Summer Garden Birthday Party

Our niece and her family came in to town and it coincided with her birthday, so we had a get together to celebrate her.

I wanted to do something that was really cheerful and summery, so I started with a great Williams-Sonoma tablecloth that I found last year at the consignment store–even the right size! From there, I chose the super fun striped candleholders. I found 4 little matching bottles at the thrift store this week that I filled with yellow and white flowers.

For the place settings, I used white buffet plates and Villeroy and Boch Switch 3 Arabesque salad plates (I really love these). I was going to use navy napkins, but they just weren’t quite right, so I am using white hem-stitched cotton napkins in some gorgeous green glass napkin rings (I found the first 4 at an estate sale, and I tracked down more of them on ebay). Because I am going with a garden theme, it was the perfect opportunity to use my little vegetable place card holders–love them! I have platters that look like white wicker baskets that I am going to use for the bread, steaks, and potatoes. So cute!