Pampering Mom

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Wow!  It's been a while since I've done a tablescape. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I miss playing with my dishes.  I certainly couldn't let the <b>MOST</b> important day go by without a table in her honor. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I don't know about you, but Mother's Day ranks pretty high up there as one of my favorite days.  I could take or leave my Birthday(these days mostly leave), I love Christmas of course, but Mother's Day holds a special day in my heart.  It's not about the gifts that are given, it's about the time and effort that is shown.  Last year for Mother's Day we cleaned the screen porch and spruced it up with flowers and a new rug.  My gift was watching everyone of my children working together, laughing and talking the whole time, music blaring in the background.  Those memories are irreplaceable.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLog20I9sea026iauy0o_fxyBf1hwF0OqCtpUh9vJgEv5zuKyMzP7VuhShCZtQWqLx-F9zpuoWlma5_sr0N4jQe7SunQSJWKPfT8ygKlmJbrKMC9lgDOQgfztPfeGZCJdlwQ_fRAtD36u/s1600/IMG_4180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLog20I9sea026iauy0o_fxyBf1hwF0OqCtpUh9vJgEv5zuKyMzP7VuhShCZtQWqLx-F9zpuoWlma5_sr0N4jQe7SunQSJWKPfT8ygKlmJbrKMC9lgDOQgfztPfeGZCJdlwQ_fRAtD36u/s640/IMG_4180.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't start this table with any preconceived ideas. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Which means I didn't really have a plan. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I knew that I wanted to use mostly white elements and  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I had a few items from Estate sales that I wanted to incorporate.  The rest of the table just flowed and I adjusted until I was satisfied.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3DXxO9CTdmTjlv_lVv1u86qGNKDhWMvR9BdyLHIy7OPSdU-aHJJNwdbDKZU0y1mcTLTZFzcj3sPsAQEzmIp4CWCEsWzdjqhGvm9zBYakQydKsZvX3ktmzceNro7WFIQmK2S_8fu5oLCr/s1600/IMG_4208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3DXxO9CTdmTjlv_lVv1u86qGNKDhWMvR9BdyLHIy7OPSdU-aHJJNwdbDKZU0y1mcTLTZFzcj3sPsAQEzmIp4CWCEsWzdjqhGvm9zBYakQydKsZvX3ktmzceNro7WFIQmK2S_8fu5oLCr/s640/IMG_4208.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Battenburg Lace tablecloth was my starting point. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I found it at this awesome Estate sale a few weeks back. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Isn't it just breathtaking.  It's a funny thing about Estate sales.  I like to picture the owners using the things that I buy.  I try to imagine their family dinners together and how the lady of the house would happily set the table</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> and get out the "good" china. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Am I crazy?  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Please tell me that someone else does this!  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9LSlWsaNAqiO_hMrRdlFaKBnsYfop4kIzWwJqGONHSYv31a4Hx-H0aUzKm8lpiLaQHeEjR4E9gXv3xce6m1DbdRCVtMNi2n-ZfvEwdZFoge9gVSpatnS4KiQtDaF3ecYKA-qsHioA0Ef/s1600/IMG_4209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9LSlWsaNAqiO_hMrRdlFaKBnsYfop4kIzWwJqGONHSYv31a4Hx-H0aUzKm8lpiLaQHeEjR4E9gXv3xce6m1DbdRCVtMNi2n-ZfvEwdZFoge9gVSpatnS4KiQtDaF3ecYKA-qsHioA0Ef/s640/IMG_4209.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The title of my post is "Pampering Mom".</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  So, of course I gave her the most comfortable seat in the house, and the most Elegant.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheijkjz4eJfi2evYL2ordJKIWJQZ65AWcTZmQ1g7vKQbCdb9SkSCrroFnzSEGLuVfQGmaf9NuJ2Hm6xN5W6Lb8QajBI5d9dKreVmc5-DFyypX-E1u6-qgcu_zX5vEo4zgo-72XW4Y6ZsDn/s1600/IMG_4212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheijkjz4eJfi2evYL2ordJKIWJQZ65AWcTZmQ1g7vKQbCdb9SkSCrroFnzSEGLuVfQGmaf9NuJ2Hm6xN5W6Lb8QajBI5d9dKreVmc5-DFyypX-E1u6-qgcu_zX5vEo4zgo-72XW4Y6ZsDn/s640/IMG_4212.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> This Setee is from the Master Bedroom.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Thank goodness the Master is on the first floor! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I had to drag this out on my own this morning as no one else was home. (look in the background on the hearth room sofa...no help there)  I tossed some white pillows from my bed and around the house to make it extra comfy. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Couldn't you just sink in there and have a few cups of coffee?  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NxbHS8KRK7vqAZeGfnvWS6xPhd00t0VQKcR3CoFnMMSi7f7-KX9yx1TAL1ohR1lpfCm6P9oxsJhs6T1ILfkq1Bc6k1IY61H5bpUIwXtu4bR553s9oVBUdQbVCWtD5l-5Tjd2EAShP4vb/s1600/IMG_4182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NxbHS8KRK7vqAZeGfnvWS6xPhd00t0VQKcR3CoFnMMSi7f7-KX9yx1TAL1ohR1lpfCm6P9oxsJhs6T1ILfkq1Bc6k1IY61H5bpUIwXtu4bR553s9oVBUdQbVCWtD5l-5Tjd2EAShP4vb/s640/IMG_4182.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I positioned the table parallel to the window up against the sideboard in order for the Setee to work.  I put three chairs on the opposite side to seat six at the table. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Let's look at the dishes.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCjbG_m_8vRrhrA78bqhBZEuntUSFMlE5OF9AM2cBIUmGNpUMup3yTxOH7TyRTdRilxZvHu0KXGSRhTiof0znt-jLPlmm1xUyCo6l3SvwBj-5MdIwPdlqE0TWVmdgOCmp9OR3zkdysdLb/s1600/IMG_4179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCjbG_m_8vRrhrA78bqhBZEuntUSFMlE5OF9AM2cBIUmGNpUMup3yTxOH7TyRTdRilxZvHu0KXGSRhTiof0znt-jLPlmm1xUyCo6l3SvwBj-5MdIwPdlqE0TWVmdgOCmp9OR3zkdysdLb/s640/IMG_4179.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I really layered up the dishes this time.  It's easy to mix and match when everything is in the same tones.  I folded the lace napkin so that it looks like a little tiara for Mom and set it in the bowl.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_Eyh5SmvAb9COi_iV1vMpo3vVmNMQ1_okYupPi-L3A3u12s4Alz09pjEpkK9uaazziCh6JmboYNyP-4qgBD58l-6_7Vau5WyV1xvdZgRWR3jT7nVDupKpGGQH0CpkT9Gd3Qsl_YsztLJ/s1600/IMG_4198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_Eyh5SmvAb9COi_iV1vMpo3vVmNMQ1_okYupPi-L3A3u12s4Alz09pjEpkK9uaazziCh6JmboYNyP-4qgBD58l-6_7Vau5WyV1xvdZgRWR3jT7nVDupKpGGQH0CpkT9Gd3Qsl_YsztLJ/s640/IMG_4198.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The bowl is a pale blue from One King's Lane. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Funny thing is- I only ordered four for some reason. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Maybe they only had four available?  I can't remember.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbHgHkYjiv5O02e5pCDkv2cQQSQLsQcGcp2PLbUd0_OJ-SR9I0HJXYEMuBeoYdYj7OeBSFcCsnXGwiz5Gr1GCR2HdSZ_ZlMdf_wi5QDW8uDk7YXfWU4joNuFRo_WOW6l1ZHA-omRsNGe5/s1600/IMG_4199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbHgHkYjiv5O02e5pCDkv2cQQSQLsQcGcp2PLbUd0_OJ-SR9I0HJXYEMuBeoYdYj7OeBSFcCsnXGwiz5Gr1GCR2HdSZ_ZlMdf_wi5QDW8uDk7YXfWU4joNuFRo_WOW6l1ZHA-omRsNGe5/s640/IMG_4199.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Estate sale gold rimmed salad plates. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> These will go with most anything.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSLeG0waPnNV00JCm_YKG26_I11d1yEOgiBebyYxjp_fajc9qDW1A2oYBXmsOetzx3CgXefcucQCFuWcEp00fA13PQxk9Q5NffzYKh1-aMkJEx6NaK94OQ1NKzanb_MFHHVuLodBxFx1r/s1600/IMG_4200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSLeG0waPnNV00JCm_YKG26_I11d1yEOgiBebyYxjp_fajc9qDW1A2oYBXmsOetzx3CgXefcucQCFuWcEp00fA13PQxk9Q5NffzYKh1-aMkJEx6NaK94OQ1NKzanb_MFHHVuLodBxFx1r/s640/IMG_4200.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Small blue plates from OKL.  (I have 8 of these which leads me to believe they only had four bowls available)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBMuKhFCMA82Mq_bsQVZGv_n9NDYVCu3KRNhJyLhUoQxbKANpMRHTOi4mdloK79-lD-3fWojBI7_Bn1fQwRUszhdUyOgM-ElYJEYH79xP6RhjQLLXU2YoI8ZO90-KNK0falzBQSk_XG2N/s1600/IMG_4201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBMuKhFCMA82Mq_bsQVZGv_n9NDYVCu3KRNhJyLhUoQxbKANpMRHTOi4mdloK79-lD-3fWojBI7_Bn1fQwRUszhdUyOgM-ElYJEYH79xP6RhjQLLXU2YoI8ZO90-KNK0falzBQSk_XG2N/s640/IMG_4201.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Lenox Opal Innocence china.  It's hard to see in this photo but it has all the pretty dots around the rim.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkux_pa2djxhExSGO5cVudb_a-xjW3qw3MMeWavuXxVmcjEifZKLzDO1r911gLCEsqDCjyg2RC251HBD8Cmj0ycXzhyphenhyphen94OidZQxYfdEDdtyCCEw2YD47woPI6lKE0wP2TBT-WcALZsxHJ/s1600/IMG_4202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkux_pa2djxhExSGO5cVudb_a-xjW3qw3MMeWavuXxVmcjEifZKLzDO1r911gLCEsqDCjyg2RC251HBD8Cmj0ycXzhyphenhyphen94OidZQxYfdEDdtyCCEw2YD47woPI6lKE0wP2TBT-WcALZsxHJ/s640/IMG_4202.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And, the OKL chargers.  The silver is a Rogers pattern from 1904 that I also found at an Estate sale.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC9AZmH0M3X9_DJVfaFlQnoFcIPZvekEsa3k9waEcw1YBXdw1g2GP9JyFhdZ9pH-jMqhbHw02wSbHimo4acmmuvaEGRPVBUYvtbHuAXHq7IMXMEfZQdszEhQWuzcW6UjwdKS6tDDCyAym/s1600/IMG_4193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC9AZmH0M3X9_DJVfaFlQnoFcIPZvekEsa3k9waEcw1YBXdw1g2GP9JyFhdZ9pH-jMqhbHw02wSbHimo4acmmuvaEGRPVBUYvtbHuAXHq7IMXMEfZQdszEhQWuzcW6UjwdKS6tDDCyAym/s640/IMG_4193.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Since I only had four bowls I had to come up with something for the two middle seats.  Well, this year two Moms will be at our table so a gift for each of them is waiting for them on their plate.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8GvlcNICmgs-XWfFCMc_h1-8JUx1ow232kog5Y1bTJWFL3PB4tyhti_EILPvo0kZ9NCNqO-fTGTcYJd1MVtq4sCbZ4rFvwNDJuuNvDGuEeFoLaP1nGgRl97xt8NNLLC495Q-qIFKq0ub/s1600/IMG_4188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8GvlcNICmgs-XWfFCMc_h1-8JUx1ow232kog5Y1bTJWFL3PB4tyhti_EILPvo0kZ9NCNqO-fTGTcYJd1MVtq4sCbZ4rFvwNDJuuNvDGuEeFoLaP1nGgRl97xt8NNLLC495Q-qIFKq0ub/s640/IMG_4188.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Handmade Sugar Scrub!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Isn't this an amazing match to my china?  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I whipped this up in no time and I will get the recipe to you as soon as I finish this post.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It is Grapefruit scented and smells so yummy.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW7lrtgUDyIOO9P29Qs8ved76pKzZjsbEYJy21iPeHzEPeT_CKaFclG7Km5rbZvGfYY_XUm9c8aRhAvCNzS7TSHpzG3NvSaUD3Dmcu8-dLw_Nd84NhnVSxrSy10FAHQS5WSDYhIr35gPb/s1600/IMG_4187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW7lrtgUDyIOO9P29Qs8ved76pKzZjsbEYJy21iPeHzEPeT_CKaFclG7Km5rbZvGfYY_XUm9c8aRhAvCNzS7TSHpzG3NvSaUD3Dmcu8-dLw_Nd84NhnVSxrSy10FAHQS5WSDYhIr35gPb/s640/IMG_4187.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Tea is served on an Estate sale silver platter elevated on a white Lenox Butler's pantry cake stand.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The tea set was given to me by a client.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bqlEd_9MVQysHTqEBFUw9KkbPbI9poEfmvjTBMA36kKYCB9nsblHOtno_iUW4a9RZhM6Bk5WJtlGKHrEvqFlOcw_p5TE4BcOZWX_MVAb_dTP0mnFt8UuO9xZctytRLGHol4wmaB_Zt63/s1600/IMG_4186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bqlEd_9MVQysHTqEBFUw9KkbPbI9poEfmvjTBMA36kKYCB9nsblHOtno_iUW4a9RZhM6Bk5WJtlGKHrEvqFlOcw_p5TE4BcOZWX_MVAb_dTP0mnFt8UuO9xZctytRLGHol4wmaB_Zt63/s640/IMG_4186.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A lovely Linen tea towel rests upon a white tray.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQWcrHBL0wsagnNckvoay69hmzpIFSavP5ffbVKO2oaCz8W-rgBG2MdhHwKO6vNGgSIq1S4-qqRyNRIefDsvK9R8SmiilB_8zuLHrJ0YYhE08Y_iQegk5JaK0c5Q5B_ig4GoAOG1UHi65/s1600/IMG_4190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQWcrHBL0wsagnNckvoay69hmzpIFSavP5ffbVKO2oaCz8W-rgBG2MdhHwKO6vNGgSIq1S4-qqRyNRIefDsvK9R8SmiilB_8zuLHrJ0YYhE08Y_iQegk5JaK0c5Q5B_ig4GoAOG1UHi65/s640/IMG_4190.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the beauty of choosing all white dishes... An Estate sale ironstone covered dish can sit comfortably next to a brand new OKL covered dish.  Isn't this a little cutie?  I bought it for a dollar in an old house in Blue Springs. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> What do you think she was serving in this dish? </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Veggies?  Mashed potatoes?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtQfTW6Y04rzSIf4gKtdqJGfVFpQwVZHUROMEBu8NCTpMavghtIUEkkkaP_U_4i-NJTopT17ySQf_xF5bsHmaiG4EU-kIXT49obaOcKrsPMFpPkg8LORt8o_UbwKBnzG9w2rV0wblhhf9/s1600/IMG_4195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtQfTW6Y04rzSIf4gKtdqJGfVFpQwVZHUROMEBu8NCTpMavghtIUEkkkaP_U_4i-NJTopT17ySQf_xF5bsHmaiG4EU-kIXT49obaOcKrsPMFpPkg8LORt8o_UbwKBnzG9w2rV0wblhhf9/s640/IMG_4195.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> The sideboard.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  More Estate sale finds.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Frames waiting to be painted and candles on a silver tray. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Most of the candles are battery and on a timer.  At night they look so pretty all softly glowing. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I had placed this mirror here last week when I was reshuffling my accessories before our party.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The butterfly vases are a HomeGoods purchase from way back.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuPzDarHL7XEScuR72gEMXl9eM0JuWreeXYNUIxko3mEhPrLhdyEkInwbWVMel1iVej_hdWnEAY72fua3gWq_9SnjX9m1BD9uDdayJZwPgMd8xIHfGPrEN_UBsRLYI4ElZUVOAWZAbYyJ/s1600/IMG_4203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuPzDarHL7XEScuR72gEMXl9eM0JuWreeXYNUIxko3mEhPrLhdyEkInwbWVMel1iVej_hdWnEAY72fua3gWq_9SnjX9m1BD9uDdayJZwPgMd8xIHfGPrEN_UBsRLYI4ElZUVOAWZAbYyJ/s640/IMG_4203.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">As much as I'm liking this arrangement maybe I'm not painting the frames...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWmSvY-XHtp0JAv054xICGy1Sl9jmMGE87IpdrDx2HYzIFQD73v-mu3DXVDyQNMflyWbOflZ6lBNpuSpDz4XpOT-GHhTGA8aXACsWBMqoPHZHOjNST0aYn0b4qVStzsA9RdQ-_dt4AkW3/s1600/IMG_4208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWmSvY-XHtp0JAv054xICGy1Sl9jmMGE87IpdrDx2HYzIFQD73v-mu3DXVDyQNMflyWbOflZ6lBNpuSpDz4XpOT-GHhTGA8aXACsWBMqoPHZHOjNST0aYn0b4qVStzsA9RdQ-_dt4AkW3/s640/IMG_4208.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Another look at Mom's Pampered Table.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJP-unvJcFBoJGcKDSWrTlNWEU7BhH70EsMtXIDSNp9K15E0MSyj-Es_ILalmn_fwYrIlIUdH2yVPGUwBHMDB17OIWMGmdh6JiZ-BrAfuCJ5iGjoodx7SuypfLRHkWCDnaMM26drKuH-hR/s1600/IMG_4205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJP-unvJcFBoJGcKDSWrTlNWEU7BhH70EsMtXIDSNp9K15E0MSyj-Es_ILalmn_fwYrIlIUdH2yVPGUwBHMDB17OIWMGmdh6JiZ-BrAfuCJ5iGjoodx7SuypfLRHkWCDnaMM26drKuH-hR/s640/IMG_4205.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm more than ready to put my feet up and take a seat here.  Want to join me?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Linking up to these wonderful blogs:</span></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Newbie Party at <a href="http://www.debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/">Debbie Doo’s Blogging & Blabbing</a></span> <br /></i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Susan at</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"></a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Between Naps on the Porch</a> for Tablescape Thursday</span></i></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-kitchen-renovation-welcome-to.html"></a></span></i></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Marty at </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></i><br />  <i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/">Cuisine Kathleen</a> for Let's Dish </span></i><br />  <i><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></i><i> </i><i><a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Tablescaper:</a> Seasonal Sunday </i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Cindy at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">My Romantic Home</a>for Show and Tell Friday<br />Courtney at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Vanessa at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Diann at <a href="http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/">The Thrifty Groove</a> for Thrifty Things Friday<br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday<br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday</i><i><br />Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a>for the Weekend Wrap-up Party <br />Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="http://www.fivedaysfiveways.com/" target="_blank">Five Days...5Ways</a></i></span></div>

Pampering Mom

Wow!  It's been a while since I've done a tablescape.   I miss playing with my dishes.  I certainly couldn't let the MOST impor...

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Pinned to Perfection!

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's my third installment of </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Stop Pinning and DO Something!" </span></b></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the Inspiration picture Pinned from Pinterest a while back.</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAnpqMz_rZ-YS_I1yAy6Pmtq7d-xg47BYByQSRdjV3hwc3hhDQFIQwwwHoSW6YHBKH-3UM0rnSAT9lydAOmKSSiRHr8XHBrBuJ4dUr4PFjhA8Smf-TLwL0HGzmb8gRnDwnSeAD5UEy3pq/s1600/pinterest+bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAnpqMz_rZ-YS_I1yAy6Pmtq7d-xg47BYByQSRdjV3hwc3hhDQFIQwwwHoSW6YHBKH-3UM0rnSAT9lydAOmKSSiRHr8XHBrBuJ4dUr4PFjhA8Smf-TLwL0HGzmb8gRnDwnSeAD5UEy3pq/s640/pinterest+bedroom.jpg" width="564" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pinterest.com</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I fell in love with the Plates over the bed and thought that our Master Bedroom needed something just like that to snazz it up a bit. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcNiCfCAugdBqOazQKq4LUC-Vr7g5kVVbq8L0RxRMs54RpiUesz1dqCoXmTE0KWtWxbgIlC34L2EIB2bWoNxYmxxQfUD4FYwEiQN-IOuR_IUfRFlDjiJB3O4BS3K9Q5sWB8XsC_RNwr8s/s1600/Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcNiCfCAugdBqOazQKq4LUC-Vr7g5kVVbq8L0RxRMs54RpiUesz1dqCoXmTE0KWtWxbgIlC34L2EIB2bWoNxYmxxQfUD4FYwEiQN-IOuR_IUfRFlDjiJB3O4BS3K9Q5sWB8XsC_RNwr8s/s640/Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We painted about a month ago and I have been trying to make small changes a little at a time.  I love Ironstone and have been collecting it at Antique shops and Thrift stores when I find a piece I like.  I love the creamy color and the weight of the plates.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJEyuLePTzA8mhn1sGaZ0tUIf7xK6BXEHPT556gEsrKq2PPmolf0jjQ1pKg10SN-rtlPfpBTmMzO7BywPLObbEIAjKt8A4xvUkawi2U0jzhmoyi8cQbFil0rxn8fdJPqIGpE7PFAaSu79/s1600/1Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJEyuLePTzA8mhn1sGaZ0tUIf7xK6BXEHPT556gEsrKq2PPmolf0jjQ1pKg10SN-rtlPfpBTmMzO7BywPLObbEIAjKt8A4xvUkawi2U0jzhmoyi8cQbFil0rxn8fdJPqIGpE7PFAaSu79/s640/1Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I measured the space from the bed to the ceiling and the width of the Rod Iron Bed and cut a piece of Butcher Paper the same size.  I ran out of paper so I used wrapping paper too. I measured the halfway spot and marked it with a Sharpie.  I set out my plates until I found a pleasing arrangement. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2aVgbrFcT3dvIiRz-MkyTot675EvaM5Xim6L8B34BCBOhPIx_Des6IgppMPvVUEBgTJoSoo3qglo2YznyYjimvqLsRZgwH_XWb8C_OG5NbbXBdSWE5L-Bhh2Io7r6Zwy0-FuebiRD4Pe/s1600/2Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2aVgbrFcT3dvIiRz-MkyTot675EvaM5Xim6L8B34BCBOhPIx_Des6IgppMPvVUEBgTJoSoo3qglo2YznyYjimvqLsRZgwH_XWb8C_OG5NbbXBdSWE5L-Bhh2Io7r6Zwy0-FuebiRD4Pe/s640/2Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And, then I traced around the plates with a Sharpie and hung it up on the wall to see if I liked it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-KaBhyLVWMrqhI_MrLeKqdi3wmzXUA5C22bnFdlIccDeXOmtW_M_ebE80C-nIUHSju7JBBe8pz1OiuhejwmyqbK2K-isc49uC_UzZg8QX8mWq4Iuubu-NvhevYgBbmGzsf6Lwk-Jo9S8/s1600/3Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-KaBhyLVWMrqhI_MrLeKqdi3wmzXUA5C22bnFdlIccDeXOmtW_M_ebE80C-nIUHSju7JBBe8pz1OiuhejwmyqbK2K-isc49uC_UzZg8QX8mWq4Iuubu-NvhevYgBbmGzsf6Lwk-Jo9S8/s640/3Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From this point I called in Mr. Beaux!  I'm not that tall and I couldn't see putting a ladder on top of the bed!</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He put a nail hole where he thought each hook would be and when we took the paper down you could easily see the holes to hang the hooks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxoA9pH1O6IWvN2jgFNUilYF7UnY-Ax-5MFc9ae7VBljUDHMNdIT02XAow1BjVsqo1ulN7ppFPtNpW1U0FqHA3SHjRwAuPeI2p8zZXSa9r8I78zJvQwXPY2nY16FW7FaUtf68qhcDPzOB/s1600/4Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxoA9pH1O6IWvN2jgFNUilYF7UnY-Ax-5MFc9ae7VBljUDHMNdIT02XAow1BjVsqo1ulN7ppFPtNpW1U0FqHA3SHjRwAuPeI2p8zZXSa9r8I78zJvQwXPY2nY16FW7FaUtf68qhcDPzOB/s640/4Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Just a little bit of tweaking and in the end I decided that I didn't like the two plates on the bottom so I left them off.  But overall I am very happy and even though there is a lot more "tweaking" to do in the room I like the results of this episode of </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Stop Pinning and DO Something!"</span></b></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy </span></span></div><br /><br />Sharing at:<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; 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It's my third installment of  "Stop Pinning and DO Something!" Here is the Inspiration picture Pinned from Pinterest a while b...

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