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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Another Vera Neumann!


A few weeks ago, my friend Lynne sent me a beautiful Vera tablecloth set. She said she had bought it at a thrift stores years ago and had thought to make a dress for her granddaughter, but decided it would be a waste...Thank you again, Lynne!

I had a couple ideas how I would use this, but ended up with something totally different than where I was headed. Next time I will use dishes to pull the brick red and blue from the fabric.



The place setting begins with woven chargers, to which I have layered an over-sized dinner plate as a charger. The next layers are a white dinner plate, gold salad plate, white saucer and a cream soup bowl.



The flatware is, once again, Oneida Louisiana. I really, really like this set...like you couldn't figure that out!


The glassware is an amber Colony Whitehall  iced tea. 


I forgot to get flowers for the centerpiece when I was out doing errand, so I am just using a yellow ceramic bread basket!




Thanks for taking the time to visit today...I really appreciate each comment left. Do come back the next time.

Vera Neumann tablecloth/napkins-gift
Woven napkin rings-World Market
Woven chargers-Goodwill a few years ago
Gibson over-sized white dinner plate-Savers
Johnson Brothers Snowhite dinner plate-Goodwill
Octagonal Terre Provence (made in France) gold salad plate-Goodwill
Unmarked bread plate-ARC Thrift Store
Minton cream soup bowl-eBay
Colony Whitehall iced tea-Goodwill
Pale yellow ceramic bread basket-Goodwill ($1.98 less 25% senior discount)
Oneida Louisiana flatware-Savers





Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Non-Traditional Valentine Table!

I am not big on Valentine's Day decorations or china. I am doing my version of a Valentine's table...yes it does include a little bit of green!



The starting point of this table were the linens. Yes, they could be used for Christmas, too...you all know by now that I dance to my own tune!




The dishes start with a bright red overly large dinner plate, that I am using for the charger. A white dinner plate, red and white salad plate and red soup bowl round out the placesetting. 



The flatware is Oneida Louisiana.



The glassware dark red stems Cris d'Arques Antique.





A couple red mercury glass type candle holders with red candles and a mercury glass stemmed candle holder make up the centerpiece. I was going to do this table last week and had some gorgeous Gerbera daisies for the centerpiece, but this week they don't look so good, so just used candles!



Thanks for taking the time to visit today...come back next time. Happy Valentine's!

Placemats/napkins-Savers (8 of each for $2.99)
Napkin rings-Savers (8 for $1.49)
Red charger/dinner plate-Waechtersbach, Fun Factory Line-TJMaxx
White unmarked dinner plate- (6 for 50¢)
Red/white salad plate-TJMaxx
Ruby stemware-Cris d'Arques Antique (2 for 50¢ at ARC Thrift Store and 2 from eBay)
Flatware-Oneida Louisiana-Savers (service for 8 at $15)
Red candlesticks-either Savers or Goodwill 
Hurricane candleholder-Savers
Candles-WalMart
Sugar scuttle-Goodwill $1.99

I will join the party at Thrifty Things Friday/The Thrifty Groove