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

Autumn Harvest

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I finally have completed my set of Taylor, Smith and Taylor Autumn Harvest, circa 1959-1965, at the unbelievable price of 37¢ per piece. For less than nine dollars I have 4 six-piece place settings. This includes the dinner plates, bread/butter plates, cups/saucers, berry bowls and salad/soup bowls.

The pattern is very simple, brown and gold wheat stalks with a little bit of grey on a white background.

The placemats were from ARC Thrift Store in my little town. The price was 25¢ each. They are woven grey/blue with white.

The cups are colored on the interior, where most are just white.

The flatware is from World Market last spring. They are a pale, pearly tan, I have them in a beautiful shade of green, too. The brown linen napkins are from Savers. I think I paid about $1 each.

The amber glassware is from TJMaxx and I have had it for several years.

The amber glass candlesticks are from ARC Thrift Store a few years ago...50¢ each. The candles were found at WalMart, less than a dollar each.

I now have six tureens, all different. First I couldn't find any, now it seems like each time I go to the thrift store I find one. The most expensive one was $7.99. This creamy white tureen is a new acquisition from Goodwill. The price was $4.99 and with the senior 25% discount I paid $3.74. The only marking on the bottom is USA. The underplate goes with a different tureen but served the purpose for this table!

Is this a thrifty table or what?

I will be joining Diann at The Thrifty Groove for Thrifty Tablescape Party, The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays, Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday, Thrifty TreasuresSouthern Hospitality. Thanks for hosting, ladies.

Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment. I hope to see you here again.

It's Not A Fall Table!

Another week has passed and it is time for Tablescape Thursday with Susan of Between Naps On The Porch. Thanks for hosting this weekly meme, Susan.

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Inspiration for this week's table were the Laurie Gates dinner plates I found at TJMaxx for $1 each. I hit the jackpot as there were not the usual 2 or 3, but 4 of them! They are dark cocoa brown with red, orange, green and yellow.

My daughter walked in and wanted to know why I was doing a fall table...told her, "no, it could be is a warm weather table with all the bright colors. Green for grass, brown for the bark on the trees, red for Gerbera daisies, orange for marigolds and yellow for buttercups...see, it is a warm weather table"!

I have used Waechtersbach Orange Peel salad plates, which is a bright orange.

The unmarked soup bowl is a true red.

The bread/butter or appetizer plate is Taylor, Smith & Taylor's Lu-Ray Pastels in yellow. I tried to get a close up but it doesn't show the true color, which is a really pretty shade of buttery yellow. I tried it with the flash...made it look white.

The flatware is Rogers Deluxe Plate Gracious 1939.

The glassware is a really nice brown, not amber at all. I have no idea who the maker or what the pattern is.

The plate rims stacked.

I didn't have anything specific in mind for a centerpiece so I used oranges, lemons and candles in a wooden tray.

Table overall. At the last minute a added a small vase of tiny white mums to the table.


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