Flower Power Tablescape

Humboldt County - one of the last bastions of flower power, summer of love, love children, flowers in you hair, and all the other reminders of hippies. We still have children named "Moonbeam," "Sunlight," and "Starshine." We are famous for our "Humboldt honeys" - those darlings in hemp clothes with no shoes (or maybe a pair of very ugly Birkenstocks), no bra, no clean hair, no wash machine. And the guys aren't much better. Our local Humboldt State University was recently made famous by a mention on the Jimmy Kimmel show. He told the world about a program that students can get a degree in - the study of marijuana. Just special.......

Well anyway, back to normal. Pat and I thought "flower power" was a perfect way to practice on a table for the April 24th challenge on Cuisine Kathleen's "Let's Dish" blog (.http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/). The theme for that challenge is spring, birds, bees, flowers, or trees.  So flowers it is........albeit Humboldt County, CA style (love, peace, and all that stuff.)


Over view of the table

The place setting

Inexpensive flatware is by Cambridge

Close up of the five piece place setting

We had to use the orange and blue glasses again. This time with flower glasses from Pier 1.

First layer of the place setting consists of a Sunshine yellow Fiestaware salad plate.

Pat use a Tangerine Fiestaware luncheon plate next

This was followed by a Peacock Fiestaware dinner plate

Wooden chargers are from the Cancer Society's Discovery Shop

Lemongrass bowl and Scarlett bread and butter plate from Fiestaware

Pat chose an "lovely" vase - Ball canning jar from her shed

What Flower Power table would be complete without a VW bus????

Pat used these little wooden peace signs as votive holders

Ralph as a "flower child." Sorry, we couldn't figure out how to get flowers in his hair.

Remember this??? Pat found them deep in my curio.....

Only the "finest" wine - a local brand from the next county over

One last view from the other end of the table

 

 

Where is came from:

 

Placemats - Pier 1

Wooden Chargers - Cancer Society's Discovery Shop

Dishware - Fiestaware by Homer Laughlin from Macy's, Replacements, Kohl's

Flower Glassware - Pier 1

Orange and Blue Glass - from Marshall's in Santa Rosa, CA

Flatware - by Cambridge from Ross

Napkins - Handmade by Pat

Round Peace Sign Votive Holders - Michael's

Votive holders - Pat's personal collection

Votives - Michael's

VW Bus - Ross

Wooden Peace/Victory Signs - from my Mother-in-law over forty years ago (yeah, don't bother with the math. Both Pat and I were "there" in the 60's. The difference was we had a wash machine, work ethic, sense of values and duty, and a set of parents that were not liberal.)



Please join us Wednesday night for Cuisine Kathleen's "Let's Dish": http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/

OK, one more time.... for my family and friends that didn't catch it last time. Here are those other blogs again -
1.  http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/  (Limoges in the bathroom, fabulous storage ideas, great tablescapes. You're going to swoon over some of the ideas. Now you know why my craft room looks like it does. Oh, and check out the entire month of January, 2012. She used blue as the theme for the month. That's why Pat and I started our other "one theme" blog. )
2.  http://www.thelittleroundtable.com/ (all kinds of Fiestaware used in tablescaping. Beware - it is addicting.)  
2.    http://tabletwentyone.wordpress.com/  (great tables, outstanding table decorating ideas, lots and lots of different chargers. One thing though....she is a Kansas City Royals fan. Sorry Sue and Barbara. Just ignore that.)