TABLESCAPE TUESDAY - TEA FOR THREE

Hi all!

I hope you had a great weekend and a great week so far!   We had a great weekend!  Very relaxing and fun!

On today's Tablescape Tuesday, I'm going to be taking another little break from Dining room tables and doing a tea table I set up.   This was not used in a ladies tea, but I wanted to set it up for an idea for a future tea, perhaps.   The inspiration for this tablescape is my "WRAPPING PAPER" table runner....it was some wrapping paper from Dollar Tree that I thought would look really cool on a table! 

I'm calling this tablescape...TEA FOR THREE!


I used my long round white tablecloth (pretty standard since this is actually a patio table, and I don't wan't that "outdoor" look to show...AND this is the only long round tablecloth I own...haha!

On top of that, the wrapping paper runner!



The Centerpiece was a tall glass candleholder with a white candle, a silver candleholder with a white candle wrapped with some of that same wrapping paper, and a square glass vase from the Dollar store with blue and white flowers, and turquoise glass pieces.


The plate stack is as follows - Turquoise charger from Michaels, White dinner plate and silver salad plate from Dollar Tree, blue rimmed dessert plate that I've had since I got married, (a LONG time ago..haha) and a silver saucer and teacup from Ross!  The cobalt blue champagne glasses were from Dollar Tree, as were the smaller water glasses.



In the middle is also a cute white teapot and tea set from Ross. 

I thought this turned out pretty cute.  I hate to say I forgot to light the candles before I took the picture...but, oh well. 

I hope you enjoyed this Tablescape Tuesday!  Thanks again for stopping by and I hope to see you soon! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLESCAPE TUESDAY - Peonies and Plaid

Hi all!

Welcome to another TABLESCAPE TUESDAY!!!   Sorry I was M.I.A. for a few weeks.  We were on a family vacation and had a wonderful time, but not much time for blogging! 

Today I wanted to share with you a tablescape that I did for a tea a while back with some great friends!  We had such a great time of fellowship and prayer and I am so thankful for such wonderful friends as these!  

I wanted to make the setting special for these special ladies, so this is what I came up with.

I found this awesome wrapping paper at Homegoods not too long ago.  I thought this was so pretty and loved these colors all together.  I also have a bit of a thing for plaid and I just thought this would look great on a tablescape as a table runner!

Under the table runner is my long white round tablecloth that I found on Amazon.com.   On top of that is a sheer pink curtain that I got from Goodwill!   It worked great to give the table a little femininity and color.  

For the centerpiece, I used my tall white pillar candleholder from Ikea with a white candle which is wrapped with a "ribbon" of the same wrapping paper I used for the table runner.  Next to that are some pink peonies in a hot pink vase with some hot pink small ornaments to hold them in place.

Here's a plate breakdown for you, in case you're wanting the low-down!  lol

First...the charger is a pretty ruffled 14" plate from Old Time Pottery.

On top of that is actually a ruffled melamine dinner plate in hot pink.

On top of that is a pink salad plate from Goodwill, and a white saucer with a pretty weaved pattern that kind of reminds me of plaid..


Then I topped off the ensemble with a lime green bowl from the dollar store.   The white silverware was from Goodwill...a great find!   The napkin rings are from ebay.

The green stemmed glasses are Pier 1, but I got them at a garage sale for $1 each!  That was a great bargain in my book!  =D  The smaller water glasses were also $1 but I got those at the Dollar store!  =)  I also used my little Pier 1 petal bowls as tealight holders.

The breakfast was wonderful and the ladies seemed to like the the food and the setting...but I think most of all, we all enjoyed sharing our lives with eachother and praying for eachother!

Thanks so much for joining me for another
Tablescape Tuesday!  Hope to see you again soon!!!

This Post is being added to:
Tablescape Thursday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINAL FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA Link Party (for a while) - With Features!!!

Howdy folks!!!

Well, we had a wonderful vacation in Missouri visiting family for the last couple weeks, but it is also nice to be back home and getting back into the swing of things!

It is with sadness that I must announce that this will be the final Festive Friday Fiesta for a while.  We're getting ready to start the new school year up and I just know that it's gonna get pretty hectic around here.   I may start this back up next summer, if things slow down.

I really have enjoyed seeing everyone's creativity over the last few months!  Thank you so much to those of you who contributed to such a fun link party!!!!

I have a few great features from the last FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA as well!

Holly from the Coconut Head Survival Guide shared these adorable COCO CHANEL-INSPIRED HAIRBAND HOLDERS!

Aren't these adorable???  They also look pretty easy to make and add so much GLAM!!!

Jenna from The Painted Apron shared her beautiful MORROCCAN FANTASY TABLESCAPE!

This is absolutely FABULOUS!!!

Newcomer, Sam from The Kitchen is My Dancefloor shared a very cute DIY State Pallet sign! 



I love that pink color!


Robin from Fluster Buster shared her DELICIOUS-LOOKING Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes


Oh Yummmmm!!!!

And now, onto the party!!!!   I hope you'll tell your blogging friends, and let's finish out this link party out with a BANG!!!

FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA Link Party #20

Hi all!

Happy FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA!!!

I'm sorry I won't be able to do any features this week or next week because I'm on vacation, but I'd still love for you to come and show off your creativity!!!   So I'll be putting the link up...and when I get back from vacation, I'll make sure to do extra features from these few weeks! 

Thanks so much and LET'S PARTY!!!! 

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FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA LINK PARTY #19 WITH FEATURES

Hi all!

It's Fiesta time!!!  

But first a few awesome features!

Jenna from THE PAINTED APRON dazzled us with her BEACH TOWEL TABLESCAPE!

 

This is so creative!!!   I never would have thought to use beach towels for a tablescape, but I AM NOW!!  lol

Fabby from FABBY'S LIVING gave us a tour of her BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN!


This looks so lovely and inviting!  

And finally, Holly from THE COCONUT HEAD SURVIVAL GUIDE  showed us HOW TO ORGANIZE A HOT MESS!  

The title alone was enough for me to feature it, but there are also some great tips in here!

Congratulations, Ladies!!!!

And now....it's Party Time!!!  Can't wait to see your creativity this week!!!

TABLESCAPE TUESDAY - "The HUES OF BLUES" Tablescape

Hey everyone!

I hope you are having a fabulous week so far!  Here at the Home Girl household, all is well.  The kids are in camp this week...YAHOOOOOO!   They're excited...and so are we!  haha!

For today's TABLESCAPE TUESDAY, I wanted to share with you the tablescape from our latest Sunday Family Dinner!  

Speaking of Sunday Family Dinners...are ?   If you are wondering what I'm talking about, here's a short blurb to familiarize you with our weekly family event!  If you've seen this before, feel free to skip this part!
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We started a new family tradition in January 2013 (a New Years' Resolution) that I hope continues even after the kids are grown.

"SUNDAY FAMILY DINNERS!"

We pretty much have dinner together as a family most nights, 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
S.F.D. #8 - "Apple of My Eye"
S.F.D. #9 - "Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss"
S.F.D. #10 - The "KNego" Tablescape (Designed by my 9 year old son)
S.F.D. #11 - The St. Patrick's Day Tablescape
S.F.D. #12 - Last-Minute Lavender Tablescape
S.F.D. #13 - 3 Easter Tables
S.F.D. #14 - Wrapped In Love Tablescape
S.F.D. #15 - Wrapped Up in Family Tablescape
S.F.D. #16 - Orange You Ready for a Picnic Tablescape
S.F.D. #17 - Barbies and the Pink Shoes (Designed by my 6 year old daughter)
S.F.D. #18 - Simply Nautical but Nice Tablescape
S.F.D. #19 - Memorial Day Americana Table
S.F.D. #20 - Froggie Went a' Courtin' Tablescape
S.F.D. #21 - Simple Father's Day Tablescape

S.F.D.#22 - 4th of July Tablescape
S.F.D. #23 - Polka Dot Color Fun Tablescape

 Because I'm on a budget but love to switch up my decor for the various tablescapes each week, I'm decorating my tables almost entirely on BARGAINS....finds from the Dollar Stores, Thrift Stores, or regular stores with sales or clearance items.

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For this Sunday Family Dinner, I have named it "the HUES of BLUES".  

 

 

I decided to use the inspiration of a SHOWER CURTAIN that I recently got at Goodwill.  I actually didn't notice that it was a shower curtain until I got it home and was going through my stuff at a recent Thrift Store shopping haul. I thought it was a tablecloth.


I decided that, shower curtain or not, I was going to use this on a tablescape.  I loved the muted turquoise color with the darker blue floral design...not too much, but still striking.   It wouldn't fit all the way as a tablecloth, so I simply folded it in half and decided to use it under my white tablecloth as a runner.  I'm glad I did this.  I liked the way the white kind of offset the blues and made the colors stand out a little more to me.

I kept the décor fairly simple because I wanted to "showcase" the table runner. 

The centerpiece was a simple silk flower bouquet I found at a garage sale for $2, I believe.  I loved the look of these flowers.   The glue stuff at the bottom has gotten a bit browned, so if anyone knows how to clean that up, I'd love to hear ideas for that!   Other than that, I just love it!

On both sides of the centerpiece are some small Pier 1 flower bowls clustered together and a tall glass candleholder with different blue glass pieces and a white candle.

For each place setting, I used a large white charger from Old Time Pottery,


Some blue rimmed dinner plates I've had since I got married,


A pfaltzgraff blue salad plate from Goodwill,
 


And to top it off, a cute blue and white bird/floral designed dessert plate from Ross on clearance!


The cobalt blue glasses were from dollar tree and our church's local thrift store.   I used white napkins with blue bling napkin rings I found on Ebay.

All in all, I really like how it turned out and my family did too. 


Thanks so much for joining me for another TABLESCAPE TUESDAY!   Hope you have a wonderful day!

 

FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA Link Party #18 With Features!

HOLA AMIGOS!!!
 
It's PARTY TIME!!!!   FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA-Style!!!!
 
I hope you're ready to share your wonderful creativity and feast your eyes on some wonderful ideas!!!
 
But first, I wanted to share a couple features from last week's Fiesta!
 
These features are all about the Festive FOOD that was shared!  We had lots of wonderful recipes that people shared with us!   So.....let me show you a few!
 
First up, Cathy from A PEEK INTO MY PARADISE shared her recipe for White Chicken Lasagne!

 

 This looks very yummy!  
 
Next, Leigh Anne from YOUR HOME BASED MOM shared her recipe for Lemon Ice Cream!

 
This looks so refreshing!  I really want to try this!!!  =D
 
 
And last, but not least, Lizbeth from JUST DIP IT IN CHOCOLATE shared her recipe for S'mores Pizza!

 
I love S'mores and I love pizza so this just sounds amazing!  This is one of 3 dessert pizza recipes she shared at our Fiesta!  I'd love to try every one!!!!
 
Congratulations ladies!  
 
Now, onto the party!!!  Can't wait to see what you have to share this week!!!