Around Lolly's Sideboard: Winter Blues

 

Oh, this Winter Blues sideboard has a lot going on!  There will be more pictures than usual because I want to go into detail with all the different treasures I'm showcasing here.

I enjoy decorating with blue and white during January.  We don't have a lot of snow or very cold weather here in Alabama and I love seeing a few weeks of snowmen and snowwomen here INDOORS.  I'm not a winter person by any stretch of the imagination, but I love the Winter Blues.

For this display, I'm pairing a few snowpeople items, lapis Fiestaware, a few cobalt blue salt and pepper shakers along with many pieces of Sand Mountain Pottery that belonged to my dad.  Let's start the tour!

These pieces were purchased at Hobby Lobby a dozen years ago I suppose.  I've had them a long time.

The following beautiful pieces of pottery were made by Jerry Brown of Hamilton, Alabama.  He was a master potter and I purchased several of his pitchers before he passed away.  The others belonged to my dad.  I wanted to showcase these all together.  I love them.

These beautiful nesting dolls were purchased last year at the Christmas Market in Belfast.  They are handcrafted and handpainted by nuns in Belarus.

This little milk/juice pitcher is vintage McCoy.

These two are vintage Delft blue and white.  These belonged to my paternal grandmother.

I found these three pitchers, which were made in France, on the World's Longest Yard Sale many years ago.  I fell in love with them.

This one is also a piece of Sand Mountain Pottery and was made by master potter Bobby Gaither.  The pattern is quite interesting, isn't it?

I found the pitcher on the right at a yard sale.  It's marked "Shaker and Thangs Pottery / Marshall, Texas."

The milk/cream pitcher on the left was my mom's.  Research shows it's a "Country Morning Blue and White Farmhouse Pitcher."  

Maybe this sideboard will keep me from having the literal winter blues during the very cold week again which we're expecting!