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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

His Birthday!

WELCOME through my red door!

I am really behind with posting on my blog…even worse than the last time!  Taking a few hiatuses.  But hope to eventually keep up more in the future.  Anyway….

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This table was for my husbands birthday celebration…2 1/2 months ago!!

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His birthday was on April 18!!!

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This one had to be a little more masculine than some of my previous tables, you know, because he’s a man!

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So starting with the charger; I borrowed these fabulous wrought iron ones from a friend of mine.  Thank you Sue!   I am so wishing I had bought them myself when I had the chance.  They combine texture and height to this setting!

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But of course I wasn’t thinking at the time.  They’re from Taste of Home and are no longer available.  Maybe I’ll check eBayI 

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The next charger is from Henn.  Sue and I found the white plates at a flea market.  The whole set was $20.00. 

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The salad plates and soup bowls are the cheap $1.25 pieces I found at our local grocery stores back around last fall, I think it was.  Trips to about 5 different locations didn’t even  get enough to make 12 full place settings.

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The glasses are from Home Goods; the lantern from At Home America and the candle is from Pottery Barn.  One of my favorite stores!

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If I remember right I found the napkins at TJ Maxx and the rings from antique shopping in Virginia.

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I honestly can’t remember where this cute little bird came from and it wasn’t even that long ago! But he fit right in on this table.

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My husband was pleased!  As I recall the meal was pretty good too, but if I had realized it would take me so long to post this, I would have written the menu down!!

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Place settings.

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The lantern.

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A closeup view.

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Isnt’ he cute!

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A little off center, but shows the details in the plate.

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The whole thing.  Someone wasn’t home that night for Dad’s birthday!

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My birthday was the week after his, but we went out to dinner.  Then our 25th anniversary was the day after that!  We went to a lovely B & B in Lancaster County, so I hadn’t set a table for it.  But I am working on one and will be showing it soon!  Hopefully!

I told you I was a little behind!  And apparently, a lot forgetful!

Thanks for visiting!

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See you there!

Sheila

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Patriotic Kitchen Counter Vignette

 

WELCOME through my red door!

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Oh don’t you just love patriotic holidays?

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They’re so festive.

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Red, white and blue is such a beautiful color combination.  So cheerful!

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The food alone is something we all look forward to.

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Barbecue ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs,

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baked beans, potato salad, corn on the cob…watermelon!

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Just love it!