Tablescape Thursday - a casual pre birthday table for my daughter.

Greetings Sweet Friends,

How are you this fine day????

I just came back from mailing Bonnie's package,

(the winner of my drawing last Thursday).  Can't believe

it takes a week to get from Florida to California.  So

she will have a long week of anticapation, which hopefully

will make it even more fun when it gets there.

Told yall before that I had done a casual pre birthday

table for my daughter too,  just cause they happened to

be coming over that evening anyway,  So here it is......

I decided to use purple only because I have these napkins

 that depending on how you fold them you can use different

 colors,  so have never used them with purple or lavendar, 

 so decided to raid the house to see what I could find 

that was lavendar or purple.

  So.....I  found this lovely large glass,  think it is a

 margarita glass maybe,  that we had been given from the

 Wedding of my son's best friend.  He was also like a 2nd 

son, cause he used to be at our house so much when they 

were younger. So.... when he and his wife got married

 these were the centerpieces at their reception,  and they

 had candles floating in them.  Also, her aunt did all

the lovely hand painting on them that you see!

I think they are just beautiful!!

Found a lilac swag in the closet from some years back,  when I was making

floral arrangements to sell,  and it had yellow and several shades of purple

or lavendar.

You can now see the napkins,  and as you can see they have some green,

gold and brownish colors as well, so decided to use a tan tablecloth.

and thought I would use my white basket weave plates,

cause they seem summery and flowery to me!

This looks like it has white in it,  but it is really pale yellow.

Thought my smokey green wedding crystal would go nicely

as well......

Thought this just looked interesting............

a shot looking down thru the glass of water,

hadn't added the candles yet!!

I like that the napkins have petunias and grapes 

in the purple tones.

This is a swag,  but I just tied it together with pipe cleans to make it

a large candle ring, and at first I was going to use crystal candleholders

but then decided.................

on the birds since it matched the white dishes!

Loved these unexpected shots looking up thru the

glass.....it looks like writing on the walls,  but it is

really the writing on the glass that you are seeing,

It says "Count your blessings" on one side

and on the other "one by one".

This was suppose to be a blue hour photo,

but doesn't really look all that blue..................lol

A lil look down the table....guess you can

see where the birthday girl sat!

and here is a similar picture with a photoshop affect,
Gradient map.......love the colors!

Now with the candles lit!!

This is with a  posterized affect!

This has a  lens flare affect!!

I get a kick out of these affects,  don't you???

Birdie thru the looking glass!  lol

More  pics of the great painting she did and also with

the candles burning!

I cut out some flowers and the dragon fly from some
 pretty lilac wrapping paper I had and taped it on
the gift bag,  and made her a card with lilacs on it
as well.  This pic has a posterized affect too!

I love seeing candles or flowers floating in water,

Just so pretty!

This last one has a posterized affect!

I am linking up to Susan over at
 "Between Naps on the Porch"
for Tablescape Thursday,  so if  you 
would like to see more creative tablescapes,
Just click here.


Thanks for visiting with me, hope you
enjoyed your visit and I always
 so appreciate your sweet comments.


Hope you have a wonderful evening
 with your family,  friends 
and/or furry friends!!  


Love,  Hugs and Lilac Blessings.
Nellie