tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20137295862026631742024-03-18T15:58:21.486-04:00A Toile TaleA Toile Talehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12432704380289883183noreply@blogger.comBlogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013729586202663174.post-24797434309402270902018-08-21T00:45:00.000-04:002018-08-21T00:45:37.020-04:00Flamingo Frenzy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know.....I've been missing. I have ignored my blog in favor of Instagram. It's a matter of time management. I won't totally walk away from A Toile Tale, but I'm posting less. I'm not entertaining less, however, so please follow me on Instagram at <span style="background-color: lime;">#ldpete2626.</span></div>
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I'm soooo not ready to give up summer entertaining. Will the rest of you bloggers please refrain from pushing fall????? This table is a perfect example. It's still hot, hot, hot here in Atlanta, so why pretend. </div>
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These plates inspired the table. They came from World Market last summer. I pulled the bold colors from them and set a screamingly bright table. </div>
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We needed the shade, so I chose the lower terrace.</div>
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Fiona the Flamingo made the perfect centerpiece. She's covered with pink feathers and has a little sister, too.</div>
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I found them at Lucy's Market in Buckhead. They are going to go to my daughter's pre-school class when I am done playing with them.</div>
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Here's the oasis ring that holds the pink carnations. It has plastic on the bottom which will protect your table, but once it's soaked in water, it will hold flowers for days, just like a brick of oasis.</div>
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I wrapped a varigated Apisdistra leaf and a small orchid on the ordinary water glass, and held them in place with a piece of rafia. The plain Tiffany wine glass was filled with Hogwash rose. (Several times!)</div>
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These salt and peppers came from The Christmas Tree Shop.</div>
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Everybody seemed to enjoy the gazpacho and the salad with mango and shrimp. I could do it all the day ahead, which is the way I like entertain.</div>
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These dessert plates came from Target years ago.</div>
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I used a flamingo margarita glass on a leaf to hold pineapple/coconut ice cream for dessert.</div>
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Caspari handtowels were joined in the guest bathroom by a blow-up flamingo filled with fresh carnations and orchids.</div>
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And a flotilla of them were in the pool. I must admit that the sound of the waterfall into the pool was a cooling sound on such a hot day. But the warm friendships felt good!</div>
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There's an adorable couple that we've been wanting to have to dinner, and last weekend we finally had them over. They are horse lovers, so I dug into my stash of equine decorations and put together this table. I'll admit that it was very hard for me to use these colors in summer. They just say fall to me! I guess I am very seasonally inspired.</div>
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But, I pulled out these Ralph Lauren linens and started with a rustic look.</div>
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I remember that when I saw these chargers at Pier One, I hesitated forever. I have so many chargers and many of them are wooden. Did I need any more? No. But, of course, I bought them. And I love them. The dinner plate and dessert plate are from ZGallerie. </div>
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This flatware is some I use so often. I played around with a light wood handle instead, but decided on this dark wood. </div>
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<em> </em>I was so happy to use these pieces. I made the napkins from Ralph Lauren yardage years ago, and the rings are made by Rebecca Ray designs.</div>
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Don't you love the detail on this copy of an antique rosette. Each of them has a different horse featured.</div>
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My favorite stationery company, <span style="background-color: orange;">Seven Barks</span>, makes these coasters with similar images to the napkin rings. How cool are they? </div>
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They also make these letterpress placecards with a snaffle bit design. This image and many other great ones come on note cards, too. They have a whole line of equestrian designs. Check them out <a href="https://povsolution.com/page/seven-barks-products" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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We have a great nursery close by with a beautiful gift shop. I found these stirrup candlesticks there last week. </div>
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I often use two, or even three runners in place of a tablecloth, especially if I am making them. It is super easy to just cut and hem.</div>
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The colors of these flowers lift the feeling of the table, but still complement the colors. Roses and alstromeria work together so well. These are arranged on a wooden round and toped with a horse head.</div>
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This horse head is actually one side of a pair of bookends. I just wrapped the base in a bit of plastic wrap and sat it on top of the brick of oasis floral foam that I used for the flowers.</div>
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Here's what greeted them at the front door. I change out the wreath so often and I have a lot of them, but none of the seemed right for this evening, so I used the horse shoe. It gave our guests a hint about the evening.</div>
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We had a group of friends here for an early Fourth of July party. Everyone brought a dish and we had such a good time. This is what greeted everyone at the end of our driveway. I've started putting any gate decorations on with zip ties, as some have been stolen. Grrrrr.</div>
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I tied this little tag on the front door so no one would have to keep an ear out for the doorbell. I think it also set the tone that this is a casual event.</div>
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This was earlier in the day before I put the centerpieces out. I cut lots of hydrangeas from the cutting garden and the rest came from Kroger. Super simple. I learned the hard way to wait until the evening to take these outside, as the afternoon sun will wilt them, sure as can be.</div>
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Also on the dining room table, I placed a stack of plates and sets of flatware tied with twine. Yes, I have 20 melamine red, whit and blue plates, napkins, and flatware, but the mix is the key.</div>
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We set up a drink station in the bar. This jug has cucumber, lemon and mint water and it was very popular. The big copper container is filled with ice to nestle beer and wine.</div>
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Sweet and unsweet tea is a must in the south.</div>
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This runner is from Ikea and the festive napkins came from Party City.</div>
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Outside on the round white deck, we put two tables.</div>
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The long one had our wooden chairs from inside, so that if the rain returned, it would just take a second to get them inside.</div>
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On the upper terrace, around the pool, we served all of the appetizers. We were all so glad to be outside and we were grateful for the lovely weather. I used the chairs from this table down below, so people sat on the stone wall. It is the perfect height. If I ever re-do an outside area, I'll be sure to remember that.</div>
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Do you love our new chairs? Target!!!!!</div>
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Inside in the breakfast room I set the table for dessert. One bachelor brought home made ice cream and it was such a hit!</div>
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Here's my appetizer before I took it outside. It's a clam dip with chips and veggies. I've never served chip and dip when it wasn't devoured. Sometime the old standards are really appreciated.</div>
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It was a fun warm up for the Fourth!</div>
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<br />A Toile Talehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12432704380289883183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013729586202663174.post-27577359340793434322017-07-04T19:04:00.000-04:002017-07-04T19:04:04.245-04:00Rain on the Fourth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I grabbed my "Toile Tale" china which is Scalamandre by Lenox. I set it on a blue rimmed white enamel charger that I just bought at Michael's. Don't ask me why, but they were in the wedding section. </div>
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As a nod to summer, I used a nautical rope napkin ring around a plain red napkin. The red and white gingham checked tablecloth is another thing that says summer. This blue handled flatware is another easy choice.</div>
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I would have cut some blue hydrangeas, but it was raining! I had picked up a bunch of sunflowers on Saturday at the Farmer's Market, so they became the centerpiece. </div>
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The glassware is a mixture of blue and red stems. Some people do not like colored glass, but I think it adds so much to most tables. There's a time for a formal cut glass, or a fine blown glass, but this is just a fun, casual table.</div>
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This blue and white dish will hold a caprese salad. It is so easy to mix up a red, white and blue table. Almost any blue and white pattern will work with another. Be bold and jump on the blue and white wagon. These pieces are easy to find and usually very economical.</div>
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We'll miss the fireworks, but frankly, our neighbors have been shooting them off for days, so we've had a taste of this beautiful tradition. Let us all celebrate this great country with great pride and gratitude. </div>
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<br />A Toile Talehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12432704380289883183noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013729586202663174.post-31187185947053329052017-07-01T21:49:00.000-04:002017-07-01T21:49:32.614-04:00Hello Hydrangeas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I looked at my hydrangeas in the cutting garden and I knew I had to cut a big bunch to take inside. While cutting, I decided that they were too good to keep to myself, so I offered a bite of breakfast the next morning before a couple of us took off on a short road trip. Two girls came, and one opted to sleep in a bit.</div>
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These plates are called Hailey's Sky by Nature's Home. They lend themselves to casual, or a little bit formal. They are not fragile or precious, but they sure are fun.</div>
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Here's the star of the show. I love all colors of hydrangeas, but this color might just be my favorite. I don't know what variety they are, as I transplanted them when we moved here.</div>
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This sliver plate is quite special to me. It was my mother's and when she went to a personal care facility and we shared her beautiful things, I chose this because it was a part of so many of our special times around her lovely table.</div>
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And these napkins were a gift from her as well. They are so beautiful that they are actually a pleasure to iron!!!!! I can't say that about to many things!</div>
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A bit of cherry jelly for our croissants.</div>
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The baby geese were out on the lake, but I didn't catch a photo of them.</div>
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Well, this table came together in a flash. A quick stop at Trader Joe's and a chat with a friend in the frozen food aisle lead to an impulsive invitation for dinner. Almost all the food came from those very aisles, and so did the flowers.</div>
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Oh! The flowers!!!! Aren't they smart to put them right at the front door? You see these beauties and right away you put some in your cart and begin to make plans for a special night. </div>
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Peonies!!!! A very special flower in our family! They are elegant and fragrant, and beautiful, and magnificent. I just had to grab some.</div>
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Since our border flowers are looking pretty good, and the weather was delightful, I decided to set our table outside on the lower terrace. I also thought the pink petunias would compliment the pink peonies.</div>
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In the spirit of making things easy and quick, I grabbed these pink toile melamine dishes that I haven't used in quite a while. They were made by Swell, which was sold by Target years ago.</div>
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The glassware was a high/low mix of this hot pink bubble glass and clear Juliska stems that I used for wine.</div>
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Can you see the lake through the trees? The Canadian geese were pretty noisy, but, they were not nearly as noisy as the bullfrogs!!!</div>
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This is a little bit of heaven, and it's even better with friends to share it.</div>
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Try the lemon piccata chicken from Trader Joe's refrigerator case! We all loved it.</div>
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This is what happens when you don't stop to think about things, and just blurt out an invitation. What the heck! The house was pretty clean, the landscapers had been there, and the food was almost ready. When the friends are that good, it's almost a "Come-as-you-are" party. We even ate leftover lemon cheesecake from a luncheon that I gave on Tuesday!!!! Capture the moment and make a memory!</div>
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One of my very favorite groups to entertain is my Bridge Buddies! We are six women who have been together for years and years and play bridge once a week. Usually, we meet at 2:30 and play, but several times a year, we have lunch and then play. This week, I invited them to come for lunch.</div>
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The tag read "Please Come In". My landscaper happened to come to the door before the girls arrived and asked me if I was expecting company, or was I just lonely!!!!!!!!!!!</div>
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These placecard holders were from Pottery Barn a year or so ago. I cut the layered name card out with my Silhouette cutter, and then hand lettered each name. </div>
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On top of my every day white dinner plate, I placed a bright yellow napkin and topped it with a menu card. They were a simple rectangle, even though they photographed sort of misshapen. I always add a quote to the menu card and this one says "Girlfriends help us think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves." (Anon.) Love this!</div>
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Initially, I planned to use these bright yellow glasses, but I found I only had four.</div>
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And here's what we put in them! The cutest bottle of pinot grigio! These daisies on the bottle just sent me into orbit. And it was really good!!!!</div>
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This is really a candle holder from Italy. I would have used it on the table, but I only have one, so I filled the little hole with water and placed just a few daisies in it and used it on the sideboard.</div>
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In the bar, I used some lemon napkins and some small yellow appetizer sized napkins. The fern covered dish held buffalo chicken roll-ups that were a hit.</div>
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I made lemon-thyme salt for favors. It is so good on chicken or veggies.</div>
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And the other favor was raffle tickets for produce from my grandson's farm. He's TEN! And he has his own farm. Last year he harvested 300 lbs of potatoes alone. This boy can work! These raffle tickets afforded him the cash to buy his seeds, etc. this spring. I'm going to do a post about him later in the season.</div>
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After a leisurely lunch and lots of laughter, we got down to business. We never take our games too seriously, though. This is party bridge. Boy, was I ever surprised to find these cards with lemons in my stash! I don't remember buying them. It was like a miracle.</div>
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It was time to have our bachelor neighbor over for dinner. And time to post something! I haven't posted anything in a month, maybe six weeks. I've done a Cinco de Mayo dinner, a Kentucky Derby dinner, several small dinner parties, and a lovely picnic, but the situation just wasn't right to photograph blog-worthy pictures. I'm a firm believer that the event is much more important than capturing it on film, even for a languishing blog! And that, folks, is why I don't accept advertising. I just can't promise a certain number of posts. </div>
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But last night's dinner on the deck was simple and lovely and much appreciated by our neighbor. I went with serene and summery. He pretends to be all macho, but he loves to be pampered and enjoys a pretty table almost as much as good food!</div>
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I started with a white linen caterer's cloth, and then added a pale turquoise straw place mat. These came from an awesome store in Seaside, Florida called Seaside Style. The whole store looks like this! Do not miss it if you are in the panhandle area. Then I added this whitewashed wooden charger from World Market. I love how it becomes soft and interesting with the whitewash. </div>
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Then, I chose this scalloped edged dinner plate from Target. Really! Target!</div>
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These natural handled wooden flatware is Martha Stewart's from years ago when she had her on-line merchandise store.</div>
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And these turquoise glass tumblers are Martha Stewart also, this time from Macy's. I didn't set the table with wine glasses, because we just brought our glasses we used with appetizers to the table.</div>
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The salt and pepper and butter looked a bit lost on the table, so I corralled them on this small bamboo tray. It echoes the color of the flatware. </div>
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White roses and hydrangeas continue to keep things serene.</div>
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Today's flowers are brought to you by Whole Foods! </div>
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These candlesticks gave another element of blue/turquoise.</div>
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It was a beautiful evening. We are enjoying the weather before it gets too hot.</div>
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The meal was a hit. Pasta salad and grilled shrimp after an old fashioned appetizer of chips and clam dip.</div>
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But the very most enjoyed course was the banana pudding made with Nutter Butter cookies in place of vanilla wafers. Unbelievable!</div>
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Mr. Pressed Pants thought I was way to generous when I sent all but one serving home with Ronnie! </div>
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This deck holds several sitting areas, and I've softened them with pillows covered with outdoor fabric from Ballard Designs.</div>
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The best part is the view of the lake, and of friendly faces across the table!</div>
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One of my dearest friends recently celebrated a birthday and some of us took this opportunity to show her some love. This lunch was the result of this group effort. It was held at our mutual friend, Anne's, beautiful home.</div>
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I agreed to do the flowers, and when I arrived, this beautiful table is what I saw! Our honoree is a blue and white lover, so Anne pulled out this wonderful Blue Danube china, and set it on this Ralph Lauren tablecloth. Waterford and vintage crystal added to the glamor. Notice how, placing the china on a blue placemat makes all this pattern work perfectly!</div>
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Here's my centerpiece! I have soooo many blue and white pots of all sizes and shapes, so I brought them filled with all sorts of bright yellow spring flowers. Easy and pretty!</div>
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This worked so well and felt so fresh.</div>
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There were primroses,</div>
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tulips, daffodils, and gerbera daisies,</div>
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in a real mix of pots, including this one flow blue gravy boat.</div>
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The star is, of course, the daffodil. </div>
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We even slipped one tete-a-tete daffodil into each silver napkin ring.</div>
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Anne added these precious little gifts for each person. They are made from little left-over bits of clay from a potter. Mine was this pink smile, and I have it on my kitchen window sill. It brings a warm feeling to me every morning as I check the temperature and make coffee. </div>
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Beth's was a tiny bunny, as she is a bunny lover!</div>
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And isn't this a beautiful meal? These are all Judy's favorites. I wish I had a picture to show you of the delicious pound cake with blueberries that Beth made for dessert! </div>
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It's my policy not to photograph my friends for my blog, but I wish you could see and know the incredible woman we celebrated here. I have this birthday crown for all my friends to wear as we party with them, and it never sat on a more deserving head. She is so caring, so spiritual, creative, funny, gorgeous, interesting, and just about perfect. I am so fortunate to be her good friend, and I want her to know how loved she is. My wish for you is that you all have such a friend.</div>
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I was flattered when Seven Barks asked me to do a photo shoot for a spring equestrian wedding feature. I wasn't clear exactly what they wanted, but I began to play with some items that said spring wedding to me. Here's my path to this pretty photo.</div>
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This was the tablescape I started with, but as soon as I shot it, I knew it was too busy and had too many items in it. After all, that beautiful snaffle bit letterpress place card was to be the featured item, and it was almost lost in the complete setting. Note: These are totally un-edited photos, just to show my thought process and where I was going.</div>
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I added the napkin and ring back to the mix, but.....no.</div>
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Here's a close up of that gorgeous silver napkin ring with a setter and pheasant. I. Love. This.</div>
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Well, hello, beautiful! By tipping the placecard a bit, I had it. I can't tell you what magazine it's going to be in just yet, but I can't wait to see their spring equestrian wedding article. </div>
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This placecard/enclosure card ( 2" x 3.5" and twelve to a pkg ) comes in many other letterpress designs, and Seven Barks, Purveyors of Fine Papers, has so many other distinctive items in their line. Go to <a href="http://www.sevenbarks.com/"><span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">www.sevenbarks.com</span></a> to check them out. There is an adorable bunny design that would be wonderful for Easter, and so would their Easter party poppers! </div>
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Who doesn't love Kate Spade? Her graphics are so fresh and simple, and everything she does feels modern and fun, fun, fun. </div>
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I set a table with some of her linens and some black and white items that I already had. </div>
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This coral and white polka dotted tablecloth is a co-ordinate with this fun napkin that shouts "Salut" among the black and white handwriting. I've had these black banded dinner plates for years. They came from Target, I think. This black handled flatware is also from Target years ago.</div>
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This black and white pitcher is another Target purchase last summer. I had a handful of white roses left over from Valentine's Day and they worked just fine.</div>
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When I bought these black stems, I never could imagine how often I've used them.</div>
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Here, I've paired them with these Juliska glasses.</div>
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This is a terrible picture, but these simple salt and pepper shakers were yet another Target buy.</div>
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There were no frills or embellishments. No placecards, no serving pieces, and no napkin rings.</div>
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When Mr. Pressed Pants told me (sort of at the last minute) that he was not going to be home on Valentine's Day, we decided to have a dinner for two on Sunday. We never go out on February 14th anyway because of the crowds and the "prix fix" menus, etc. So surf and turf at home suited me just fine.</div>
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I had just arranged these flowers for a sick friend, so they became an impromptu centerpiece for just this one meal. Sort of "borrowing" up front! The more I think about this, the more I think it might be tacky. Oh, my! Well, they could sit on the counter, or they could sit on the dining room table, right?</div>
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Grandma's Haviland china matched them perfectly. I buy very few "sets" of dishes. I'm more of an impulse buyer of miscellaneous pieces which I use to mix and match. But this pattern was my Grandmother's and she gave me all of the many, many pieces for our wedding. The best part is that her name was Rose Ellie, and my name is Linda, and the pattern is called "Rosalinda". I just love that. I didn't use any of the serving pieces, cups and saucers, or even bread and butter plates. I kept it special, but not at all over the top.</div>
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The linens kept the dishes from being too precious. They are just a bright pink tablecloth and a scalloped linen placemat. No charger, and no fine silver. Just French reproduction flatware that reflects the cream colored dinner plates.</div>
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The napkin ring is made of ivory. It is old and I've collected these for years. They can't make these anymore, of course, since ivory is a protected resource. So they are becoming very hard to find, but that makes the hunt more fun.</div>
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I don't mean to be flippant about being apart on Valentine's Day, but our marriage can surely survive an early celebration and short notice of travel plans! </div>
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Nothing beats an afternoon spent with good friends, celebrating a birthday! Several of my friends and I gave a luncheon for a mutual friend and it was such a lovely day.</div>
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I was anxious to celebrate spring, as well, so I chose these colors and added a selection of birds and bird related dishes. </div>
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I like to give a hint of the event on the gates or the door, or both. This chalkboard with ribbons was a substitute for a wreath or basket of flowers.</div>
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These majolica-like salad plates led the charge! They came from Pottery Barn a year or so ago. I paired them with turquoise dinner plates from Target.</div>
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The flatware was cream, and kept the look casual and the colors soft.</div>
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I've had these stems so long, I can't begin to remember where I got them. They are unusual, in that the base is a periwinkle blue, the stems a soft turquoise, and the bowl a light blue. Unfortunately, I broke two while I was cleaning up.</div>
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I thought the butter pats would look pretty with a fresh viola.</div>
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These clear glass napkin holders were a hit. I actually bought more to give the birthday girl as a gift. They came from Boxwoods in Atlanta. The tag serves as a placecard and is just attached with a narrow ribbon. The napkin is a soft linen banded in white. I think I picked them up at Homegoods.</div>
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I love to print a menu for each place setting, and include a quote at the bottom. This one says, "Here's to tall ships. Here's to small ships. Here's to all the ships on the sea. But the best ships are friendships.....Here's to you and me." It is an old Maritime blessing. At the end of the event, I always ask the guests to sign their name on it and then I keep it as a souvenir of the day. </div>
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I bought these twig and nest arrangements at the floral wholesaler. Then I added the eggs and the velvet covered birds.</div>
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Here's a close-up. Doesn't he just make you smile?</div>
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The centerpiece is an arrangement of fresh hydrangeas in a whitewashed birch pot. Then I added thistles for some interest......</div>
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This ceramic bowl held the rolls.</div>
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I think these bird salt and pepper shakers came from Boxwoods, as well.</div>
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I used this chicken wire cloche with a bird in it on the chest in the dining room.</div>
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And the buffet held the coffee/tea set-up.</div>
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I have this sweet teapot and sugar/creamer with birds on them. Don't you love the way I left the plastic wrap on the lemons in the picture? Keeping it real here, folks.</div>
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Another bird plate that one of my guests gave me for Christmas held the tea selection. The silver bird and edging added some class to the offerings!</div>
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And every birthday girl must wear this fun crown. Lydia looked beautiful in it, but I promise my friends that they needn't have their picture in my blog. Some folks are too private for this, and I want to respect their feelings. I don't even put my own photo on the blog!</div>
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This was the beverage set up in the bar. I had these white hydrangea plants but I'm afraid that they are at the end of their beauty.</div>
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One powder room had our first three daffodils and an extra hydrangea.</div>
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And some Caspari guest towels in an aqua toile.</div>
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Don't you wish you joined us for this dessert? As pretty as it is, it tasted even better. I'm sure hoping that Anne shares this recipe!!!</div>
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No matter how you feel about 2016, there had to be good times that you can celebrate. I refuse to despair about the year, but rather count the many ways that I was blessed in 2016. Mr. Pressed Pants and I prefer to celebrate the New Year at home, and this was our centerpiece. The red amaryllis was the only color on the gold and white table. Don't you love this vase? One of my besties made this for me for Christmas. I might be obsessed with it!</div>
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I set the table for four, just for photos, but was just the two of us dining.</div>
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I started with this gold and white tablecloth made by Luxe. It's sort of Indian looking, and has the nicest sheen to the gold.</div>
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Nothing exactly says "New Year's Eve" here, but it is festive.</div>
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A gold charger, a white scalloped dinner plate and a white and gold scrolly salad plate stack up and are simple but eye-catching.</div>
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This gold dipped glassware is joined by a gold stem from Pottery Barn. Don't judge!!!! We stayed home so we could use ALL of these glasses!</div>
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Welcome to our home!</div>
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Chloe Crabtree has put together 20 bloggers who are sharing their homes in their holiday finest! There is a list at the end of the post of every participant in this blog hop. Please give them a visit and find lots of inspiration for the season.</div>
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Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and settle in. My post is pretty lengthy. Here's our living room almost finished for the season.</div>
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The tree is a fresh one that we pick out every year the day after Thanksgiving and as soon as it is delivered, we get busy decorating it. </div>
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I've never exactly fallen in love with a tree skirt, but I do like this one, so it's the one we use. </div>
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These small stuffed pheasants and feather sprays give it a bit of a natural feel. </div>
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And there's several nods to departed pets. </div>
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This trio of topiaries joins a pair of vintage skaters.</div>
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On the block front chest, this old faux bois vase holds an assortment of twigs and berries.</div>
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Across the room, this armoir gets some fake poinsettias and fir trees. I'm never very much in love with fake, but there is no way I'm climbing up there to water.</div>
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For just a bit of whimsy, I added one glass ornament to the rack.</div>
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And here, a simple poinsettia graces the end table.</div>
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I tried something different this year on the mantel. It's not my favorite treatment I've ever done here, but a friend gave me permission to cut some magnolia leaves, and I really wanted to use them here. </div>
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Just down the hallway, these antique dog sconces got some simple red bows.</div>
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This guy doesn't look too thrilled, but secretly he loves it. </div>
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At the foot of the steps sits the nativity set and a stenciled mirror.</div>
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Come to the dining room. This is set for an intimate dinner with a stuffed pheasant in greens for the centerpiece.</div>
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This chest holds a couple of deer in a woodland setting.</div>
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The buffet gets a simple treatment of a woodland Santa and some greens.</div>
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In a corner, Mr. Pressed Pants' cane collection has just one simple bow.</div>
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The entryway holds my nutcracker collection and the Staffordshire dogs are surrounded with greens.</div>
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The kitchen gets just a few little flourishes.</div>
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The keeping room is sparked up a bit with these hooked Santa pillows.</div>
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My mother cross stitched this for me years ago and I'll treasure it forever.</div>
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The hallway powder room is a tiny room but has lots of opportunity for decoration.</div>
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My Daddy made these tin angel sconces. More precious treasures!</div>
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Trees, hand towels, vintage children's books, and glitter villages all are put on the corner shelves.</div>
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My favorite little black forest bird wears a spiffly little bowtie. </div>
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Last stop is the bar. These wonderful cut out Santas were cut by my Daddy and painted by my mom. They were a handy pair! </div>
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Linda, I love your assortment of antler goodies for the table. Your Ballard napkins are so handsome with the addition of the monogram. What a great little placecard with your 3-D stag. I have the same set of antler napkin rings that I found in a shop in Blowing Rock. I love me some plaid too :)</div>
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Linda, I think we are all loving plaid, it is so festive. The antler dishes are beautiful along with those Ballard napkins. Love all of your tablesettings! Wishing you a joy-filled day!</div>
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Linda, all of your place setting are beautiful with your antler dishes. I am adoring your pretty monogrammed napkins...how pretty! It has been so much fun being a part of the blog hop. I hope that you have a wonderful and blessed day!!!</div>
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Linda, I really like how you've taken your inspiration and created the several looks that can take you from fall all the way through winter. Although not as many, you'll see I've done something similar in my seasonal tablescapes.<br />
The antler dishes are great (yikes to storage, though!), and the glassware, chargers (love them all, esp. the bird's eye maple!), flatware, and textiles...the seemingly endless combinations are a tablescaper's dream come true. And those little name card adhesives are just great. Really nice inspiration here, thanks for sharing and demonstrating all the possibilities.<br />
Rita C at Panoply</div>
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Wow antler everything! I love that you couldn't wait to play and had to try out so many antler possibilities! Perfect from November through the winter months. Love the napkin rings and place cards too!<br />
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Your table is antler heaven! You are so creative and mix patterns, colors and textures so well. Those etched glasses are fabulous! I love both plaid tables and all your accessories.</div>
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Love your creativity! Every detail is fabulous and I am smitten with your antler and plaid theme.<br />
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The antler theme is so cute. I love your place cards! What an awesome idea. Thanks for sharing on the Tablescape Blog Hop.</div>
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Those lidded antler dishes are stunning! I would love to add those to my dish collection (and my husband would have my head). The tables you have set with these lovely dishes, and all of the elements like the monogrammed napkins your incorporated are just perfect. Thank you for being a part of the Holiday Tablescape Blog Hop!</div>
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That lidded antler covered bowl is a fabulous piece! ...and just perfect for your antler themed table setting! You have a great eye for detail and have assembled some lovely, unique pieces for the tablescape! The napkins are gorgeous, too! :) ~Rhonda</div>
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Linda, the plaid is lovely. Loving your antler collections. The covered dish is beautiful. Great name place holders you created. How special to have those napkins monogrammed. Beautiful table for the holidays. I hope you come by to see my magical tablescape. P.S. You might want to update everyone's links to their holiday blog hop. Merry Christmas.</div>
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You are so timely with the antlers! I love adding your monogram to the napkins. I am all about linen, plaid, and monograms. Great tables! sheila</div>
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I love all of your different options you've created with those amazing antlers! SO many fabulous choices! I loved the etched glasses with the plaid setting and I have the same cream flatware! Oh and my favorite thing is definitely the monogrammed napkin!</div>
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I just love your woodsy, natural table and the antlers are gorgeous! I am inspired. Hope you have a happy holiday.</div>
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I am loving this rustic and woodsy table and those napkin rings are really catching my eye. Beautiful table!</div>
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You had me at antlers. I adore them, and your bowl is a show-stopper! Love your entire antler collection...so gorgeous! And the stag glasses. Swoon! I would love to sit down to this beautiful table. Such fun playing with you this week!</div>
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I am totally vibing on deer this year too! the plates and dishes you have that are deer themed are so cute. those wood charges though...amazing!</div>
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Those wood chargers with your dinner plates is gorgeous. The deer theme is great. Wonderful job.</div>
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I absolutely love the pretty neutral colors on your table. The deer theme is so much fun for the holidays! And the wooden chargers add a little but of rustic prettiness. Kudos to you!!!</div>
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When I was given an unexpected gift certificate, I decided to use it towards these lidded stag bowls made by Creative Co-Op. I knew I could use them many ways and was excited to put them to use. I envisioned soup, salad, or even a dessert in them. I knew they would add a bit of drama to any table. </div>
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When Chloe Crabtree from <a href="http://www.celebrateanddecorate.com/" style="background-color: #93c47d;">Celebrate and Decorate</a> invited me to join a great group of bloggers for this holiday tablescape blog hop, I thought it would be an opportunity to create a post showing these antler dishes in several table designs. Be sure to visit the bloggers listed at the bottom of this post for lots more inspiration.</div>
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I love this neutral look.</div>
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I found these napkins at Ballard's and then had my monogrammer add my initials. They are heavy linen, and a great size. I also used a quilted placemat that we got on market day in France.</div>
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This dark wood handled flatware joined a rough bark charger from Pier One. I think I have a charger addiction. I realized that I have way too many, but these were pretty special. Then I used an off-white dinner plate from ZGallerie and a dark brown salad plate from Pottery Barn.</div>
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The glassware is a tortoiseshell tumbler and a rattan covered glass.</div>
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I just love the placecard I came up with. It's a bit of dark brown pearlized construction paper with this fun three D stag head. </div>
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I bought them at Paper Source in this package. They are already adhesive and have gold or silver antlers.<br />
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I changed up a few things to use this antler dish with plaids for Christmas. <br />
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There were a few more stags in the design. Here's one on the rattan covered napkin ring.<br />
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I used the same bark covered charger with a plaid rimmed dinner plate from Target.<br />
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These etched tumblers came from World Market and the smaller one came from a store in Cashiers, N. C., but I don't remember which one. I love the fact that the etching is similar but not the same.<br />
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These stag candleholders are the perfect choice to join this table.<br />
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I love me some plaid!<br />
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Here's another plaid that I love with these antler dishes.<br />
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I used a lot of very bright fall colors this year, so this table was a departure that I found soothing. Here, I used an antique celluloid napkin ring.</div>
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This cream handled flatware cooled things down a bit.</div>
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It joined these birdseye maple chargers and these acorn embossed dinner plates.</div>
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These glasses look right at home here.</div>
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This velvet runner might have been overkill.</div>
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But, it looked good with this Cinderella pumpkin topped with succulents. I used it on another table a couple of weeks ago, and it is still looking great.</div>
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I ended up taking these candlesticks to my daughter's house for Thanksgiving, but I just love how they gave this table a bit of a modern look.</div>
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I served a mushroom soup in this that I have posted about<a href="http://atoiletale.blogspot.com/2011/01/mighty-good-mushroom-soup.html"> <span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">here.</span></a></div>
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I used these antler rimmed salad plates from Pottery Barn for ginger bread topped with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch sauce. Yum!</div>
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I know I'll use these over and over. I just hope I don't break those antlers off. </div>
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Before I throw away the rest of the pumpkins, I was eager to try this treatment of succulents on an heirloom pumpkin. All of these succulents have been in planters in our cutting garden, and while I know that they won't winter over outside, I also know that I'm just not good about remembering to care for them out in the potting shed. So, I had no reservations about cutting them up to decorate this lovely Cinderella pumpkin. I photographed it on a white paper background to get a really good photo for you.</div>
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This green and brown plaid tablecloth is really two very wide runners of dupioni silk. Well.....polyester that looks like dupioni silk!</div>
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These salad plates were on sale at Ballard's outlet a few weeks ago. Didn't take me long to get those puppies in my cart!</div>
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I used them with some dark brown chargers that are really pot saucers from Pottery Barn, and some cream scallop-edged plates from ZGallerie.</div>
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Oh, mama! Don't you love these napkin rings???? They were gifted to me from my very dear friend, Barb. You often see lovely things on this blog that were given to me from her, because she has the best, best, best taste and is very generous.</div>
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And look here!!!! This incredible salt and pepper set is another gift from her! Am I the luckiest girl?</div>
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My standby wooden handled flatware suited me fine for this.</div>
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Lime green stems and raffia wrapped glasses fit the bill.</div>
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These bow back chairs from the breakfast room were softened with pillows from the keeping room.</div>
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Since these guys are still hanging around, I thought they looked cute here.</div>
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The way the sunshine hit the table was the best part of the day. You just can't fake this feeling. </div>
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Although winter is not harsh here in Georgia, we sure do store up these last mild days. </div>
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As I soak in the beauty and joy of this season and the land we own, my heart goes out to those in the northern part of our state and the agony they are experiencing from the wildfires. Our air quality has been terrible from the smoke, but it is a small inconvenience when I think of their loss. We are all praying for rain. </div>
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One of our favorite couples spends the winter in Florida, and several of us wanted to be sure to have dinner with them before sending them off to sunny shores. It turned out to be one of those evenings that you never wanted to end. We sat and laughed and laughed and shared some lovely memories.</div>
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It was a table of eight....my favorite! These are vibrant people, so not neutrals here!</div>
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I have slowed down in my antique collecting, as we approach the reality of downsizing, but this remains one of my favorite things to collect. I especially love the engraved badge on the wood. I filled it with the bright, bright colors of fall, along with some cream roses and bleached wheat.</div>
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Years ago, I bought these bittersweet wreaths to use as chargers. I bring them out every year, and so far, they have held up well. Then I toned them down with my gold edged cream Lenox dinner plates, and some vintage salad plates with a variety of fruits featured on them.</div>
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Some placesettings had this bleached wooden flatware.....</div>
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The vintage napkins are embroidered with a sweet little maple leaf, and gathered into an antique bone napkin ring.</div>
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I thought these little squirrel place card holders were perfect!</div>
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These were new to the table this year and it made me so happy to be using gold again.</div>
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By far, these are my favorite candlesticks and I love what the wood does for the table.</div>
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Well, we sure did have lots of smiles around this table!</div>
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Here's wishing a great winter to our friends. They are the cutest newlyweds I know. I love to share their happiness and this was a great way to do so. </div>
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Here are some fall decorations from around the house. Take a tour!</div>
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<br />A Toile Talehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12432704380289883183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013729586202663174.post-4959715959597628332016-11-09T00:09:00.000-05:002016-11-15T21:40:37.293-05:00A Barn, Dear Friends, and a Beautiful Evening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was a wish come true for me! I always, always wanted to give a barn party, but there was a small problem.......I didn't have a barn.......and I didn't have an occasion to give such a party. Enter my friend, Brenda. She invited the lay leadership of our church to a party in her beautiful barn! When she asked me if I would help, I jumped at the chance. Would I ever!!!</div>
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Look at this beautiful land!</div>
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This is the way the barn looked two days before the party. Can you imagine getting a BARN with animals living in it ready for a party? I can hardly get my home ready! Plus, it is so dry here, that the dirt and dust from the arena is blowing like crazy, which means we set up the tables early, but couldn't add tablecloths, dishes, or centerpieces until the last minute.</div>
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Here's the outside. Doesn't it look like a good time is about to happen?</div>
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This is what greeted guests down by the road. These pumpkins were commandeered from my front door and have now been returned! Don't you just love this old wooden wheelbarrow?</div>
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Folks entered at this end of the barn and this was found on both sides of the door.</div>
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This old church pew sits here all of the time. I know this photo is blurry, but I wanted you to see this grand piece of history.</div>
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Brenda snitched these three pillows from her front porch for the evening.</div>
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I thought you might like to see the tack room.</div>
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This hand tooled saddle has the badge that reads "Charmaine James". She was a famous barrel racer and Brenda's husband bought her this beauty.</div>
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You can see the party area through the door.</div>
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We put the desserts in the wash bay.</div>
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We were going for high style and low budget and by using tin foil pans, we made it happen. </div>
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This other bay held drinks in self-help coolers, just inside the door.</div>
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the one that held the peanuts!</div>
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It was so delightful to see all those adults walking around with a bag of peanuts. (And, because it is 2016, you can see the obligatory bottle of Purell!)</div>
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I just love those old burlap bags over the hay bales that hold up the coolers.</div>
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This is the buffet table waiting for the barbeque and beans. More tin pans here.</div>
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Each horse had a basket of carrots outside of it's stall, and, again, I was tickled to see all of those grown ups getting so into feeding horses!</div>
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Here's what tables for nearly 100 looks like.</div>
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Here's the dinner plate. Yep! It's a foil pie pan. No renting (or washing) dishes for us.</div>
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A colorful paper lined the plate, and the plastic flatware was tied with a bit of raffia. You can see the red gingham plastic tablecloth which was over white linen cloths. A strip of butcher's paper ran down the middle.</div>
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Three mason jars made up the centerpiece. One held corn, one black beans and the little one held just the burlap covered votive. </div>
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Ok, now. The stalls are ready.....</div>
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the tables are ready......</div>
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and it is time for the stars of the evening. This is Brenda's husband, Ken, bringing in his big horse, Dakota. He's 16 1/2 hands! No wonder his nickname is "Big D". A huge thanks go to Ken, as well, for his incredible generosity.</div>
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He's ready to party. Three more beauties were brought in and they each showed their own personality. They seemed to really love the attention. </div>
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Time for guests!</div>
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I very seldom post photos of my friends or guests, but I just had to use this one. This is Brenda, a woman I am so proud to call my friend. This entire event was her vision and I was simply an extra pair of hands to help. She designed, she cleaned, she schlepped, she organized and she was the sweetest leader. And thus, I got to give a barn party!!!!! </div>
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P.S. Brenda owned Balthus von Tassel, the beautiful heirloom turkey who was featured in <a href="http://atoiletale.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-other-day-i-arrived-at-committee.html" style="background-color: #ffd966;">this</a> post. Please take a look at this handsome devil.</div>
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<br />A Toile Talehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12432704380289883183noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013729586202663174.post-82682964153466552172016-11-06T19:25:00.000-05:002016-11-06T19:25:18.947-05:00Yummy Choices!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am presently working with some of the loveliest clients. I've been lucky to make a connection with most everyone I've worked with and I feel that most of them have very good taste. Sometimes it's about encouraging them to trust their taste. This client not only has good taste, but she has made some choices that I would love to put in my own house.</div>
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Now that her children are older, she wanted to jump onto the neutral wagon, but she loves chinoiserie. She couldn't quite figure out how to do both. When I showed her this linen fabric, I knew by her reaction that we were on to something.</div>
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An all neutral room is not too exciting, so I urged her to add another color, and we chose a soft, soft, almost turquoise blue. This leopard pattern is the thriller of the group.</div>
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Then I found some solids with texture and some wonderful trims.</div>
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There's even a stripe that we are considering.</div>
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None of these fabrics are expensive, but the look they give when combined is elegant and rich. We'll be working hard on this living room after the holidays. Then on to the dining room, I hope!</div>
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Gold!!!! It's been in, it's been out, and for sure.....it's back!!!! Suddenly, it has a contemporary vibe and I particularly like it used with more rustic items. These beautiful napkin rings from Art of the Table were a gift from a beautiful bride, and I stuck in a feather to bridge the luxe and the informal.</div>
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I started gathering up some gold items to make a simple fall table. Nothing is new, just used in a different way. </div>
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Years ago, when Martha Stewart first made gilding pumpkins popular, I found these canvas placemats with gold leaves. I was pretty proud of the way my gilded vegetables looked with these linens.</div>
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Then I pulled out my trusty gold chargers and used them with these brown, mottled dinner plates. The pattern is called "Leopard".</div>
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I played with several different sets of flatware and settled on this French cream set. I have never cared for gold flatware. Even the contemporary gold that I am seeing now just doesn't float my boat!</div>
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I have seen these glasses for sale several different places. This summer, my close friend in Charleston had them on her dinner table when she entertained us, and I had great glass envy! By the next weekend, I owned some of my own! </div>
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Phil the Pheasant made his seasonal debut. This resin bird shows up often on the table, and is always part of our decor. </div>
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Two of my favorite tables I ever posted had him as a centerpiece. Look <a href="http://atoiletale.blogspot.com/2011/11/twas-night-before-thanksgiving.html" style="background-color: #ffd966;">here</a> and<a href="http://atoiletale.blogspot.com/2012/11/brown-green-and-pheasant.html"> <span style="background-color: #ffd966;">here.</span></a></div>
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Isn't he a handsome devil?</div>
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He is nestled in this wreath made up of natural, gold, and copper leaves. </div>
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The old wood barley twist candlesticks that I started with were not very exciting, so I replaced them with these gilded ones. They are heftier and the gold sort of lifts the look up a bit.</div>
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I also used gold embossed place cards.</div>
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I thought this horn salt and pepper was a good choice for this table.</div>
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I'm loving the gold! It is certainly on trend, but remains too classic to be considered trendy.</div>
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A couple of weeks ago, we hosted a group of 12 for a fall dinner party, and here are the flowers I brought home and prepped for arranging. The roses and sunflowers came from Costco, and the others all came from Trader Joe's. I was a happy girl when I found all of this and didn't have to make a trip to the floral wholesaler.</div>
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This is the container that I chose. It's French, but I found it while visiting a friend in Indianapolis.</div>
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Here's the result. It's got lots of texture and even though the colors are within a very specific palate, they are varied and vibrant.</div>
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And this cachepot! I can't even!</div>
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Since eight is the maximum that we can seat comfortably in the dining room, this is the way it came out. Lots of color and a casual vibe. Just what I wanted.</div>
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The rattan charger and the napkin rings are from World Market and similar ones are available everywhere. The Portuguese plates and napkins are from Homegoods.</div>
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I like the way this Martha Stewart flatware shows up on this busy tablecloth, which is also from Homegoods. </div>
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These stems are just perfect for fall with leaves and acorns.</div>
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I added these for a bit of whimsy.</div>
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On the dining room buffet, I piled lots of white and green pumpkins and gourds. You can see the flowers reflected in the mirror.</div>
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I do not understand why I didn't get better pictures of the table for four in the breakfast room, but here's the placesetting.</div>
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And here's the way I carried the flowers onto the other table. This time I used a narrow bark covered vase that saved space.</div>
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Our fall decorations are some of my favorites. This tiered server brings everything I love about fall into the bar.</div>
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I buy lots and lots of small gourds and use them everywhere.</div>
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These French shelves sported neutrals and pops of bright green. </div>
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The powder room gets it's share of pretty, as well.</div>
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This candle from Michael Aram is perfect for this room and this season. It was a gift from a very dear friend.</div>
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These corner shelves holds pumpkins and mums.</div>
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A small flower arrangement and some guests towels.......</div>
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and this French water bearer sit on the vanity.</div>
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Instead of water, she is carrying these teeny little fall fruits. </div>
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Everything looks so lovely, especially the heirloom pumpkin!<br /><br />ciao!</div>
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WOW, your table is stunning! The pumpkin bouquet is absolutely gorgeous....so are the candle rings!</div>
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What a beautiful tablescape and the dishes are gorgeous. Lovely center pieces as well. Thank you for sharing at Dishing it and Digging it link party. It's always fun to see what you have been up too.</div>
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When you arrive at our home, you'll be greeted by this at the road. Minus those wreaths, I'm afraid. Between the time I took this picture and when I posted it, someone pilfered those wreaths on the gates. From now on, I'm using zip ties on any decorations.</div>
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The mums are also a bit more open by now. And I have added some orange ribbon and bows to the corn stalks.</div>
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As you come up the driveway, you'll pass the cutting garden.</div>
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If I took you through the gate you' d see a garden in dire need of tidying up!</div>
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At the front door, I've arranged a pile of pumpking, mums, and flowers. </div>
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Don't you love these stripes?</div>
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I just love how this Japanese maple lights up in the sunshine.</div>
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This is out the back door. I have often wished that I had a shelf on the fireplace chimney so that I could decorate the face of the fireplace, but I've had to choose other places to "pretty up"!</div>
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We had a dinner party recently, and I put tablecloths on all three of the outdoor tables. This the one on the main patio.</div>
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The throw pillows on the patio have morphed from turquoise and coral to these brown leaves.</div>
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This is the table on the lower terrace.</div>
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And this is the table on the upper white deck. We had cocktails outside, as it was a perfect fall evening.</div>
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Since these pillows had orange in them, I added them for a little comfort.</div>
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I tried to make several areas of interest reflect this beautiful season.</div>
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This statue has a basket of flowers in his arms, but I added an orange ribbon and some more signs of fall.</div>
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Even the fountain had a nod to fall. After Thanksgiving, all of these pumpkins and gourds go into the woods for the deer and squirrels. The mums will be planted in the cutting garden in hopes that they come up in the spring. We feel so fortunate to celebrate this season of bounty with so many decorations and such beautiful weather. But, probably the most beautiful of all is not what I add, but the incredible carpet of leaves and acorns that Mother Nature is supplying!</div>
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This beauty needed a pretty table to sit on! I used it last night for a dinner at church, and it is too fab not to use again. It's a real white heirloom pumpkin with a selection of peach, coral, and orange flowers.</div>
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I started with a taupe straw place mat on our dark wood table. Then I stacked a ruffled burnt orange charger, a white oak leaf dinner plate, and this pheasant embossed salad plate.</div>
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Can you see the pheasant? These oranges are intentionally mis-matched to reflect the colors in the flowers.</div>
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I used these salad plates a couple of years ago the night before Thanksgiving. It was a really pretty table you can see <a href="http://atoiletale.blogspot.com/2011/11/twas-night-before-thanksgiving.html" style="background-color: #f1c232;">here.</a></div>
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I realized that I never took a pic of the glassware. Can you see it here? It is a tortoiseshell water tumbler and a raffia covered stemless wine.</div>
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Here's the same selection of flowers that I added on the chunky gold washed candlestick.</div>
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Aren't they yummy? I especially love the brown scabiosia pods.</div>
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Here's the secret to using the pumpkin without carving into it: this little plastic prong. I buy them at the floral wholesaler, but if you can't find them, you can use the piece that comes in the center of a delivery pizza!!!</div>
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This, my friends, is the most wonderful product. That's what I use to attach the prong to the pumpkin.</div>
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Then I use a soaked piece of oasis, and it STAYS ON!!! It will also come off when the flowers fade and I still have an intact pumpkin.</div>
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Here's the candle cup and oasis that I used for the flowers in the candlestick. I did a post on how to use it<span style="background-color: #e69138;"> <a href="http://atoiletale.blogspot.com/2010/11/candle-cup-of-flowers.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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These will be even prettier when the roses open up a little more.</div>
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So, here's the way the table came together.</div>
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This is a simple cream linen napkin held in a brushed gold napkin ring. I'm not that much of a trend follower, but I find I am certainly using more and more gold these days. The flatware is a cream handled French design.</div>
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This seemed to be a perfect day to use these bittersweet place card holders.</div>
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I was happy to depart from the bright, bright orange and yellow flowers I have been using lately. It look much better with our dining room colors, too</div>
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I hope you've noticed that I've been missing from the blogsphere. I've been with my daughter playing Florence Nightingale, uber driver, maid, laundress and cook. My poor baby broke her kneecap and couldn't do any of the above! There were also thousand of snuggles, millions of kisses, and billions of giggles with those adorable boys of hers. While I was there, since Cleveland is the home of Seven Barks, I was excited to be invited to drop into their printing plant (POV Print Solutions) and watch them assemble a custom order for party poppers!!!!</div>
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There was recently a beautiful wedding in California that provided these custom poppers for each guest. They were designed with this express party in mind using the bride and groom's initials and a custom selection of gifts inside. Each one has a small gun powder strip for that little bit of excitment when you pull the ends for the traditional surprise.</div>
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This was the huge box of custom glitter that was used inside the poppers. </div>
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And here's one of the sweetest job managers I ever met! Can you see how EACH PIECE is handmade?</div>
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And here's a box ready to make the trip from Ohio to California.</div>
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I can't resist showing some of their standard offerings. Here's a photo of their Thanksgiving poppers I took at their booth at the gift show in Atlanta.</div>
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The red/white/blue ones.</div>
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I just had to play with one of the poppers that they gave me. I dug through my daughter's pretties and put this look together. She had so many lovely things to choose from, and I dusted the china cabinet's items while I was at it! Isn't this pretty? </div>
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I started with her Kate Spade silver and cream tablecloth. I think I got this for her for Christmas, as a matter of fact. I used this heavy pewter beaded charger, and her Wedgewood platinum wedding china. Then a mother of pearl dessert plate.</div>
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Another wedding gift was this stunning sterling silver flatware. It is Old Maryland Engraved. I absolutely love this pattern. </div>
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A friend of Susie's brought her a beautiful floral arrangement, so I picked a few select blooms out to style this pretty table. The rose is gorgeous, but those blue/grey thistles really ring my chimes!</div>
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I think these bee salt and pepper shakers came from her mother-in-law. I sure wanted to stick these in my pocket.</div>
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I went a little over the top with four etched glasses, but she had soooo many beautiful pieces of crystal, I just couldn't stop myself. </div>
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I placed them on the railing of the deck so you could get a better look at them.</div>
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This piece is the queen of the hop! It is William Yeoward's fern pattern. Doesn't it make your mouth water? This is truly exquisite. Everything about it is perfection. These were also wedding presents from some really generous guests.</div>
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These champagne glasses are similarly etched.</div>
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These water glasses have ferns and dots, as do the Yeoward pieces and are very similar, but not quite the same quality. Really beautiful glasses, never the less.</div>
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And then this little juice glass is also similar.</div>
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It all came together so well and featured this great, fun little accessory sort of poached from Seven Barks. It's no secret that I love their products. You can see their catalog<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"> <a href="https://povsolution.com/page/seven-barks-products">here</a>.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> If you want some custom designs, they can do that, too. Tell them I sent you!</span></div>
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