Peking Handicraft has been working with artists and makers to bring beautiful home goods to the market since 1977. Madcap Cottage and Sally Eckman Roberts are two of my favorites. Their chinoiserie pillows and rugs are just a delight! The lavishly decorated Pretty Petals hooked rug and needlepoint pillow have chinoiserie pots and vases filled…
Sometimes you will find a decorative oval flower pot called a Jardiniere, which means Gardener in French. French nouns have genders. Jardinière is feminine. Spelled Jardinier it is masculine. In French, a Jardinière is a planter or a raised garden box or bed. In English, Jardiniere means a plant holder, especially one that is oval…
Every time a piece of my Blue Willow china gets broken, I save it for crafts. Use broken china to create beautiful mosaic stepping stones. You can start with a cement paver, use a kit or a mold. You can buy a kit that includes everything you need to make one stepping stone. The kit…
Wall pockets have been around for centuries. You can find antique examples on eBay or new versions on Amazon. They are available in every color and style you can think of, but my favorites are the Blue Willow and the blue and white chinoiserie. There are a wide variety of shapes. Wider more shallow shapes…
These amazing cookies showed up on Instagram. They are made with the Tea Time Assortment Cookie Decoration Kit. Tea Time Assortment Lorena’s Sweets Fondant Cookie Decoration Kit with Cookie Cutters, Fondant Molds, Fondant Texturizers and a Frosting Tip on Amazon The Tea Time Assortment Cookie Decoration Kit is from Lorena Rodríguez, Lorena’s Sweets in Escazu,…
Madcap Cottage has easy-to-hang, easy-to-remove peel and stick wallpaper with all of the fun fantasy elements of their chinoiserie lighting, rugs and accessories. Celebrating a passion for all things sophisticated, timeless, and fresh, Madcap Cottage delivers high-octane designs packed with prints, patterns, and colors. Think happy, joyful designs that will transform any room in your…
Queenie Wong sells these beautiful pillows and pillow covers on Amazon. Traditional Chinse motifs are embroidery onto washable pillow covers. You can order them with the pillows or order the pillow covers only to use with a pillow insert you already have. Or order a pillow insert. Shown Above: Queenie Wong Blue and White Porcelain…
RAZ Imports distributes the adorable little pagoda ornaments made by Eric Cortina. They also introduce a new series of Chinoiserie pillows each year. You can find the new ones in many shops and on Amazon. The retired patterns show up on eBay. This year the pillows combine blue and white chinoiserie with yellow medallions and…
These amazing pagoda cookies showed up on Pinterest. While trying to find how they are made, I found a lot of other ways to make pagoda and blue willow cookies. Soft Gel Paste Stamp Decorated Cookies This might be the simplest way to decorate cookies with blue willow designs. Designs can be stamped onto a…
Caskata’s Chinoiserie Toile has the elements of fantasy China of the 18th century applied to the simple clean lines of Caskata’s dinnerware. Chinoiserie Toile was inspired by the archival collection of the Williamsburg Foundation and its rich collection of antique textiles. Reimagining scale and color to create a collection uniquely suited for today, elements of…
