First Tablescape for 2015

New Year's Eve Table 

A New Year and I guess my computer 
decided I needed a break.
On New Year's Eve I tried to post 
my New Year Eve's table.
Things did not work out I could 
not upload any of the photo's.
Well low and behold I finally tired again and
 it worked,
Better late than never!!!
Ladies I give to you my
 New Year's Eve Table
2014

I shopped the house and only purchased a few
 filler items for the center piece,
I began with a black cloth
Centerpiece is arranged on a silver tray with glass candle holders, 
silver garland and silver ornaments and trees.
 With a special appearance from a 
Doyle and Dollie silver New Year Eves bird.

On the right end of the centerpiece

On the left end of the centerpiece

I will just let you look, hope you enjoy!

Place setting
 Charger: Pier 1
Plates: Black Octagon --Goodwill
Clear dessert plate: Thrift store
 Clock: cut out copied from Pinterest
Flatware--which belong to my MIL is King Cedric” by“
 Oneida, introduced in 1933. "King Cedric"
 was one of the few silver plated 
patterns duplicated in sterling.



Glassware
 Crystal Ebony Black ~American Manor  ~ Glasses Goblets
 Small Stemmed ~LUMINARC  CRYSTAL  
Thrift Stores
Tall Stemmed-Need help to identify--Estate sale$5.00 for 6 !!!


Accessories
Napkins: Bed Bath & Beyond
Mugs, Creamers and Butter Dishes ~T J Max & Marshall's
Federal Petal Saucers---Thrift Store
Tiny silver chargers--gift from the daughter
Silver creamer & Sugar and large cut glass S & P --gift from my Mom
Filler & Doyle & Dollie~~Wal Mart 


WOW!!!! there is a lot on this table!
You know the old saying
"Go Big or Go Home"
I did go home and shop!!!

 Thanks for stopping by y'all !
Hope you are having a 
great beginning to
 2015!

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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