Our Mother's Day Table 2016

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope you had a wonderful 

Mother's Day!

We sure did...had a simple yet

very delicious dinner....London

Broil, mash potatoes with all

the trimmings to make them like

 loaded baked potatoes, and a new

make ahead Mexican style salad.

It was a Kraft Foods recipe, and

I will share it with yall sometime

soon.  Since we are definitely in

salad season....here anyway!!  lol

Lovely cards, lovely gifts and just

a fun time being together around

the table..........think we all enjoyed

it much, and even got to face time

with our daughter, so nice to be

able to see her face while talking

with her.  I definitely want that

feature when we get new phones,

which should be some time soon,

as ours are almost 15 yrs. old.  

So think it might be time!!  lol

Figured I would show you are

table.  Wanted to use my new

green tablecloth Scott and Megan

gave me for my birthday, and was

gonna do a pink and green table,

until I visited over at StarFish

Cottage blog, and she was using

all these wonderful lavender 

accents, so thought oh wow,

green and lavender would look

really nice too, so began searching

the house for lavender or purple

things........I love doing that, it

is like a challenge to see what

I can come up with..............

(Click on the Starfish cottage if you

 want to take a peek at my inspiration)

 and you might also like to click on

a picture which will help make them 

all larger for your viewing pleasure.

So got to thinking about that lavendar

and I remembered I had some green and

lavender napkins I had purchases months

 age, then thought, think I might have some 
lavender wrapping paper I can do some-
thing with, hence the table runner.
I used some double stick tape on the 
ends to keep it in place.

Then I found this lovely hand painted 

margarita glass that was from one of my

sons friends wedding, he was almost like 

a 2nd son to us.  The brides aunt did all

that lovely hand painting and they floated

candles in them for the reception tables.

They have lavender butterflies on them,

but think you can't see them because I

took them from the wrong angle.

The faux Lilacs are from some years

back when I was making floral arrange-

ments and selling them in a friends

hair salon.

Here is the napkins, they look like they were

 Batikked! While I was out on Tues. went to

 Godiva chocolates, to get a lil box for Megan

 and then saw these pretty choc. wrapped in

 lavende paper for our table, and they were

delicious. Molten hot lava cake flavor!

Have been wanting to use thes adorable

 scalloped salad plates I got from Dee and Jerry 

for Christmas, in an actual tablescape.

I have been using them as a table top decoration

on my shelves....they sit on plate holders, and

look very pretty that way too.

The Girls all got the scalloped plates.

The guys got the plain square ones

with rounded edges, and put a napkin

on top of their plates.  I did the ends

of the table a lil differently since

the runner didn't come all the way 

down to the end.  Made a napkin

placemat.  You just have to iron

them a little.

Used my clear glass candleholders with

 green stones and green candles

Had some daisies that I pulled off a bush
 to embellish the candles a little, since the 
hand painting had some in it.

I like doing the place settings differently 

at the same table sometimes,

Adds a lil fun and Interest.

used clear crystal stemware to match the

 other glassware on the table.

The little square dishes were for 

butter.....for the rolls.

This was from the my end of the table.
I sit at the first place there, and I put
lil darling right on the end between
her Mommy and Me, so I can try and 
help, so Megan can eat in peace, but
lil darling usually wants Mommy's
help.........lol 

But.......I do try!!  As I remember
those days...........

with posterized affect

All the rest of these are the 
"Parties over" shots.
I didn't take any of these pictures until
afterwards because I totally forgot
cause I didn't put the water and candles
in till Sunday afternoon and I did the
table on Thursday, so was gonna wait
and take some pics with the candles
burning and the whole table set,
but Mrs Forgetful stuck again.
oh welllllllllllll......lol

Life is what happens when we are
making our plans.........lol

 You can't hardly see it,  but she wrote
"Count Your Blessings"  around the top.

Just love the painted glass

Poster edges affect

with paint daubs affect

Glad you stopped by for a visit,  
and hope
you enjoyed yourself.


Have a really lovely week.

and

Keep your light shining brightly.

Love, Hugs and
Lavender Blessings,

Nellie

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