Valentine's Day - Petite Haus

Angelina June 10, 2015 spring

Pink Peonies Table Setting

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Taking a break from blogging about my Paris trip to share my pink peonies tablescape!

As you all know, I LOOOOOVE peonies. They are my favorite flower. I mean, I named my blog after them!
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When I saw them I knew instantly that they would look good with my black “Country Estate” Juliska.

I found this pink ombre ribbon at my favorite store in Southern California – Roger’s Gardens. Ironically it was the cheapest thing I’ve ever purchased there… $5 for a whole roll of ribbon!

To add some extra pops of pink, I brought over my favorite antique Staffordshire swans to the table.

Let’s look closer at the peonies… you can almost smell them from here! They had a nice scent.

The peonies lasted for a week and then wilted. Too bad!

One last photo collage of my favorite table!

pink peonies table perfect for birthdays, bridal showers, or weddings!

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Angelina February 11, 2014 antique

Celebrate Valentine’s with Staffordshire Swans!

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Swans are often associated with Valentine’s day. I thought it would be a perfect time to share with you my antique Staffordshire swan collection!

Staffordshire was made by several different companies in the 1800s. To read more about Staffordshire and see my cat collection, click here.

I found my first pair on eBay a year ago. It’s a pair of inkwells. These are my favorite! I love the pale pink on them.

Then I kept finding more and more. By the way, the one below is a vase.

yes it has cracks and a repair but it was $5.

And then I had a collection. These are all vases.

Let’s take a look at some of the ones I’m still missing from my collection!

For some reason they liked to make inkwells with swans on them.

This one is similar to my pair of swans with signets, but it is in a different colorwave. Also the signets are in a slightly different position.

picture from ebay

Another inkwell…

picture from ebay

This pair of vases is newer as it has an “England” stamp on the bottom.

20th century Swans picture from Ebay

This isn’t a figurine of just swans, but I liked the little boy feeding the swans!

picture from madalena

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Angelina February 4, 2014 tablescape

Pretty Valentine’s Day Tablescape

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One of the things I love about Valentine’s Day is the use of the color pink. Pink is one of my favorite colors to wear so I am happy to see it widely used!

I made this pretty Valentine’s day tablescape. I would have set it up for a table for two for my husband and I… but it looked so silly with only two place settings on such a big table I set it up for four just for looks.

A look during the daytime. I used some vintage Valentine’s Day printouts I found online. The heart cups my mother-in-law gave us at our rehearsal dinner!

The heart shaped candle holders I purchased from Crate and Barrel years ago. One of my first house decorating purchases in college actually!

The mercury glass candle holders are lined with pink on the inside and I just LOVE them. I LOVED them so much in fact that they were used to decorate the tables at my wedding!!

Here I light the candles… do you see why I love the pink mercury glass candles now?! Don’t you just love the glow they create?? They created such a soft romantic glow at my wedding. I find it appropriate to pull them out on Valentine’s Day, not only for the color but for memories!