Summer Oh Summer !!!!

Summer Oh Summer!!!

I have missed  blogging, just seems that 

things have got in the way.

 I had a few medical issues that left 

me with the do not want too's.

 I am sure that some of you know those feeling. 

Enough of that lets get  on with the show. 

Summer has definitely arrived here in Texas!! As I type, it is just a cool 99 which feels like 103!! 

Yes I think I will stay in the cool for the rest of the day. 

My how our Texas weather can change in a

 six months time. We have been 

snowed in and flooded in, during these last 6 months. 

 What happen to all that rain

 we had a couple of months ago. 

How soon we forget how we were wishing for it to stop. 

This is my backyard in February

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Water-crossing to my house in  May 2015

    

Water crossing in June 2015

Can you say that we had to stay home many days in the last 6 months!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  On a happier note just sharing a few of tables from the past.

July Tables

                                                                        All white with a little blue

                                                                                                A Apple a day keeps the Doctor away

Decoration  for the gentlemen servers at a Ladies Retreat

One of my 5 Tables at the 

Ladies Retreat

Wedding china they lasted for "45"  years !!!

Just a little country!!

Thanks for dropping by
Take care and stay cool

Cathy


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In Between Holiday Tablescapes

As I set here writing this, West Texas sand has blown in to North Texas

 and my head is telling me about it. I use to live in West Texas 

an always suffered when those red clouds blew in.

 Only in Texas can you have in one month

 ICE< SNOW<10 degrees <SUN with  75 degrees< 

29 mile gust with SAND  and 65 degrees.

 Guess it is better than 10 feet of snow and 10 degrees. 

During this time of the year I am in a dilemma. 

Don't you hate it when you are undecided!

 I think it is to early for St. Patrick decoration, Mardi Gras isn't until  March

 and then Easter is in April. 

What to do?????

 So thought I would pull out some of the dishes I have not used in a while.

 So here is a quick look at my In Between Tablescape.

Country Life 

by Warren Kimble

Red Round Barn 

 Rooster egg cups & Barn napkin rings

were a Thrift store but before I ever found the dishware.

Barn with a steeple

Rooster juice glasses-Pottery Barn

Fosteria American water glass--MIL

Coffee Mug-Warren Kimble-Country Quartet

Flatware-TJ MAXX

Vintage creamer--Thrift Store

Moo Cow--Salt & Pepper--???

Chargers--Pier 1

Cake Stand-Marshall's

White two story Barn

Rooster Pitcher-Creamer & Sugar--Target

Barn Cookie Jar--Gift from my Mom

Tiny chicken in the Cloche--?????

Red Barn Cookie JAR

All the Warren Kimble dishes were found at Goodwill, some in my home town 

and others at Goodwill in Amarillo!!!

Maybe that is why the sand is blowing, 

wanted the dishes to fill they were at home ;) 

Visited a friend  that I play dishes with yesterday. Just had  to share her tablescape 

        Table 1

Check below which tablecloth do you like best. 

Table 2

 I have not talked  her in to blogging so I get to share her tables with you.

She is a dish alcoholic like me!

Isn't it great to have friends to play dishes with. 

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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!



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Centerpiece Wednesdays 

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WHITE WITH A LITTLE COLOR

I made it! 
 I have been gone for awhile but could not let this Challenge go by.
At Cuisine Kathleen's
 Let Dish Wednesday her Challenge

 was a table using only white dishes and one other color as an accent.

 She knows how to CHALLENGE us.

 I seemed to always want to use a lot of  color on my tables so this was a BIG challenge for me.

The big decision was what accent color would I use

????????????

orange-red--aqua--yellow

Can you guess which one won?

Well aqua won out. A few months ago I found aqua napkins at HG (love that store)

So now do I have anything else, so the hunt was on.

I decided to shop the house.

Complete Setting(oops the decanter really is the right color I thought)

Table for Two

Only new purchase beach chair

Had to light the candles

I hope I followed the rules that Kathleen set for us. I did have fun shopping the house and trying to only use White & Aqua. 

Where did it come from:

Charges: Pier 1

Plates: Oneida/Wicker--Goodwill

Fish Bowls: Hobby Lobby

Cake Stand, Clear centerpiece, Milk Glass glasses,Cup & saucer, flatware,--Thrifty Store finds (not all at one time)

Creamer & Sugar: Belong to my sweet MIL

Candle holders: Birthday gift from the daughter

Beach chair: Dollar General (on Monday)

Clear Crystal: Wedding 

So there you have it I only spent $3.50 and it think I did it.

Oh I have to add one more picture you find the change give me a 

YOU BE THE JUDGE!

  

Thanks for dropping by and Yes I will be
 joining 
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