I am so excited to be joining a group of talented bloggers for the Tea and Roses Blog Hop & Giveaway organized by Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home. There are 12 blogs on the tour. You will find so much inspiration from each one! A list of all participating with direct links to their sites is at the bottom of my post. Also, at the end of my post is a chance to enter to WIN a $75 Amazon Giftcard! Fellow bloggers, there is also information about a Link Party to join!!
If you are joining me from the gorgeous tour at Lora Blomquist , welcome to White Arrows Home! Didn’t you love Lora’s picnic tea party? I’ll be sharing with you creative containers to use, instead of vases, to hold bouquets of roses. You will also have glimpses of my collection of vintage teacups.
If this is your first time visiting, let me introduce myself. I live in a full log cabin on the shores of a lake in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. I love to collect antiques and vintage treasures and mix them in with my rustic decor.
Teacups + Roses + Rustic Decor
One of my favorite collections is my teacups and saucers. Most are passed down from my grandmother. Not only do I love the patterns and prettiness of the teacups, but they hold a special place in my heart as well! Family heirlooms are so special.
Don’t you just love to bring home a bouquet of fresh flowers? I love to grab bunches of spray roses at my local grocery store on my weekly errands. When I get home it’s fun to find new ways to display them. Here are some of my recent roses. Instead of vases…try these vintage ideas:
Tins
Many of you know how much I love plaids and these Kentucky Club Mixture tins are one of my favorite plaid items.
Boxes
Cheese boxes, like the one below, are perfect to corral flowers. A few mason jars inside filled with blooms makes a wonderful arrangement. You can even use one to hold a special gift- tea cups and flowers for a mom, friend or hostess?
Pitchers
I often pull down a pitcher from my cabinet to hold a bouquet. They look beautiful on the kitchen counter, on a tray in the bedroom (like I used below) or on an end table.
Baskets
Any basket will do. Just fill water in a mason jar, add flowers and set inside the basket. I chose an antique fishing creel. Many of my favorite tea cups hang on a mug rack waiting for an afternoon tea party by the lake.
Buckets
This little sign I found on a trip to Nashville hangs in a corner by our bar and inspired this vignette I keep out all the time. I added roses to the Tobacco Jar (wooden bucket). Bourbon Whiskey from our local Distillery Northern Waters is a favorite!
What’s your favorite vessel for flowers? I hope you have found some inspiration from my roses on display! Now grab yourself a spot of tea, find a comfy spot and curl up to read other posts on the hop you may not have seen yet. The full list is down below.
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Kristen, I’m a big fan of using all different types of containers to display flowers and herbs, and you’ve shared some a charming assortment! Love your rustic elegant style and the whimsical accents too! Happy to be participating in the hop with you. Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Stor Addiction
Thanks so much Cecilia! I love being on this hop with you as well! So much inspiration and fun friends who have similar interests!!
Fresh flowers in a different container are the best! Your displays are so pretty! The rustic and refined mixture is wonderful and I think we all enjoy that these days. 🙂
Thanks so much for your sweet compliment Stacey! This is such a fun and inspiring hop! I’m craving some tea all day long!
I love how you mix the dainty teacups with the plaids and rustic; it just gives them a whole new twist from the frilly! Love all your ideas on where to put flowers; everywhere, in everything! Fun to be “hopping” with a fellow northerner;)
Thanks Lora! Love your compliment! You summed up exactly my style! This is such a fun hop and I’m so glad to be on it with you!
Such beautiful alternatives for vases. I love using the unexpected for vases too. Yours are lovely and creative. My favorite vases are usually pitchers. Thank you for the inspirations and it’s a pleasure to be part of the tea and roses blog hop with you. Hugs!
Thanks so much Katherine! I’m glad you found some inspiration here because I always find some with you! Your blog is so beautiful! This is such a fun hop!
All of your displays are such fun! I adore your collection of Outdoor Girls books. I’ve borrowed one of your images to use on social media today. Have a happy day!
Thanks so much Laura! I love collecting vintage books and was so excited to find the Outdoor Girls!! Thanks for sharing my image too! So fun to be on this hop with you!
I love your rustic themed tea party! Those tins are perfect for the rose bouquets! The rustic and floral themes play off of each other so well – you mixed them together perfectly! So happy to be part of the blog hop with you!
Thanks for your kind words!! It has been such a fun hop! I loved reading your post as well!
Your tea party is so lovely! Love you how displayed the flowers! So clever and wonderfully unexpected! I enjoyed “having tea” with you!
Thanks so much! What a fun tour this is! It was such a wonderful way to be creative and meet others who enjoy similar things!
Kristin, this is another one of your amazing posts of mixing vintage and rustic in your signature style! I am drooling over those plaid Kentucky tins! How have I not seen those before? I SIMPLY MUST HAVE THEM!!!! (insert pic of me with crazy face!) For now I am pinning them to My Old Kentucky Home Pinterest Board. I love your roses in the whiskey bucket with the cute sign! Your heirloom cups are so pretty, and the black transferware pattern is a favorite of mine. I only have a couple of them.
Thank you so much for joining the hop! I hope you had a great time!
Thanks for all your kind words Amber! You inspire me so much! I will keep my eye out for Kentucky Plaid tins for you! You need them!!
You have the perfect teacup for every setting! Love your transfer wear ones but your floral china is gorgeous too.
Thank you for sharing the lovely photos. 🙂
Thanks so much! I could never choose a favorite tea cup!
I love your beautiful and creative use of unexpected containers for flowers! Your mix of rustic and vintage is perfectly executed! It has been so much fun blog hopping with you and enjoying tea in your fabulous log cabin!
Oh thank you Pam! So sweet! This has been such a fun hop!
Rustic and Romance, I love it Michelle!! I too love plaid and those tins are amazing! I agree, using unusual containers just steps the roses up that much more. I often use pitchers, but loved all of your creative ideas!
hugs
Jann
Thanks so much Jann! This has been such a fun hop!
Oh, my goodness!
I’m in love with all of your plaid.
Thanks! Plaid is my favorite color!
Exquisite vignettes!
Thank you so much Maristella!
O My!!! What a delightful post!!! I adore your decor and the tea cups are so charming!!!
Thanks so much for participating in this charming Tea Time Blog Hop!!!
Hugs,
Deb
OH, thank you so much Debbie!! Thanks for the kind words!!
Just loved all of the pretty creative ways you used to display roses and teacups. Everything just looks so charming.
Yvonne, Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving such a sweet compliment!
These are all great ideas! Tea cups go with everything!
Thanks so much Carol! It was fun to be creative with this post!
Fun ideas, really like the sign regarding whiskey in a teacup.
Hi Kristin,
Your tea table is beautiful! Love the plaid and roses theme. <3 I recently did my DNA heritage on one of the ancestry sites and I am at least 40% Scottish {mother's family through Nova Scotia, 11 generations}, so I guess I have an affinity for plaid!!! Lol! 😉 And bagpipes, and shortbread, and tea, of course!
Happy to stop by and visit here on the Tea and Roses blog hop tour,
Hugs,
Barb 🙂
How fun Barb to know your heritage! I just love plaid too, I can’t get enough of it! This tour was so much fun to style for! Glad you stopped by for a visit!
Kristin I am back again! I would love to know a little more about the KY tins, where you found them and anything else you can tell me. You can email me when you have free time. I just love this post, one of my favorites of yours so far!
They would be so perfect in your home! I see them often and will pick them up for you! For how much you and I love them, they are surprisingly inexpensive! I usually find them for under $10! I picked up my first one probably 10 years ago. I have one in a blue plaid too, but they are rare to find. I will keep my eyes open!!
Kristin, Thanks so much for linking up with our Link-Up. This is all so pretty. I love your cute coffee slippers 😉 and the whiskey in a teacup. So cute.
Thanks so much Heather! So much fun to “party” with you!
Kristin, just wanted to say thanks for linking your wonderful tea to Share Your Cup.
hugs,
Jann
Lovely photos, you have such a beautiful home. Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Creative Mondays.
Thanks so much for always leaving a sweet comment after I link up! It means a lot!
SO cute! Love the vintage Horse cans and black and white tea cups! Thanks so much for linking up!
Thanks so much!!