Tea in the Garden

Hello everyone!

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny warm day so it was a good day to have tea in the garden.I want to enjoy my outdoor teas as long as I can ! the garden is taking on its's fall colors. You can see the virginia creeper on the back wall is turning rusty red.

But our little tea is still more of a pretty in pink theme so I am using my chintz tea set today.

I made some sticky date cake for today.

I bought this set a few years ago-it has 6 cups and saucers ,a creamer and sugar bowl and of course a teapot.

We still have roses blooming and although we had frost it wasn't a killing frost so the garden is still fine.

I love chintz as well as tranferware dishes.

As many of you know I am a big fan of the Victoria magazine and i love their books as well so this book is well loved! I often look to Victoria for inspiration as I know many of you do as well.

So sit down and enjoy a cup of tea with me on this beautiful Autumn day in the garden and after we can enjoy a stroll through the garden as it is taking on it's Autumn glory.

Today I am joining Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage for her lovely Tea Time Tuesday and also Kathy at A Delightsome Life for her Victoria-A Return to Loveliness party.

Thank you for visiting me,

Carolyn

Oh Joy! Wallpaper

Everyone knows I go to bed at night dreaming about Kelly Wearstler's Imperial Trellis II wallpaper in charcoal...

But I might have to incorporate graphic designer, turned successful blogger Joy Deangdeelert Cho's new line for Hyggea & West into my dreams too!

I have always loved reading the blog Oh Joy! and seeing Joy's inspirations, designs, etc. She is a true artist and her first line of wallpaper is a testament to her understated creativity...her designs are fresh, refined, and happy.

Most have a textural sheen to them in matte metallics, delicate pearls, and sultry, smoky colors.

I would love to use this wallpaper in my guest room or powder room!

Trade Tool: Olio Board

Happy Monday...on this rainy day :)

Whenever I start creating a space, I always do a mood board first. Sometimes I just send my friend's mood boards I think they would like :) I usually work off of Photoshop & Illustrator, which are both quite expensive.

A couple of month's ago, I found this awesome online tool called OlioBoard that I wanted to share with you!

Olioboard is an interactive tool to experiment with the style, and mix and match items to create the  mood of a space.

You can use your own collection of saved images, or you can look through the OlioBoard library of countless pieces from over 250 brands like West Elm, Crate & Barrel, and Ikea.

This is super user-friendly, and I love searching their images...and it's FREE!!!!

Plus, they have a great community page where you can check out other people's mood boards, see what pieces they are using, comment on them, and follow them. Check out this creator, BMore Guy's mood board:

Whether you are an interior designer, or just an obsessed hobbyist like me, this is really fun to play around with, and hopefully will inspire your next design!

Send me some of your moodboards...I would love to post them!

Ciao.