Ol' McDonald Had a Farm Table for One

I love to challenge Pat to come up with a tablescape using dishes that she can't stand. (After 60+ years, we still like to annoy one another....) This week's Table for One is just that - I pulled out the dinner plate and she went to work.

The table

Close up of the place setting

Flatware is "Classic Bead" by Reed & Barton

Notice the porcelain milk carton in the background - it is really a milk pitcher

Here are the plates that started it all..........yes, Pat is right. We do far too many "cow theme" tables, but who doesn't like cows???

Love the dinner plate's rim

Yes, we had to use some of our spotted cow collection - at least the butter dish and salt/pepper shakers

Pat used this sweet pitcher that was given to me over forty years ago - she added green and black reeds to add some texture

One last look

Where it came from:
Rust colored Placemat - Bed, Bath, and Beyond
Dishware - "Ol' McDonald" by American Atelier from eBay
Glassware - "Frost" by Libby from Ross
Checked Rust and Beige Napkin - from our collection
Flatware - "Classic Bead" by Reed & Barton from Costco
Black Mug - "Trilogy" from World Market
Black Bread/Butter Plate - Black Fiesta by Homer Laughlin from Replacements
Cow-ware - from our collection
Porcelain Milk Carton - Tuesday Morning
Small White Pitcher - Gift over 40 years ago
Black Candle Holders - Depression glass from our Cousin
Silk Flowers, Reeds, Candles - Michael's

We will be joining Susan at "Between Naps on the Porch" this Thursday: 
http://betweennapsontheporch.net/

Academy Awards Celebration Table for One

What a great way to fill an evening - by watching an award winning movie (or one that you think should have won an award) enjoying some fresh popcorn and a soft drink. Pat designed this week's table with the Academy Awards in mind:

Over view of the table - the theme is red and white

The place setting

The tumbler is "Red Candy Stripe" by Hazel Atlas Glass Co. The other is a high in fructose, laden with calories, bad for you, rots your teeth soft drink but it does have a red and white label (anything for a tablescape.....)

Pat chose the perfect flower vase for a movie night

OK - so this a butter loaded, salt filled. get stuck in your teeth, non-nutritious snack....but slurrrrp!" I love popcorn!

Yes - another secret is out.......I love old movies (so does Pat). Tonight's movie? "Random Harvest" starring Ronald Colman (be still my beating heart) or the comedy/spy Walter Matthau movie "Hopscotch." Pat put the John Wayne movie on the table for fans of his non-Military, non-Western movies. (There probably aren't that many.....only me.)

Where it came from:
Red Placemat - Bed, Bath, and Beyond several years ago
Square White Dinner Plate - Whiteware from Target
Red Salad Plate and Square Popcorn Bowl - "The Cellar" Whiteware from Macy's years ago (yes, it's red, I know, but that's what it is called)
White Square Liner - "Home Café" from Bed, Bath, and Beyond
Red Bowl - "Fun Factory" by Waechtersbach from Replacements
Striped Glass - by Hazel Atlas Glass Co. from eBay
Napkins - Handmade by Pat
Flatware - by Hampton Silversmiths from Pier 1

We will be joining Susan at "Between Naps on the Porch" this Thursday:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/