Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!
I am so happy you decided to stop by!!
Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....
I
feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin
Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I
was....
I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....
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In my last post, I shared how I decorated the entry into my townhouse to celebrate America 250 and the corner by the stairs....
And I how left out this 4 ft. Tree and decorated it for the Patriotic Summer Holidays....
I also shared the hallway to the Kitchen and Powder Room....
Click HERE if you missed that post!!
Thanks to Cat, over at Cat's Wire, for choosing my Blog Post, More Hens, Roos and Bees in the Kitchen, as one of her features from last week's Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Link Party!
Thanks so much, Cat!!
I want to Thank Lisa, over at Boondock Ramblings, for choosing my Blog Post, More Hens, Roos and Bees in the Kitchen, as one of her features from last week's Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Link Party!!
Thanks again, Lisa!!
And I want to Andrea, over at The Cottage Market, for once again featuring one og my Blog Posts, Mid June Front Yard Update & One More Landscaping Project, from last week's A Morning Cup of Joe Link Party!!
Thanks so much, Andrea!!
Please stop by and link up to these charming parties!!
And now for a few Personal Notes...
For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....
On THURSDAYS,
I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local
cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...
I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....
On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...
Not much to share this SATURDAY as I really have not gone to any events or different places since last week....
It has been a nice quiet week....
So I thought I would share what I have been watching on TV lately....
My son Joey and I love American's Got Talent and also American Ninja Warrior....
This was truly the most amazing magic act I have ever seen and I predict they will win AGT this year....
I just finished watching both Seasons of Rivals on Hulu
I do love David Tenant as he was my favorite Doctor Who....
And I also finished Season 1 of Scarpetta on Prime....
I do love Patricia Cornwell's books and I adore Jamie Lee Curtis....
I am glad there will be a Season 2 as it was a heck of a cliff hanger ending!!
Today, I am going to be sharing how I decorated my Dining Room buffet for the Summer Patriotic Holidays for the very first time.....
I usually just decorated the Living Room with my Patriotic Decor but in celebration of America 250, I wanted to do something in the Dining Room , which is usually decorated in a Tea Room theme for the Summer months....
I started with this runner that my late husand Joe bought in Wegman's.....
It is reversible......
Since I like to set up Seasonal goodie bars on the buffet, these were my inspiration.....
My FB friend Angela, gifted me these amazing creations that she hand made as I had gifted her some of my craft supplies several years ago......
Yes, she hand crafted these.....
Incredible talent!!
Now I knew I would not have enough items and did not want to buy anything new so I decided to shop my own house for anything red......
I will explain as I come to those items.....
Idecided to leave this white branch Tree here and not move it back into the Living Room like I usually do after Christmas......
But first, let's take a look to the left side of the buffet......
That beautiful tea room plaque was also a gift from Angela......
I bought this Angel when my husband passed away......
Because red cardinals have special meaning to my family after all the losses we have suffered in the last few years.....
I am sure you have heard the saying.....
So I decided to use red cardinals in this Patriotic display........
I hung a "firecracker" that I made in the corner.......
I decorated this Tree like I did when I had it in the Living Room other years.....
With red and blue ornaments......
I also hung 2 red cardinal ornaments that I left out after Easter.....
Underneath the Tree on the buffet......
A Liberty Blue dinner plate......
Liberty Blue is a vintage, cobalt blue-and-white ironstone china produced in the 1970s by Staffordshire, England (originally made by Enoch Wedgwood). The line features 15 different historic American colonial scenes in the center of the plates, framed by a distinct floral border. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Origins: The dishes were introduced in 1975 to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial and the 50th anniversary of the Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and Loan.
Customers received them as incentives for opening bank accounts.
Because the collection was heavily produced but discontinued in the 1980s.
This is the mark on the back of the dinner plate......
Independence Hall is featured on the dinner plates......
I bought the Patriotic cupcake dishes at The Christmas Tree Shop.......
Notice the red cardinal......
I placed this smaller cupcake dish in a blue glass bowl.....
A vintage milk glass vase with a Patriotic arrangement inside of it....
Another red cardinal.....
The beautiful red cardinal Tea for One set that my nieces gifted me for Christmas......
Two more Liberty Blue dishes ......
This is a saucer......
The Old North Church.....
A bowl with Betsy Ross on it.....
On the shelf above the buffet is a beautiful hand made card I received from a reader of this blog....
2 cupcake ornaments on the shelf.....
I wanted to display some of my faux sweets and goodie collection so I decided to use this red and white tiered dish that I was gifted by my friends Mary and Patty one Christmas......
A Patriotic sign saying " As American as Apple Pie"
Cupcake ornaments and faux goodies....
Donut ornaments, faux candies and and pie......
I placed this plate of faux goodies on an inverted blue glass bowl..... 
My late husband Joe bought the Patriotic hand towels.....
The matching red cardinal tea pot that I bought after receiving the Tea for One set.......
I placed a Patriotic fan behind it......
The tea cup to the saucer with the Old North Church on it and another Betsy Ross bowl.....
The tea cup has Paul Revere on it.....
Another Liberty Blue dinner plate with Independence Hall on it......
The other piece that Angela created for me.....
I am really happy with how this display came out.....
And I am glad that I decided to use some of my red cardinal pieces from Christmas and Winter and my red and white tiered dish ......
The rest of the Dining Room is decorated in a Tea Room Theme and I will change the buffet probably after the second week of July over to go with that theme for the rest of the Summer......
I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY for my next post.....
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......
Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!
And try to find JOY in every single day! 
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......
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