Tablescape Tuesday - "Apple Of My Eye" Tablescape

Hi everyone!  

Happy TABLESCAPE TUESDAY!!!!  I hope you're having a wonderful week so far!

For this past "Sunday Family Dinner" I decided to continue on with the cheerful and bright theme that comes along with Spring, and even provide a little bit different St. Patrick's Day theme, if you're looking for a little St. Patty's Inspiration.

For those of you who who are new to my blog, Here is the info on our "Sunday Family Dinner"...  (if you've seen my blog a lot...you know this story...feel free to skip this part...haha!)
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We started a new family tradition last month that I hope continues even after the kids are grown.

"SUNDAY FAMILY DINNERS!"

We pretty much have dinner together as a family every night, but on Sundays, we have a special dinner in the dining room as opposed to the kitchen table, where we normally eat.

I get out the fine china and candles and make a special meal and so far, it has been something we look forward to each week.

 

Then once a month, we invite some of our extended family to join us for a Sunday family dinner.

 

It's also been giving me a chance to do lots of new TABLESCAPES..haha!

To see my previous tablescapes from other Sunday Family Dinners, you can click here:

Sunday Family Dinner #1 - Red and Blue Toile
S.F.D.#2 - Black, White and Silver
S.F.D.#3 - Winter Woods With White
S.F.D.#4 - The "Royal Treatment"
S.F.D.#5 - Super Bowl Table
S.F.D. #6 - Mardi Gras Table
S.F.D #7 - Spring is Springing Up
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Soooo...for this week's "Sunday Family Dinner"  I present to you our "Apple of My Eye" Tablescape!

 The colors for this table are Lime Green (or GRANNY SMITH APPLE green) and Royal Blue!

I used my plain white tablecloth and found some great runner fabric, which is 2 half-yards of fabric from Joann's Fabric.  This was on sale for $3 per yard, so the 2 half-yards together made $3....some great inexpensive table runners!

For the napkins, I found these great lime green napkins at a thrift store for 25 cents each!  I bought 6!   They were in good condition, so I thought that was a great bargain!

Now for the "plate breakdown"    These lime green chargers are from Michaels.  They often have sales where they're $1.50...but if you can't wait for the sale, you can print out a coupon daily for 40% off any one item, and go get one a day until you have what you need.  This takes some discipline and planning, but it can be done!  It's a great way to save some money.



On top of that plate, I put a blue and white plate that I've had for YEARS!  I almost got rid of these plates, but decided not to at the last minute...and now I'm SO glad I didn't.  These plates worked perfectly with this theme!  The texture of these plates is great as well!

 On top of that plate is a plate I got at Goodwill for 50 cents each.  They had 4 of them, and I got all 4.  You can see they have more of a sage green leaf pattern in the middle, but that's fine, because there will be another plate on top of it...so all you will see are the edges...and I loved the shape of these edges!  =D

On top of that plate is the plate that was the inspiration for this color scheme!  This was another one of those great 50 cent plate/saucer finds.  They had 5 and I got all 5 of them.  I really like this color combo! 

On top of that saucer was a $1.50 ruffle bowl from Pier 1.  I love these little bowls because they are so versatile!

And to top it all off, each place setting had a nice green Granny Smith Apple in the bowls.  I loved how this looked at each place setting and this was their fruit for the evening, so it saved me some prep time making a fruit dish too! 

 I took these before I realized I forgot to put out the flatware...I have not found a great set of flatware yet, so it was just our general flatware...nothing fabulous...haha!


The Centerpiece is this lovely soup tureen that I found at Goodwill recently for just 10 dollars.   I just took off the lid and took out the ladle, and it makes a great place to hold green apples, lime green ornaments and little key limes!  =)

On either side are some blue tulip candeholders and on the sides of those are two cupcake domes filled with lime green ornaments and Key Limes.    A blue beaded garland ran across the table as well.

I kind of wish I would have done a little more right around the centerpiece, but oh well...shoulda, woulda, coulda....

We had some DELICIOUS  "Olive Garden" style Chicken Fetuccini Alfredo  (the recipe for the sauce is on the Olive Garden website) for the dinner and it was so tasty!

All in all, everyone had a great time!  

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope to see you again real soon!!  Have a great Day!

This post is being added to...

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