Snowman Dreams

I moved to North Georgia from Ohio many years ago and I miss watching snow fall. I miss the sensation of snowflakes on your face, making the first tracks across the field, the feel of a well-packed snowball in your hand. I even miss the first shovelful thrown off the sidewalk. (Though not all the ones that followed it!)

So snowfall forecasts here are greeted with great anticipation. Two to four inches were promised! Instead we got a 1-inch coating of ice. We were not amused.

To counter my disappointment, I decided to design a table covered with snow. If I design it, it will come....

My sister gave me these cute hand-painted plates and mugs one year when I was pining for snow. There's also a platter with a similar design that I'm not using today.

 They're perfect for sharing dessert with friends after a movie or shopping trip.

 

 

Some hot chocolate or flavored coffee will fill up these mugs!

The photo above shows that the snowman is figural, not simply painted on. A view of one of the plates provides a better perspective. The dishes were handpainted, but there is no identifying backstamp.

Dessert will be placed on this cake plate when guests arrive. Icy pine cones, snowflakes and crystal dusted ornaments lie on the cake plate and in the surrounding snow. Silver snowballs hint at the fun we will have. I elevated the cake plate so it wouldn't appear to be buried in snow!

 

The vintage cake plate is one that matches glassware my mother received as a wedding gift. The etching reminds me of the designs that ice crystals trace on windows.

Crystal holders encircle white-as-snow napkins.

 The icy landscape continues on the buffet where snowflakes and snowballs lie at the foot of silver trees.

   

 Thank you for coming!

 

Resources

Placemats | Crate & Barrel
Cake plate | New Martinsville 'Prelude' 

Sherbet glass | Cambridge 'Caprice' 
Napkin holders | Gorham 'King Edward'