Spring and Butterflies Table

Although we have beautiful Juliska "Classic Bamboo" dinner plates that she would normally use, Pat wanted to show how you can set a nice table for one person using an inexpensive dinner plate and accesssories. She used a plate from the sale shelf at Pier 1 (already reduced to $1.97 cents, then 20% off that, and with a rewards coupon, she paid nothing for twelve of them.) and paired it with Fitz and Floyd's green "Toulouse."

Where it came from:
Rustic Placemat and Napkin - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond
Dinner Plate and Napkin Ring - from Pier 1
Accent/Salad Plate - "Toulouse" by Fitz and Floyd from Wayfair
Flatware - inexpensive Bamboo from Amazon
Water Goblet - Mocha "Classic" by Libby from Kohl's several years ago
Beer Pilsner - "Quench" by Circleware from Ross
Candle Holders - from our collection


We will be joining the following Blog parties this week:
"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Sunday:  http://www.rustic-refined.com/
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/

Springtime Table

The only way to describe this week's table is "an accident." Pat was going to use a light blue glass charger on our other blog's table last week, but in the middle of setting it, she changed her mind. Well, as it would happen, the stack of chargers just sat on the counter with a bunch of other unused dishes waiting to be put away.....until Pat pulled out one of our "single" place settings to set the Table for One this week. Here's what she came up with:

Where it came from:
Light Blue Glass Charger - from Pier 1 last year
Dinnerware - "Coniston" by Royal Doulton (1974-1998) from our collection of individual place settings
Flatware - "April" by Wm Rogers & Son
Blue Water Glass - "Navarre" by Fostoria from Pat
Wine Glass - from the Dollar Store
Bird Napkin Ring - from the Ferndale Emporium (a local gift boutique)
Small White Birds - by Lefton China (from our Mother)


We will be joining the following blog parties this week:
"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Sunday:  http://www.rustic-refined.com/
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/

Lunch in the Garden Fun Table

Pat pulled out my favorite garden "art" as her inspiration and set the table this week using it:

Dinnerware is my well used everyday pattern - Naturewood by Pflatzgraff

With temperatures hovering around a windy 55 to 56 degrees today, soup (in a big mug) and hot tea are the natural choices

A very popular pattern, this is "Napoleon Bee" by Wallace

Glassware is "Diamond Point" from Indiana Glass

I love these guys.....especially after all the trouble we had getting them (Here)

Where it came from:
Green Charger - from Pier 1 last year
Dinnerware - "Naturewood" by Pfaltzgraff from my cupboard
Flatware - "Napoleon Bee" by Wallace from Horchow's
Glassware - "Diamond Point" by Indiana Glass from Cuddly Bear (a local thrift boutique)
Napkin and Napkin Ring - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond
Gnomes - from our local supermarket (after travelling all over Northern California looking for them) but every nursery and hardware store in town has them now......dozens and dozens of them.......


We will be joining the following Blog parties this week:
"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Monday:  http://www.rustic-refined.com/
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/

Lenox Monterey Table

Pat set the table this week using a pattern from our single place settings collection. It is called "Monterey" from Lenox (1938-1948.) Lenox actually produced another pattern called "Monterey" in the 1980's, but I think that this one is much more attractive.

Where it came from:
Charger - Burgundy "Color Spectrum" by Mikasa from Replacements.com
Dinnerware - "Monterey" by Lenox (1938-1948) from our collection
Flatware - "Antique Baroque" by Wallace from Horchow's
Amber/Gold Crackle Glassware - from Pier 1 two years ago but still available
Burgundy Napkin - Handmade by Pat
Napkin Ring and Candle Holders - from "Tailwaggers" (a local Thrift Store that supports animal rescue)
Candles and Silk Flowers - from Michael's
Gold Bowl and Gold Tea Lights - from Pier 1 three years ago


We will be joining the following Blog parties this week:
"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Sunday:  http://www.rustic-refined.com/
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/ 


About our single place settings collection (or Confessions of an Uncontrolled Dishaholic): As you have probably already guessed by now, Pat and I are addicted to dishes.....we literally have dozens and dozens of dinnerware sets with eight place settings or more. And this doesn't include the 27 or so complete sets of Fiesta dinnerware in different colors. Naturally, space is a problem. A Big Problem. A Very Big Problem. So - we had to do something. Stop buying or collecting dishware??? Not an option. That's when I hit upon individual place settings in various patterns. The skies opened up! The Earth moved! All was well with the world again. I could still enjoy beautiful place settings and manage to walk through the house without bumping into stacks of dishes. And that is why and how this blog started - to use our 50-plus single place settings. We have "branched out" a bit and often use other dinnerware now and then, but we try to feature something from our collection as much as we can.


Another Disclaimer:  Pat just called after reading the blog.....she's making me add that we have each been collecting dishes for over forty years. She's says that doesn't sound as bad. I'm not quite so sure...............