Oh the Places I've been - this week!

 

 

Oh Boy! The places I've been. This week. And none of them were what I planned to show. :-(

Who recognizes the first picture?

 

Pinterest. Addicting. A great repository of all the pretty things on the web. I was a bit shocked at the number of pins. And the number of boards. Boards are like file folders. And you save pictures into the folders. Yours, from followers, from those you are following, from the web, yep.

 

 

I try to keep my folders in alphabetical order. It's that a-type personality disorder.

 

These are just some of the things I "pinned" today. Notice the mailbox pictures at the top? Why mailboxes???? I won one today!!! Yippee. I'll have to do a before and after shot of that change. We never changed the one that was here when we moved it. It will be a shocker. I promise.

 

Oh, and then there is Ebay. A box got delivered today. On Mr. CJ's afternoon off. Of course he wanted to know what was in it. Guess!

 

We are also relaying brick in the back yard. That was the queenly we. Not me personally. Being the only female in the house has it's benefits. When I say "We need to....", the men folk know it doesn't involve me! This is really much easier than it looks, if you have the skills. We have sons. They have skills.

 

And we went to watch our youngest perform. His genre of music is so different than ours. But it was fun.

 

And last, but not least, I was in the studio this week. I'll share this cute remake later. Getting ready for a table setting. Soon. I hope your week was a bit more exciting than ours! Next week, we'll travel to France, or maybe Mexico!

 

 

Linking to The Tablescaper's new Friday (Thursday evening) party - the places I've been - posts about places we've seen.. I hope you will join us!

 

Candle shelves and other good things

Candle shelves for the fence. Okay, this could be a fire hazard, I get it. But it's so fun. Never, ever leave your candles unattended. Ever. Don't use them on a windy day. We saw these somewhere, a movie?, I didn't 'pin' it. Magazine? Don't really remember.

Anyway, much to my surprise, Mr. CJ got out his saw, some old fence pickets, and some brackets this afternoon. This being Mother's Day Sunday. No nap for him. He's one of the really good, other things.

With the past week of lower temps and rain, the plant life is doing really well. Another good thing.

Now with all the activity going on.. Regan assumed his spot on the back of Mr. CJ's chair. Doesn't he just look like he's about to slide off?

I guess it was too light out for him! We'll keep him around, he's a good thing.

Back to the productive member of the household, he cut the aged fence pickets into about 3 inch pieces. Aged so they would match our existing fence. Attached a small metal bracket on the bottom so that the piece of fence picket makes a shelf.

While he was doing that, I punched out some white circles and attached them randomly to the fence. Around the decor that happens to be hanging or plopped up against the fence. That way I could decide to move and rearrange before we drilled the shelves to the fence...

So we waited for it to get darker and plotted our next event in the backyard. Need to replant some grass, trim some branches, repaint the patio furniture.. sooo much to do this year.

And then it got dark... pretty magical. I think I'll be keeping these around for a while.. and then purchase a slew of battery powered candles. smile!

Have a beautiful week!

Nuts about you darlin' tablescape

I set this table for just the two of us to celebrate my sweet husband's yearly joyous commemoration of his birth.

Setting up our dining experience in a corner under some trees made it seem a bit secluded and special.

The placemat is a juxtaposition to the delicate crochet lace of the tablecloth.

Simple table decor - a nut tree, candles and a spoofed up pumpkin!

A mix of dishes keeps the setting from being too far out of my cowboy's comfort range!

Cute corn husk covered pumpkins for some fun in the bowl.

My favorite silverplate, the viney placemat, brown transferware, texture via the white plate.. so many favorites!

One craft pumpkin, some antique white craft paint, dirty water (paint and lots of water) to settle in the brush strokes of the white paint, some velvet leaves and a plaid ribbon. You can do this too!

Wooden candleholder form the coffee table topped off with a votive holder and a candle.

Tarnished sterling.. salt and pepper dressed in their finest.

So mad there were only 3 left.. I LOVE these bowls. 

I love this tablecloth. So much. Mom's handiwork was always so exquisite.

.Our favorite handblown goblets..

It takes a lot of nuts (and one big one) to cover a styrofoam tree. I recommend brown spray paint on the tree first! Then don't use low temp hot glue.. Just sayin...

The rosemary in the pot gives off such a wonderful scent when you brush up against it. Love white pumpkins.. love them. yes i really think i love them. 

Ralph just does the best fabrics! Love his napkins.

I hope you enjoyed our little fete a deux to celebrate a special understated event.

Cast:

White matelasse - vintage

Crochet tablecloth - my mom

Placemats - Pier One

Dinner plate - Zrike Wildlife

Salad - Wedgewood Windsor

Bowl - Wal Mart

Goblets - Hand blown in France, from Santa Fe

Silver - Old Company Plate

Salt and Pepper - vintage

Napkins - Ralph Lauren Brookfield Print

Craft pumpkin, ribbon, styrofoam tree - Michaels

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Fall Roses Tablescape

When flowers walk in the house.. what's a girl to do?

Quickly set a table for dinner!

Throw the old matelasse over the table.

Drape your favorite shawl over the matelasse.

Plop the chenille pillows in the chairs.

Cook!

Bring out the candles.

Add a smaller rose confection to the table for visual interest when sitting down.

Thank God for the perfect evening.

Placemat, white dinner plate and transferware soup bowl.

Use your favorite silver.

Bring out the butter dish. Really, butter is good for the soul!

A nice pot of soup...

I totally love this scene...

Quickly pull out two glasses, one red one clear.

Love these flowers.. so very pretty. Who says everything fall has to be orange?

Cast:

Matelasse - vintage

Wool throw - gift from my dear friend Susan

Placemats - Pier One

Dinner Plate - Wedgwood Windsor

Soup bowl, butter dish, soup tureen - Villeroy Boch Burgenland

Red goblets - Stein Mart

Wine goblets - Mikasa French Countryside

Candleholders - World Market

Flowers - husband

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