Vintage Ironstone and Sweater Hearts...My Valentine Centerpiece

I am continuing my farmhouse Valentine décor in the breakfast room with my Valentine centerpiece starring pieces from my vintage ironstone collection and sweater hearts…all gathered up in my bargain Williams Sonoma Outlet woven tray!

Our co-host Baby Kitty has spent a portion of the last two days peering out the window at our first snow of the winter. It has been several years since we have had very much and he seems puzzled! He doesn’t seem to find my centerpiece nearly as interesting so I will start without him!

The heart of the centerpiece is my Red Cliff ironstone tea pot…a bargain find from eBay, largely due to the fact that it was missing its lid. I have filled it with faux tulips since the real ones don’t seem to be available here yet.

I have decorated my $15.00 French bottle drying rack (Woo hoo! Get the details here. ) with my Wedgwood Queensware cups and sweater and embroidered hearts…after-Christmas sale finds at Hancock Fabrics.

I am also giving you a peek at my no-sew cross-stitch look tea towel…super easy and inexpensive! I’ll be sharing all the details with you later!

If it looks familiar, it coordinates with my Pottery Barn inspired no-sew tea towel. You will find a complete tutorial plus the free graphic here.

A little sweater heart also fills my vintage Wedgwood Patrician cup…a Goodwill find, along with a stack of saucers.

And there you have it…my Valentine’s Day centerpiece! I am enjoying this little farmhouse twist to my Valentine décor and I still have a few more projects to share with you…so stay tuned!

And just in case you would like even more Valentine inspiration, I am sharing my Valentine projects page! Just click on the photos to be taken to the full posts.

VALENTINE PROJECTS

Rustic Farmhouse Valentine Wreath	PB Copy Cat Valentine Pillow	PB Copy Cat LOVE Pillow	Frenchy Valentine Pillow
Pottery Barn Inspired Valentine Tea Towel	French Valentine Candles	Frenchy Valentine Vignette	Dollar Store Pastry Stand

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Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing my farmhouse Valentine centerpiece! Please visit these wonderful bloggers and their beautiful blogs to see what they are up to and to find a list of this week’s participants!
Under the Table and Dreaming for the Sunday Showcase Party , Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday , The Stories of A2Z for Tutorials and Tips Tuesday , Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday , A Stroll thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday , My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia for Tuesday's Treasures, Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays , The Shabby Creek Cottage for Transformation Thursdays , No Minimalist Here for the Open House Party on Thursdays, French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday , Common Ground for Be Inspired on Fridays , The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday , Craftberry Bush for the Inspiration Gallery on Friday
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My Farmhouse Valentine Mantel

I’m excited to share this with you…my first ever Valentine mantel…and to join a group of twenty talented bloggers at the All Things Home Valentine Showcase! I love Valentine’s Day decor but have always had a fear of going overboard with it. But I think I have finally found a way to balance it…by adding a farmhouse look!

My mantel is simple, using many of the same elements that I used for my farmhouse Christmas decor…galvanized lanterns, burlap, ironstone and rustic sweater knits.

On the vintage mirror…my farmhouse Valentine wreath with sweater hearts! It was super easy to make and adds lots of texture to the mantel. You can get the tutorial here.

Below the wreath, my frenchy galvanized container is filled with more sweater hearts…a fabulous gift from my sweet friend Pat! :-)

On one side of the mantel…my rooster pitcher stand guard, adding a touch of farmhouse French to the look. It was a fun find from Marshall’s several years ago.

And beside him, my new favorite galvanized lanterns…love them! ♥ They came with smoked glass, but I removed it so that the lines of the lantern would show. I got them from Joss and Main back in the fall…

…and used them in my farmhouse Christmas mantel. You can see more of my mantel here.

On the other side, my kitty cat pitcher is filled with candles to add a little interest. It was also a Marshall’s find from several years ago.

And of course, more ironstone in the form of plates on the mantelpiece…always there to add a little architectural interest. And there you have it…my farmhouse Valentine mantel!

As for the staff…they are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first snow of the winter…due this afternoon! I am excited, too, because it will be the first snow for my two-year-old grandson and probably the first one that the three-year-old will remember…fun! And the nice thing about snow in the South is that it will be gone by day after tomorrow! ;-)
Need more Valentine inspiration? Here's a peek at my Valentine project gallery! Just click on the photos to be taken to the post with the full tutorial.

VALENTINE PROJECTS

Rustic Farmhouse Valentine Wreath	PB Copy Cat Valentine Pillow	PB Copy Cat LOVE Pillow	Frenchy Valentine Pillow
Pottery Barn Inspired Valentine Tea Towel	French Valentine Candles	Frenchy Valentine Vignette	Dollar Store Pastry Stand

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And if you would like even more Valentine inspiration, please head on over to visit the other blogs on our tour!

Monday, January 27:
The Everyday Home
Cedar Hill Farmhouse
AKA Design
Setting for Four
Create and Babble

Tuesday January 28:

White Lace Cottage
So Much Better with Age

Town and Country Living

Top This Top That

Vintage News Junkie

Wednesday January 29:

Marty's Musings

Stone Gable

Confessions of a Plate Addict

Cupcakes and Crinolines

Hymns and Verses

Thursday January 30:

Worthing Court 

The Tablescaper

Celebrating Everyday Life

Our Southern Home

A Stroll Thru Life

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing my farmhouse Valentine mantel! Please visit these wonderful bloggers and their beautiful blogs to see what they are up to and to find a list of this week’s participants!
Under the Table and Dreaming for the Sunday Showcase Party , Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday , The Stories of A2Z for Tutorials and Tips Tuesday , Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday , A Stroll thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday , My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia for Tuesday's Treasures, Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays , The Shabby Creek Cottage for Transformation Thursdays , No Minimalist Here for the Open House Party on Thursdays, French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday , Common Ground for Be Inspired on Fridays , The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday , Craftberry Bush for the Inspiration Gallery on Friday
See you next time! À la prochaine!

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Please Join Me for The Scoop #103

 

Where has January gone? Valentine's Day will be here in just a few weeks and we have some wonderful inspiration for you! Twenty-five bloggers will be sharing their ideas for that special holiday on February 3rd through February 7th, so be sure to come back by to see what they have in store for you! But in the meantime...let's get this party started!

Welcome back to The Scoop

The weekly linky party featuring the scoop on the best posts from around the web!

More exposure + less time = win win!

We are 

Anita from Cedar Hill Farmhouse

Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict

Barb from The Everyday Home
Yvonne from StoneGable
and Suzy from Worthing Court

Hi! It's Anita with Cedar Hill Farmhouse hosting The Scoop this week.

I've been super busy lately with some very exciting things. More on that later, but in the meantime, I have two great chair projects from last week that I thought you might enjoy. The first one is about sprucing up $5 thrift chairs.

And the second one is about making slipcovers for my dining room chairs.

Okay...I could go on and on, but I know you are ready to get to the linky party,
so here is our guest host for this week!

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Hi everyone!  I'm Heather from Setting for Four and I'm so excited to be here guest hosting ‘The Scoop’ this week!

 

I'm a military wife and Mom to two teen boys – our oldest is in Military college and our youngest is in Grade 9. They are both amazing sons and it such an honor to not only be a military wife but also a military Mom! I started my blog 3 years ago, baby steps first then full time in 2013. I love to DIY and decorate my home inside and out, and create a stylish and comfortable haven for our family of four!  I also started my interior design career last year and love helping others solve their design dilemmas and beautify their homes! As a military family we have moved many, many times and often have to be creative with fitting our furniture in each of our homes.  We purchased our lovely 6 year old home two years ago and are in the process of painting it top to bottom, updating the lighting and kitchen and decorating it room by room.

Here are some of my recent posts:

How to Remove Carpet and Makeover Your Stairs

How to Make an Adirondack Chair – the Easy Way!

I also offer online decorating services including Mood Boards, sourcing and answer questions via email; here is how I helped Raeleen with her decor dilemma: Reader Redesign – Fireplace Makeover

Please stop by Setting for Four and say hello!!!

(You can also follow along with me here!)

             

I have to admit it was super difficult to pick the features from all of your amazing DIY’s and beautiful projects from last week!  I hope that you find my feature picks as inspiring as I do!  

First up, these No Sew Uphostered Chair Makeover from My Creative Days. I love the vintage floral fabric that Lindsay used on these estate sale chairs! Paired with the white paint these chairs are simply gorgeous!

Next, this fabulous Ikea Bookcase/Chest of Drawers Hack from Tasha at A Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body (love your blog name Tasha!). Tasha took some basic Ikea pieces and with ingenuity and paint turned them into these custom furniture pieces for her twin girls’ bedroom!:

Graphic art is so hot right now and I love Angela’s metallic DIY Ampersand Valentine Art from Life in Velvet. This is such an easy DIY and would be perfect for a Picture Gallery Wall or part of a table vignette like this:

Rachel at Maison de Pax turned what she referred to as her‘Swiss Chalet’ library bookcases into these trimmed out beauties with DIY Decorative Molding! Check out the step by step tutorial to see how she did it!

…and let’s end the features with something sweet! Like these yummy delicious Oreo Cookies and Cream Brownies that Beth shares at The First Year Blog. Make with Cookies and ream Hershey kisses and Oreo Cookies – oh my!

It's been so much fun being part of ‘The Scoop’ this week! I adore all of‘The Scoop’ host bloggers: ladies, you are all so creative and inspirational!!

…and it's been an honor to select these fun and inspirational features from such talent linked up last week!

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Thanks so much for joining us this week, Heather! And if you haven't had a chance to check out her blog Setting for Four, please head on over! You are in for a treat! 

Now, let's PARTY!!!!

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