Home and Gardening With Liz: Dillards

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November 14, 2012

Thanksgiving for two!

It's going to be a quiet Thanksgiving for two of us so I've

accepted the idea and pulled this together for our table.

I wanted it a bit rustic and for it to embrace the colors of the season.

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As you can see I've reused my Pottery Barn inspired centerpiece that

I made in September shown here, and here.

I decided to try the soup tureen in the center (it barely fit). I may just tuck my pumpkin pie inside of it just for fun! I mixed several pieces from different manufactuers and layered heavily!

I'll be joining

Cuisine Kathleen for

"Let's Dish"

and

Between Naps on the Porch

for Tablescape Thursday

Dishes- Dillard's, Cracker Barrel, One King's Lane

Charger- Walmart

Brown glasses from T.J. Maxx

Flatware- Sophia- Neiman Marcus

Candle holders from One King's Lane (2011)

Pumpkin Tureen- Kohl's (2011)

Tablecloth- Ralph Lauren (2011) full sized for a table of 6-8 folded in half

August 30, 2012

I was given very short notice of a mini business dinner meeting my husband sprung on me today. I needed to do a quick clean up around the house, but before that I wanted to get the table ready so I could focus on what I needed to do.

I just finished a craft project which is the burlap wrapped vase shown in the center here. I rambled through some of my candlesticks and decided on these.

I used my new mirrored tray to add a little glam and reflection. I chose a mix of mercury glass and the rustic finish on the candle holders to go with the burlap wrapped vase that I topped with a boxwood ball.

Not too much fuss here, but the Fleur-de-lis Coffee mugs worked beautifully with these scroll designed dishes. The olive green napkins pulled on the centerpiece colors and the hint of green that's in the dish pattern. I kept the neutral tones going with the off white flatware.

These people love their coffee so I will be serving plenty of that and if they want some wine the stemware will come into play or I will simply use them for water!

After Some quick menu planning, I've decided on a Chopped Salad,

Baked Zitti and Ciabtta Bread.

I do believe I'm ready.... now off to finish my prepping!

Dishes by Noble Excellence called Sugar Plum (Dillards)

Flatware called Sophia (Neiman Marcus/Horchow)

Stemware from T.J. Maxx

Fleur-de-lis coffee mugs made by Evergreen, pattern name simply says "B" -from One Kings Lane

Candle holders from One Kings Lane

I'm joining

Between Naps on the Porch for

Tablescape Thursday

and

Cuisine Kathleen for

Let's Dish

May 2, 2012

Garden Inspired

I wanted to create a tablescape with a garden influence.

If you know me, you know I love my backyard garden

and at this time of the year you find me either working out there or dreaming about ideas I have for this years

flowers for my garden.

I have Endless Summer and

Limelight Hydrangeas that I cut and dried

stems from last fall. I wanted to use these

candelabras but I also wanted to embrace

my love for flowers so i decided to snip

some tops off and use them instead of candles!

To add to my garden inspired theme I used

some white geese, a watering can

and a faux green leaf lettuce or cabbage

piece (I can't decide what it is) I just liked

it! I sprinkled pieces of the hydrangeas on

the tray. I took the lead from the panicles

as they kept drifting down on the table

while I was fussing with them on

the candelabras!

The vintage geese are holding fish in their

mouths and the watering can is my first

ever antique purchase (Circa 1930's) I

found while on a road trip. My goose

napkin rings came in handy for this

one too!

The dishes attracted me with their

scroll design which makes me think of

an iron gate, and their coloring

was perfect.

It's a rainy gloomy day, but for 5 minutes

the sun tried to get through and I captured

a picture that shows the colors a bit better.

This tablecloth lends a casual feeling and

with it's artichokes and overall color

palette it was the perfect backdrop for my

theme. The flatware also has the

fleur-de-lis design on it.

I pulled the pink in the tablecloth by using

my fleur-de-lis glassware!

I hope you enjoyed my Garden Inspired

tablescape!

As always, thank-you for coming by!

I love to hear your comments!

I will be joining
Cuisine Kathleen for
Let's Dish
Between Naps On The Porch

for Tablescape Thursdays

Head on over and check out all the lovely

tablescapes that are submitted each week!

Dishes: Sugar Plum by Noble Excellence (Dillards)

Mikasa, Italian Countryside

Flatware, Baroque (Neiman Marcus)

Fleur-De-Lis Glassware (Horchow)

Tablecloth- Artichoke (One Kings Lane)

Candelabras- Casa Cristina Collection (furniture store)

White Charges- Pier 1 Imports

Woven Placemats from T.J. Maxx

Goose napkin rings (set of 4) from E-bay

December 20, 2011

Felize Navidad and Poinsettias

Felize Navidad
which means

Happy Christmas
or as we say
Merry Christmas!

Since the Poinsettia was the focal point of my tablescape I got to wondering how the Poinsettia became attached to the Christmas holiday. This is what I learned-

"The holiday's connection to the poinsettia originated with a Mexican legend. With nothing to give to the Christ Child, a youngster picked a bouquet of weeds as an offering. As the gift was presented, the weeds transformed into brilliant red blooms. Since then, the plant is known in Mexico as Flores de Noche Buena (Flowers of the Holy Night), or just nochebuena for short. The poinsettia's red "flowers" aren't actual flowers. They're bracts (modified leaves), and the little yellow centers are the flowers."

I'm featuring my poinsettias both in a

live plant and in my dishes.

While I was preparing this table my radio was playing

"I'll Be Home For Christmas"

which I thought was

quite poignant since I will be

doing just that

(heading to my Mom's)

and I was feeling sentimental about wishing my kids were going to be home for Christmas.

I've added music to the blog with the song today so you can
listen and share my feelings as I was preparing this table.

(just click the large button to pause if you don't want to listen or mute your own sound)

This Santa boots are for candles but they ended up being salt and pepper shaker holders! After I stared at them a while I realized the shape of the S & P Shakers

remind me of an old fashioned Christmas bulb!

These poinsettia plates had to be a

part of this table setting.

I wrapped the napkin and fork with a piece of wired ribbon- a little flair but easy to remove too!

I loved the sparkles on these napkins and had to have them!

I love sparkly things and red! (Can you tell?)

Chirp wanted to be included too!

I added a few ornaments to the basket to jazz it up a bit!

We do have some snow out there,

not much, but enough to make it feel like Christmas.

I loved those red spiral glasses the minute

I saw them- I got the wine glasses too!

Thank-you for joining me.

I hope your tables will be full of food
and lots of love to go around- Cheers!

Wishing you all a very

Merry Christmas!

Sentimentally yours,

Liz

Featured items on the table:

Poinsettia dishes by Maxcera called Honey Poinsettia (Home Goods)

Striped dishes from Pier 1 Imports

Red striped glasses from Younkers (Bon Ton )

Red coffee cups are from Dillards by Noble Excellence, called Candy Apple Red

Flatware from Neiman Marcus or Horchow called Sophia

Napkins from Pier 1 Imports

White Boots from Pier 1 Imports

Glitter candle holders from a gift shop

Red and white votive candles from Pier 1 Imports- Called Peppermint Creme

November 30, 2011

Ti's the Season!

Ti's the season for sure!

I've only begun to think about my holiday decorating, no tree up or mantel decorated just yet!

I decided to have a little fun with these

seasonal plates.

Since this will be just a casual meal I chose my Fleur-de-lis black and white checked tablecloth.

My red rick rack trimmed black and white mini checkered napkins
came in to play too!

What's that?

Polka dots??

Well, I did say I wanted to have

some fun!

These chargers from Pier 1 Imports work

out so well for many different themes.

Today they remind me of the snow blowing and whirling around!

These red dishes have just the right

coloring (my kind of red!)

I thought these were sweet when I saw

them at T.J. Maxx and had to have them!

The polka dot plates have been waiting

around for something to do, so today

I put them into action!

I topped it all off with a coffee mug and a peppermint stick to stir into the coffee!

These red flatware pieces are from

Williams Sonoma (on sale) ya have to keep an eye on them for their sales! I think they will get used a lot for various settings!

I went into my Christmas stockpile of

deco stuff and dug out a few pieces

The red velvet floral ball was from Pottery Barn a few years ago...one of my favorites still!

The mercury pieces were more finds from T.J. Maxx- the ornament on top was one I found at a specialty gift shop last year in PA while visiting our son.