Stay, season of calm love and soulful snows! ~ from the poem To Winter by Claude McKay~ Do any of you remember my bird cage dining table I made from a broken bird cage? Well, this table has become one of my favorite pieces of furniture. I envisioned something outside of the traditional red and green color scheme for this setting. I envisioned a tablescape of silver and white snowflakes and ice crystals with a little bit of soft, pale color added. I've always liked periwinkle and in fact had a previous homes bedroom wall painted a very light shade of this color. My inspiration were these gorgeous, ever so light pe riwinkle / lavender / purple transferware plates in the Asiatic Pheasants Pattern. I think this is a beautiful pattern depicting pheasants fluttering amongst a lush floral bouquet. They seemed to be a perfect match for the table. These transferware plates are not the typical English pieces I include in my tablescapes, rather they a