Back-to-School Dinner

Our back-to-school theme dinner (also posted at serendipity).

Using some of our disneyware to kick-off our 2019 theme.

Ideas come from curiousity. - Walt Disney

Menu

Chicken pesto pasta

Veggie platter

Watermelon and berry salad

Macarons for dessert

Glassware, placemats, and napkins -- Tuesday Morning

Mickey diner plates -- Disney

Mickey flatware -- Disney 

Tablecloth -- local craft fair 

Linking to:

Between Naps on the Porch's 569th Tablescape Thursday

Summer Yellow & Lemons

It feels like everyone is posting fall/autumn themed posts.

Not exactly sure I feel about that --

I love AUTUMN -- in fact it is my favorite season -- but I'm still loving on summer over here.

I want to live in the season at hand.

(Even if cooler days and color-changing leaves sound delightful.)

All too soon, we will be wishing for SPRING again...and then SUMMER.

Summer yellows and lemons.

The cloth/napkins -- an Amazon purchase.

Plates -- Pier One this year.

Wooden chargers -- Pier One years ago.

Lemon glasses -- TJMaxx a few years back.

Sliced lemon. Fun little detail on the dinner plate.

The flatware is Wallace -- Napoleon Bee.

I used it for our Back-to-School dinner here.

I really love setting pretty tables.

(It is also fun to look back over my photos 

and see some of the tables I've set over the years.)

I always felt like Sunday dinners were special growing up.

I want my kiddos to someday feel that way too.

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch

Tablescape 567

Cheers to Sunday dinners around the table!

4th of July Table

Kate Spade diner dishes from a few years ago.

Blooms in red, white, and blue.

Flags in old soda bottles.

4th activities --

Balloon morning.

Fourth of July crêpe breakfast.

Made pasta salad and flag cake.

 Cookout with college kiddos at the grandparents' home.

Keith Urban/Fireworks/Patriotic program with grandparents and the littles.

Happy birthday US of A.

Thankful for our time of service in the military.

Thankful for the sacrifices of all those who served.

Thankful for those who currently serve.

Love that the 4th is all about freedom and family.

Linking to 

Between Naps on the Porch 563rd Tablescape Thursday

Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day.

This is a little flashback to 2016.

Today we are having a cookout with extended family.

I'm not hosting, so no new tablescape here.

Have a lovely day celebrating loved ones, service men and women, and

creating traditions with the people you love most.

Gardening Centerpiece

This sweet little vintage seed box makes a fun centerpiece.

(Thinking of using it for a Mother's Day table.)

Spring/Easter Tables

Here are a few of our Spring/Easter tables over the last few years.

Orange and green -- 

Silver and gold with pastels --

Greens and blues --

Florals and green --

Branches and birds --

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch Tablescape Thursday 552

Loving this addition to our spring dishes.

I adore Beatrix Potter's artwork. 

Peter Rabbit

So excited to add these Peter Rabbit plates to our spring table settings!

I bought enough for our table, and then an extra to put out in the garden shed.

(Early morning light before the sun in up.)

Not dish/table related, but this is my garden shed.

(You'll hear me called it Hummingbird Cottage.)

Happy Easter weekend.

Easter Preps

A fun table from a few years ago.

Favorites for Spring!

Spring themed dishes (and Christmas themed dishes) are my favorites.

These are some that I've added to my collection over the past few years.

After holiday sales are the best, and companies usually care dinnerware 

for more than one season. That makes it nice for adding a few more pieces each year.

Another Halloween Table

Another October table.

Mixing and matching to make a table for eight.

Using black and white dishes from multiple sources.

Loving the black stripes from Pier One this year.

Wiccan Lace (222 fifth) is a favorite of mine.

I'd love to add a few more place settings. 

I currently have 4 dinner plates and 4 salad plates.

Happy pre-Halloween! Just 5 days away!

Napkins - Pier One & Walmart

Tablecloth - TJ Maxx

Flatware - Amazon

Wiccan Lace - Replacements.com

Black stripes Humbolt - Pier One

Halloween salad plates - William Sonoma

Black glitter pumpkins and black chargers - Hobby Lobby

Candle sticks - wedding gift 25+ years ago

Black melted-wax Halloween candles - local grocery store

Flowers - favorite local florist

Linking to
Between Naps on the Porch's 526th Tablescape Thursday

Halloween Table

 A Halloween table.

Black, orange, and white...

Plates from William Sonoma.

Glasses from TJMaxx and napkins from Hobby Lobby.

Love the pumpkin chargers from Pier One.

Fun table for the last week of October.

Loving all the Delilahs this time of year.

Amazon: flatware

Bed, Bath, Beyond: placemats

Pier One: pumpkin chargers, galvanized charger

Hobby Lobby: spider web napkins

TJ Maxx: boo glasses and dinner plates

William Sonoma: salad plates

Harmons: tablerunner

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch's 526th Tablescape Thursday.

Simple Autumn Table

Base for each table setting was this fun little pumpkin charger from Pier 1 (2018).

The place card is a combination of vintage silver, pearl acorns, and tags.

Simple table.

Love fresh flowers in the fall -- especially Delilahs.

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch's 522nd Tablescape Thursday.

Back-To-School Theme & Dinner

Our outdoor back-to-school dinner 2018.

We loved the 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' movie.

Mr. Rogers inspired our back-to-school theme this year.

Be Kind.

Sunflowers and lots of little bee items -- 'bee' kind.

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch 517th Tablescape Thursday.

Items used:

Pier One --  gingham napkins (2018)  and sunflower placemats (several years ago)

Bee items - local neighborhood grocery store and items collected over the years.

Neiman Marcus - Wallace Napoleon Bee

TJ Maxx - Cynthia Rowley plates

Tuesday Morning - glassware

Flowers - backyard & local flower market 

Each child picks a word for the school year.

We had chicken, rice & veggies.

Dessert was various kinds of ice cream -- specifically honeycomb.

4th of July

Happy 4th of July! 

Not table related, but by window boxes are suffering in this heat!

I'm trying sooooo hard to keep my flowers blooming.

(It isn't an easy task!)

Our community has a fun week of celebrating leading up to the 4th.

Hot air balloons for 2-3 days -- we love going out and seeing the sky filled with them.

This was our dinner table...slightly similar to the brunch table.

Happy 4th of July

4th Breakfast!

Red & white thrifted soda bottle --

This is our table setting for our 4th breakfast.

Chargers & nautical juice glasses from Pier One

Kate Spade plates

Star napkins Pottery Barn

I love the 4th of July, 

and our community knows how to celebrate!

Kate Spade diner themed plates are perfect for a breakfast.

(A photo from my Serendipity blog last year.)

Another photo from last year -- I love these dishes!