This One Is For Saint Kathleen!

I am happy to join Cuisine Kathleen's 4th Annual Saint Patrick Day's Crawl. Thanks for hosting this fun party, again, this year, Kathleen!

This year I decided not to use my usual SPD decorations, instead just a green/white/orange table to honor the colors of the Irish flag.

I started with an embroidered off white tablecloth. The colors taupe, green, tiny bits of yellow and orange. With the green and orange, I felt this suitable for SPD.

I don't have the Bordello Pinheiro cabbage plates that flooded the market a few years ago, but do have cabbage plates that would suffice for a SPD tablescape. The next layer is a white luncheon plate and finally the green and white salad plate.

I had pulled out the orange stemware, but it was just too strong a color for what I had in mind, so back into the hutch it went. The glassware used for this table is some found at Savers for 75¢ per stem. I am always drawn to anything green, somehow they ended up in the cart that day!

Being SPD, I absolutely had to use the green handled Madeline flatware! I love this stuff and it was so inexpensive...still looking for some in red.

I had a bit of a time wavering between green, or orange napkins...Howard was walking through, he said to go with the pale orange and use green napkin rings. I thought he was nuts, but when I tried it, I really liked it.

A wooden compote filled with a bag of clementines and white candles and candle holders rounded out the centerpiece. I made the compote with a wooden bowl and candle holder, then spray painted it green.

Our dinner for SPD will be corned beef with all the trimmings...meaning...potatoes, carrots and cabbage, fresh baked bread and a dessert, yet to be determined.

Tablecloth-Savers
Napkins-Thrift store, not sure if Goodwill or Savers
Green Madeline flatware-World Market
Green cabbage leaf charger (Home Essentials and Beyond) TJMaxx several years ago
White luncheon plate (Alfred Meakin)-ARC Thrift Store
Green/white salad plate (Glenwood Wood & Sons) eBay about 3 years ago
Green stemware-Savers
Candleholders-Goodwill
Compote-I made it from thrift store pieces
Candles-WalMart

Thanks for taking the time to visit today, hope you will enjoy it enough to make another visit.

I will be joining the following parties:

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Wednesdays Bunny Hop Party at Bunny Jeans Decor
Centerpiece Wednesday at The Style Sisters
Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch
Thrifty Thursday at Tales From Bloggeritaville
Thrifty Things Friday at The Thrifty Groove
Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling...

I will be joining Cuisine Kathleen for her third annual Saint Patrick's Day Blog Crawl. Thanks for hosting, Kathleen.

There is no Irish blood in my body, but my favorite color is green...can that possibly count as being part Irish? If not, I will have to be like the many others and just be Irish for one day out of three hundred sixty five!

While at Savers a couple weeks ago I spotted something that looked hand crocheted...I hurriedly pulled it off the hanger...oh my goodness it was a good sized tablecloth in excellent condition. It is made of heavy cotton thread...who in the world would send a potential family heirloom to the thrift store? Mind you, I am not complaining, just having a hard time understanding why something that took countless hours to make wasn't wanted by a family member or at least a dear friend. The price was only $6.99. It will be considered my Irish lace for this post. I believe the pattern is called pineapple...if this is incorrect, could someone identify it for me?

One square of the tablecloth. There are 7 squares on the short side 8 squares on the long side; each square is a about 9"x9"...you can see how much work was put into making this.

I have used dark green metal charger plates topped with a creamy white dinner and salad plate. The colors in the soup bowls have always reminded me of a Beleek piece I had seen a long time ago...the pattern is Myott's Colleen, so that officially makes them Irish, right!

The shamrock napkins underneath the soup bowl were made from cotton fabric I had bought long ago. I used some of the fabric to jazz up the dark green linen napkins. The flatware is Oneida's Afterglow, circa 1958.

The glassware is Anchor Hocking Wexford, it may not be Waterford, but Wexford is a county in Ireland!

The placesetting.

Pretty plate edges.

The entire table.

We all need a little Irish coffee once in awhile!

An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth!

I will also be joining Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday and The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday. Thank you both for hosting these fun memes.

Thank you for the visit today, I know you have a busy schedule...hope you make it back here again.

Happy Saint Paddy's Day to you!