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Tablescape Tuesday: Blooming Hydrangeas!

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday

“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭94:19‬ 

Last weekend, when I toured several private gardens and backyard spaces, they all had one thing in common….hydrangeas!  The hues of pink and blue were spotted in all of their glory at each house!  For the past two years, we had no blooms on our bushes, but seeing them on the tour gave me high hopes!  And guess what?  Ours are gorgeous this year!  I hope you’re all ready to venture back out to the garden where the hydrangeas steal the show!


Early evening dining alfresco!READ MORE

Tablescape Tuesday: A Memorable Day

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday

“Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!”
Psalm 34:3

We all have those days.  You know, the days that things do not go as planned, but you just have to laugh them off! And getting this tablescape together will certainly stand out as that in my mind.  It brought a whole new meaning to the words “Memorial Day”.  I had it all planned out…when we got home from church on Sunday, I was going to go out to the pasture and cut Queen Anne’s Lace to have as a part of the centerpiece.  Not quite.  Would you believe that when we got home, our pasture had been cut?  No big deal, right?  A little frustrated, but I can work with that.  Well, after I got the table put together, my friend Carol and her mom stopped by to bring me an autographed copy of her recently published cookbook!  And what a welcomed break from the heat!  But what Carol did not know is that when you stop by while I am photographing for Tablescape Tuesday, you just might find yourself in the post!

So then came Monday…and a finicky internet.  Yep, on and off all day Monday, I had internet issues…I wasn’t even sure if you all would see this table!  So, I just had to laugh!  And now I present to you the most Memorable Memorial Day table I think I have ever put together!


I hope y’all don’t get tired of tablescapes in the garden, I can’t seem to stay inside!


Just a simple red, white, and blue setting for celebrating Memorial Day!READ MORE

Tablescape Tuesday: A Patio State Of Mind

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday

“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭139:23-24‬ ‭

I hope you were able to join us for our little stroll around the garden yesterday!  I feel like you all have been such a huge part in the transformation that has taken place, and we love sharing that with you…it almost seems as if you have been right in our backyard with us through the whole process!  Of course we will still be outside for today’s tablescape, but we are going to back it up a bit…today we are in a patio state of mind!  We still have a few things to do for it to be exactly how we want it…an arbor to be built and a couple of accent pieces.  And as with everything, it will happen in time! But we won’t let that stop us…let’s have a seat on the patio and enjoy a little dinner…what do you say?


I literally put this table setting together in about 15 minutes.  Don’t we all enjoy quick and easy?


It started with the tablecloth I purchased a couple of years ago at TJ Maxx…it just says English country to me!


Stella de Oro day lilies became the centerpiece!READ MORE