Easter Bunny Brought us Mustardseed and Moonshine Egg Cup

The egg cup is not a commonly used item on today's table. Typically one would use an egg cup to serve hard boiled eggs. But the egg cup has proven to hold other purposes. In the early 1800s, a drink created in New Orleans which consisted of absinthe, brandy, and bitters, this was the first cocktail and it was served in an egg cup much like the Mustardseed and Moonshine egg cup.

On my table, I would use the Mustardseed and Moonshine Poppy Welsh egg cup as a condiment holder, like for salt, pepper, and other seasonings. It is a great spring and summer accent to a table! It is perfect for Easter and Passover when you might actually want to use it for its intended purpose, to serve a hard-boiled egg! If you don't want to utilize the egg cup, many people have collected various egg cups to put on display; it's quite a collectible item. To see other Mustardseed and Moonshine flower dinnerware available at Sallie home, click here.

Price: $32

Make Spring Flowers More Beautiful; Anna Weatherley Cache Pot

April Showers bring May flowers. When May arrives, I want to be prepared to fill my house with gorgeous flowers. Flowers do wonders for a room, however, their true beauty is spoiled if they are displayed in that cheap, unattractive, plastic container they came in. There is a simple solution to this problem; cache pots. Cache pots beautifully hold flowers and masks the dirt and/or plastic container. In a cache pot, the flowers can prevail. However, Anna Weatherley's cachepots give the flowers a run for their money.

Anna Weatherley's cache pots, like all of their other fine products, are hand-painted porcelain and come in many different patterns. Their popular cache pots include the Plum Cache Pot, the Floral Butterfly Cache Pot, and the Frog cache pot - all of which are classic elegant Anna Weatherley porcelain. My favorite is the Anna Weatherley Wildberry Red large oval cachepot. This particular cache pot is stunning with it's
intricate detailing in the bright green leaves, the plump red flower buds, and the fluttering blue and yellow butterflies. Any of these cache pots will make a wonderful addition to any table which makes them a prefect gift for anyone.

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Mustardseed & Moonshine: An Instant Garden on Your Table

While browsing the "hip" and "unique" home decor and clothing chain stores this past weekend I saw a plethora of floral tableware very reminiscent of a product line we sell at Sallie Home, Mustardseed and Moonshine - a line made popular after their Daylily Navajo cup and saucer debuted on "Oprah's Favorite Things." Seeing these cheap knock-offs made me appreciate the quality of Mustardseed and Moonshine's garden of ceramic platters, nesting bowls, mugs, cups and saucers, dinnerware and service-ware.
Mustardseed and Moonshine's botanical earthenware is handmade in South Africa and takes about 17 days to create each and every piece. The ultra-thin, realistically detailed tableware is surprisingly very robust and fully functional, as they are safe for use in a conventional oven, microwave, and dishwasher. These are flowers that will last more than a day. Not only will this whimsical floral tableware last, it is guaranteed to brighten up any one's day. They are perfect for any garden or tea party. Click here to go directly view all the Mustardseed and Moonshine floral products available at Sallie Home.