Garden Tea Party

Tablescape ThursdayWith summer's end nearing I decided it was time for a garden party...most of my flowers are still blooming nicely and the temperatures are perfect- It's time!

(I also just realized that today is my 2 year anniversary with blogging! I've come a long way since then!)

Please join me

I set up my table on our patio...

A feminine summery table was my goal...

  Let's look at the details....

The tablecloth is by Vera (not Vera Wang)

I fell in love with the colors and the artistically designed flowers ....doesn't this just say summer!

 The flowers are a combination of my Limelight hydrangeas, some very large dahlias and sunflowers that my daughter brought home from the farmers market...

The candlesticks I chose are are cut glass

with a pair of candles I bought at Yellowstone

National Park in 1979...Yep 1979...I didn't really

need candles but I like the flair it gives a table!

We went out there on a delayed honeymoon and I couldn't afford much but I was intrigued with these dried flowers encased on the wax candles and have kept them ever since... I slipped a napkin ring holder around the base to jazz them up...

I used my green stemware to add to the profusion of color I wanted to on this table.

  My goose statues made an appearance too!   

The salad bowls helped punch up the color

a bit more  and I dressed up the napkins with two napkin rings like a pair of bracelets!

 I folded the napkins to showcase the pearl like beads...

I layered some my favorite pink German dessert glass plates on top of the floral china pattern.  I used my gold flatware to pick up on the gold edge of the china

Plain white dinner plates with a softly scalloped edge were my first layer...

These Spode salad plates help carry the summery look with their bouquets of flowers

 I softened their look with these pink glass dessert plates I've had for a long time.  

I waited for the late afternoon sun to 

cast it's glow....

It's 4 o'clock and the bell has rung...let's begin!

I glad you could join me for my garden tea party 

and I hope we can do it again!

Things I used:

Spode Meadowbrook China

German etched glass dessert plates (from a catalog purchase in the late 90's)

Salad bowls are by Maxcera , Group Floral

The plain white dishes say Palm Restaurant on the back, Home Goods purchase

Green Swirl Goblets glasses were called Roma, purchased from One Kings Lane

Gold flatware by Wallace called Euro Beads, purchased from Neiman Marcus

White napkins from Pier One Imports

Tablecloth from Macy's

I'm joining Cuisine Kathleen for- Let's Dish

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Italianate Mantel

My new Angels and Nativity

combined made for a very

Italianate design.  Along with

the cathedral styled mirrored

screen it all came together

and created a beautiful

vignette

I used the command hooks 

on the mantel and used a wire

to loop around it and the garland

to hold it tight to the front edge.

 The angels are sitting on a

wreath to give them some 

height and hide the base

I added some flowers to enrich

 the look of the garland

I love this nativity- it's simplicity

says it all

I added these leaves by slipping

them behind the mirror and

a gold beaded garland to

add some body

The tree is a 9 ft. pencil tree

which fit in very nicely and

I didn't have to fight for a

spot to set it.

I used coppery brown and gold

ornaments along with a mix of

angels, stars, chandeliers, finial styled 

ornaments and golden icicles

 The chandelier ornaments and angels 

were new last year from Macy's- 

their early sales were great!

 The twinkly star like ornaments were

from Pier 1 Imports last year

These new white and gold ornaments

were from T.J. Maxx this year

The tree topper is a Capiz

Star of Bethlehem

I looked for several years 

and finally found this one.

 My new tree skirt from an 

Etsy purchase

 I mentioned in a previous post with

our other tree the quality of these tree 

skirts are wonderful and I'm really happy 

with their looks.  With such a small profile 

tree I wanted a smaller sized tree skirt.  

I felt lucky to have found these.  They are 

two sided so I can go either way!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/kdcurb

I am not being compensated for showing
her link, I'm just sharing info.

Our living room is a multipurpose room.
My desk, a large screen tv, stereo speakers
and a game table are all part of the scene.
This room was an addition to our approx.
1100 sq. ft. home in the 90's. It's roughly
a 20 x 22 room and gave this tiny house
a breath of life it needed.

Thanks for stopping by

I am joining From My Front Porch to Yours

for  the  
First Annual Holiday Mantel Party

and

2805 Blogger Block Christmas Tree Party 

I hope you enjoyed what you saw!