As we enjoy Thanksgiving and express appreciation and gratitude, I want to thank family, friends, clients and readers for your support. Writing this blog has allowed me to connect with you on many topics. From antiquing to decorating to gardening, I have enjoyed sharing my point of view, and I cherish your visits and feedback.
To celebrate this special time of gathering, I created a couple of seasonal arrangements using my favorite antique brown-and-white transferware pieces, dried flowers, and preserved foliage. Many thanks to my friend Ellen Seagraves for finding such unique floral items. Ellen, whose work I’ve featured here, is a fabulous florist.
Have a wonderful and warm Thanksgiving!
Cheers,
Loi
A bouquet of dried limelight hydrangeas, alliums, eucalyptus silver bell pods, artemisia, and grevillea leaves in a favorite brown-and-white transferware pitcher. The hydrangeas and alliums are from my garden.
In this small brown-and-white transferware vase are dried cream pepper berries and bunny tail grass.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Nature doesn't make us look very far for her abundant gifts, does she?
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, my friend!
xo
Andie
Loi,
These arrangements and vessels are just lovely.
I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving and am so lucky to have stumbled upon your blog a while back. You're just a joy to know.
Fondly-Lisa
I am nuts for those arrangements!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Lovely flowers. Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you have an extra special Thanksgiving Loi!! So grateful for you and your blog… you're truly one genius individual!!
xoxo
Desiree
Dear Loi,
You are such a talented and uniquely gifted person, as well as being one of the nicest bloggers I know. Have a special Thanksgiving!
xoxo
Mimi
beautiful! love the brown and white vessels and love the dried allium! happy thanksgiving, friend!
Very elegant arrangements. A very Happy Thanksgiving to you.
Best wishes
Your floral arrangements are so pretty and elegant. Happy Thanksgiving Loi! May you enjoy all the turkey, and desserts with your family and friends.
Beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours-and the dogs 🙂 Enjoy!
A warm and glowing bouquet of the season's stars! Happy Thanksgiving to you, Loi!
xo
Poppy
Beautiful Thanksgiving colors. I love the dried flowers. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Loi!
Hi Loi, thanks so much for the beautifully arranged florals! I hope you have a lovely holiday and look for leard to more inspiration to come!!
A beautiful arrangement in such a lovely transferware pitcher! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Loi, These are beautiful. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! — Cindy
Hello Loi, I love it! You added just enough color, pattern and abundant berries to properly celebrate the holiday, without sacrificing your signature look.
Happy Thanksgiving, Jim
Have a happy Thanksgiving Day Loi, your dried flower arrangement is perfect for the time of year – I am so glad that we met through our blogs.
Good morning, fabulous Loi!
Don't you just love how our gardens never really die? I remember going out in the snow one year to clip off some hydrangeas. Your arrangments are just lush and are the perfect color for this day onward.
I too am grateful for the support of you all who always leave a kind word. Thank you, Loi, for your kind spirit.
Peace and love to you and yours, Anita
What unique and beautiful arrangements! I love how different they are, and they go so perfectly with your decor. Thank you, Loi, for your loyalty and your always-sweet comments. I appreciate it so much, and was glad to read that your mother enjoys my vegetarian recipes! Have a very happy Thanksgiving.
Claudia
Dear Loi,
Thank you for the beauty you bring to us all year long!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family!
xoxo
Karena
The Arts by Karena
Dear Loi,
MC and I wish you both the Happiest of Thanksgivings. You have given us such beauty and we appreciate all you share!
Patty and MC
These are beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving, Loi!
Dear Loi, wishing you the best Thanksgiving wishes…the brown transferware is making me envious!! N.xo
Good Morning Loi! Beautiful! Your choice of transferware is perfect for the season and your floral arrangements are gorgeous. Don't you just love the dried hydrangea!? I've placed mine in several containers around the house and always enjoy them. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends:) xxleslie
I do love dried hydrangeas! They get more beautiful as they fade with age.
The flowers are beautiful, and the transferware is charming. Happy Thanksgiving, Loi!
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well, Loi. Love your arrangement and your beautiful transferware.
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well, Loi. Love your arrangement and your beautiful transferware.
happy thanksgiving day loi!
gorgeous, very textural with the lovely focal point the alliums make.
i was thinking of you this morning when i was visiting my favorite english antique shop whom just received a swedish shipment. for lovely eye candy go to; http://appleyhoare.com/
wishing you a splendid day of warmth, love and good food
debra
Thanks for sharing, Debra! They have exquisite taste!!
Happy Day to you, darling Loi!
Beautiful post, as always. I love the colors, the beauty of the almost faded.
xx's
"When all the leaves are off the boughs,
And nuts and apples gathered in,
And cornstalks waiting for the cows,
And pumpkins safe in barn and bin,
Then Mother says, "My children dear,
The fields are brown, and autumn flies;
Thanksgiving Day is very near,
And we must make thanksgiving pies!" ….:)
Happy Thanksgiving my dear friend,
xxKarin
J'adore, Karin 🙂 Merci beaucoup!!
Hi Loi, Your always brighten my day. Happy Thanks giving day to all of you!!
Mary
Hi Loi! Your arrangements are lovely! You always bring such grace & beauty to the world. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving . Monica
sweet loi, wishing you a lovely thanksgiving! must run pop the turkey in the oven. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
Happy Thanksgiving Loi!
These arrangements and the transfer ware pottery is to just die for! I hope you are having a wonderful day.
Liz
Loi,
So pretty! I love the cream pepper berries, where I live they are always pink or red. The brown and white transfer ware is so pretty for he season.
I hope you enjoy a relaxing and delicious Thanksgiving.
xo,
Karen
Hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving Loi! The fall colors and that painting…beautiful!
beautiful…I love anything dried, so elegant. Botanicals as bouquets, rather than framed. Those pepper berries are amazing, never seen that color before. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
loving the sepia loveliness and serenity here. i'll take these neutral arrangements any day over bright oranges and yellows that overstimulate and bring out the worst in me. hope your thanksgiving is a special one.
sending a big sky of stars from arizona.
michele
These are beautiful arrangements, Loi. It's easy to overlook the flowers in the garden that have passed their primes but they still have beautiful shapes and textures long after their color has gone. The allium are especially wonderful in this state and look great in the brown transferware.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I just love the dried pepper berries and bunny tail grass, so sweet!!
What a lovely organic arrangement and paired with that artwork, just perfect! Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving!
The dried allium also looks spectacular in amber glass bottles and vases.
Thanks for the suggestion! I have a couple of vintage amber tone glass bottles.
What a lovely collection of transferware Loi. And the flowers are too-die-for. Bad humor. Love the bunny grass! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. xo Terri
So pretty Loi! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
xo,
Deborah
Hope you had a wonderful day Loi…love the justaposition of the beautiful florals with that wonderful painting!!
I'm grateful that you write your blig and invite us in to your beautiful world. Such gorgeoys arrangements. Brown transferware is my favorite. Enjoy your holiday season, Loi!
Beautiful arrangements Loi! Loved the dried cream pepper berries! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We will talk again soon. Have a great week. xo Nancy
Looks Beautiful…hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving…
Stunning Loi,
What beauty you create, love the arrangement of nature with the transferware, as well as the furniture choices.
That creamy chest of drawers with its cocked empire legs is so chic, so wish it were mine 🙂
A beautiful December to you.
Xx
Doré
Exquisitely elegant, dear Loi!! (And I love the name "bunny tail grass"! ) 🙂
The cream chest against the dark still-life…absolutely stunning.
I hope your Thanksgiving was fantastic, dear friend, and I so appreciate your warm wishes. You are always an inspiration…thank you… 🙂
Warm hugs,
Love the brown and white transferware pitcher and the creamy pepper berries. Just perfect..
And a Happy belated Thanksgiving to you to my friend!
I do like that brown transfer ware. It looks lovely.
As for me, one of the things I am thankful for is finding your blog!
Bye for now
Kirk
Loi-
As always, your creations are stunning and perfect! Love every single one!
Teresa
xoxo
I can't believe I missed this post Loi! Must've been all the hoopla of the holidays and my small fund-raising, but I absolutely adore your arrangement Loi, perfect for the transferware as well. I hope you and Tom had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
So happy for you! Midcoast Maine is as close to heaven on earth as it gets! We've docked in Castine many times. I've eaten my fair share of fish n' chips and ice cream there! {We boat over from Rockport Harbor.} I can't wait to see what you do with the house! Maybe this means I'll get to say hello in person one of these summers!
Simple and beautiful. Period.