A Pink Saturday

My favorite color is pink and I've been dreaming of acquiring some pretty, pink dishes for quite some time now.  I haven't found the right ones just yet, mostly because I'm too cheap to buy new;)  For now I just have to settle for adding touches of pink wherever I can.

Tonight I am using a vintage sheet with a soft, pink, floral print for my tablecloth.

 I'm using one of my vintage Knowles china plates and a modern dessert plate.  I love dishes that have a texture or pattern to the edge.

 The napkins are a very soft pink damask.

 Beautiful crystal and a close-up of the tablecloth/sheet.

 I have been using the potted azalea a lot lately.  I'm still waiting on things to start blooming around here:)

 A lot of pink and shades of white make a lovely setting.

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Jenni

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Sunday Snapshots - Everyday Normal

I try to set a nice table every day of the week.  Some days I do better than others, there are those days that I don't feel like cooking, let alone putting together a table, but I do my best.  Often I will set a fancy table intending to take photos and play around a bit, then when it becomes time to sit and eat, I remove elements and rearrange things.  Here are a sampling of my everyday tables, just as they are when we sit down to dinner.

Simple, just me and the kids.....

A little bit fancy, trying out new napkin arrangements....

 The tablecloth is a shower curtain;)  Shhh...

Using the vintage linens, one of my favorites.  I even have the napkins, though most have holes in them.

 The kids really enjoyed the floating candles with this one:)

So how does your every day table look?

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Jenni

Punch of Color

A lot of my tables have a soft, pale color scheme.  Not on purpose, I just happen to have a lot of light colored accoutrements.  I do have some brilliant Fiestaware though!  So today's table features a lot of color.

I started with a colorful tablecloth I got at a recent auction.   I ended up buying two boxes of junk along with the stack of 5 tablecloths, but only paid $1 for it all so I was happy.

 The place mats are reversible with plain ecru on the other side.  We use these all the time.  These along with the blue cotton napkins were thrifty finds.  The water glasses are a pebbled, green glass, bought at a thrift store and the small coke glasses are from Dollar Tree.

 The Fiesta dinner plates are quite large and work well as charger plates for the older china.

 The off-white china plate is a vintage Knowles.  It has a bright floral motif in the center, but I have been unable to learn the pattern so far.  I love the fluted edge on them.

The lace edgge compotes are the perfect size for some pudding and look so pretty with the other dishes.  I've been collecting them one at a time at thrift stores and now have 5.

This one is by far my favorite color combo.  Red, white, and turquoise:)  The kids recently broke the turquoise dinner plate.  I was quite upset, why couldn't they break one of the dark colors instead of one of my faves?

 A little ceramic bunny just waiting for Easter.

 Another shot of my favorite colors:)

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Jenni

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Sunday Snapshots - Easter Table

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter!

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Jenni

The Antler Table

This one was just for fun, plus I needed something to use for my blog header, so why not set up an entire table outside just to play around and take pictures:)  Some day my husband and I might actually get to sit down to a dinner just for two.  Dreaming of that day!  Some photos will have different things in them since I was trying things out and snapping pics at the same time.

Of course I got to use my new(to me) Noritake china.  The wine glasses are Dollar Tree and the small water or juice goblets are a thrifted purchase.

 I used a vintage pineapple crocheted topper over a white cloth with a drop cloth runner down the middle.  

First time I've used that pineapple topper and I've had it for ages!  It looks white in the pics, but it's really an ecru color.

 Love the antlers:)  Napkins and candle holder/candle are both thrifty finds.

The flatware is mostly Interpur Florenz, a vintage stainless set  I've been collecting piece by piece.  I had to sub the dinner forks though since I haven't found any of those yet.  I'm starting to wonder if they exist.

Thrifted milk glass, lace edge compotes that I've been dying to use. I haven't had a chance to use them on the real table yet since I'm short two.  I'm really short seven since I'd eventually like twelve, but two more would work for now.  I've found each of them individually and at least three of them recently, so I still have hope of having enough very soon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenni

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Simple Sunday Table

This past Sunday I got to use my newly thrifted china to set the table.  My husband was home, but we were missing a couple kids this weekend so it's only set for five this time.

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 I used a yellow table cloth with a homemade lace runner to start.  Both are recent thrift purchases.

 The napkin rings are silver plate and were a cheap find at an antique store.  I later found another set of the same at a thrift store, giving me a full set of 12.  I'm always looking and buying with 12 place settings in mind since I have 5 kids and have hopes that they will bring their significant others home for family dinners someday.  My youngest is 3, so I have time:)

 I'm using my new(to me) green, glass bowl for salad this evening.  The serving utensils are silver plate and another great find at just .59 cents each.

 I wanted to use some floating candles I found recently, so everyone has their own special little candle in a glass ramekin 'pond' tonight.

 The napkins are a white poly/cotton and are new, though I found them at an antique store among the vintage ones, thus their cheap price I suppose.  The flatware is just a plain old stainless set I got for free ages ago.

 The water goblets are from Dollar Tree and we use them almost every day.

 The candlewick candle holders were thrifted, as was the crystal compote in the center.  I love how it all sparkles and makes the table look pretty.

I'm happy to say that everything on this table was thrifted or found at the Dollar Tree and looks just as good as the expensive stuff. (at least in my opinion;)

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Jenni

Birthday Table

Dolly turned six on Wednesday and we decided to put off her birthday dinner until today when we would all be here.  She was very excited to have both Emily and her Daddy at her special dinner.

I have been scouring the thrift stores for weeks trying to find pretty pink things for this table since that is Dolly's favorite color and what she was hoping to have at her 'party'.  Unfortunately I had no luck and wound up using a combination of white linens and dishes with a few pink napkins as a runner.  The white lace table cloth is a thrifty find but I don't like to use it much with little ones and spent the entire time watching for spills.

 I rounded out the pink theme with a trip to the Dollar Tree for some paper goods and balloons.  I had planned on getting some pretty pink flowers for our centerpiece but it was not to be.  The balloons wound up looking great and Louise loved them so it was a win!

 I used an off-white dinner plate as a charger, pink princess heart plate from Dollar Tree, white salad plate for our dinner plate, and more princess paper goods for napkins and juice cups.  The water goblets were a previous Dollar Tree purchase and the sherbet's were thrifted.

 I used a mix of pink and white candles since that is what I had on hand and spaced them between the balloon weights.  We did light these for awhile and enjoyed the ambiance until the balloons started weaving and looking rather 'full', then we blew them out before things got explosive.

It still looked pretty and it's too bad I couldn't get the camera to capture all the sparkle and shine this table had going for it.

I don't usually put the dessert dishes on the table like this, but since it was a birthday dinner and our actual meal was a light one, heavy on the dessert, I went for pretty and pleasing rather than proper.

And what's a birthday without the cake?  I didn't get a pic of this thing sliced, but it was a rather sloppy four layers alternating pink and white with pink frosting between the layers.  Very sugary and messy, but oh so good:)

The happy birthday girl!

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Thanks for stopping by!  Jenni