Sunflowers and Bee- Summer Buffet Decor

Hello, dear friends. Come on in and visit for a while  and let's take a look at my buffet all decked out in bees, sunflowers and summer decor.   I really do not have a lot of bee decor and am trying to slowly build it up. Around May I changed out the quilt   above the buffet; this  is my "Sybil Ludington" lantern quilt that I designed and quilted a few years ago. I love this quilt. It hangs from a wooden shelf. 

On the buffet is a large set of scales that has always been on the buffet since I was a child. This buffet and the rest of the dining room set was bought by my great grandmother and then passed on to my  great aunt. My aunt always had these scales on the buffet . Right now I have little doilies in them. 

I have a new addition to my bee sunflower decor  which is Hands on Design's  " Year of Celebrations-August" . I just used the floss colors that I had on hand.  I also brought out one of my Vaseline glass rooster candy dishes for display. 

Other stitches on display  is With Thy Needle and Threads "August Word Play", Lizzie Kate's" August" and Prairie Grove Peddler's freebie called "Bee Happy"  . 

Normally I have a crotcheted table runner on the buffet , but this year I went with a black and white buffalo check runner which matches my dining room table runner. I like it a lot and will use it for Fall and Halloween too.   The Summer Bee stitches are some of my designs.

 The big bee which came from Big Lots years ago  and the bee salt and pepper shaker sits on 2 ironstone plates. Can you tell that I  love to collect dishes? Lol.  

The "Blessed" cross stitch is from Stitching with the Housewives and is propped on some old plates that I have had for years though this is their first time on display. Behind them is a piece of Carnival glass that I just purchased at a yard sale.   In the milk glass compote, I placed a transferware plate and stack milk glass and pottery filled with moss from the yard and some little stitches. I purchase most of these things from the Goodwill. I am a thriftaholic. Lol. 

A few years ago I had my hubby put some hooks on my wooden shelf where I could hang some of my ever growing collection of tea cups. We will never have a shortage of plates nor teacups. Lol. I have a number of old teapots on the quilt shelf that stay there year round. 

Thank you so much for coming over to see my later summer buffet decor. Soon this buffet will be transformed into its fall look . Hope you will come back to see.  Have a lovely day and do something you love!

Blessings, 

Melisa