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”
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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: Whipped Feta Tiny bit of pesto Broiled Onions Bruschetta A few squash from the garden that needed to be usedContinue 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”
Pretty Primary Table
I started with this pretty tablecloth and pulled colors from it for the rest of the elements–yellow Fiestaware plates, Pfaltzgraff Rio salad plates, red flowers, yellow containers, and napkins with all the colors in them.
Game Night
I found this giant set of dominoes at the consignment store, and I love jars of scrabble tiles (along with upwords, and boggle), so that was the jumping off point for this table. I love using apothecary style jars in tablescapes. I thrifted all the decorations for this table.
Bon Voyage
I found the cutest mini-globes that are meant to hang up and those were the inspiration for this travel table. I added some books about various places, binoculars, and old cameras. I used Johnson Brothers Athena dinner plates, and Pottery Barn Ava salad plates, Libbey Gibraltar water goblets, and Libbey footed coolers. This kind ofContinue reading “Bon Voyage”
Tomato Pie
This is a dish that we like really well, but there are some issues with it that I think that I have finally solved. But first, a word about tomatoes. You MUST use homegrown tomatoes for this recipe because the flavor is so much better than grocery store tomatoes that tend to be bland. AndContinue reading “Tomato Pie”
Painterly Place Settings
I found some great salad plates in the pattern Vincent by Sakura which inspired this table. I used Ballard Designs for Southern Living Putty colored dinner plates with the Vincent salad plates, Lenox brown water glasses, and stained glass wine glasses. I added some art books, orange flowers, and containers with paint brushes. It’s soContinue reading “Painterly Place Settings”
Garden Table Version 2.0
Here’s another version of the garden table with more pink in it thanks to the darling Villeroy and Boch Perugia cream soup bowls. I used Oneidacraft Weave dinner plates and Noritake Sweet Swirl light green iced tea glasses. I think it’s awfully cute.
