In Salute of the Masters

I'm a little hurt that none of our friends elected to share their Masters tickets with us this year.  Did I do something?  Did we slight someone?  Come on people......keep me on your invitation list!  Well, in a show of licking my wounds, I set a golf themed table for our foursome, and then we played a round together.  This is my salute to the Master's Championship!

It was not too frou-frou, just clean and sort of masculine.

The star of the table was the linens.  They are embroidered with golf themed images.

This old guy is perfect to reflect the tradition of the Masters.

I used these woven napkin rings with these crisp napkins.

I stacked a wicker charger, our every day white china, and a dark (Masters jacket colored) green salad plate.  Then these dark wooden handled flatware joined the group. 

The glassware was a combination of some very inexpensive golf printed tumblers from Old Time Pottery and some green Imperial glass stems.

The Masters championship is known for it's azaleas, but ours are not quite open yet.  I was not too inspired by the grocery store's selection of flowers, but I chose these white carnations and packed them en masse to look like a golf ball.  Was that the first thing that came to your mind when you saw this?  No????  No one else caught it either.  :-(

Then I stuck some river birch twigs in there.......

and added this weird little bit of fill.  Now, these DO look golf balls, don't you think?

These vintage salt and peppers got to come out and play.

The old wooden candlesticks gave the space some weight, and you can see here that I used a piece of burlap as a runner.  One of our guests remarked that it looked like sand, and I think she jinxed me, as I was in the sand waaaay to much when we later played.

Not much to clean up to get over to the practice range.

I knew no one would want tea, but I couldn't resist putting this cute tea pot on the table.  Maybe I'll use it next time for a vase.

Well, if you're wondering what I fed our friends, it was pimento cheese sandwiches!!!!!  If you've never been to the Masters, it wouldn't mean much to hear this, but that golf tournament is known for it's incredible pimento cheese sandwiches, and they are only $1.50, I think.  The best value in spectator sports, for sure.

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Mr. Pressed Pants took an out of town business associate for golf today and then the foursome came back here for dinner.  I thought it was the perfect time to set a golf themed table.  What????  Did you think I would make them use paper plates?

Here are the linens that were the inspiration for the table.  I can't remember where I got them.

They are embroidered with golfing scenes......

and the napkins have a cool laurel wreath with crossed golf clubs.

Nothing here is special, but I like the way it goes together.  On these wicker chargers, I used our every day white pottery and then a dark green salad plate from Walmart.

I love this flatware.  Can't you tell?  I use it so often.

I found this vintage salt and pepper set at Scott's Antique Market several years ago.  The "P" is worn off of the pepper!

I grabbed these flowers at Kroger's and put them in this dark green pot.  I thought they looked a little too "pretty" for this table and I decided to add something to make it look more rustic.

I remembered these scabiosa seed heads that I dried from this post.

There!  Much better.

I'm happy with this table, but it's not too fussy for the fearless foursome. 

Then I remembered this teapot that I had in the "vault"!  If any of the men want hot tea tonight (Yea! Right!) they're all set.

Well, the shadows are getting longer and they should be back soon.  I think I'm out of here.

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