Welcome to Sunday dinner. Yep, we are having seafood. A bit of salmon, grilled with a touch of Tangelo - yummy.
I pulled out my plates with the seashell edges, fish flatware, the trusty ferns that
haven't croaked are still thriving, some candles and put this together while the grill masters were watching the salmon with an eagle eye!
I like using a charger just because it gives a nice finish to the plates. When using a tablecloth, they are almost a necessity to preserving its pristine condition. Usually when I use chargers, I can reuse a tablecloth with at most a minimal spot cleaning.
I should have taken a picture with the candles lit. But by that time, I was deep into dessert and assemblying the crepes filled with marscapone/Tuaca cream and strawberries, overwhich was drizzled a few dashes of Nutella. Trust me on this one.. YUM!!
I had picked up the seashells at CTS on one of my trips to Dallas. I'm not quite as lucky as the Tablescaper and the rest of the CTS queens, I miss those fabulous bargains they come across. But I do love these!
I have had these dishes for a decade at least. Love the shell edges.
This is my one big score! I was in Savers a long while back. And there hanging on the peg hooks were 3 packages of these bamboo looking rings. All clamped together. $1.99 for them all. I have 21 of those rings. The package said Curtain Ring. I said Napkin Ring! They sure look great with the Tommy Bahama napkins, don't they?
Both the hurricane and the wine glasses have a luscious blue tint and a delightful wrapped stem. Found at our local grocery store - sorry no markings.
The pale green salads were a great accent that picked up the green in the napkins and lived well with the ferns that were on the table. The fish flatware was a gift from my mother decades ago, from WMF.
I do love how the rattan and bamboo pieces blend together so favorably. If an element is repeated more than once, it gives purpose to using it.
Cast:
Chargers - World Market
Dinner Plates - TJ Maxx - San Marco, Made In Italy
Salad Plates - TJ Maxx
Napkings - Tommy Bahama via Stein Mart
Napkin Rings - Curtain rings from Savers
Flatware - WMF
Glasses and Hurricane - United Market Street
Seashell Votives - Christmas Tree Shop, Dallas
Ferns - alive by the grace of God
