Memorial Day Table

My goodness, it has been awhile since I posted anything.

I created a very simple table for Memorial Day using the white Banana Republic plates I found at Goodwill in Charleston, SC. I folded my blue napkins to make the place mats.

The striped salad plates are clearance items from Home Goods. I loved the nautical motif on them.

 

I found the Pepsi crate on the Pottery Barn web site for $9.99. I filled it with my little milk bottles and vintage Pepsi bottle.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day filled with good food and good times.

Additions to St Paddy's Table

When I photographed my table earlier, I noticed that I had left off glassware. *gasp* I added my Mother's 1940s Fostoria tea glasses and also found some shamrock plants.

So, here is the new and improved table!

I love the shamrock plants I found at Wal*Mart yesterday. These are going in my garden.

My granddaughter and I made cupcakes last night so we put out the individual covered dessert stands. Easy peasy recipe: 1 devils food cake mix, 1 can of pumpkin, about one half cup of chocolate chips. Fill muffin paper half way and bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees. We used mint/chocolate chips in these. We also pushed Andes Mints into the cupcakes just out of the oven for a melty surprise in the center. Green icing and another Andes Mint finished them off.

Some green bottles from an estate sale:

Love these napkin rings I bought last year from TJMaxx.
 

Tempting goodies scattered on the table.
 

The Queen Bess flatware tied with strips of cloth.
 

St. Paddy's Day Table

I have had fabric to make napkins for St Paddy's Day for over a year. I finally gave up on getting them made and bought these beauties at TJMaxx. At least the pressure is off!!

I love the cut-work shamrocks on them.

Most of the things on this table came from the Dollar Tree or Michael's.

My much loved Queen Bess flatware. This is the pattern that my grandmother used.

All of my photos were shot in camera raw and edited in Photoshop CS3.

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A Monday Surprise and Tuesday at the Little Farmhouse

After having two pain blocks in my back at the pain clinic yesterday morning, I finally got around to opening my email later in the day. I had a wonderful surprise there; my layout, Autumn in the South, was chosen as layout of the day at Digital Scrapbook Place.

 This morning I decided to get out a bit and walk around the yard. We are having an unseasonably warm day here for November since the temp is supposed to get to 75°F. The sun seems a bit hesitant about shining today too, but I love taking photos on days like this.

One of the things that attracted us to this property is this old barn. It is a mismatched jumble of old lumber from various sources and a tin roof but has a certain beauty about it.

The old rusted gates, the cedar post fences and all the rusted hinges and hooks are some of my favorite things.

All of these back issues have certainly slowed me down, but now I have to finish my Thanksgiving table. I have also been pinning some great recipes onto Pinterest for our meal for the big day.

Now I am off to the grocery store to round up all the ingredients for the Thanksgiving goodies. What are you serving for Thanksgiving?

Halloween Table

I am finally through refinishing and painting my dining table and chairs. I painted over the table base and apron that I showed here. I decided that the pineapple yellow was a bit too bright. I repainted with a Martha Stewart sample pot of color called Cornbread. The first coat I mixed the entire sample pot with ¼ cup of plaster of paris. The second coat was done with unmixed paint. I have to say that the Martha Stewart paint worked well mixed with the plaster of paris.

The chair was painted with Behr Ultra color matched to Heirloom White.

This is the first tablescape for me in quite some time. I love decorating for Halloween.

I am partying at: