Floral Fusion

How could I not fall in love with Lenox Floral Fusion? I think I saw the pink pattern first on Etsy and started looking for the luncheon plates. After a search on EBay, I saw the blue pattern and began a collection. After some research, I found it was made from 2010-2014 in two colors, pinks and blues. The artist who created this beautiful pattern is Stephanie Ryan, stephanieryan.com is still an active artist and produces stunning watercolors. Like all Lenox products, there were a wide variety of pieces produced in these patterns including serving pieces and bathroom accessories! I love the soft watercolor poppies and the colors are gorgeous! Photobomb by Viola Lee.

The colors are perfect for mixing and matching with Fiesta! For this table, I used Persimmon and Rose for the pink plate and Turquoise and Chartreuse for the blue plate. I could have easily used Chartreuse and Poppy on the pink and Lapis and Shamrock on the blue -- there are many many color choices with this beautiful pattern!

I knew I wanted the colors to pop on the table, so I used a white table cloth and napkins, but once it was set, I struggled with the what else? The flowers were too big to be in the center of the table, I tried multiple colored glass bowls and no good. I went through my runners and found my tie dyed one and JACKPOT! I had originally purchased the tie dyed to use with my tie dyed Fiesta, Grateful for Tied and Dyed but the colors for this table were perfect! The candlesticks are Fiesta Meadow tripods and Bauer in Bauer Orange.

The glassware is Versaille in pink, blue and green and a different shaped glass in topaz.

The flowers on the table are from my brother's family and my parents sent in sympathy for the loss of our pup, Lola. She lived a long and a good life, she was 18 years old, and she came to us because someone had abandoned her where we boarded our dogs. The owner of the boarding kennel called us and said, "if you are interested..."

Meeting Lola for the first time. She was a puggle and had a huge overbite. As a puppy, her face had much more black in it, and she grew older she became gray.

She was a sweet girl, RIP.