Thank you, Emily! You did a wonderful job of hosting this post.
Tablescape #4 ~ 70's Retro Table:
This Tablescape is more "retro", instead of fine china. Like a Sunday dinner at Grandma's house when I was little, but not when it was a holiday. These dishes look to me that they are from the 1970's. They were Grandma Pearl's dishes. I brought them home when we were packing up her house, washed them, and used them in this table design. Today I packed them up for whom ever gets them next. There is a bunch of stuff on this Tablescape that is mine, and the glasses and bowls were my Grandma Johnson's.
Remember, as much as this is a fun exercise in being creative and doing show-and-tell, it is just as much about me learning to take good photos. Many say, NEVER use a flash, but when I try to do that often my pictures turn out really dark. So, on some of these shots, I finally tried to use this lens attachment that came with my camera, and it helped. It does leave it's own shadow from the overhead light though, so watch out for that. As always, you can click on any of these photos to enlarge them for a better look.
Remember, as much as this is a fun exercise in being creative and doing show-and-tell, it is just as much about me learning to take good photos. Many say, NEVER use a flash, but when I try to do that often my pictures turn out really dark. So, on some of these shots, I finally tried to use this lens attachment that came with my camera, and it helped. It does leave it's own shadow from the overhead light though, so watch out for that. As always, you can click on any of these photos to enlarge them for a better look.
Pretty Emily enjoys the retro tablescape.
Once again, I have participated in
Susan's Between Naps on the Porch:
Once again, I have participated in
Susan's Between Naps on the Porch:
I enjoyed visiting the following Tablescapes at these blogs:
Chickens: Tablescape #3
This is actually an unofficial tablescape that I was going enter next week. There are two more tablescapes after the Kris Kristofferson post below, if you want to take a look at them. They are linked to BNOTP's Tablescape Thursday. Sorry for the confusion, I forgot to make a permalink; yesterday was my very first time for submitting. Thanks so much for stopping by, I am enjoying your comments so much!
~ Kathy
Tablescape #2: Roses
I tried my hand at another tablescape yesterday.
I am not entirely satisfied with it, especially with the photography. I need a lot of help with taking indoor photos that do not involve people. Still, I worked so hard that I wanted to go ahead and post this. One has to begin somewhere!
I originally planned to have some fall colors in here, but I also wanted to feature Grandma Pearl's oil lamp (at least 100 years old) and her pretty vase. So it ended up more floral, with a lot of burgundy accents to match the curtains.
There is a both a mixture of thrifty and precious items in this place setting. The tablecloth is actually a shower curtain from an outlet store that cost me $8.00.
The place mats were $1.50 at Big Lots. I am going to turn them into pillows pretty soon. The plates are garage sale finds that I paid .10 each for!
Pretty roses.
The big picture. You can click on it to make it bigger.
The bowls are old and came from Grandma Pearl's home. The dishes below came from St. Vinnie's for $2.00 each.The tag on the bottom says that they are "Homer Laughlin Virginia Rose". Is that especially good?
I got this at Ross for around $7.00. My girls bought us the crystal for Christmas a few years ago.
This pretty teacup was my Grandma T.'s
My friends Karen and Deanna bought this one for me when Nigel was a baby.
The dish and the sugar bowl were my Grandma T.'s She gave the dish to me when I first was married in 1978. The ring boy carried our rings in it. The creamer was Grandma Pearl's.
I think that these came from the Letsom side of our family.
It is pretty, but I think I am going to start over and figure out the lighting. I hope you enjoyed it and that it gave you a few ideas of your own. Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful and blessed day!
~ Kathy
P.S.: I decided to participate and submit this to Tablescape Thursday at Susan's Between Naps on the Porch. It is the very first time that I have submitted a Tablescape. I feel that mine isn't as fancy as most of the others featured on there, but I'm trying! I also found and visited Sue at I Need Mom and Angie at Echoes of Laughter. I visited Michelle at Sweet Something Design too. Hey, this is a lot of fun!
Here is the post on my very first tablescape, though I never actually submitted it anywhere. I did this on May 27, 2010:
I decided to imitate something that is becoming very popular in some blogging circles. I decorated our dining room table and practiced my photography on it. I enjoyed this very much, it didn't take all that much time, and it looks pretty. You can click on the photos to enlarge them for better viewing.
The purple and gold dish is an old treasure from my Grandma T., and so are the candle holders.
The tablecloth is the 75-year-old quilt that my Great Grandma Johnson made in Arkansas. She then gave it to my Grandma and Grandpa Johnson as a wedding present. The front chairs were Uncle John and Aunt Signa's.
The hand painted tulip glasses were given to us as a wedding gift by friends Kathy and John. Do your recognize my hand painted wine bottle candle holders?
Kari and Kristin gave us the lead crystal water goblets. The stainless silverware is 30 years old and we use it as our everyday stuff. It is Community Stainless by Oneida, but I can't remember the pattern anymore. Deanna gave me the green teacup and saucer, and the others came from Grandma T. The napkins are really little tea towels that I bought from the dollar store today.
The china is Noritake's "Temptation".
The only thing I regret is that one of the candles blew out and I didn't notice it. Oh, well. I am not feeling that much of a perfectionist to go back and redo everything. I've had a busy day. The table is still very beautiful, and I had fun experimenting with different lighting and camera settings. It was also fun to get my stuff out of the hutch and enjoy them again.
