TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

Hello Sweet Friends,

Thought since I had time to upload pics today,

  I would show you the pics from my daughter's 

birthday dinner back in mid-August.

Since she loves the beach,  and I had my shells 
out for summer, decided to do a beachy theme, 
 and this was the sign for over the table.

And just in case you are not a follower
 this is the birthday Girl.............
She turned the big "26",  so she is
 over the Hill for sure now!!  lol

I happened to find this beach sign at  TJ Maxx

 for just $5.oo and thought it perfectly fit her.

It says,

"The best place to be is at the Beach"

and to her,  that is very true!!

This is the back side of the sign,  I scanned 

the front and then printed it out on paper,

then  glued the pic to the back as well.

The big shell on the left is a toothbrush

holder and I took palmetto palms and

sort of stripped them into small pcs.

to stick in their so it would look like

sea grass.

Here is an overview from above.

another overview from above
of the length of the table.

This was the guest of honor's place setting. 
 We felt the glasses even tho they really were 
a lil more victorian looking,  because of the
 beaded seams kinda reminded us of some
 varieties of starfish with their spiny 
looking details.

Again,  from above.
Hubby and I thought our everyday ware
looked best with the beach team cause
of the lines of the plates and silverware.

Here I was playing to see if I wanted
to use bowls or plates for the salad.
Liked the look of the shells in the
bottom of the bowls.

Still trying things here.  Candies were from
Godiva chocolatiers.  They come in all sorts
of colors.  Just 30 cents each.  My family
looks forward their candy treats.  In fact,
they check when they get here to see
what they have.  Cracks me up!!

Still playing and trying to decide.

This was what I started with at first.

Love the looks of the shells on the napkins. 
 think this is such a pretty shell.

Decided to go with salad plates
instead of bowls.

Borrowed this lovely lil sandcastle
from Miss Becky over at Holiday
in the sun.  It looked great!
Love the glowing windows
from the candle inside.

These were at one end of the table.
The message in a bottle was my nephew's 
wedding invitation. He was married on the
 beach in Key West.  Thought it was a
cute idea,  very different.

These were at the other end. Decided to put
 candles in the shells. They were Ocean
 Breeze scent, but unfortunately,  you
 couldn't smell them.

I started with just the things in the center
 where the sign was,  but it just didn't seem
complete so I added the things on each end,
  but it still didn't seem quite complete so
we had seen this pea gravel at the dollar
store a few weeks before and hubby 
had to run out for something so he got
the pea gravel,  and thought it finished
it off nicely.

This was from the other end
of the table.

With some candle light!!
We had her fave dinner.


London broil


Baked potatoes/ sourcream
chives and bacon bits


Tossed Salad/ with creamy
parmesan dressing


and
 Banana pudding
with nutter butter cookies
in it rather than vanilla wafers! 
Delicious!!

A look thru the sign!!


Although,  the guys didn't say
anything about liking the center
piece,  they were very entertained
by it.  They were picking up all
the shells and looking at them,
and one of them had them all
rowed up in front of him.
They are such a riot,
They get me so tickled!!


Sorry this was sooooooo long but
 somehow we got carried away with pics, 
 believe it or not, there are more,  but think
 I have probably worn you out by now!! lol


Oh yea,  just one more!!

I even made her birthday card
to match....  but best of all,
she felt well loved and very special, 
 so mission accomplished!!


Thanks so much for coming by,
Hope you have enjoyed your visit!!


Please be sure to go by Susans,
at between naps on the porch,
click here,  to see more fun and
creative tablescapes.


  Also thanks, Susan for being 
such a great host every week!!


Have a Delightful Day tomorrow,


Blessings N' Hugs,
Nellie