Yellow Rose of Fairmont

 I found this pretty vintage tablecloth at our local county fair last week.

 I immediately noted that I could use sunflower, shamrock, turquoise, and chocolate Fiesta dishes with it.

Then I remembered that I had a yellow rose bush in the backyard!  (DH just planted it this summer.)

Two cute little birds from the Dollar Store complete this table's centerpiece.

I put the roses and some other plants from my yard in a Fiesta sunflower vase.

This place setting includes a turquoise dinner plate, a marigold luncheon plate, and a turquoise berry bowl.

Close up of my fine feathered friend.

Fiesta's classic disk pitcher in turquoise

I purchased these napkin rings on ebay.

Close up of tablecloth

Turquoise banded Fiesta goblets

Lemons and Lapis

This table begins with a Waverly tablecloth - "Oranges and Lemons". 

Place settings included Fiesta dishes in the colors of lapis, sunflower, marigold, and periwinkle.

Pillar candles sit in Fiesta lapis berry/fruit bowls.

Blue goblets were collected at garage sales by my mom

 I wanted to include lemons in the tablescape but only had one in the frig so I cut it and placed a slice on each goblet.

 Love the new smoky blue lapis Fiesta color!

 Periwinkle salt and pepper shakers and sunflower mini disk pitcher on periwinkle small bread tray

Periwinkle carafe

Down on the Farm

This John Deere bucket was the inspiration for my farm-themed table.

Yellow and green bandana napkins anchor the centerpiece.

 This enamel coffee pot was my mom's.  I discovered it when we were cleaning out dad's storage unit and couldn't part with it.

My dad farmed with John Deere implements.

Shamrock dinner plate, sunflower luncheon plate and lemongrass berry bowl (some marigold pieces were also used on the table)

Shamrock Fiesta dishes are almost a perfect match for the green in John Deere ads.

Canning jars stand in as drinking glasses in this casual country setting.  Plain white napkins were simply tied around flatware.

Fake flowers and greens were added to the coffee pot to complete the focal point of the table.

Fall Fiesta

 I use Fiestaware in fall colors to decorate my kitchen for autumn.

Mini disk pitchers in seamist green, scarlet and marigold

Dinner plates in ivory and black with metal sunflower

Sunflower platter flanked by paprika and tangerine dinner plates 

Forgot I had a chocolate mini disk pitcher!

Autumn Leaves

A pack of pretty autumn-leaf themed napkins I got from a friend for my birthday (thanks, Bethany!) inspired my latest tablescape.

My fall decorations came out of storage for the occasion - leaves, pumpkins and scarecrows.

Fiestaware in shades of tangerine, paprika, lemongrass, shamrock, chocolate, marigold and sunflower were pressed into service, along with some green glass luncheon plates of unknown origin.

Love the carved wooden ghost pumpkin shown above!

 Cute little scarecrow stands guard on this autumn table

 Close up of the napkin along with maple flavored, leaf shaped cookie

BLUE AND YELLOW

It's a brutally hot summer day here in the Midwest, but you know what they say - "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade". Maybe I took that saying a little too literally in creating this cool blue tablescape with yellow accents, but I love the results.

I used Fiesta plates, bowls and accessory pieces in cobalt, sunflower, marigold and ivory.  I got the blue goblets from my mom.  
I have had the glass cobalt luncheon (or bread and butter) plates for several years, and I'm not sure where I got them.  They remind me of depression glass.

 Each place setting featured a yellow wildflower tucked into the napkin ring.  

I saw a pretty blue and yellow tablescape featuring a lemon centerpiece years ago at a Tour of Tables event and have wanted to create my own version ever since.

Cold lemonade - so refreshing!

The table decorations included two glass bluebirds of happiness which were received from guests at our wedding twenty years ago next month.