{Camellia Debutante & Chocolate}

What do you think about our three gorgeously pink Camellia Japonica Debutante?

They look so romantic against the beautiful table linens from Cottimaryanne, Firenze. 

Made of 100% Egyptian cotton damask in Florence, Italy. 

A scalloped treasure from the time that we lived and worked in Italy!

Camellias and chocolates...

 Almost rose like... and that for this time of the year!

 Displayed in my favorite silver ROSE vase...
Johanna, from the blog: Silber+Rosen loves this silver rose; no wonder she wrote the book: Rosen-Bestecke (Rose-Flatware) about it!

Teamed up with the romantic Royal Albert Princess Anne China in which I placed some hand made chocolates. Learn from Mariette.

Just click the following link to a post where I mad chocolate Angels and Roses:

{STIR UP ANGELIC TEA FOR TWO} Also Hearts I made... This is my second trial of angels and roses, click on the enlarged hyperlink to see the other ones. Now I've made them with Splenda so they're sugar free!

Also I tried my own heart shaped version of Amaretti di Saronno cookies.

In the summer I had no time doing that but now is the season to make them again. Perfect as a gift too.

Would you like me to make a cup of coffee or do you prefer tea?

Just eat your heart out...

{Today I turned 17!}

On this day in 1993 I got my United States Citizenship!
So this is my 17th birthday... as a proud American.

We got up very early at 4:15 AM that day and left after breakfast by 5:30 AM to be in time for the ceremony in Atlanta at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building. At 8:30 AM the ceremony started for 257 people from 60 nations. By 9:55 AM it was over and we rushed back, to make it to Rotary lunch. Pieter introduced me as his guest with the following words: 'May I introduce my NEW American wife...'  That was well received, with laughter and happiness!

This is a picture of some of the poinsettia plants and flowers I received.

My Dublin Mom has passed away on June 25, 2009. She did adopt me as her daughter when I came here in 1983; very sweet and she's been such a help over the years whenever I faced something new or unknown.

Dear friends!

This photo was taken on December 31 of 1993 by photographer Lee Wilson. That was during an interview for Threads of Life: International Women's Textile Art by Deborah A. Duchon of Georgia State University.

For that program I had donated several of my hand made lace pieces.

This is an excerpt from my LinkedIn profile.

{Our new IKEA Nordmyra Chairs}

Finally I got the photos made of our four new IKEA Nordmyra chairs.

Several years we were looking for WHITE chairs that had a low back, like the previous ones from Italy. 

We don't want to obstruct the view from our bay window with having such 'high-rise' chair backs towering above the table in front of the window. 

Not an easy task!

My hand crocheted curtains with the white ceramic chandelier from Italy... with the solid silver Giovanni Raspini Christmas balls from Italy in a moss wreath: there are a few left at my on line Zen cart boutique Mariette's Back to Basics

IKEA Nordmyra!

Solid Birch beauty from this Swedish company...

Glad we found them in Atlanta!

Happy end...