The Lilies Have Bloomed!

When I looked outside this morning, I saw that the lilies were in full bloom.  It was time for a new tablescape!

I put the lilies in my new Fiesta sunflower vase.

My daughter wanted to trying coating the strawberries I was planning to serve for dinner.  She did a great job!

 YUM!

This colorful tablecloth presents opportunities to use many of my colorful Fiesta dishes.  The place setting below utilizes shamrock, flamingo and lemongrass.

 This place setting has a sunflower dinner plate, a shamrock luncheon plate and a flamingo berry bowl.

I placed a shamrock berry bowl in a white milk glass compote to use as a butter dish.

I put a lemongrass dinner plate on a white milk glass cake plate to use as a serving piece.

This place setting uses Fiesta in shamrock, tangerine, and lemongrass as well as a white milk glass dessert plate.

The glasses/goblets are also Fiesta.  Each glass has colored rings near the base.

This white Fiesta heart bowl corrals the salt and pepper shakers...or should I say pepper and pepper shakers?  Oops!  One of the diners noticed that he had just peppered and peppered his potato shortly after we started eating!

 Love these lilies!

Fun on the Fourth

When dear MIL and FIL joined our family for dinner on the evening of the 4th of July this year, the occasion called for a patriotic display.

My Fiesta dishes (in scarlet, cobalt, lapis, and periwinkle) were once again called into service.

I love this little red disk pitcher.  It served as a flag holder in this setting.

Each place setting was topped with U.S.-themed wooden ornament (purchased shortly after 9-11-2001).

A flag-themed place mat anchored the centerpiece which consisted of various patriotic pieces.

As I am the lucky owner of 12 flag napkins, I was able to adorn the six chairs with a little Independence Day color.

Not wanting to be left out, the adjoining living room also took on a patriotic theme.  I discovered that these barn stars could double as candle holders.

Let Freedom Ring!

Many of these items decorated my middle son's bedroom which had a red, white and blue color scheme.  The bedroom has since been redecorated.  I love giving things a new purpose.

Here's a shot of the table and adjoining living room.  Don't know if you can tell, but the TV is showing that all-American past time of baseball - MN Twins vs. New York Yankees.

Denim and Lapis

I've done several tables in the past couple of weeks with Fiesta's new release - lapis.  On facebook someone mentioned that the new color looked like denim...and an idea was born!

The first step was going through some old jeans to find those we could live without.  I then cut the back pockets from those jeans.

The pockets make a perfect flatware/napkin holder.  I thought this was an original idea...until I googled "denim tablescapes" and found several photos of this very thing.  I guess I must have seen it somewhere!

Since bandanas look great with denim, I bought bandanas at the dollar store to use as napkins.  They had two-packs of bandanas (one red and one blue in a pack) for $1.

I used one of the blue bandanas to anchor the centerpiece.  A two-tier scarlet tidbit tray kit was purchased from ebay last year.  The tray adds some height to the centerpiece.

I surrounded the tidbit tray with tea lights in red glass holders and adorned both tiers with flowers from the rose shrub in my backyard.  I also placed a glass bluebird of happiness on each tier of the tray.  We received these as wedding gifts.

Lapis and scarlet Fiesta dishes were used on the table along with some periwinkle accessories.

It would be easy to make this a patriotic themed table with the addition of some white pieces and/or some small flags.

Shrub roses were also placed on each denim pocket to add a little color.

Centerpiece

Scarlet mini disk pitcher in lapis berry bowl

Singin' the Blues

Inspired by a Vera tablecloth in the Camellia pattern, I decided to combine the
Fiesta colors of lapis, peacock and periwinkle.

I added blue Martha Stewart quilted placemats and Anchor Hocking Old Colony milk glass dessert plates to place settings.

Close up of tablecloth pattern

The centerpiece consists of a black wrought iron candle holder that was meant to be an advent wreath, a blue beaded garland and blue and white tapers .  I purchased the candle holder after Christmas at a local gift shop at 90% off.

The centerpiece is flanked by two blue birds of happiness which we received as wedding gifts.

My mom collected a set of these blue goblets at area rummage sales.

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