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Tablescape Thursday - Polka Dot Tea Party

Tablescape Thursday is here! Click here at Susan's blog for lots more fun and inspiration.

Today I'm sharing my Polka Dot Tea Party. Inspiration for this tablescape came from this black polka dot tea pot.

Any time we go to Jacksonville or Orlando I always have to go to Home Goods! My husband always goes around and takes a look at what HG has. Before Christmas he found this black polka dot tea pot and brought it to me, he wanted to get it for me because he knows how much I love these colors! It was only $9.99!

After Christmas we were at Hobby Lobby and I found these little tea cups and saucers. They were priced separately, $1.99 each, but they were half-price! So, a tablescape was coming together!

I was just going to do an all black and white tablescape, but last week when we went to Home Goods again, I found these red square chargers!

I don't use a lot of red and didn't really need them, but they were only $9.99 for four. I don't have any square chargers, so in the cart they went! I can always use them for Valentine's Day, Independence Day, and Christmas!

I had red napkins, but Wal-mart had black and white polka dot fabric and I bought enough to make napkins!

I was planning to get some black and white cookies to go on these two Southern Living platters, but they only had the saucer size cookies and I forgot to order the smaller ones in time.

I decided to use this ribbon plate in the centerpiece.

I already had these cute little creamer and sugar servers:

I also started my Valentine decorating today. I wanted to use this heart garland with some polka dot hearts on the dining room window.

I bought this garland last year at TJ Maxx. I must still have a little country in me! Back in the 70s I decorated with country decor (as most people did!) I still love it!

The little red polka dot ribbon came on the teapot

The ribbon is another reason I decided to use red with the black and white, and with the red roses, it can be a Valentine theme.

These colors could also be used with a Mickey Mouse theme, using a few Mickey items in a more casual setting. Another theme could be Alice in Wonderland, or a card party! Any other ideas?

After taking all the pictures and posting them, I realized something is missing. Do you see anything missing? LOL! I forgot the silverware! And I have my new black handled silverware I showed you last week (remember the $3.99 set?) It was dark when I realized my mistake, so I didn't take more pictures because the flash doesn't work well with the white.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my black and white polka dot tea party tablescape! Thanks to Susan for hosting!

Friday I'm celebrating my 4th Blogaversary with a give-away! Please come back and leave a comment to be eligible for the give-away. I will draw the name next week. I will post the pictures of the give-away Friday (it's a surprise!)

Have a happy day!
God Bless.

Katherine

Tablescape Thursday

Tablescape Thursday! Today's tablescapes are titled Thanksgiving Roses! Yes, I said tablescapes, I have three tablescapes today!

I have three centerpieces I wanted to feature in tablescapes. I starting with this large wicker turkey, filled with shades of fall roses.

I used mellow yellow napkins and rust colored roses, and a cream colored tablecloth.

The butterscotch yellow plates are the ones I bought at TJ Maxx last summer. I've been able to use them in many tablescapes!

The centerpiece below was the inspiration for this tablescape.

The cute little pilgrims are peeking out of the roses.

I made these turkey floral arrangements over 15 years ago,
and glued lace on the breast of the turkeys.

I really like this "Give Thanks" sign, but couldn't
decide if I liked it in this tablescape, or not.

What do you think? With, or without?

Moving on to the next tablescape, the inspiration for this one was this ceramic cornucopia. I bought it the same time that I bought the white cornucopia featured in last week's tablescape (see here.)

I used a white lace tablescape, white Dollar Tree plates, and black ceramic chargers from Hobby Lobby.

Wine colored napkins are wrapped with flocked fall leaves as napkin rings.

I'm please with the overall appearance!

Here it is with the Give Thanks sign

The black sign matches the black chargers.

I've had these cute little pilgrims for about 20 years, I think they are so cute.

Moving on to the third Thanksgiving Rose Tablescape

This smaller wicker turkey filled with deep pink shades of roses was the inspiration for this tablescape.

This smaller turkey also has a lace bib with ribbons, but
different from the larger one.

This tablescape is on the table in the breakfast nook.
Rattan placemats and no tablecloth.

I only have two of these rose colored salad plates and placed them on the white Dollar Tree plates. The napkins are the Old Country Roses-look napkins. I was surprised when these worked with the tablescape!