Toile and Pink Tablescape

I've been absent quite a bit this summer....just busy, busy.  I'm sure that I'm no busier than anyone else, but my time management just hasn't allowed for any tablescaping lately.  But today, I took the time to fill my table with many of my favorite things.....so here goes.....

                  I suppose that you might gather that I really like pink.....a lot!

This afternoon was a nice sunny one, so I grabbed my little camera and snapped away.

 Pink, pineapple and toile just seems like a pretty way to set the table on a sunny, summer, Sunday afternoon.

               The pineapple is the colonial sign of hospitality, so won't you join me?

                                     I've set a place just for you!

I found this little white ceramic pineapple at Bath and Body Works a couple of summers ago.  It's actually a candle.  Last year I found this flower ring.....I was so excited because I had searched for months and months without any luck and I had just about given up, but then one day walked into a local thrift store and there it was!  I've filled my ring with a grocery store bouquet with a few flowers from my garden added in.

                                        A closer view of the centerpiece.

      Pink stems seemed to be the perfect accent for the black and white settings.

 A couple of years ago I gathered several place settings of mis-matched silverplated flatwear from ebay. 

 While I was searching through my china cabinet for stemware and flatware I ran across this little pitcher that came from my inlaws estate.  It rather large for a creamer, but I decided that it would be a wonderful size for salad dressing.  The pink roses seemed to be perfect for this table.

 Toile and black ribbon on this little square cloth I found while thrifting back in the spring.  This sort of looks like the silver intersection.

 These black and white salad plates were a Marshall's find several years ago.  The toile also has some birds and roosters in the pattern.  Toile seems to be something you either love or hate.....I love the old fashioned countryside scenes.  This one even had some people fishing.

 White Gibson china dinner plates are often the base for my tablesettings.  You just can't go wrong with white china.

 I almost never purchase anything for my table setting obsession unless it's on sale or through thrifting.  But these came from Pier One last year and I've never regretted paying full price.  I don't know if they have them still, but I love these!

                                    Here's the other side of the little pitcher.

 I sort of liked the pink napkins moved to the corners of the table.  That white cloth just looked a little bare.


                           
                                            Overview of the table.

 Overview of the flower ring....."Ring around the roses" -- or in this case, "Ring around the pineapple"!

 I bet you would never guess that pink roses are my favorites.....I know too easy.

                                 Long afternoon shadows fall upon the table.

 I love the way the afternoon sun looks on the table through the blinds.

 And while I was playing with the dishes I was baking this pecan praline pie to take to work tomorrow for "Monday Treat".   Just a little goodie to share in the office to make Mondays a little more bearable. 

It's nice to be back again.....thanks for stopping by!

See ya!

I'm joining Cuisine Kathleen at "Let's Dish" http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/
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Tablescape Thursday - Toile Table

It's time for Tablescape Thursday again! This is the day we get to visit lots of our blogging friends to see what they've set on their table this week. Thanks to our wonderful hostess, Susan of "Between Naps on the Porch". This past weekend my husband's college roommate and his wife stopped by for lunch on their way from Williamsburg to Washington D.C. They've just moved back into the area and it was great to visit and catch up again. I was looking for a simple tablesetting...nothing too fancy but still welcoming. So I decided to use my black and white toile. The black and white combination seems to be "The little black dress" of tablescapes.


Welcome to our toile luncheon table.


Of course, there's a place set just for you!


With the black and white placemats, I decided to use my black iron treble clef flatware. Very heavy and substantial feeling flatware. And not too fancy.


Black and white checked cloth napkins with white ceramic napkin rings.



A pop of color comes from the paper napkins in the glasses.


An overview of the table.



Pressed glass stems used for shrimp cocktails.


The black and white toile salad plates came from Marshall's about a year ago are layered over the white Gollum dishes from Big Lots last summer.



I was able to use the same flowers from last weeks tropical table. I pulled out the blue and orange flowers and arranged the pink, purple, green and yellow ones into smaller containers, mixed with tealights and set on a cake stand.



A tabletop view.




One last look at our toile table. It seems that toile is either something you love or hate. I've loved it long before I even knew what it was called. My grandmother had a toile bedspread in her guest bedroom when I was a young child and I was enchanted by the "old fashioned" people. It wasn't until years later that I realized that fabric was toile.

Be sure to visit Susan this week at "Between Naps on the Porch" where you'll find many, many tabletop inspirations.

See ya!