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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

An Almost Halloween Table


Halloween is one of my least favorite holidays. I had about made up my mind I wouldn't do one this year, then changed it at the last minute. Unfortunately, the weather has been dark, rainy and typical of late October in my part of Kansas...just when the trees start having vibrant colors we usually get this crappy weather! I apologize for the quality of the photos this week...I had to use the light from the chandelier so there is a glare in some of the photos.



I bought an extra long white, orange and black table runner at Savers a few months ago. It was plenty long enough to cut in half to use across the table, so that is what I did. Black napkins seemed a better choice than orange for some reason. The flatware is Oneida Louisiana.




Using black woven chargers I started stacking orange and white dishes. The orange dinner plate is from Better Homes & Gardens a couple years ago at WalMart. On top of that are white salad plates I found at a local second hand store, Blackhorse Trading Co. for 50¢ for 6. The pumpkin dessert plate and soup bowl were found at either Goodwill or Savers.



The black glass stemware was also found at Savers. If held up to sunlight they are actually dark purple. I am always hoping to find black glass when out thrifting, it is hard to find.



The centerpiece consists of two tall candlesticks holding black raven candles and an almost black metal candle holder with an orange candle.





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I will be joining Let's Dish/Cuisine Kathleen.


Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Grapes Are On My Mind

This fall I am not into pumpkins and gourds, I am on a grape kick...tables and eating them! They are my favorite snack, especially green grapes.


The tablecloth is a recent Savers purchase $3.99 less 25% senior discount.


I wanted to do another mostly green table and seeing I used purples last week I only used a tiny bit in this week's. I had to keep myself in check, though!


I have had the napkins for ages. The napkin rings are the same ones I used last week.


The flatware is Oneida Louisiana.


The water stem is green Ivima 1895 Hobnail. The wine stem is handpainted.


The dishes are Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage leaf...yes, I did use them with in a grape theme! The green ones were a gift from my friend JoJo and the purple ones from eBay.


I used a green sandwich plate as the base of the centerpiece with a single pillar candle and faux grapes.





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I will be joining Let's Dish/Cuisine Kathleen.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Another White Dish Challenge!


This week is Kathleen's challenge is to do a table with just white dishes and one other color for accessories. I think I may have met it!

I started with a hand crocheted table topper that I have had for awhile.

I layered white dishes starting with an extra large dinner plate and ending with a soup bowl.

The water glass is from TJMaxx and the wine stem from Pier One Imports.

The purple handled flatware was found in a flyer that was in the Sunday paper several months ago. If I remember correctly it is from Brylane Homes.

The napkins were a gift from my friend, Norma and the grape napkin holders are from Savers. I head to the pegboards where they display napkin rings before I even check out the dishes these days. I think I may have more napkin rings than dishes...those baskets next to the hutch are filled with them. I may need to find another one at the rate I have finding new ones!


The centerpiece is a white pedestal from TJMaxx filled with plum/green beaded fruits I bought at Savers a month ago. I thought they would be great on a fall table...so here they are. The amethyst/gold candle holders are some I found at the thrift store a couple years ago.






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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Pears or Squash?

I chose this tablecloth as my inspiration today. It has apples and pears on a green background. The edging is a plaid. The napkins are a solid green.




The plates are layered with the 3 main colors from the tablecloth starting with a solid cranberry dinner plate, a green salad plate and finally a pear shaped bowl. Or is that a squash shaped bowl? I think the tendrils make it a squash...I am pretending it is a pear for tonight.



The flatware is a vintage yellow handled Oxford Hall Fashion Wear from the early 1970's. I found some on eBay, 5 pieces (2 knives, 2 forks and a spoon) for $40...I paid $7.96 for a 4-piece place setting, service for 4. I was disappointed there were no soup spoons. Guess I should be thankful there were 4 each of the other pieces.



I think the glassware is probably from Dollar Tree via the thrift store. It is one of my favorites.



The centerpiece is red alstroemeria and red chunky candlesticks/candles.








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I will be joining Let's Dish/Cuisine Kathleen.

Tablecloth-Savers
Napkins-Savers
Cranberry dinner plate-Tracy Porter The Octavia Hill Collection/Savers
Green salad plate-They only have a B on the back/from TJMaxx
Gold pear/squash bowl-Ceramica Classica Venetian/Goodwill
Yellow flatware-Oxford Hall Fashion Wear/Savers
Green stemware-Dollar Tree via Savers
Candlesticks-Savers or Goodwill
Candles-WalMart


Wednesday, October 2, 2013

The Mallards Have Landed


I have been going to do this table for a couple of years, but never got it worked in until now.
The large mallard tureen and individual tureens were from my husband's parents, circa early1980's. The little ones were used for the very first meal Howard made for me before we married...he did delicious tuna casseroles in them. There are 8 of them plus the large one.







The table topper, made in Italy, was a Christmas gift from Howard's cousin, Bev. Their dad's were brothers that lived to hunt and fish. The napkins are a pale yellowish beige. 




I found 4 really tarnished copper charger plates at Savers for $5.99. I have cleaned them just enough to use them today. I think someone actually used them as plates by the looks of the knife scratched surfaces.




On top of the chargers are Wedgwood Patrician Golden Ivy (1962-1981) dinner plates. They are a creamy white with brown laurel, yellow and green ivy. I used a square salad in pale yellow as the underplate to the mallard soup bowl. They are marked Home on the underneath. The tureens have a large S on the bottom along with Portugal. I am wondering if the S stands for Secla? 


The lime glassware is from TJMaxx a few years ago. They work so well this time of year.



The flatware is Rogers Gracious, circa 1939. This is the pattern that I grew up with.





I removed the candles, they just didn't work for me!

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