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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Antler Dish Choices

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.

When Chloe Crabtree from Celebrate and Decorate 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.

I love this neutral look.

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.

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.

The glassware is a tortoiseshell tumbler and a rattan covered glass.

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.

I bought them at Paper Source in this package. They are already adhesive and have gold or silver antlers.

I changed up a few things to use this antler dish with plaids for Christmas.

There were a few more stags in the design. Here's one on the rattan covered napkin ring.

I used the same bark covered charger with a plaid rimmed dinner plate from Target.

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.

These stag candleholders are the perfect choice to join this table.

I love me some plaid!

Here's another plaid that I love with these antler dishes.

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.

This cream handled flatware cooled things down a bit.

It joined these birdseye maple chargers and these acorn embossed dinner plates.

These glasses look right at home here.

This velvet runner might have been overkill.

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.

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.

I served a mushroom soup in this that I have posted about here.

I used these antler rimmed salad plates from Pottery Barn for ginger bread topped with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch sauce. Yum!

I know I'll use these over and over. I just hope I don't break those antlers off.

Visit the following this week:

Monday

Twelve on Main | Everyday Living | Home is Where the Boat Is | Rustic – Refined

Tuesday

Life and Linda | Rattlebridge Farm | Rosemary & Thyme | Living With Thanksgiving | Cozinest

Wednesday

Belle Bleu Interiors | MyKentucky Living | A Toile Tale |Bluesky Kitchen | Starfish Cottage

Dining Delight

Thursday

Citrine Living | B. Lovely Events | Ramblings of a Southern Girl | Panoply

Friday

Celebrate & Decorate | Farmhouse 40 | The Painted Apron | Sweet Sensations

Joining:

Tablescape Thursday

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Between Naps on the Porch

Dishing It and Digging It (Sun.)

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Rustic and Refined

Inspire Me Monday

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My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

The Scoop (Mon.)

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Cedar Hill Farmhouse

Inspire Me Tuesday

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A Stroll Thru Life

Home Sweet Home (Fri.)

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The Charm of Home

Feathered Nest Friday

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French Country Home

Foodie Friday

Designs By Gollum

Wow Us Wednesday

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Savvy Southern Style

Monday Funday

All Things Heart and Home

Make It Pretty Monday

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The Dedicated House

Moonlight and Mason Jars (Wed.)

Amaze Me Mondays

Dwellings

Merry Mondays Link Party

Twelve on Main

Celebrate It Sunday

at Celebrate and Decorate

Sundays At Home

at Love of Home

Share It One More Time (Sat.)

designthusiasm.com

Share Your Style (Thurs.)

21 Rosemary Lane

Sunday, November 27, 2016

In The Forest

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.

Then, the day was so beautiful and the woods so inviting, so outside I went!

In order to elevate the pumpkin from the table, and give a little more room, I thought it was the perfect day to use this wooden compote dish with carved acorns around the edge.

I decided to tuck a few leaves around the base of the pumpkin, since it didn't sit level on the dish.

This green and brown plaid tablecloth is really two very wide runners of dupioni silk. Well.....polyester that looks like dupioni silk!

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!

I used them with some dark brown chargers that are really pot saucers from Pottery Barn, and some cream scallop-edged plates from ZGallerie.

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.

And look here!!!! This incredible salt and pepper set is another gift from her! Am I the luckiest girl?

My standby wooden handled flatware suited me fine for this.

Lime green stems and raffia wrapped glasses fit the bill.

These bow back chairs from the breakfast room were softened with pillows from the keeping room.

Since these guys are still hanging around, I thought they looked cute here.

The way the sunshine hit the table was the best part of the day. You just can't fake this feeling.

Although winter is not harsh here in Georgia, we sure do store up these last mild days.

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.

Joining:

Tablescape Thursday

Between Naps on the Porch

Dishing It and Digging It (Sun.)

Rustic and Refined

Inspire Me Monday

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

The Scoop (Mon.)

Cedar Hill Farmhouse

Inspire Me Tuesday

A Stroll Thru Life

Home Sweet Home (Fri.)

The Charm of Home

Feathered Nest Friday

French Country Home

Foodie Friday

Designs By Gollum

Wow Us Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style

Monday Funday

All Things Heart and Home

Make It Pretty Monday

The Dedicated House

Moonlight and Mason Jars (Wed.)

Amaze Me Mondays

Dwellings

Merry Mondays Link Party

Twelve on Main

Celebrate It Sunday

at Celebrate and Decorate

Sundays At Home

at Love of Home

Share It One More Time (Sat.)

designthusiasm.com

Share Your Style (Thurs.)

21 Rosemary Lane

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Plaid, Pewter, and Pumpkins

Well, it was time to have the bachelor neighbor over again! I photographed this table set for four, but took a placesetting away before he arrived.

We finally have some terrific fall weather, so I was determined to eat early enough to sit outside and enjoy it.

I started with this subtle Ralph Lauren plaid throw that I used as a tablecloth. It was so soft and lovely, and I'm sure I'll love cuddling up under it this winter.

I used all three colors, the grey, taupe and cream for the setting. I feel like I could have almost photographed it in black and white, or maybe sepia!

The faux slate chargers are some I've blogged about before. I primed some totally average plastic chargers, then spray painted them with chalk paint. Then covered them in chalk and wiped it off. Voila! Looks like slate. The taupe plates are from Z Gallerie, and the cream are from Crate and Barrel.

Aren't they great? They are embossed with acorns and oak leaves. LOVE!!!

Then, just for giggles, since I wasn't using flowers, I added a french seed pot filled with excelsior, and topped with a mini Cinderella pumpkin. Just that one little gesture made it a fall table. Take the pumpkin away, and it could be any time, anywhere.

Here's the bird's eye view.

A simple cream linen napkin was used with a square pewter ring.

And I added individual pewter salt and pepper sets.

The glassware was chunky and simple. We just brought our wine glasses to the table when we sat down.

A great, chippy cement flower urn sat on the table instead of any flowers. I did slide it back a bit when I removed the fourth placesetting, so we could easily see across the table.

Just chicken kabobs, corn pudding and a caprese salad. Oh, and pumpkin pie!

We're grateful for such a funny, crazy neighbor, and for the evening together in this (finally) fabulous weather. I hope that if you were so unfortunate to be hit with the terrible floods from the weekend weather that you are drying out and didn't loose anything precious. I've been praying for you.

Joining:

Tablescape Thursday

Between Naps on the Porch

Share Your Style

Show and Tell Friday

The Scoop

Inspire Me Tuesday

Be Inspired (Tues.)