Springtime Holiday Cupboard with a Wee Bit O' Irish

St. Patrick's Day isn't a holiday that I go all out decorating for, but having said that I DO like to give a nod to my Irish, Scottish, and British ancestors. Since I've had the Holiday Cupboard back at this house, I've found that I can go a bit crazy with the holidays and seasons. Of course "dishes" and a few odds and ends are always the base for my decorating obsessions.

I adore transferware. 

I've never met a color I didn't like, 

so in early spring I like to bring out the green

and give it a spotlight here in the cupboard.

The green transferware pieces along with my Ivy dishes are just 

a perfect backdrop for St. Patrick's Day and all things "GREEN".

A trio of white ironstone tureens and platters are usually the main focus.

Then I add in the dinner plates along the back and stack the cups, saucers and bread plates.

After the basics are placed, then it's "anything goes" as far as the small decorative items.

Vintage postcards and prints add some graphics.

Old cottage-ware pitchers, teapots and accessories give some English Country charm.

Then don't forget the sheep and birdies...

...and a few vintage garden bits like flower pots and flower frogs.

I can't resist a vintage sheep or landscape print.

All the better if they are smallish that can be tucked in with an easel

or leaned up against a stack of dishes.

Below is an old jewelry box that opens like a book.

The green sugar shaker and a salt shaker were my paternal grandmother's,

so when I see a set or even an orphan shaker I usually grab it.

Vintage Cauliflower Majolica teapot.

I don't have full sets of dishes.

I just find what I can to add to my collections.

Gravy boats seem to be easier to find

since they weren't used every day.

Easter is early this year and will be here soon,

so I'm already planning what fun I can create in here, next.

If you missed it,

Here's last year's cupboard 

with a little Irish thrown in.

Spring is sneaking up on me.

I went outside today to check on some of the trees and shrubs

and while I was in the sun on the southside of the house,

I actually broke out in a sweat!!

Time to take off the long underwear...

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