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My Mother’s Day Tablescape
This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of doing a special Mother’s Day luncheon for my mom. She lives across the United States in Illinois and I have never been able to celebrate Mother’s Day with her since I was married 22 years ago. They were only going to be here for 2 days so I had to do it then or miss my opportunity and I sure didn’t want that to happen. I decided to use my wedding china – the only china I own. The pattern is La Rose by Mikasa. A photo from above. I actually forgot to take a close-up of the place setting last Sunday, so I…
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Nautical Theme Tablescape
We were having company for dinner and I was serving fish. I started wondering what I could do to make the table look “fishy”. Now, I never used to think about how I would dress up my tables but Susan at Between Naps on the Front Porch has made me start to think. Many times I don’t have a clue what to do or I don’t have anything that seems appropriate but this time I managed to scrape up a few props to go along with my Nautical Theme I always have so much fun doing this, especially when things seem to come together. The shells and fish net were all…
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A Romantic Tablescape
Today’s romantic tablescape for two was a nice diversion from my usual settings for 8. This tablescape presented its own challenges since the table was quite small and it was easy to get everything too squeezed together, and as always I seem to get stumped when it comes to centerpiece ideas. Here are the components that made up the two table settings. I started with red plates I found on clearance at Kmart, with a smaller plate that has a tiny flower print purchased when my husband and I went to Scotland several years ago and lastly an even smaller clear dish given to me by a friend. I thought it would be fun to incorporate Scrabble letters. …
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A Biblical Theme
Since we were having our first youth Bible study at our house last week, I thought I would try to put a Bible themed centerpiece together for our breakfast table. I’m not sure if I succeeded or if it looks like it’s time to go caroling. The little village church was started by me and finished by my mother several years ago. I placed a quote of Bro. William Branham’s beside it, reminding us all to read our Bible every day. Red goblets would be so pretty with these dishes. Anyone know of a good source for these kinds of things at a reasonable price? I would want 12.
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A Christmas Tablescape
I had fun putting this one together. It’s my usual simple style but I think it looks very Christmassy. This is pretty much how out table will look for our Christmas dinner except that I will be setting a table for 20. This picture was taken without a flash. My apologies for the poor quality. This centerpiece I put together using a silver tray I had on hand (got this idea from another blogger but can’t remember who- never would have thought of it). I found garland for 75% off at Goodwill, the cranberries from Salvation Army, candles and flower from Wal-Mart. I am totally pleased with how it turned…
