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We are celebrating Father’s Day with my father in law and I put together a super colorful arrangement with flowers that I had in my yard. This is what I picked. I started with the boxwood greenery that I cut from in front of the house. Then I added some hosta flowers that just startedContinue reading “Use What You Have Bouquet–A Riot of Color”

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!Continue reading “Summer Garden Birthday Party”

My husband loves Peace Tea Raspberry Tea, but I don’t like spending that much on something that has so many “fake” ingredients. I decided to see if I could make something that gave him the same taste, but with much better ingredients. I decided that I would use white grape juice for at least partContinue reading “Raspberry Iced Tea”

If you’ve been following along, you’ll recognize my thrifted tureen full of yellow kalanchoe, which I just love. I added my favorite bunnies and my metal frog and some green glass lanterns. These items bring out colors that are in the salad plates–Albertina by Villeroy and Boch. I also used some vintage goblets–Savannah by Sears,Continue reading “Sweet Animals Table”

We were celebrating my FIL’s birthday at our house and I noticed that my gladioulus were starting to bloom so I picked them. While I was in the cutting garden, I also picked some Nigella stems that were full of seed pods, and some dahlias. I grabbed a few oakleaf hydrangeas and then I wentContinue reading “BIG Bouquet from the Garden”

My jumping off point for this table was the adorable margarita glasses I found while thrifting. It’s a little guy napping in front of a cactus–for $1/each, they had to come home. I also found the striped dinner plates for less than $1/each–Lemon Zest by Dansk. If I were going to do this for real,Continue reading “Tacos and Margaritas”

I’d been pondering a nautical theme for a table after I found the super fantastic nautical themed canape plates from Phillipe Deshoulieres while thrifting. They are great art deco looking designs and each plate is different. I used the coir runner again because it reminds me of ropes, plus a blue pitcher with white flowers,Continue reading “Setting Sail for Supper”

I found some really interesting rim soup bowls while on my big thrifting adventure. They are from Martha Stewart, and I had to get them at only $2/each. My friend had found me some pretty neutral colored dinner plates with an interesting rim. I bought a neat coir runner after Christmas this spring. I putContinue reading “Naturally Neutral Table”

I found a pattern by Villeroy and Boch called Bon Jour Monsieur. It’s orange, blue, yellow, and bright green on a white background. The orange on the rim is virtually the same color as my Persimmon Fiestaware. I used a bright green cloth to pull out the green in the plates with orange, yellow, andContinue reading “Super Colorful Tablescape”