Decorating with pewter

I’m always trying to inspire people to check out their local thrift stores or antique stores for old silver items. I have accumulated a lot over the years. I don’t like to clean my silver because I love the old tarnish look. I seem to incorporate it into every room of my home. I keep […]

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Pewter and silver are perfect metals for winter decorating

I think most of us spent at least some time this last weekend decorating for Christmas. (Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!) Some of you hard working and industrious types have it completed so you can sit by the fire with your hot cocoa and survey the loveliness of the Season. Others of us are still in the midst of the chaos of boxes, tubs and indecision... I'm having a hard time finding the line between "decorated" and "too much" here at the new house. The last thing I want is to clutter it…

Living far away from my family, going home for Christmas is something I look forward to all year. This year we were able to spend over a week in Ohio, celebrating no less than five holiday family get-togethers between my family and my husband's family. Food, babies, gifts, and games abounded. I love going home for Christmas. However, as you will see, going home to visit Mom and Dad always inspires quite a case of "house envy". My mom hosted the big extended family Christmas for her side of…

With a more subdued beauty than its silver sister, the malleable blend of tin, copper, and antimony known as pewter has been used through the ages for crafting everything from cups to candlesticks. Long before people were setting tables with porcelain plates and sipping from crystal glasses, they were creating multipurpose dinnerware from pewter. With