Four sweet young ladies will be having a Pretty in Pink brunch at my house. Don't tell them - it's a surprise. The lucky foursome are my two granddaughters, Chloe and Genevieve - and the two young foreign exchange students, Sarah and Nadir, living with them this year. I've got to check their busy schedules to see when we can come up with a "sweet treat" date for my Valentines.
My whole tablescape is "designed on a dime" - well almost. On a recent flea market adventure, the makings of this table began. I got to the market just in the nick of time to get these
Waverly plates, placemats and table runner for a total of $5. That's the best bargain I've ever found! The pattern is Waverly Garden Room. I'll show you how I pulled it all together.
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This is the Waverly Garden Room plate. Enough to set a table for 4 |
Today, I was at TJ Max and found four of these adorable pink flower salad plates. Don't they look as if they were made for the Waverly plates? I did splurge a little on these, but I'll be able to get a lot of use out of them with other china patterns I have. $3.99 per plate - which isn't really very much, but compared to the great price I got on the Waverly plates, it seemed like a lot.
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The napkins I made with some vintage shabby chic floral material. I tied some dainty vintage lace around each one instead of napkin rings. |
You can see the napkin better in this picture below:
The goblet on the left of the picture above is one of 6 that I also found on one of my flea market adventures. They're made in Italy and I paid $6 for 6 goblets. Quite a bargain. The swirl crystal candlesticks are vintage and I've had them for many years. The floral candy dish is also vintage Bavarian.
The floral arrangement is in a vintage ruby red ball vase.
I layered over the Waverly placemats with red woven straw placemats.
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The little floral S & P shakers are some that I got from a friend at her yard sale many years ago. |
By candlelight. Everything looks prettier in candlelight, doesn't it?
The flatware is some Wallace Stainless flatware that I picked up three or four years ago at a department store sale. I got two servings of twelve since they were about 60% off of retail.
And here's a little vintage Valentine Vignette on the buffet. I'll have a Valentine Card for each of them to mark their place at the table. I'm looking forward to a little Pink time with my girls!
Finally, I couldn't resist taking a couple of photos of the sunshine streaming in the window this afternoon. There's nothing like a little sunshine to get rid of those mid-winter blues.
Grandchildren are so wonderful. My girls are 14 and 10. The exchange students that are here for the school year have become my adopted grandchildren and I love them dearly. They are both sweet 16. Won't we have a wonderful time? Here's a cute sign that a friend posted on her facebook page this week. I find it to be so true, don't you? At least for those of us who are grandmothers ;)
I'm participating in:
Tablescape Thursday
Centerpiece Wednesday.
Valentine Link Party
Go to
this link and
this link see all the beautiful tablescapes.