a winter table
It doesn't seem like long ago that the children and I were setting up a little table in the entrance of our old house laden with things from the park and our garden that reflected the summer we were experiencing. So, it made sense that we set up a winter table last week in celebration of this amazing northern season.
I packed away a little collection of my favourite cards, drawings and letters to bring to Norway and found that a few happily fitted the winter theme. (Thank you, kind bloggers who have sent such lovely things to my letterbox in the past.) The card on the right is an Applehead collage/drawing by Marianne that I adore:
It was snowing when we made this display so the children gathered together some pinecones (different from the ones we know), twigs and branches for the table. We've since added some pieces of moss and lichen that we found fallen from trees on our walk yesterday.
And the tablecloth underneath? It's my first piece of Norwegian-embroidered linen. (After that I found my second piece in the basket of fabrics from Emily.) Tom bought it for me from a small antique shop he found near his work. It's so perfectly 'here', if you know what I mean.
I love it.
Beautiful :)
Posted by:Felicia | January 18, 2008 at 07:53 AM
Melissa, it is so lovely to see you have made your new resdidence look not just like a home, but YOUR home!
Posted by:Jannelle | January 18, 2008 at 01:49 PM
That linen embroidery is wonderful. Glad you can find lots of treasures over there!
Posted by:Victoria | January 18, 2008 at 03:31 PM
What a lovely little winter table- I am still adjusting to seeing you in snow! I love the embroidered linen- the grass growing on the cabin roof is so great!
Posted by:Taimarie | January 18, 2008 at 05:36 PM
What a lovely little winter table- I am still adjusting to seeing you in snow! I love the embroidered linen- the grass growing on the cabin roof is so great!
Posted by:Taimarie | January 18, 2008 at 05:47 PM
I mentioned your table at my blog. I thought you might like to see it. http://joyinthemorninglight.blogspot.com/2008/01/take-winter-wildflower-walk.html
Happy winter day!
Elizabeth Joy
Posted by:Elizabeth Joy1 | January 20, 2008 at 05:24 AM
this is so beautiful m. and that embroidered linen... gasp... it is lovely and so so perfect. good eye t :) xox
Posted by:amisha | February 03, 2008 at 03:32 PM