Author Archives: cathyboettner

Pasta? Yes, please!

I found these fantastic Marisol pasta bowls from Williams Sonoma at the thrift store and they have my favorite color combination, so I put together a table. I started with a white cloth and a great runner with all the blues, greens, and yellows which work so beautifully with the pasta bowls. I put aContinue reading “Pasta? Yes, please!”

Pretty in Pink

I have found in doing these tables, that I have very little in the way of pink anything to do tablescapes. I found these gorgeous Villeroy and Boch Summerhouse Rose salad plates for a great price on ebay, so I got them. (If you haven’t guessed, Villeroy and Boch is my very favorite maker–high quality,Continue reading “Pretty in Pink”

Bold and Beautiful Blue and White

I bought these Dansk Arabesque salad plates a few months back and I LOVE them. They are so bold and the blue is just gorgeous. When I got them, I went on ebay to find some equally bold graphic napkins and found some really great ones from Williams-Sonoma. Then, while I was thrifting with aContinue reading “Bold and Beautiful Blue and White”

Mostly Millefiori

I found a GORGEOUS millefiori pitcher while I was in Atlanta and I also have some millefiori tumblers which was the jumping off point for this table. I started the table with a really neat linen cloth that has abstract flowers in the same colors as the bread/dessert/canape plates that I am using. The glassesContinue reading “Mostly Millefiori”

Fall for Owls

I found these owls during my thrifting trip to Atlanta and I think that they’re just great, so I built a tablescape around them. I used a white cloth and a jute runner and added a vase of dried lunaria, natural bowl fillers from my office, little wooden boxes from around the house, a woodenContinue reading “Fall for Owls”

Wine Tasting Dinner

I found a set of Herend Village Pottery “Vineyard” dishes at a local antique store that has really good prices. I don’t think that these dishes have ever been used–they are in nearly mint condition. Given the name of the pattern, doing a wine tasting dinner with various wines and wine labels and some candleContinue reading “Wine Tasting Dinner”

Child’s Birthday Party

I found these super adorable dinner plates by Gibson–4 at one thrift store and 2 at another thrift store while I was in Atlanta. The blue in the bands is PERFECT with my Fiestaware Lapis bowls. I did tumblers instead of stemware–the larger tumbler is by Duralex, and the smaller tumbler is by Pasabahce. ForContinue reading “Child’s Birthday Party”

Turning An Odd Assortment of Ingredients into Dinner

We have had people over and ended up with some odd bits and pieces of things that I needed to use up. Here’s the full list of what we had that I needed to use: Here’s what I ended up doing with this: I took about 2/3 cup of the whipped feta (I posted theContinue reading “Turning An Odd Assortment of Ingredients into Dinner”

Welcome to the 90’s

I found this set of Sango Flair dishes at the thrift store, and then found the water glasses at a consignment shop in Atlanta. I decided to do a 90’s throwback look. I did handblown glass balls in a large silver bowl as a centerpiece because they mirror the colors in the glasses and theContinue reading “Welcome to the 90’s”