Cathy's Cupboard Calamity: Fiesta!!!! Fiesta!!!!

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Fiesta!!!! Fiesta!!!!

Fiesta/Fiesta Dinner
Hope everyone is having a great Holiday weekend.
My plans are to go only where it is COOL!

Friday it was only a 105!
Can you say HOT!
Our calendars may be changing to September
but for some reason
mother nature hasn't changed her calendar.
Oh well if you live in Texas wait a day and
it will be 70 degrees..............I am ready.

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Big Jim and I hosted a dinner for our
Church fellowship group on Friday.
We never thought that it would be so hot.
Of course I had to use the oven then add 20 people.
Our poor air conditioner never shut off.
We had planned to use the deck
but with it being on the West side of house
and not covered , inside we all had to be.

That means we I moved furniture and brought in tables.

I ~~think~~ hope that I am not the only one
who has crazy ideas at the last minute.
I decided to paint my folding chairs on Thursday morning and the dinner was Friday. I did it!
I was in our back yard painting
and kind of disturbed
some golfers with the shaking of the paint can.
That's the way it goes when you live on a golf course.

You know as a dish-alcoholic I could
NOT use paper or plastic.

I might have been banned from tablescaping <;)
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With our menu being Mexican Fiesta
can you guess what dishes I choose to use.

FIESTA of course!!!!!

I set up the appetizers and cool drinks
as you entered.

Had early arrivals before I got the appetizers out so no photos of the goodies.

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I set my dinning room table for 8,
a extra round table for 8 and the card table for 4.

This may be an overload of photos but
I wanted to show all three tables.

Dinning Table

I began with a orange tablecloth.
Not only was the dinnerware Fiesta but also
the Fiesta Brand tablecloth.
I got on clearance at Ross several years ago.
The place mats are from Dollar Tree,
just turned them vertical.
Then overlapped two for the center of the table.

Napkins are all orange on this table with
Sombrero napkin rings.
I Copied and cut each one out

and attached with double sided tape.

Center piece is a Fiesta pitcher
with colorful Dollar Tree artificial flowers.
The chair was a thrift find.
Charros salt pepper shakers have been in
my stash for awhile.

Aren't they cute!

All the place setting had a different color of a
Fiesta plate and flatware was a
variety of makes and colors.

View of the completed table.

Extra Table of 8

This table was set with a yellow cloth and
round place mats of turquoise and orange
with a variety of Fiesta plates.
The glasses I used for all tables were
blue Libby which came from the
outlet in Shreveport Mississippi.
These were purchased long
before I became a serious tablescaper.
The clear stripped glasses are Sango/Sue Zipkin,
which I scored really cheap at Goodwill awhile back. Napkins are bandannas from Hobby Lobby
with the same sombrero napkin rings.

Center piece is bring green Fiesta pitcher.
A loaner from my daughter
with artificial flowers and cactus candle

If you look close you can see

all three of the tables in photo above.

Yes we were all in the same room.

Another set of salt and pepper shakers
from my collection that was given
to me by my BIL many years ago.

See my newly paint chairs. Ye Ha!

The small bowls were used for Queso or salsa.
A surprise that I uncovered in my cabinet.
Yes, forgot I had them.

Table for Four

This is one of two of vintage
Mexican table cloths that I own.
Wish I had taken a photo before I set the table.
Mexico is embroidered in the center.
Again each setting is in a variety of colors
that I used on the other two tables.

We had a great time, with great food and wonderful fellowship.

Thanks for stopping by
please stay cool and safe on this
Labor Day Weekend.

Following me is like waiting on your child,
you never know when I will show up!

I will be joining:
Sunday is the day to share