Saturday, July 30, 2016

Fiestaware and Daisies

Pat set a sweet table this week using Fiesta(ware) and Fitz & Floyd's "Variations (Daisies)." The accent plate works well with many of Fiesta's colors, so it was easy to come up with an interesting table.


Flatware is one of my personal favorites - "Classic Bead" by Reed & Barton


Somehow, no matter what I did when I took the pictures, the "Sunshine" yellow luncheon plate always looked pale yellow - but it really is a bright, cheery yellow.

The dinner plate is "Shamrock" Fiesta





One of Pat's favorite things to do to add more color is to use two placemats in coordinating colors

You'll see these lanterns a lot - they are one of our favorite versatile table decorations

Where it came from:
Placemats - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond last year
Flatware - "Classic Bead" by Reed & Barton from Costco two or three years ago
Charger - "Faience Gray" by Christofle from eBay
Dinnerware - "Fiesta(ware)" by Homer Laughlin from Macy's and Replacements (the Bread/Butter Plate)
Accent Plate and Mug - "Variations (Daisies)" by Fitz & Floyd from eBay
Glassware - from Pier 1 two years ago
White Lanterns - from Target several years ago
Napkin Ring - Handmade from a silk flower hot-glued to a PVC pipe cut into 1" round
Yellow Napkin - from Pier 1 last year
White Napkin - Handmade by Pat

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/

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Hummingbird Table

Pat is known around her neighborhood for the hundreds of hummingbirds that "dine" on her bird feeders. She and her husband fill at least five feeders a day almost everyday throughout the year. It is truly amazing and unbelievable until you actually see it from her wall of windows in her livingroom.


To pay homage to those rascally, pesty birds [You can tell that I don't share the same "love" of them as my sister....], Pat set the Table for One using a Fitz & Floyd "Hummingbird" accent plate.

Pat used a Mikasa Rose "Color Spectrum" charger, then a Lenox "Mansfield" dinner and luncheon plate beneath the Fitz & Floyd "Hummingbird" accent plate








Glassware is from Pier 1 several years ago


The figurine is from Lefton China

Pat chose the candleholders because they look like those "tubular" shaped flowers so attractive to hummingbirds

The ivory colored vase is "Edme" by Wedgwood


Where it came from:
Charger - Rose "Color Spectrum" by Mikasa from Replacements
Dinnerware - "Mansfield" by Lenox from our collection
Accent Plate - "Hummingbird" by Fitz & Floyd from eBay
Flatware - Pattern unknown by Wm Rogers & Son
Glassware - from Pier 1 several years ago
Candle Holders - from Pat's collection
Napkin Ring - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond
Pink Napkin - Handmade by Pat


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/