This trio of Sweet Clover plates can help you feel a bit Irish and are a cute addition to your St Patrick’s Day Decor!
Spring is just around the corner and that means it is thyme to decorate for the Spring Holidays! One of my favorite holidays to decorate for is St Patrick’s Day!
These three Sweet Clover plates by Blue Ridge Pottery were part of my Mom’s wedding china. These plates and the platter are the only pieces of this particular pattern that “survived” their 66 plus years of marriage.
I often have them displayed in my Great Grandmother’s china cabinet.
Before We Get Started!
This week is a special week. I am joining a group of bloggers for a Spring Home Tour! Each day this week, 5 bloggers will be showcased. The links to today’s participants can be found near the bottom of this post!
If you missed yesterday’s homes, you can find the link at the bottom of this post: Simple Touches of Spring!
Sweet Clover Plates
Setting the St Patrick’s Day Table
Since St Patrick’s Day is coming up, I thought I would get the plates out and do a table setting. Since I only had the one dinner plate, I went on Ebay and was able to find a 2nd dinner plate. I thought about adding a few more pieces of this pattern but I decided to stop with just adding the one plate for now.
I was a little worried that the plate would be damaged in transit but the seller wrapped it securely in bubble wrap before putting it in the shipping box.
The clover flowers have a touch of red in their blossoms so I decided to use a red placemat to try to pull the red tones out of the plates. I used a plain 10 1/2 inch white plate as a charger. My Great Aunt Pauline left 4 of these plain white plates for us when we purchased her home a little over 6 years ago. Great Aunt Pauline would have been 106 next month! Sadly, we lost her at the end of January this year. She was an incredible person! You can read more about her here: Meet Great Aunt Pauline
Looks like I should have taken the time to iron the tablecloth before I set the table! To complete my table setting, I used my Mom’s sterling silver flatware as well as 2 green goblets that were hers. The green glass pitcher was my paternal grandmother’s. My Mom tagged almost all of her possessions and she had a log sheet that detailed were each piece came from. Unfortunately, I haven’t found that log sheet!
The process of going through my parents’ estate and the ultimate downsizing and moving to Florida took a lot longer than I anticipated. While everything that I kept has finally made its way to Florida, I still haven’t finished sorting through all the papers. I am hoping I will still find the log sheet in one of the boxes! The process is outlined in a series of posts that can be found here: Thyme to Let Go How I downsized my Family Homestead Part 7
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More St Patrick’s Day Decor
Pictured above is last year’s St Patrick’s Day display that I had on my buffet. I am thinking about painting that buffet white but I haven’t managed to do that yet! You might recognize the set of three spindles on the left side. I love to decorate them for the various seasons since I rediscovered them in the Fall of 2020. Pictured below is what the spindles looked like for Valentine’s Day
To get the spindles ready for St Patrick’s Day, I simply removed the Valentine’s bows. I packed them away with the rest of the Valentine’s decor so I could re-use them next year.
I just happened to have three ceramic shamrocks on wooden picks left over from my days in the flower shop.
The picks were a little long, so I cut them down. I then stuck them in the top of the spindles and voila! St Patrick’s Day Spindles!
Nestled at the base of the spindles is ball of shamrocks! Well, ok, it is actually a green hydrangea head, but it does sort of look like shamrocks don’t you think?
The Shamrock spindle trio can be broken apart and used in different displays.
For More St Patrick’s Day inspiration, please check out these posts! Quick & Easy St Patrick’s Day Decor Ideas
and How To Style A St Patrick’s Day Vignette
and to see how I quickly got ready for a visit from a friend please see Kim mando Decorating!
What Else is In The China Cabinet?
Once I started to work on the St Patrick’s Day table setting, I realized there were some other dishes in the china cabinet that might work for Easter. There are some yellow Fiestaware plates and two pieces of Polish Pottery with a pansy theme. I will be sharing those table settings in a separate post.
You might have noticed the rhinestone tiara in the crystal compote on the bottom shelf. It is one of the mementos of my baton twirling days!
More about my twirling career can be found here: Fun Facts about Kim!
The Spring Home Tour Continues today!
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