Cock A Doodle Do!

It is once again time for Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch. Thanks for hosting this weekly meme, Susan.

Another week of relentless heat and humidity in the center of the country. I am looking forward to cooler weather, but can't seem to find any on the horizon!

This table was built around salad plates I bought about 4 years ago. I had stuffed them in the bottom of one of the hutches and completely forgot about them until switched the dining and living rooms around. In fact, I found a few other treasures I had forgotten about. Each plate is a different color with a different rooster.

I have once again used the banana bark place mats. The charger plates are my favorites with roosters; a gift from my sister, Jerry. The white dinner plate is unmarked, almost identical to the Johnson Brothers I have.
The salad plates are Sakura Retro Rooster. The red plate beneath the Kennex Preston soup bowl are made by Syracuse.

The rim shot!

The flatware is Oneida Sterling Afterglow, circa 1956. The napkins and napkin rings are yard sale finds.

I pulled out the only yellow glassware I own. The wine glass is Indiana's King Crown/Thumbprint. The water glass, I don't know the maker.

I found the wood centerpiece at Savers the last time I was there and thought it might make a nice "vase"...with a glass insert. The wood candlesticks I have had for many years, I think they came from Dollar General. The Limelight hydrangeas are from the back yard...thankfully they haven't burnt to a crisp like the pink ones have.

The rooster pitcher has been in my collection for about 10 years. I found it locally at a little store that is no longer in business.

This is probably the last table for a few weeks, as I will be going to Vermont to visit my siblings. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment. I hope to see you back here when I get home from vacation.

A Little Red and White with a Punch of Yellow

This week the table is red and white...extremely simple as it is soooo hot and humid here on the plains it just saps any energy one might have. Right now it is 100°, cloudy, thundering, and ready to storm...hope that it cools it off a little.

I started with a white damask tablecloth and solid red napkins, added red dinner plates (Waechtersbach), which are being used as charger plates. From there I used my white Wedgwood Hedge Rose plates layered with red and white checked salad plates.

The red stemware is from a CSN giveaway last year...thank you again, Linda of A la Carte! The wine glass is one I have had for quite some time...Goodwill if I remember correctly!

The red is really bright and cheery against the starkness of the white.

I tried a couple different centerpiece dishes and ended up liking the footed one best. The garden only has a few scraggly blossoms right now due to the heat and lack of moisture, so I have used lemons as the centerpiece.

The rim shot!

Damask tablecloth-Bed, Bath and Beyond
Red napkins-ARC Thrift Store
Oneida Sterling Afterglow, circa 1956
Waechtersbach plates-TJMaxx several years ago
Wedgwood Hedge Rose-Goodwill
Red/white checked salad plates-TJMaxx
Red stemware-CSN
Clear etched stemware-Goodwill
Candlesticks-don't recall which thrift store
Fruit bowl-TJMaxx
Lemons-Costco

I will be linked up with Between Naps On The Porch, once again for Tablescape Thursday. Please take the time to drool over the other tables that can also be seen there. Thank you for hosting this fun meme, Susan.

I am also going to join Sue for Rednesday.



Thank you for visiting my blog, hope you will return next week.

Geraniums!

Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend. We had a pretty relaxing few days, only going out a couple of times, once to the grocery, then today to a luncheon with homemade ice cream at the cousins.

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I used the same natural banana bark placemats from Pier 1 as I used last week; but the real inspiration was the geranium leaf charger plates I was so fortunate to have found at Savers back the end of May. There were 8 sitting on the shelf just waiting for me. They must have just been put out before I rounded the corner of the plate aisle. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what they were. I picked one up and saw that they were only $2.99 each...I scooped up the other 7 so fast I am surprised I didn't damage them in my excitement! By the way, they are Bordallo Pinheiro, so I am sure the cost new was at least triple, if not more than what I paid.

The dinner plates are Wedgwood Wildbriar, in brown/pink, with green leaves and a white background. This pattern was discontinued in 1957. Replacements, Ltd. has them listed at $37.99 per plate! These were another Savers find at $2.99 each.

The salad plates are some you have seen on a number of occasions. They have no backstamp or markings of any kind on them. They are probably the favorites of any of the white/cream plates I own.

For dessert I have chosen the Wood & Sons Glenwood green and white with gold accents.

The water glass is Indiana King's Crown. I haven't been able to identify the wine stem.

The flatware is Oneida Sterling Afterglow, circa 1956. The napkins are plain green from Goodwill.

The flowers are from my garden. They are just plain old purple coneflowers and gooseneck loosestrife. Unfortunately, it has been really hot so there isn't much going on flowerwise here at the moment. I finally had to get the hose out yesterday before everything was completely fried.

Rim shots...

Thank you for taking the time to visit today...hope you will be generous by leaving a comment.

I will be linking up to Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch. Do take time to find more inspiration by visiting Susan...I know she will appreciate it.

I will also be linking up to Thrifty Friday with Diann at The Thrifty Groove. Please stop by her blog to see what everyone has to offer this week.

I will be linking up to Southern Hospitality for Today's Thrifty Treasures.