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Nancy's Daily Dish
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Nancy's Daily Dish is a blog about decorating, interior design, table-scaping, antiques, recipes and collecting...all with an emphasis on vintage English transferware, including lots of interesting facts and histories on the subject.
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A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet

Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away.  The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower. ~William C Bryant~ Three plates Three Potters Th...

1 day ago

Advertising on Transferware ~ Millennium Mills Flour

Transfer printed containers were made in England and sold to many countries where they would be locally filled and distributed.  These containers were custom made for small chemists (pharmacies)...

5 days ago

The Poetry Game of 1898 & Red Transferware Vignette

"A room without books is like a body without a soul" The first time I read that Cicero quote I thought of how true it was.  I think I have books in every room of my house.  Some of ...

22 may 12

Should I Have Rather Been A Poem?

Should I have rather been a poem, Whose language does flow so sweet Or, whose words did touch a soul so deep? Should I have rather been a poem, Whose birth did make is writer cry, Or, whose sorrow di...

17 may 12

Marilyns Peanut Butter Balls & Jonahs Graduation

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mothers Day.   Friday night was Jonahs graduation and Saturday night we hosted a party at our house in his honor.   As evidenced in the photo below,  Jo...

15 may 12

From Conflict to Collectible

If youve traveled around blogland or antique shops in Europe and sometimes here in the States then you might have come across some of these baskets.  Often times people are unsure of what they a...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

Simply Delish ~ Veggie Side Dish

Kick it up a notch and make this side dish for your family!   My entire family, even my carnivorous husband,  loves this seasoned veggie combination I came up with not too long ago when wan...

07 may 12

A Pinteresting Love Affair with a Living Room

I am a little embarrassed to admit this, but its taken me a couple of months to figure out how to install the Pin It button to my toolbar, and if Im really honest then I should tell you that I didnt ...

05 may 12

Under My Umbrella Tablescape

Do you remember loving to play with umbrellas when you were little?  I do.  I also remember how my kids would play with them to.  Theyd gather up every umbrella in the house and take t...

04 may 12

Red Transferware Topiaries

This is a quick post to show you all this custom set of transferware topiaries for one of my customers that I finished up a few days ago.  She wanted a trio of them set in red transferware to di...

03 may 12

The Staffordshire Mezzanine aka Meat Strainers / Drainers

From the early 19th century, most dinner sets included a drainer, or mezannine as they are often called, which was flat and had a hole in the center, with smaller holes all around it. This drainer wo...

28 apr 12

An Impromptu Picnic

Since weve moved to this neighborhood, weve discovered one of the parks is just a few blocks away.  Shawn and I have been walking a path that goes around a large pond for the past few months. &n...

27 apr 12

Garage Sale-ing With Shawn

Extremely out of character, last week Shawn says to me, "We need to start going to garage sales while were having this great weather".   HUH? Completely still, my eyes shifted from ...

25 apr 12

Lacy Fan Napkin Fold Tutorial

I like thinking up new ways to fold napkins and this is what I came up with for the tablescape I shared yesterday.  Its very easy to do! I began with these vintage lace doilies which roughly mea...

21 apr 12

Sage and Pink Tablescape & Pecan Crusted Pork Tenderloin

I was going to post this yesterday but I had a problem.  Sleep deprivation.  I did not sleep one wink the night before and all day yesterday I had the worst time trying to stay awake.  ...

19 apr 12

Topiary Time ~

I just finished making some more topiaries with various transferware   items for my online store and thought Id show some of them to you all.  I think Im going to post a tutorial on making ...

18 apr 12

Nesting Instincts ~ Dressing My Hutch of Red Transferware for Spring

Being a female I sometimes experience that primal instinct to clean and prepare my nest for things to come.   It reminds me of the six times I was a pregnant Mother to be experiencing the nestin...

16 apr 12

The McKinley Tariff Act and A Moss Roses Tea Set

This tea set dates to the onset of the Aesthetic Movement.  Yes, this beauty is almost 150 years old.  I was fortunate to find the three piece set still together.   This set was made b...

14 apr 12

Bacon n Blue Cheese Red Potato Salad and Doggie Update

I hope that all you had a wonderful Easter with family and friends. My sister hosted Easter at her home this year and she surprised me by letting me know that wed be having a traditional ham dinner a...

13 apr 12

My Ugly Non Easter Table and Miscellaneous Ramblings

Sometimes I have so much to write and so many thoughts and ideas flowing through my brain that I cant seem to get them out in an organized manner.  Currently I have 64...(I mean 76...I just look...

12 apr 12

Have A Blessed Easter

Could life so end, half told; its school so fail? Soul, soul, there is a sequel to thy tale! ~Robert Mowry Bell~ Wishing you and your family a Happy Easter! Italian Cream Cake Recipe Here

08 apr 12

Children and Their Pet Rabbits ~ Antique Oil Paintings

Have you ever known a child to resist a bunny rabbit?  Theyre so adorable.   It seems that at some time weve all had as our own, or known someone who had, or bought for our children, a pet ...

07 apr 12

Transferware Bunnies

A few days ago I mentioned that Id show you all some transferware rabbits.  These are so adorable.  Theyre made by Royal Crownford.    To my knowledge they only come in blue,...

03 apr 12

Easter Table with Lavender Transferware & Rhinestone Jewelry

When one procrastinates, one posts a 2 year old Easter tablescape!  I posted this under the name Bejeweled Butterflies about two years ago.  I do plan to do another Easter table but I have ...

30 mar 12

Colcannon (Irish Potatoes)

Colcannon is an Irish dish of boiled, mashed potatoes mixed with cabbage or kale and flavored with leeks, shallots or onions, cream or milk and butter.  Not only is it delicious but its a g...

17 mar 12

St. Patricks Day Tablescape

Welcome to the Roberts 2012 St. Patricks Day Tablescape and Happy Birthday to my KK (Kalyn)...she is 17 today! Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.  ~Pope J...

15 mar 12

My House Featured at No Minimalist Here

I wanted to let you all know that my house is being featured this week at No Minimalist Here.  Sherry mentions that we have lived here for less than a year, which is true.  For those of you...

14 mar 12

Irish Cream Truffles & Irish Cream Toffee Coffee Ice Cream

I have two treats perfect for your Saint Patricks Day celebration or anytime.  First, Ive got some decadently rich, smooth as silk truffles  guaranteed to melt in your mouth... and secondly...

10 mar 12

Bees and Daisies Aesthetic Movement Transferware Tablescape

I was going to do an Irish themed post, again, but Shawn thinks I might be going overboard so I was thinking about how  I have seen several posts recently featuring brown transferware, specifica...

08 mar 12

Bedrooms ~ Green, Serene

 With St. Patricks Day less than two weeks away Ive been into Irish everything...food, drink, history, poetry, and of course the color green. March madness has made me mad for green.   ...

06 mar 12

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