I am excited to join our Country French design group this month with a theme that fits perfectly for me…dining outdoors French style…although technically, I suppose I am breakfasting! I love summer mornings and can be found starting almost every day on my patio. It’s still cool and the birds are very busy at the feeders, serenading me with their morning songs. 
I set the table with extra care today since I knew you were coming! I’ve used a soft pink toile matelassé coverlet as my tablecloth… 
…and I’m using my favorite French faïence dinnerware…Lunéville Old Strasbourg. It’s so pretty and delicate…perfect for breakfast. But it has special meaning to me because it is manufactured in Lunéville, France…a wonderful little town in the heart of the Lorraine region and only a short distance from the little town where I lived. 
It actually comes in two different patterns starring a rose…
…or a tulip. I love the shape and the little scattering of smaller flowers around the rim!
I have to admit, though, that I have strayed a little from my French theme and added my favorite pink depression glass since it is such a wonderful complement to the pink flowers on the dinnerware. My Red Cliff ironstone coffee pot is doing double duty today as a tea pot. Sorry, my francophile friends…no café au lait this morning!
I’ve placed lemon slices on this delicate little pink depression glass bonbon dish…just the perfect size! 
And I am sharing one of my newest thrifting finds…a grapey twist-handled butter knife in my favorite silverplate pattern…Rogers Brothers Vintage. It is accompanying another favorite find…this wonderful little vintage roll-top butter dish.
I’ve added a basket to hold French bread and more pink depression glass bowls…
…filled with fresh peaches and blackberries that I picked up at a North Georgia farm stand yesterday. The peaches will top my cereal and I do believe that the blackberries are destined for a cobbler! ;-)
Beside the table you can see my shabby picnic basket planter, making its appearance for the fourth year and filled with happy begonias. Beside it is my Walking Iris, finally blooming this summer for the first time after eight years of waiting! :-)
A pair of vintage French script bird pillows that I made last year can be found in the frenchy painted wrought iron chairs. You can see how I did it plus find the free download for the birds here.
Here’s a final look. I have to admit that I don’t start every morning like this, but it’s nice to do it occasionally! 
As for Baby Kitty, he has joined my on the patio but is much more interested in the birds at the feeder, as you can see! Don’t worry…he’s too slow to do anything other than just look!
Please be sure to visit my fellow francophiles to see what they have waiting to share with you! Ahhh…a movable feast, French style!Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing my French style breakfast setting! 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 , Thrifty Decor Chick for Before and After Monday , 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 Inspire Me Tuesday, Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays , Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday, 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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