Wisteria and Polka Dots

Ah!  Springtime in Georgia!  I never had wisteria before I moved here.  I can't believe how it grows wild along the road and into the trees.  We have this tree in our front yard that is putting on the most incredible display.  Please, please, please ignore the pock-marked grass.  I had a fight consultation with my landscaper about it yesterday.  You can see how I set the table so differently with wisteria last season here.

I thought we'd have dinner on a card table in front of it last night, but as I was setting it up, the bumblebees were swarming so  badly that I just knew that Mr. Pressed Pants would have nothing to do with it.  So.....I never bothered with the chairs.  I just set the table, snapped some photos and ran!

Lavender and spring green seemed just the right choice, especially since the dishes were melamine.

I made this tablecloth from Waverly fabric years and years ago.

So last year, when I saw these dishes at Target, I scooped them up and used them here with this flatware from World Market.

The co-ordinating fabric made cute napkins with green frosted napkin rings and a sprig of wisteria.

The glassware is pale purple but I can't remember where I got it.

Pretty fun, huh?

But what's up with that knife?

I didn't need much of a centerpiece, but I did grab this green wire vase and put some wisteria in it.  Too bad that it doesn't last very long.  It gets even droopier than it normally is.

Oh, the scent!

Makes me sort of weak-kneed.

Graceful and lovely.

Even the scattered petals have their own beauty.

Look at the tree trunk.  It has looked like this for five years, so it is apparently healthy, just full of character.

When I stepped around the back of the tree, this is what I saw!  Surprise!  It is exactly the way I found it.  Pinky swear!  Isn't the discovery of this a perfect gift?

Pollen be damned!  I wanted to eat outside!

Amazing!

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Polka Dot Christmas

This morning I had a friend over for breakfast while we did the seating arrangements for an event we are working on. 

I did a super simple table setting in the breakfast room.

Tomato red with lime green makes a fresh color combo but still has a traditional feel.  The red scalloped plate is from Ballard's and the green salad plate is from Target.  We use these all the time.

These polka dotted cereal bowls were actually the inspiration for the table.  I found them at Old Time Pottery.  They came in a nest of three different sizes.

I used my dark lime linen tablecloth, but again, it doesn't photograph very true to color.  The flatware is my everyday set.  It's hand hammered and came from Williams Sonoma several years ago.

This red glassware is an inexpensive set I bought years ago.  I have lots of it since I have often used it for buffets. 

Look who's sitting in the bowl!  These are ornaments I put there just for smiles.  I think they are going to my mother for Christmas since she is crazy for chickens.

These ruby red glass bread and butter plates finish out the dishware choices.

For a while, I collected skaters and this small Victorian style pair is one of my favorite.  Where is the girls's other leg????  Weird!!!

Just for fun, I echoed the polka dots in the small floral arrangement.  These kermit mums came from the grocery store when I made a flying trip there last night.  I put them in a red cereal bowl that came from the red Ballard dish set that matches the plates I used.

These napkin rings are actually tree ornaments.  I wish I could say that I made them and they probably wouldn't be hard to do.  If any one of you copy this idea, send me the post, okay?  I thought that this fabric from Hancock's made up into some cute napkins.  See the peace signs?  Lime green and red!!!  Love it!!! 

I'll be posting this at Susan's Tablescape Thursday's blogparty.  Stop by to see lots of great table designs.

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