A Toile Tale: zgallerie

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Zinnias in Ten

These are some of the gorgeous zinnias that I bought at Whole Foods in Alpharetta yesterday. As I was ooing and awing over them, the floral manager told me they were locally grown in Armuchee, Georgia at Stolen Flowers Farm.

I went to their website to get some more information, but it was down for re-design. So, I then found their Facebook page and took this image from their postings. It seems that they only sell to wholesalers, but that wasn't completely clear. I'd love to have a tour someday and see the farm.

So, while Mr. Pressed Pants grilled the fish, I set a very quick ten minute table with these as the star, and I put them in this faux bois cement vase.

Here's the table I came up with. Simple, cheery, and easy.

I started with a cream linen tablecloth, a twig placemat, and a Zgallerie scalloped plate. Then I added these Cynthia Crowley napkins and a striped mini-pumpkin. These orange glasses and cream wooden handled flatware reinforced the narrow orange/cream palate .

The center of the table held some antlers, a cement faux bois candle holder, and some faux bois salt and pepper shakers.

Then I added a rattan wine holder and the table was set in less than ten minutes.

Then the fish was done and we dined.

We are lucky that the weather has been so beautiful this weekend. These orange pillows made things oh, so comfy. We sat and sat and sat so we could enjoy the weather and each other.

This is the other side of this round deck......

and this is what it overlooks. Can you see the beginning of fall in the trees? We're tiptoeing into my favorite season. We're probably done kayaking, but we'll enjoy the lake all year around.

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Maison de Pax

Monday, June 25, 2012

Asian Aubergine

Ooooommmmmm.

I've been sitting on this beautiful piece of fabric for a couple of weeks. I wasn't sure how I was going to use it, but I thought it was stunning.

And the best part was the price. My friend, Amy Barfield,(who is so talented and fabulous that you could almost hate her), told me about a small fabric outlet that has designer fabrics. Designer fabrics????????? Can you say Scalamandre? Holy smokes! Hold onto you hats.....it was less than five dollars per yard. I scooped it up and ran for the hills. (I was afraid they would change their mind.)

Then, the other day, I was at T.J. Maxx and I found this perfect piece to go with it. I had planned to use my white orchids and some river rocks, but I wasn't too excited about that, and I was still thinking about it, so when I found this, I knew I could make it into a centerpiece.

So I did!

Kroger had these lovely white dahlias with just a touch of lavender on the edges, and I filled in a bit with white alstroemeria that had lavender stripes and spots on them. The other material was a neighborhood "donation". I cut the bamboo from my next door neighbor's without even asking him. It's bamboo, people! It grows and spreads faster than kudzu! Anyhow, he loves me and would give me anything! And our nearby nursery has a large area of reeds which they said they were happy to share with me. I offered to buy some, but they told me to just go snip! Thanks, Autumn Hill!

Simple and serene.

I first tried to use a purple toile plate that I recently found at Target. I did a post about it here. But it was WAY too busy, so I tried these taupe scalloped plates from ZGallerie. They almost matched the browny-lavender color in the fabric.

Here's how they looked.

I needed a light colored flatware, so this cream cutlery worked fine.

These light lavender napkins worked, too, and I tucked some reeds and bamboo into the corner of the fold.

Glassware needed to be simple, too. I used a light purple stem and a stemless Riedel wine.

Can you tell it has a light purple hue?

Here's a placesetting.

I brightened the table up a bit when I added these carved soapstone votives with a definite Chinoiserie vibe. These were on clearance at Yankee Candle last week. I was lucky to find them, because I rarely go into the store. I just can't stand the smell. I know it's lovely to some, but my senses are always screaming, "Let's get out of here!". Fortunately, they had them displayed just inside the door, and I saw them from the mall. They were meant to be used with oil, but I took that part out, and used a small candle.