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 shaped.
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Hidden Bird Blue and White Foot Bath Porcelain Planters come in three sizes. They have a stylized peony motif with other leaves, flowers and songbirds. The peony represented honor. It is combined with flowers and songbirds to represent a garden. It is a variation of a pattern popular as export china in the 18th century….
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…
Saffron Marigold is an Indian company that makes textiles and home furnishings. They sell direct on Amazon. Their hand block printed textiles are available in a lot of colors and patterns. None, of course, are Blue Willow, but the colors coordinate and blend. And when you buy from them “You are helping build a fair…
Paper Nano is similar to origami using laser cut intricately detailed parts. Paper Nano is a miniature paper craft you enjoy making by folding and gluing highly-detailed laser cut paper sheet. The delicateness and the warmth of paper itself are expressed beautifully in each product. Paper Nano The kits have sheets of pre-printed quality paper…
Oh my goodness this is SO cute! A pagoda tea cozy! A tea cozy keeps the teapot hot longer. These are knitted to fit a round teapot for 6-8 cups. You can buy the Japanese Pagoda Tea Cosy as a knitting pattern or you can order one already made if you live in UK. You…
When it is cold outside, cheer up the house with some spring bulbs. You won’t believe how easy it is to grow spring flowers in your house. The earliest descriptions, from the early 1700s, describe how the Dutch balance a bulb on top of a bud vase. Special forcing vases are seen in illustrations by…
