Hope everyone had a great summer and enjoyed it as much as we did.  Weddings, family birthdays, vacations, and often just sitting back resting.

Deb is on vacation in Southern France and I am holding down the fort, hoping and praying they will return home safely!

Hopefully, we will have something new to share in the months to come.

Picture from the grandson’s wedding table we had so much planning and putting it together.

We were really practical…used a piece of organza fabric to make a table runner, dark chocolate ribbons on napkins folded with silver tucked into the pocket and three low rose bouquets to allow lots of conversation, and lots of candles,  Barely visible in these pictures are the beautiful stemware from Germany that Deb inherited from Robert’s Mother, Mary, they are beautiful beyond words.

It was a small wedding with only special guests as the Bride arrived from the Philippines only days prior to the event and then they left shortly for Hawaii for a long honeymoon.

And look at this laundry room for inspiration from Room Remix. Why mine NEVER looks like that, usually because there are at least 5 loads of laundry in baskets, clean cloths completely hanging across the cross bar, extra stuff thrown here and there. I keep thinking when all my children leave home and my husband retires, I’ll paint my laundry room a soft blue. It may make doing laundry a bit more enjoyable…if that is even possible.

Not quite Kelly Green, but hey I love the apple green of this set of dishes. The bottom plates are my “everyday” plates. The salad plates are deep discounts from Pier 1 and the green goblets from Kohl’s.

Green tea candles from home goods. Smell yummy too!

Love the red and blue in the swirls of this whispy floral motif.

The metal napkin rings are Pier 1 purchases too.

The floral arrangement is something I put together with two glass vases I had on hand. The pussy willow branches are snips from the tree in my back yard. Watch our blog this next week for step-by-step on how I put this floral arrangement together.

Thanks to “Tom Kat Studios” we had these cute cupcake toppers for our carrot and walnut cupcakes with green sugar sprinkles. We printed the cupcake toppers on 1.5″ stickers and placed a toothpick between two stickers before inserting into the cupcake.

The white ruffled cake plates are two individual plates set on top of each other (Costco – set of 2 for $20).

A little ambiance for the dessert table.

Pick up, “Kiss Me I’m Irish” or “Lucky You” or “Happy St. Patrick’s Day”. Trust me, they are all delicious!!!

We so wish you all could join us for dinner, but thank you for stopping by to share our tablescape with us. Please join Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for more terrific tablescapes!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day dear friends!!!!

I had a black wrought iron wall hanger with a pocket in it that measures about 18″ long and was perfect with it’s nice flat back for the project.  Picking out just the flowers I want is always a pleasant and painful task…I want them all so making the choices takes me forever.  I settled on making a pink hydrangea my focal point.  The calla lilies were so pretty I had to have 2 of those and one stem of lilacs, one stem of forsythia, some small purple flowers and some apple blossoms made up my $12.00 purchase.  The hydrangea was $5.00 of that!

I got out moss, styrofoam, ribbon, the glue gun and got to work. Play!!!

In less than an hour I had a new floral arrangement on my front door, the floor swept (I always make a mess with moss) and was wishing I could think of an excuse to hang out in the hallway and admire my work without everybody staring at me!

I had a very sheer ribbon that I tied into a big bow then cut the loops to make a flatter more whispy finished look.

Got the winter blahs?  Making a spring floral arrangement is a great cure!

So today I don’t have a tablescape for a meal but thought you might feel a touch of spring from some of these beautiful new designs and photos.

The beautiful flower pot in these photos is another story…take an old clay pot glue some moss to the outside of the pot for a beautiful old aged look…fill it with flowers, in this case pink anemone’s and you have a marvelous arrangement that just keeps getting prettier with age.

Surely these are giving you spring fever, they sure did me….

Here are just a few others, she did a super job of getting wonderful spring colors and I can’t wait to use some of them, after all they match my dishes:)

Orange the new “hot” color…is too retro for me…. but these are beautiful.

Spring Fever, yes I have it.

How about you?

Check out all of the beautiful tablescapes at Susan’s it is time well spent.  If you like Deb’s napkins there are more at CreativeChics.com.