Fine Blue and White Melamine

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Fine Blue and White Melamine

* From John Derian P.S. I'm slightly stressed because it looks as though the bottom plate is no longer available on the web site.  Qelle...

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Take me to A Place I Love: The Moorings Village in Islamorada, Florida Keys

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It also looks family friendly.  <i>Young</i> family friendly.  Our family can't do much with a 3 year-old and a baby, and this definitely looks like the kind of place anyone could be happy "not doing much."  (Although it looks as if there is a lot to do for those who can't sit still or hate relaxing <i>*cough*myhusband</i>.)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKWb2uWAUzewQh9sMQ1bhLLU-8bKpRqrpQitZ1dN4pCHyTJE-ILVkgpDLo1WD8LLyPjnSOO5HD0xoleihkF6LPo0-VuDHGpWZPhqzqNX0YWwP3sxunOqOROz_bwXne2-wSjPTz6BCGrI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.35.33+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKWb2uWAUzewQh9sMQ1bhLLU-8bKpRqrpQitZ1dN4pCHyTJE-ILVkgpDLo1WD8LLyPjnSOO5HD0xoleihkF6LPo0-VuDHGpWZPhqzqNX0YWwP3sxunOqOROz_bwXne2-wSjPTz6BCGrI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.35.33+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt6SL0KZsKgfWV6yTsCEIv_OneVbOhVIct8Os76GDNfuI8O3IK6huXBnA61XpRQ-X1Oy9bKIeAUjCJQucBGMeWWvHw5offn5Vf4hALpBiYTQ9RUzewBmwdIYq4w4U9N8MNXrEUW5ZI3E/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.35.44+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt6SL0KZsKgfWV6yTsCEIv_OneVbOhVIct8Os76GDNfuI8O3IK6huXBnA61XpRQ-X1Oy9bKIeAUjCJQucBGMeWWvHw5offn5Vf4hALpBiYTQ9RUzewBmwdIYq4w4U9N8MNXrEUW5ZI3E/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.35.44+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kYrFhBziYHN7GWPih-lTLboMnrDCgTwlYi3gUoJrr-BexBBcYI6dy3e1ccCcfBRCS8m6nCeqpsYCeGBW8Ykgd2dQslUPTKPeNQMmOravkT0LtBz2fofSY5eESAh6w1eAVmrd6YBDljI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.35.48+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kYrFhBziYHN7GWPih-lTLboMnrDCgTwlYi3gUoJrr-BexBBcYI6dy3e1ccCcfBRCS8m6nCeqpsYCeGBW8Ykgd2dQslUPTKPeNQMmOravkT0LtBz2fofSY5eESAh6w1eAVmrd6YBDljI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.35.48+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUzmYntb-UOIrrQIH8dHrdtiCL1GtCopK44OImQ-H17G7-UXQHZRfWVcCSOxwWi9YmqSwPuw-wxdHVXv8MQEFHkg5Y7q8v0n5yYAT8VLfCIyMoCT-HtKKPOqXvkkelyEE7nzxN3707Pg/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.36.08+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUzmYntb-UOIrrQIH8dHrdtiCL1GtCopK44OImQ-H17G7-UXQHZRfWVcCSOxwWi9YmqSwPuw-wxdHVXv8MQEFHkg5Y7q8v0n5yYAT8VLfCIyMoCT-HtKKPOqXvkkelyEE7nzxN3707Pg/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.36.08+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHnKm53_4pbG3ygNzRlGtgCoaTuubbOM-Ntk03SdhhBZkAdGijOJMKdeZea86F7uq_VVugfF84DYdIP4Lzttj8ga1Z_UtCxXWKcKWPZXxhJYL1t3ezQE0gOvq9qj5prCh4OKBvmFqd8U/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.36.19+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHnKm53_4pbG3ygNzRlGtgCoaTuubbOM-Ntk03SdhhBZkAdGijOJMKdeZea86F7uq_VVugfF84DYdIP4Lzttj8ga1Z_UtCxXWKcKWPZXxhJYL1t3ezQE0gOvq9qj5prCh4OKBvmFqd8U/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.36.19+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmlS-WN6cIkAASrFbnGKLdJQgGRt1f65A4GvdvuqaNeMx1LSVPhJckqb6AprT_jYU2V1D-Er2g5jwt0nWHfQyEEk3nsIZOoIakor-UUklJLQZuX7eOanyd9cOZOwV1BVte4Bw6SxtyKo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.36.53+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmlS-WN6cIkAASrFbnGKLdJQgGRt1f65A4GvdvuqaNeMx1LSVPhJckqb6AprT_jYU2V1D-Er2g5jwt0nWHfQyEEk3nsIZOoIakor-UUklJLQZuX7eOanyd9cOZOwV1BVte4Bw6SxtyKo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-03+at+9.36.53+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The <a href="http://themooringsvillage.com/">former coconut plantation</a> has a private white-sand beach and 18 adorable one to three bedroom cottages with kitchens and porches and hardwood floors.  It's pretty much all one needs in life.  This will be a family vacation we take one day for sure.  Has anybody been there? <br /><br />Do any of y'all have other places you love to go on family vacations?  I'd love to know!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Take me to A Place I Love: The Moorings Village in Islamorada, Florida Keys

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Blue & White Feature on SetSipServe.com

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYOxQWszajjLTcevvxIbX8cnrT5awXj5MXDf0IkeyQowU7roLr5J7wPUJZ6Tr4BjLZTCjjN5mkWZ7LUXk79dV-siaMsOpiFDLml5jebUxH8-LmGBx6Y3YvNFQOYLDwK7UKosX7ZGT0Mc/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-02+at+7.13.26+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYOxQWszajjLTcevvxIbX8cnrT5awXj5MXDf0IkeyQowU7roLr5J7wPUJZ6Tr4BjLZTCjjN5mkWZ7LUXk79dV-siaMsOpiFDLml5jebUxH8-LmGBx6Y3YvNFQOYLDwK7UKosX7ZGT0Mc/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-02+at+7.13.26+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Y'all I feel so cool right now.  I am featured today on one of my new favorite web sites <a href="http://setsipserve.com/">SetSipServe.</a>   See all of that blue and white goodness up there?  That's me!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">* You know how sometimes you take a really good selfie and you think, "gosh, I look pretty, I should post this so people can see how pretty I can be" (admit it, you've thought that), that's how I feel about seeing my blue and white table up there next to my name and my blog.  </span><br /><br />There's a slideshow on the front page of <a href="http://setsipserve.com/">SetSipServe</a> featuring my outdoor blue and white table setting with all of my pretty wedding china!  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfWVtPVnQYi_5DjH8Yv0-25FsRQGNMgzTh0Le66WFuH1HdZzvync-11_boomfvf6prZDLDkRzpQ_Eer8FSYeib1Pu0fXuNmn3Qmu1RxRDD6OWpsqlr90cKPgk79HBp2KalyDmd78eyjI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-02+at+7.59.22+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfWVtPVnQYi_5DjH8Yv0-25FsRQGNMgzTh0Le66WFuH1HdZzvync-11_boomfvf6prZDLDkRzpQ_Eer8FSYeib1Pu0fXuNmn3Qmu1RxRDD6OWpsqlr90cKPgk79HBp2KalyDmd78eyjI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-02+at+7.59.22+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">* My lovely neighbor <a href="http://samanthagleatonphotography.zenfolio.com/">Samantha Gleaton</a> took the photos because I'm only good with the iPhone.  She's moving to San Diego so if any of y'all live out there and want amazing pictures of your children, <a href="http://samanthagleatonphotography.zenfolio.com/">she's the one to call.</a>  She's awesome.  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">They also offer some <a href="http://setsipserve.com/set/Belclaire-House-Blog">blue and white splurges and steals</a>, a recipe for <a href="http://setsipserve.com/serve/Belclaire-House-Blog">Miso Salmon & Cucumber Salad</a> that would be the perfect dish for a fancy daytime lunch (making it ASAP), and <a href="http://setsipserve.com/styleIt/Belclaire-House-Blog">a very sweet introduction to Belclaire House</a>.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">It's such an honor to be singled out by what I consider to be a really fabulous resource for all things entertaining.  I have been entertaining a lot lately, and I have found that the Internets can be an overwhelming place to turn for inspiration.  There's just soo much out there and I've often felt that I have to turn to 12 different resources before I feel like I have an overall idea of how I want my little festivity to go.  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">When Annie & Benton created <a href="http://setsipserve.com/">SetSipServe</a>, they were obviously in my same boat because, y'all, they totally got it right (and I'm not just saying that because t<a href="http://setsipserve.com/styleIt/Belclaire-House-Blog">hey wrote really sweet things about me and my little blog</a>).  The site offers recipes, tablescapes, party themes, places to shop and advice from legit style experts. It's all nicely laid out and easy to navigate, which the design nerd in me finds incredibly satisfying. So I'm happy to send y'all their way today, but I suspect I will be doing that quite a bit in the future.   </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://setsipserve.com/">Check me out on SetSipServe.com!</a> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><br /><br />

Blue & White Feature on SetSipServe.com

Y'all I feel so cool right now.  I am featured today on one of my new favorite web sites SetSipServe.    See all of that blue and white ...

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