - some tablescape inspiration - sure to get you excited for spring! We are finally breaking dormancy here in my Zone 7a region after a fairly brutal winter. It's a bit later than last year's spring, which was more a testament to our revised (warmer) zone rating according to the 2023 USDA plant hardiness zone map. In addition to my own spring tablescape, I am hosting a bevy of table...

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Tales of the Traveling Tote #42 and Giveaway

Hello, readers, and welcome to Panoply! Today marks the 42nd instalment of the Tales of the Traveling Tote, can you believe it? It's all about quarterly tales of ladies connecting friendship and stories of our everyday lives via a MacKenzie-Childs tote we all purchased at one time or another.  ...

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Valentine's Day: Birds of a Feather

Hello, welcome to my blog, Panoply! Today I want to share a tablescape idea for Valentine's Day: Birds of a Feather. It doesn't have to pertain to just couples; in fact, it can be a great Galentine's Day celebration. I'm also hosting a group of other blogging table enthusiasts who are sharing their ideas for a Valentine's Day table. After all, as the adage goes, "birds of a feather flock together"! Their links are further in this post, so be sure...

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2024 Cottage Garden Recap

Traditionally, I have summarized my blogging journal each year with collage style in a year-end post. It was a tidy way to button up each year, and I would send the year's posts off to be printed in a yearbook fashion. In 2024, Blog2Print ceased operation, and so, too, have the annual yearbooks. It's just as well, I suppose, as my bookshelves were getting a bit crowded for this cottage home. I guess I'll need to backup my blog on...

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Gnome for the Holidays

Hello, and welcome to my blog, Panoply. Today I'm happy to be sharing the beginnings of Christmas and winter decor with a tablescape for you. Before I have the Scandinavian or Fair Isle police after me, let me just say right away that I have taken artistic liberties in the style elements I have assembled on my table today, and I am aware of it!  ...

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Tales of the Traveling Tote #41 and Giveaway

Hello, readers, and welcome to Panoply! Today marks the 41st instalment of the Tales of the Traveling Tote, can you believe it? That's over ten years of quarterly tales of ladies connecting friendship and stories of our everyday lives via a MacKenzie-Childs tote we all purchased at one time or another.  ...

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Thanksgiving Fowl and Feast

Hello, and welcome to my blog, Panoply! Today I am sharing my tablescape creation for the Thanksgiving holiday, celebrated in America this year on November 28th. My tablescape celebrates the fowl and feast of this Thanksgiving holiday. ...

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