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Tablescape Tuesday: Toile Pink & Roses

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday, Valentines Day

“With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4:2‬ ‭

Happy Tuesday sweet friends…hopefully you all are staying warm and cozy inside on this chilly winter day!  Here in the Deep South, the excitement is at an all-time high…we are expecting snow!  When James Spann (our weather man) starts talking about the “white stuff”, everyone gets frantic and rushes to the grocery stores to buy milk and bread!  Do any of my Southern friends know why these two items get paired together when snow is in the forecast?  I have never been able to figure out why…maybe milk sandwiches!?!  If the forecast is correct and we do get snow, it should be here by the time you guys read this!  It’s a rare occurrence for us in the South, so we get a little excited!  Today’s tablescape is giving a nod towards Valentine’s Day, with Toile Pink and Roses stealing the show!  Come on in where it is warm and pull up a chair!

Simple Valentine tablescape using spray roses as the centerpieceMy dining room has taken on a completely different appearance as it went from a favorite shade of red called Mediterranean Spice to a soft Palladian Blue. I am loving the change.
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Tablescape Tuesday: A Need For Color

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬

Happy Tuesday sweet friends! Thank you for all of your lovely comments about yesterday’s post and my precious friend, I know Bonnie Jean is smiling. If you missed it, you can read it here.

With all the gray and dreary days of January, I was in desperate need of color. I took apart my Monday Morning Blooms arrangement and did something a little different. Colorful and patterned dinnerware was the perfect complement for the flowers.

I was so thrilled to have a day of beautiful sunshine yesterday, and in the early morning it was casting light and shadows on my dining table. It was such a welcome change after days of rain.

The dinnerware by Tracy Porter is “Artesian Road” and is now discontinued. The dinner plate, salad plate, and soup bowl are different patterns with each having a bamboo-style edge.
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Tablescape Tuesday: A Bowl Of Fruit

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday

“Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭27:9‬ ‭

Warm and cozy greetings dear friends!  It looks like an arctic blast is headed this way by the weekend…brrr!  We have had so many days of gloomy skies and rain, I have lost count.  I sure will be glad to see the sun and blue skies!  Since my home was decorated for Christmas  most of November and December, I am really keeping it simple during January! This weeks tablescape is brought to you by a Bowl of Fruit…come inside where it is warm and join me! 

There is something I like about seeing the bare wood of my table…it gives a warm ambiance to the space.
 For a quick and simple centerpiece, I raided my fruit bin in the refrigerator! I grabbed the dough bowl and filled it with red delicious apples, Granny Smith’s, sweet pears, and Cara Cara oranges. A simple fruit centerpiece looks amazing and smells wonderful!
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