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.

I appreciate and thank you, very much, for taking the time to visit my blog! Hope to see you here again soon.

It's Red!

It's time for another visit to Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Thank you for hosting my favorite meme, Susan. Please make sure you go to her blog so you may enjoy all the other tables this week.

I will also be joining Sue at It's A Very Cherry World for Rednesday this week.

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The inspiration for the table this week are the salad/dessert plates that I "borrowed" from the local ARC Thrift Store, where I volunteer on Wednesday afternoons. What an experience...one day I will do a post on it.

I decided to not use a tablecloth or placemats, no special reasoning, there. I started with 4 silverplated trays. Have you ever tried to find four with the same rim pattern at the thrift stores? It has taken almost two years to find them. To them I added red Waechtersbach dinner plates. The salad plates are Cypress Home, each has a different red floral arrangement. The last layer is the little red appetizer plate, which were made by Syracuse China.











I decided to use amber iced tea glasses as the background on the salad plates is sort of a light amber color. I also used a clear wine stem.



The flatware is Oneida Afterglow that I have used numerous times.



There is nothing blossoming in my garden except sedum, so that is the centerpiece this week. I flanked it with silverplated candlesticks.



Placesetting.



Table with the candles lit.



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