~~~A St. Patty's Table!!!~~~

Good afternoon everyone!!!! First of all I have to tell you that it has taken me hours to get this post up:( I uploaded my pictures 4 times before they finally showed up. I would "select all" and POOF, they would disappear!!!!! But, here we go. I am 1/2 Irish and my hubby is a part Irish but on St. Patty's Day EVERYONE is Irish!!! My Mom was 100% Irish and St. Patty's Day was her favorite day. She was very PROUD to be Irish!!! I wanted to pay homage to the day but keep it simple, and very ORGANIC! Lots of textures and organic elements.

 For the placesetting we have my scalloped white charegers, a soft green dinner plate, a white scalloped salad plate and a green cabbage plate. All the greens do not MATCH but they blend together nicely. I topped the stack off with a pear.

~~~A Candy Cane Luncheon!!!~~~

Hello my friends! Today I had a small lunch for Yvonne (of STONE GABLE!!!!) and another friend!!!!! I was so happy and excited to have them come to my house! I wanted to make them feel at home and relaxed so set a fun table!!!! I used a red tablecloth, a candy striped place,at, my white charger, red dinner plate, candy swirl dessert plate and white bowl for salad.  The napkin is a CUTE pattern of candy and candy canes!!!! It is gathered in a candy napkin ring!

 At each place we had a candy cane votive holder and red stemmed goblets for our beverages.

 My gingerbread luminary is the centerpiece on a candy swirl cake plate. One of my kindles sits on the GB house and 2 more are perched on the cake plate.

 This little guy just compelted his gingerbread house:)

 A decorative candy cane adorns each glass.

 My gingerbread S and P are put to use.

 I love these sun shadow shots!!!!

 Aren't the napkin rings so cute!!??

 I used my red flatware from Walmart! I love it for the holidays and use it every day!

 Just for pictures, I added my Mr. and Mrs. Claus on each side of the centerpiece. They are both bakers and have their own houses in hand.

 They are both Byers Choice caroler pieces.

 Before we ate I removed the gingerbread house and Santas and placed this candy cane pillar on the table. We had to have room for the FOOD!!!!!:):)

 We had a chicken and broccoli casserole,

 a cranberry and jello mold in a tree plate,

 I placed a small vase of tulips at each place setting too.

 I also love to have a little take home gift for my guests. I filled these bags with Christmas cookies, macaroons, and chocolate covered pretzels.

 We also had a yummy salad of spinach, feta, walnuts, mandarin oranges and pomegranete craisins with a raspberry hazelnut dressing.

I forgot to get a picture of our dessert:( We had brownies with ice cream and fudge sauce!!!! What a wonderful afternoon we had! It was great fun and lots of conversation. I wish you could all have been here! Thanks for your visit. I will be joining these wonderful parties and I hope you wil visit some for more wonderful inspiration!!!! The time of Christmas is coming FAST!!!!! Hope you are all ready. XO, Pinky

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Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table and Dreaming I am also joing Susan for Tablescape Thursday at http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/. FABULOUS tables can be found there for your viewing enjoyment!!!

~~A Lunch by The Shore!!!~~~

Well, a girl can dream can't she???:):) I had planned to set this table OUTSIDE and enjoy our lunch on the deck. Well, Mother Nature had different plans for me. I had gathered all my dishes etc. and then THIS happened!!!! It rained,

 It POURED!!!!!!

 It rained so hard it looked foggy!!!!

 So, it all came inside. That's fine, we can still enjoy a nice lunch in the air conditioning and watch Mother Naute CRY big, fat tears!!!!! I found this adorable planter a few years ago and had to have it since I already had dishes with a sand chair on them! AND, the colors were PERFECT! I had wanted to get some yellow flowers to put in it but didn't get to the store in time. So, I had to improvise!

 Here are the chair dishes. Aren't they cute?! I think they should have put an umbrella on that left side too!!!! Maybe I should start designing dishes:):)

 I used a pale yellow placemat, a solid, skyblue dinner dish, a creamy salad plate with a pretty edge, and the chair plate on top! I decided against using my chargers for this table. Wanted to keep it simple. Plus I like the look of the blue plate against the pale yellow placemat.

 The S and P match the band around the plates.

 I love these wavy, blue goblets!

 Just got these great lanterns at CTS this year. They are so versatile, go with so many things!

 By now, the SUN was TRYING to peek out. I wanted to keep the colors of this table soft and relaxing.

 I paired a soft yellow napkin and a blue one together for a FULL look.

 Simple creamy flatware.

One of my favorite napkin rings encircles the napkins.

 Just love the look of these goblets.

 A birds eye view!

I will be joining these FUN parties:

Table Top Tuesday at :  http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/
White Wednesday at:  http://fadedcharm.blogspot.com/
Wow Us Wednesday at:  http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/
Tablescape Thursday at:  http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/
Vintage Thingie Thursday at:  http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/
Feathered Nest Friday at:  http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/
Foodie Friday at:  http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/
Show and Tell Friday at:  http://myromantichome.blogspot.com/
Inspiration Friday at:  http://thepicketfence.blogspot.com/
Open House Friday at:  http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/
Sunday Favorites at:  http://happytodesign.blogspot.com/
Seasonal Sundays at:  http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/

 Please visit these parties and see some wonderful tables and get some other wonderful inspiration too!!!!Thanks so much for stopping by HERE!!!! I so appreciate your visit and would love for you to leave me a comment!!!! XO, Pinky