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Showing posts with label Mother's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mother's Day. Show all posts

12 May 2013

Color (and lots of it) for Mother's Day


Mother's Day today was relaxing and quite laid back.  It's been a trying week, and with my Mother in agreement, we scaled way back!  After church, the Headmaster and I brought barbecue to my parents and actually...wait for it....ATE ON PAPER PLATES AND USED PAPER NAPKINS!!!!!  Now, for me to have agreed to this was quite something, but neither she nor I felt like doing a boat load of dishes!  The meal was great as was the visit, so, a successful Mother's Day was had by all!


HOWEVER....



I've had this table in mind for quite a while; I just couldn't resist setting and posting it today!  Everything (with one or two exceptions) came from the Dollar Tree!  They have had some really cute stuff there lately, and it all just went together with some other things I already had from there.  The colors just scream summer, which we are well into in south Louisiana!

This fun table started off with a piece of oilcloth from JoAnn's; I just loved its colors, and since they were all primary, I knew I could combine my DT things with it!  The lime green placemats were DT.



Dishes (blue and yellow used today) were also from the Dollar Tree.  (Neither paper nor plastic!)



I saw these stems in their online catalog, but couldn't find them in the store; so, I ordered them online; a dollar each.  Six will stay here, six will go north in a week or so!  I think they are so adorable!


Each place has a cute metal pot filled with a pair of gardening gloves and seed packets.  Seeds were four for a dollar; I'm going to try to sprinkle some in one of the beds later.  If they come up great, if not, the seed packets are awfully cute!


Another metal pot holds faux daisies.




Napkins from Kohl's (I think) are tied with a cute polka dotted ribbon in primary colors.


Oops!  Look who showed up to investigate the drainage opening!  Gratefully, he found nothing!

Happy Mother's Day from the Headmaster and the Headmistress!




13 May 2012

Violets for Mom...Reprise!




Just a few last photos from the Mother's Day Celebration here today.  On the menu:  Crab Au Gratin, stuffed potatoes, Caesar salad, and mini-cupcakes.  Once again...a good time was had by all!  Happy Mother's Day to all of you!












08 May 2012

Violets for Mom



My mother has always loved flowers, and her yard is one of the nicest in the neighborhood. It is amazing  the way she can take a teeny cutting of something, put in the ground, and in a very short time, have a nice sized plant. 

Sadly, I have no such green thumb; I was dearly hoping to acquire that particular gene.

So, on this Mother's Day, I thought it only fitting that the table reflect her love of flowers and gardening.

Collecting china decorated with violets is my latest obsession; I have to stop soon, because there is very little room left to store everything!  But, I'm happy to have the few pieces that have managed to come my way.  For this setting, a collection of violet china (some mismatched), my Grand Baroque sterling (mixed with her Sir Christopher), and her Fostoria Rosepoint crystal will be the main focus.  The centerpiece:  a sweet box filled with African violets for her to take home.  I hope she enjoys it!



Here is one of my 'several' caveats:  I didn't have time to set an entire table, so I used the antique tea cart to do a place setting for one.  The green stem is from the Dollar Tree.



Using my mother's Rosepoint Fostoria...so beautiful!




This adorable box (wish the writing would have shown up) will hold three African violets...


Beautiful dinner plate from the Czech Reputlic...




Ah, yes...the usual suspect used as an underplate for the salad plate (to bring out the green in the stems and leaves of the violets)...



Limoges salad plate...poor photo :(


A sweet little berry bowl from Germany...



A combination of my Wallace Grand Baroque and my mother's Wallace Sir Christopher.  I love to mix up the silver!


A sweet little amethyst dish from One King's Lane...and


Because I didn't have the violets tonight, I have added some gardenias from her garden...it's all about her, after all, isn't it?

THE HEADMISTRESS AND THE HEADMASTER WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY LOVELY MOTHER'S DAY!

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