Show and Tell Friday

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I originally drew a blank for Show and Tell Friday this week, until an afternoon trip to Wal-Mart.

As a little background first, though: this is a corner of our dining area.

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I had gotten the little cabinet years ago at a craft show. The books are my “overflow” cookbooks — the main ones I use are on another shelf. Behind the door tablecloths and napkins are stored. On the top to the left is this little plate.

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At the bottom it says, “Love is the good cook’s secret ingredient.” I love that saying and used to like Holly Hobbie a lot, but the picture just seemed too little-girlish to me now, and I don’t have those colors in my kitchen any more (my first kitchen was primarily yellow). So I had been thinking about replacing it for a long time. I originally got it when the neighbors of friends were moving and getting rid of a ton of their things. I actually felt a little bad about it: the wife and kids had gone on ahead out of town and the husband was staying behind to pack and close up the house. This was one of the things he wanted to leave behind, and I hoped it wasn’t a dear treasure to the wife.

I didn’t have anything handy in mind to put in that little corner, though. Then today at Wal-Mart some pretty, inexpensive flower arrangements caught my eye. As I wondered if I had a place for one anywhere, I thought of this corner.

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I think it brightens it up a lot, though it does look a little more crowded. The bright pink roses look a little orangy here, but they complement the wallpaper better “in real life.”

The vase is one of my favorite things, bought for me by my husband some years ago. The little bear figurine was a dollar store find.

I’ll keep the Holly Hobbie plate and pack it away — I am not quite ready to get rid of it completely yet.

Kelli at There’s No Place Like Home hosts “Show and Tell Friday” asking “Do you have a something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, an antique find. Your show and tell can be old or new. Use your imagination and dig through those old boxes in your closet if you have to! Feel free to share pictures and if there’s a story behind your special something, that’s even better! If you would like to join in, all you have to do is post your “Show and Tell” on your blog, copy the post link, come over here and add it to Mr. Linky. Guidelines are here

13 thoughts on “Show and Tell Friday”

  2. Very pretty arrangement! I love the plate too though reminds me of my childhood. You did a great job.

    Thanks for sharing
    ~Amy

  4. I like your new arrangement, but I also liked the Holly Hobbie plate it has a great saying on it . The flowers are vey pretty. The vase is a piece I would treasure also.

  5. The plate is precious and I like the flowers also. Flowers just make a room happy, don’t they?

    Thank you for visiting with me and commenting on my candelabras……Betty

  7. I think my favorite is the vase!

    I remember Holly Hobby from my childhood but have never managed to acquire any of that artwork. Then again, I haven’t gone searching. Someday I would like to get a book with Holly Hobby for the memories.

    The artist has a series of pig books out now that are darling. It is called Toot and Puddle. The artwork in them is very whimsical, rather different in style from her more serious Holly Hobby work. It is an example of something wonderful that was born of grief. She began drawing the pigs in cards sent to perk up her dieing adult son, who eventually succumbed to…cancer, I think. The cheerful pigs were theraputic for her. She has enjoyed doing this series much more, because with the Holly Hobby series it was wildly popular, and she was under contract and great pressure to turn the pictures out quickly.

    I hope all the info. I’m remembering is accuarate! LOL! I read about her several years ago in the Mary Engelbriet magazine Home Companion. It was an interesting article.

    You know what I think would look nice on that table? A lace tablecloth that goes half way down the books! For some reason, the books draw my eye down, which might be good if they were very importan books to you. But since they are just overflow, I think if there was a tablecloth there, it would help keep the attention on the beautiful things displayed. 🙂

  8. My daughter used to have lots of Holly Hobbie when she was growing up. I, too, like the vase. I can see a small bouquet of pastel pink roses in it.

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