Roses Sur La Table

My tabletop is ready for romance as the calendar turns toward Valentine's Day. I'm happy to share these romantic pink blooms for Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper, for the 50th Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Through Life and for Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.











































The goods~

HLCCA Retro Red Stripe Fiesta dinner plates & tumbers with black & rose salad plates

Manhattan Depression glass candle holders, tumblers, berry bowls, relish trays and serving pieces

Ikea flatware and vase

Maryland China bud vase napkin rings

vintage tablecloth and napkins


Watch this space!


My Dish Friends and I are
collaborating on another
tablescaping event and
we're inviting you to join us!
Show us some "LOVE"
and join our first linky party!
inlinkz posts Feb 9th 6pm Pacific at
The Little Round Table.

L'Oiseau Bleu

Here are some bluebirds on the tabletop for your Valentine dining pleasure. Why blue birds for Valentine's? Perhaps you'd enjoy a fairy table while you're seated at the table. I really like this story at this time of year: The Blue Bird from The Fairy Tales of Madame D'Aulnoy (1892).





























The goods~

post 86 Fiesta dinnerware
Hall "Birdcage" teapot
vintage tablecloth and napkins
vintage Bakelite and Oneida Cityscape flatware

I'm happy to share these birdies for Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Through Life and for Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.




More Details Coming Soon!
My Dish Friends and I are
collaborating on another
tablescaping event and
we're inviting you to join us!
Show us some "LOVE"
and join our first linky party!
inlinkz posts Feb 9th 6pm Pacific

Sunday Favorite: Table for Two with Tulips

Here's a post from last year to kick off the Valentine tables for Sunday Favorites at Happy to Design. This post originally appeared on February 8, 2010.

February has so many great tabletop holidays~Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras. Let's get started with a Valentine's table for two!











My fabulous CMG Secret Santa gave me this amazing Startex tablecloth with pink and fuschia tulips on a field of lemongrass. How did she know that we always use tulips to celebrate Valentine's Day at my house in honor of the 3 milli one vases that my husband brought me for our first Valentine's way back when?

This table also features P86 Fiesta dinnerware lemongrass square plates, rose dinner plates, a rose coffee server and creamer and sugar set, and goblets in white and rose and chartreuse stick-handled demitasse cups and saucers. The heart plates are from Crate & Barrel. The Oneida Cityscape flatware rests on vintage cocktail napkins . The centerpiece is a white milli one vase with droopy tulips and rose bulb candleholders with green candles.

Won't this cloth look great with fuschia Fiesta, whenever that day comes?

Two Fish, Four Fish, New Fish, More Fish!

We're joining Tablescape Thursday over at Between Naps On The Porch
and
Alphabe-Thursday at Jenny Matlock. Today's Letter is "O" - O is for "Ocean to Ocean."



Two tablescapes from the Atlantic Coast and two tablescapes from the Pacific Coast. These tablescapes are the result of a collaboration among four far flung friends loosely known as the Dish Divas or Tablecloth Fairies, who often bestow unexpected gifts upon their fellow collectors and share a mutual love for Homer Laughlin dinnerware and both contemporary and vintage table linens.

The four fairies bringing you Coast-to-Coast: Two Fish, Four Fish, New Fish, More Fish today are Fairy Daphne from Tabletop Time in the Boston area and Fairy Elaine from lovely Virginia, along with their west coast counterparts Fairy Rebecca from the Pacific Northwest and Fairy Candy @ The Little Round Table from the fringes of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Here you can find Elaine's table followed by mine. Swim on over to The Little Round Table to visit with Candy and Rebecca!

From Elaine in Virginia, a sea scape in marigold, turquoise and rose~









Elaine used vintage and post 86 Fiesta, wood-grain flatware from the Flatware Fairy, and vintage pink Depression Glass. She adds, "I was delighted to be able to accent with bits and pieces from my collection of old strands of pearls, a Harlequin novelty cream pitcher, and the tiny replica of the castle from Disney's Little Mermaid." Do check out Elaine's blog Dishing With CaraFaye.











From Daphne in Boston, an ocean of greens and purples times two~













Post 86 Fiesta in heather meets vintage Riviera dinnerware, Oneida Cityscape flatware, Crate and Barrel Mexican glass and contemporary fish plates. The napkins were a gift from a friend, and the centerpiece features candles made by fellow Homer Laughlin collectors. I really like how the napkins add a punch of bright to the table. I also enjoyed making a calmer version of this tablescape with flowers.





The mini fish casseroles are vintage Chicken of the Sea premiums. The metal holders prevent the tuna bakers from scorching your table linens. Be sure to visit The Little Round Table for a peek at the ads for these tabletop treasures!























Thanks for joining us as we indulged our passion for this special vintage tablecloth! If you find that you can't get enough of this textile either, you can see my 'scapes in other colorways at Fish Three Ways.