Table Top Tuesday - What to do with carnations with no stems

Good Morning Sweet Friends,

Hope you had a lovely weekend

and a good Monday!

Ours was very good,  we got some much needed

yard work done,  watched a really cute and sweet

 movie called "Ramona and Beezus",  went to a 

going away get together for our Music Minister,

which was really neat..... but sad,  went to church, 

 as usual,  on Sunday, then spent the late afternoon

and evening visiting at Scott and Megan's place.

It was our kind of weekend.

Well,  told you last week I would show you what

I did with the non stemmed carntions I had left

over after DeeAnnna's birthday dinner.  

If you missed that post and would like to see it,

 just click Here!

I am linking up to Marty over at a stroll thru life,

so if you would like to see other creative

table tops ideas just click here.

Color of the carnations was a  bit off here as you will see!! lol

Initially, I just decided to float them in this round bowl

and had them just sitting on the counter,  but it was

sort of in the way,  so thought............

really need to find something else to do with these

that would look nicer and not be in the way ......

but wasn't quite sure what I could put them in

so I did a lil scavenger hunt of the kitchen and 

came up with this...............

My french corning ware bowl,  but then it wasn't high

enough so I turned another one upside down and

place the one with the carnations on top,  that gave

it the height it needed,  so then continued to

make my vignette.

Used a teacup and pitcher, then I always love for things on

 the table to have a lil candlelight, so added some candles 

but needed more red so added some red fruit since there is

 fruit in the wallpaper. 

It certainly brightened up the kitchen.

Here it is with the candles lit!  Love to burn my candles

cause it just looks so pretty.

The middle carnation was looking sorta bad,  so took it out

and replaced it with a candle holder.

Here it is with the candleholder in the middle again,

Do not know how these pics got out of sequence.

Now only one carnation left,  so had to redo the

vignette a little!  So still enjoying it..........probably

will enjoy it until I redo things for the Fall.!

You know I  had to have at least one posterized pic in here!

Have to say I enjoyed the change of the red since

I have been using pastel colors all spring and summer.

I typically use red in the Winter Months,  So it was

a fun change.

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Love,  Hugs and 

Red Carnation Blessings to ya!!

Nellie

Welcome to Thankful Thursday - August 25, 2011

(Pics compliments of Better Homes and Garden magazines) 

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

I will praise the Lord all my life,

I will sing praise to my God as

long as I live.

Psalm 46:2

Greetings Sweet Peas,

So how has your week been???

Bright and Cheery, I hope!

Here it is again.........Thursday,

Really can't get over how quickly

these weeks go..............

It has been a rather uneventful week around here

but it has been a good week.  The highlight of our

week was Dee's birthday celebration, cause as you

know by now, we always love getting the family together!

Which makes me think of a thankful for my list

#1

I am thankful

for the great birthday week she had...............

and the great time we had celebrating before and

after her birthday.  There is still one more tablescape

to come..................much more casual tho!

Will share it next week probably.

 #2

I am thankful

we were able to get a red throw for her, that she has on her

wedding registry,  but was discontinued.  She was disappointed

that they didn't carry it anymore,  but they had some left so

we were able to get it,  which wound up being a very nice

surprise for her.  

#3

I am thankful

for this lovely young lady at Bed, Bath and Beyond,

that was such a help to me, when I was shopping for Dee's gifts.

She was the one who clued me in about the throw and she had 

such a servant heart and just went above and beyond!

She really blessed my day!!

#4

I am thankful

I was finally able to get all my pics posted for 

Tablescape Thursday since I had already invested

a lot of time,  even if it was later than usual.

#5

I am thankful

we got some much need yard work done that

was beyond the norm.  Not as much as I would

have liked but it is a good start.............

#6

I am thankful

that it looks like hurricane Irene is going to

pass us by here in Florida,  will be even more

thankful once she has passed us,  but are sure

praying for those that have been in her path

already, and praying that she just goes out to

sea and doesn't strike anywhere else..

#7

I am thankful

it is so nice and breezy here today,  don't know

if that is because of hurricane Irene or not,

but it is most pleasant!

(update:  just heard on the news this breeziness

and wind gust are due to the hurricane,  sorta

thought so......................)

#8

I am thankful

for a full 8 hours of sleep last night,  cause that

is beginning to be a rare happening for me 

these days.

#9

I am thankful

that my hubby went to talk with our neighbor

about the dog incident I told you about earlier

in the week,  and even tho, the neighbor appeared 

to be rather inebriated, he was very sorry, apolgetic

 and nice about it all,  and even showed my husband

 where he had put in a zip line run in, so he can keep the

 dog tied up to keep the dog in, because he keeps jumping

 the fence which is a 6 ft. wood fence. He said the german

 shepherd only does it when the Rottweilers does so......  I

 haven't seen hide nor hair of them since.  The neighbor also

 said if this doesn't work he might have to get rid of the dog.

Felt bad to hear that,  so sure hope the zipline works

#10

I am thankful

to hear that a sweet lady that passed out in our worship

service Sunday morning, and who was taken to the

 hospital is fine and home resting.

#11

I am thankful

that my hubby is enjoying his new job so much.

He is really enjoying the work atmosphere and the

things he is working on and is having good success.

He had several trying weeks in the beginning! 

 #12

I am thankful

that all of you that got the "Sweetest blog" 

award seemed so tickled and happy with it.

and thanks to all of you for your very kind

comments back to me.

Well,  that's a wrap!!  lol

Thanks for the your visit, and

love your sweet comments

Hope you have a 

Wonderous Weekend!

Love, Hugs and

No Hurricane Blessings,

Nellie

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Tablescape Thursday - Happy Birthday table for my daughter!

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope you are having a good day......

it is clear and beautiful here right now!

Told you I would share Dee's birthday

table this week,  so here it is..........

I was trying to incorporate some things

that we had included in her initial wedding 

reception so she could still enjoy them, since

 they have decided to just go away, and do a

destination wedding.

So here is the birthday girl.........I finally remembered to take

some pics once they got here,  I usually get to caught

up in the festivities!!  lol

Here is her special spot at the table!

She had her own personal lil bouquet,

and she was planning to have chocolate

covered strawberries at the reception.

and her colors were going to be red, black and

white and possibly some plum.

These pics are not in the order I wanted them to be,

 but was having some difficulty losing them once they were

 uploaded for some reason. 

It was going to be red roses tho,  but at the time I needed them,

  I could not find them, so decided the red carnations would have 

to work, cause I wasn't going to spend a fortune at the florist.

Notice the black and white print on the bottom of the

vases,  those are cupcake papers in a black and white

print my daughter just loves, I purchased them to put

the strawberries in and then decided to try it at the

bottom of the vases.......and liked how it looked.

I found the lil round vases on sale at walmart for $1.49 each

 cause I wanted them to look like lil bouquets like you would carry!

  So they were perfect!  

This is a look down the center of the table.

She was the only one with a placecard!

and this is the napkin fold she had chosen,

it is called the tuxedo fold I think.  I turned

it upside down tho.

Here is a look from the side, and of course, she would
have had candles as well.

This is another look from the side.  You might notice that

some of the pics don't have the carnations in the bowl yet.

That is because I pretty much just did her placesetting, when I 

started taking pics cause I didn't know how long the carnations

 would last out of water.  So I waited till when she got here to put

them in place, so this was taken once she arrived.

Just for you information,  the carnations last well,  out of the

water for about 3-4 hours,  in case, you might like to try

using them sometimes,  then later I just floated them in a

bowl,  since the stems were already cut off. 

Here is a picture without the carnations in the
separate bowls, make a big difference .

With my fav photoshop affect - posterized

Another posterized affect

This is done with a lens flare affect,
Love the soft romantic quality it gives the photo!

This is with a paint daubs simple affect!

This is with a gradient map noise affect.
Love the colors!!

This is with a paint daubs sparkle affect!

This is with a different lens flair affect.

This is with a paint daubs dark rough affect.

Another lens flair affect!
It was perfect for filling in that bare spot!

This is another gradient map affect!

Another gradient map affect, special affects,  I think it is!!

This is a photo filter affect -  warm with Luminoscity
I loved how it looks,  with the light seemingly coming
thru the napkin, how cool is that!!

She took the vases of carnations home afterwards
and put them on her black dining room set.
Haven't seen it but she says it was very pretty,
which I thought it would be..............

 Isn't this just the perfectly heart shaped strawberry??

After dipped in chocolate it was the perfect heart shaped
chocolate covered strawberry for the birthday girl!!  lol

And since I had chocoate leftover,  hmmm,
what else could I used it for...........so decided on these
wonder German made butter cookies I buy,  they are
wonderful,  and I do a number of things with them.
First time to try them with chocolate.........but have
to say they were delcious!! 
In fact, I  have already made more...........
just for me and hubby!!  lol   

Strawberries posterized!  So whimsical!

This was the main dish,  Tilapia,  baked potatoes,  nice tossed
salad and great wholegrain bread.  This Tilapia recipe is very
easy and very delcious...............I always let them pick their
 favorite and this was my daughter's choice.  What you see
on the potatoes that is white,  it is kosher salt.  My son puts
olive oil  on them,  and then rolls them in kosher salt,  after
the taters (lol) have been cleaned well.  He learned that
 working at "Outback" Steakhouse years ago,
 when he was in college.


Maybe I will post the recipe soon on one of  my 
Heart Tips Tuesday's.


I am linking up to Susan
over at between naps on the porch
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to see more lovely tablescapes.


*********
Decided to link up to Sue too,
over at it's a very cherry world 
for Rednesday
Click Here
to see more neat red things!


Hope you enjoyed your visit,  
love having you come by.


Want to see what I did with the carnations that were
 embellishing the bowls...........come back next
week for Tabletop Tuesday and I will show you!!


Have a Terrific Thursday, and I will
 be posting Thankful Thursday as well, 
 just later on tonight!!


Pretty Table Blessings, 
Nellie

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