Jewels of the Sea

It’s that time again – Susan at Between Naps on the Porch is hosting Tablescape Thursday.  I’m joining in this week and hope to see you there!

I’m also joining up over at A Musing Potpourri for the  End of Summer Celebration.

Although you can’t tell by the temperature where I live, Autumn will soon be here.  I wanted to do at least one more summery table setting before it arrives.  I haven’t used my seashell plates since last summer, so I decided to use them for this setting.  It’s very similar to the one I did last year…just a few changes here and there.

I began with a white tablecloth over which I layered turquoise straw placemats.  A silver charger held white dinner plates that are trimmed with platinum and seashell salad plates. 

 

The salad plates featuring seashells and a starfish…

An oval bread and butter plate was topped with a butter pat also trimmed with silver.  I found these cute butter spreaders that have a blue fish on them several years ago at a thrift store. 

The goblets I added to the setting are one of my favorite sets.  I love how the blue glass fades into green at the bottom.

I added creamy white beaded napkin rings to the plaid napkins.

At each place setting, I placed a glass votive cup that I filled with sand.  Then I added a white candle and a seashell to each one.

The centerpiece was made using turquoise blue pillar candles with seashells embedded in them.  I also scattered seashells around the candles. 

It’s been a few weeks since I had played around with a table setting…and it’s been a busy few weeks!  After my decision to begin decluttering my life and home, I’ve been going through closets and drawers and getting rid of stuff. 

My dish pantry was such a jumbled up mess with tons of dishes and it was always a job just to find whatever I was looking for.  After paring WAY down on the amount of dishes I had, I organized what I decided to keep…and now I can actually find things when I want to do a table setting!  My dish pantry is now so organized, it’s really scary!  LOL 

My mother-in-law and I had a yard sale this past weekend and I managed to sell a good bit of the items I had.  I was determined that what I didn’t sell was not coming back home with me…so I donated what was left to a local thrift store after the yard sale was over.  I’m far from finished, but I’ve made a great start!

Thanks so much for visiting with me today.  I hope you’ll come back again very soon!

DG