I've Got The Blues

I will be joining Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you for hosting, Susan.

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It has been raining off and on, mostly on, for the past couple of weeks...it is getting old. I really would like to see the sun out for more than an hour or two at a time.

Inspiration for this week's table came in the mail last week. I received a package from Cuisine Kathleen filled with 3 different placemats, napkin rings. Thank you again, Kathleen...you are the best!

The placemats I used today are a lovely Waverly white, blue and tan floral.

I tried the table with a blue and white tureen, but it seemed to dark seeing the sky is overcast, again. Did I mention that I have found 4 tureens for only a few dollars each in the past few weeks? Three white, made by Calif USA, during the 1950s, each one a different pattern, and a blue that was probably someone's ceramic project, as there are no marks on the bottoms.

I settled on this white with grapes/leaves. Isn't she a beauty? She was sitting on the bottom shelf at Goodwill, kind of toward the back, behind a vegetable serving dish. According to the tag, it had been there 2 days before I scooped it up.

I thought the tan flatware from World Market went very nicely with the placemats instead of the sterling. The plaid napkin was a thrift store find, as were the dinner plate and soup/salad plate. I have had the napkin rings for about 20 years, maybe longer.

The blue glassware is also thrifted. I used cobalt cordials as candle holders.

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Easter Is On The Horizon...

The inspiration for this week's tablescape arrived in the mail around the first week in March. My Vermont friend of 50 years, sent me a beautiful set of embroidered placemats and matching napkins, in my favorite color. I immediately knew they would be used for my Easter table. Thank you, again, Randee!

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Placemat and corner of the napkin.

The charger plate is Certified International found at TJMaxx.

The dinner plate is from TJMaxx and just has a B in a shield for the backstamp.

The salad plate is Alfred Meakin, pattern unknown.

The dessert plate is Wood & Son, Glenwood.

The maker and pattern of the water/iced tea/lemonade glass is unknown. The wine stem is Towle Leyland, circa 1982.

The green pearl handled flatware is a recent acquisition from World Market.

The green and yellow bunny napkin holders were from ARC Thrift Store.

The resin bunnies were a yard sale find last summer.

The tulips were from my daughter, Erin. The little white ceramic bunny was a thrift store find a few years ago.

The pretty plate rims.

Place setting. I used a different colored glass egg on each plate.

The entire luncheon table.

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I will be joining Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you Susan for hosting my favorite weekly meme.

A Vintage Table

The urge to do an aqua and green table hit the other day! I have had this vintage table cloth for quite awhile, so I started looking around to see what I could put with it. I remembered my sister, Judy had sent me some clear blue plates and white ones with aqua and green fruited rims. I pulled everything from the cupboards in those shades and this is what I came up with...it makes me smile.

Vintage tablecloth-Ozone
Peacock napkins-thrift store
White dinner plate used as the charger-International Tableworks Devonshire
Blue clear glass plate-Arcoroc
White salad plate-Alfred Meakin, unknown pattern
Dessert plate-Noritake Blue Orchard circa 1964-1977
Sherbet-Colony Glass Whitehall circa 1964
Water goblet-Indiana Kings Crown circa 1960
Wine stem-Maker/pattern unknown
Sterling flatware-Oneida Afterglow circa 1958
Blue vase-Belgium
Daffodils-my garden
Aqua candle sticks/votives-thrift stores

I will be joining Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you for hosting my favorite weekly meme, Susan.

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National Tartan Day

After reading a post by Babs of Upstairs Downstairs the other day, I decided to do a tartan table in honor of National Tartan Day, April 6. If you haven't checked out her delightful blog, you really should!

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The only real tartan I have is a square one from Goodwill a while back. I think it may have been meant to be used as a kerchief/babushka back in the 1950's-1960's. It makes a nice square for a table, though. The main colors are red and blue. There are very thin white and yellow lines of yarn running through, too.

I kept the table very, very simple, almost stark, so that you could enjoy the tartan pattern. If anyone knows this pattern by name, please let me know what it is.

I have used only a solid red Waechtersbach dinner plate and a dark blue Design House soup/salad bowl.

The stemware is Fostoria Monet in the dark blue. It was manufactured between 1985-1986.

The napkins are solid red cotton. I have used the flatware many times, Oneida Afterglow, circa 1958.

The centerpiece is a pillar candle in an urn with votives surrounding it. The candle looked too bare, so I added a little bit of lambs ear to jazz it up.

The place setting.

The stack...pretty sad, isn't it!

A view of the entire table.

I will be linking up to
Blue Monday at Smiling Sally
Rednesday at It's A Very Cherry World
Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch.

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