A Birthday In The Middle Of Nowhere!

My favorite day of the week is upon us...Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch. Take the time to go visit our gracious hostess, Susan, for more eye candy. I promise you won't be disappointed in any of the tables you will see.

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My inspiration this week was my daughter, Erin's birthday, Sunday...which was also one of our Phoenix grandson's. Happy 13th birthday, Matt...we miss being in Phoenix closer to you!
Erin shares my love for the color green...it is a good thing seeing her name comes from the Emerald Isle, plus she has beautiful green eyes. I pulled out a few green dishes that I haven't yet shown y'all.

Erin and her little shadow, Nitro.




The green chargers were found at Goodwill for 49¢ each...all plates, whether dinner, salad or bread and butter size are the same price at the Goodwill in Lawrence.
The white dinner, Wedgwood Hedge Rose and luncheon plates, maker and pattern are unknown, to me. I have shown these several times.
The green salad plate is Waechtersbach Fun Factory in green apple.
The soup bowls are Myott Staffordshire England in the Colleen pattern. I haven't been able to find anything on this pattern so am not sure how old it is.


Closer look at the beautiful soup bowl.


The different layers are quite pretty together, don't you think?


The glassware is a plain green and small yellow goblets. The yellow is by Indiana Glass King's Crown/Thumbprint, but have no idea who the maker or pattern is of the green goblets.




The centerpiece is just 3 stems of Bells of Ireland and a few sprigs of Baby's Breath with a couple of candles.


Erin's friend made the birthday cake for her. Thanks Rhonda!


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Wild Oats!

It is once again time to visit Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you, so much for hosting my favorite meme, Susan. I am sure you will want see other interesting tables, so click on the highlighted BNOTP and it will take you there.

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I am so anxious for cooler weather, I decided to do a very, very, simple fall table this week.



The dishes were purchased at Goodwill. The dinner plates, salad plates and a matching platter were 99¢ each, the soup/cereal bowls, coffee mugs, cream/sugar were 49¢ each. There was only 1 salt shaker, so I left it on the shelf with the other 4 place settings, which was probably foolish of me. I am totally astonished at what I have found in thrift stores for mere pennies.



The dishes were made in England, by Midwinter, Ltd. 1977-1989. The pattern is Wild Oats-Stonehenge. I checked them out on Replacements, Ltd. and almost fell off my chair seeing what their asking price is for this pattern. According to their prices, I have well over $400 in the few pieces I have.

Here is a close up of the pattern.



The coffee cups, sugar and creamer will be used for the dessert course.





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Another Blue and White Table?

It is time for Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch with our host, Susan. Thanks for my favorite meme.

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This week I am doing a blue and white table with new, to me, blue dishes. I have been looking for plain blue dishes and haven't seen an overabundance of them...if I weren't looking, they would be everywhere. I found dinner plates and soup/salad bowls by Home Trends, the pattern is Natural Elements-blue.


I am using the dinner plate as a charger plate for this table setting.


The white dinner plate is Wedgwood Hedge Rose, which I have used before. I only put the napkin on the plate to cut down on the starkness of the white!


The soup/salad bowl is being used for salad tonight.


The placesetting.


The pretty edges of the dishes.


The centerpiece is just Swedish ivy in a small tureen that is sitting atop a very pale yellow dessert plate.



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Tablecloth-Savers Thrift Store
Napkins-have had them for years, probably WalMart
Silverplated napkin rings-ARC Thrift Store
Candle holders-Dollar General, several years ago
Yellow dessert plate-TJMaxx
White tureen-Goodwill
Blue dinner plates/soup bowls-Savers
White luncheon plates-Goodwill
Libby blue stemmed glasses-Goodwill
Silverplated flatware-Rogers/International Gracious 1939-eBay Salad forks Rogers/International Sweep 1958

Jayhawk Time!

It is time for Tablescape Thursday, at Between Naps On The Porch. Thanks for hosting my favorite meme, Susan.

My inspiration this week came from my brother-in-law, twin to my husband...he challenged me to a table of plastic only. Of course, I took him up on it.

Before I had thought much about a theme, I found yellow Tupperware plates at the thrift store for 25¢...what to go with them, what to go with them. Oh, oh, I know...a Jayhawk table, as brother-in-law Wade is a graduate of the University of Kansas, better known in these parts, as KU. The school masot, a Jayhawk, is bright blue and red with a little yellow. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!

The placesetting is very simple, consisting of a yellow dinner, blue soup/salad bowl, red tumbler and yellow plastic flatware.



I really wanted to make a tablecloth but the material just wasn't wide enough and not being a seamstress, I had no idea how to go about piecing the material together to make a round one, so I made fringed napkins, instead.





Candle lit table.


My daughter graciously lent me the center scarf, which is just a large handkerchief; the "vase" which is a half gallon drink cooler filled with faux sunflowers...gotta have them, they are Kansas' state flower. She also lent me the tiny snow globe and the little Jayhawk figure. Thanks, Erin!





Thanks for taking the time to visit my tablescape this week, it is very much appreciated, especially letting me know you have been here by leaving a comment. Please check out all the other interesting tables my friends have been working on this week.

Yellow plates-ARC Thrift Store
Blue salad/soup bowls-Walmart
Red tumblers-Walmart
Yellow flatware-Walmart
Red tablecloth-have had for years
Jayhawk napkins-I made them
Jayhawk accessories-From my daughter's collection
Sunflowers-not sure which one of the thrift stores

My First "Show Us Your Rooster" Party

This is the first Show Us Your Rooster party I have participated in. Unfortunately, I almost forgot that it was for toady. Thank you, Barb, for hosting this meme.















Please make sure you check out the other roosters and maybe a couple of hens that will attend Show Us Your Rooster party.

All Dressed In Lavender and Pink!

I can't believe August is already upon us, where, oh, where has the time gone. It is, also, time for another Tablescape Thursday with Susan of Between Naps On The Porch. Thank you for hosting this fun weekly meme...without a doubt, I would have no blog were it not for TT.

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I have had this piece of material for some months, not knowing what to do with it. Well, when I found the lavender dinner plates, I just knew they would be a perfect match...well, what do you think? I keep wondering where all the lavender dishes were when I started my quest several months ago. I couldn't find anything in violet, lavender, lilac, mauve or puce...you name it nothing in any shade of purple. Lately I found more than a few pieces in different shades of purple.



The flowers are Naked Ladies (Amaryllis belladona) from the yard. The are a beautiful pink with lavender tinged petal tips. Most of my flowers have been really stressed from the heat this summer, even the indestructible coneflowers, which thrive on the sides of the highways, here in Kansas.



The dinner plates, which are being used as charger plates, are a solid color, have no markings on the underside, no idea who made them or their age, am guessing they are fairly new. They go perfect with the plates I used here.



The dinner plates are a creamy white, also no markings on the underside.



The little pink and yellow flowered salad plates are from Vienna, Austria.



The dessert plate is a nice shade of lavender and are made by, are you ready for this...Pyrex! I had no idea they made anything in lavender.



The water glass is a dark pink, unknown maker and the wine stem is Noritake Sweet Swirl, lavender.



The placesetting.



Layers.



Overall of the table.



I had to, not only set the table once, but three times and dry the tablecloth/napkins before I got the photos taken...one of the kitties kept knocking the flowers over and chewing on them! Every time I turned my back AJ was up on the table after the flowers!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog. If you enjoyed this week's tablescape, you will enjoy many,many more by clicking onto the link to Between Naps On The Porch. I know all of the tablescapers would appreciate your visit.


Tablecloth-a large piece of material from ARC Thrift Store $1
Lavender napkins-Savers $1.99
Flowers-from my yard
Glass vase-ARC Thrift Store 25¢
Flatware-Oneida Afterglow 1956
Noritake wine glasses Sweet Swirl-eBay
Dark Pink water glasses-Goodwill 99¢ each
Lavender dinner plates-Godwill 49¢ each
White luncheon plates-Goodwill 37¢ each
Flowered salad plates-ARC Thrift Store 60¢ each
Pyrex lavender dessert plates-Savers 75¢ each
Candle holders-ARC Thrift Store 25¢ each
Lavender candles-Josephine's Mercantile 50¢ each