Rust and Baby Blue Colored Oriental Theme Tablescape

This week's table features Arita's "Imari Fan" dinnerware. It has several colors - green, white, rust, cobalt blue, and light blue - so it was fairly easy to build a colorful table around it. In fact, it was harder to decide what "theme" color to go with once the place setting was selected. 

Pat finally decided on amber - Maya (our brother's granddaughter) came up with the place setting. As usual, I fought the cat trying to keep him out of everyone's hair and neither he nor I offered a suggestion.

I found the gold flatware on eBay many years ago - the seller did not know the pattern. 

The luncheon plate is "Martillo Sky" from Pier 1

The frosted light blue chargers are from Pier 1

The amber glassware is "Meadow" from Pier 1

Our brother brought this back from Japan where he was briefly stationed as a gift for our Mom  - it is at least fifty years old.

Where it came from:

Paprika Colored Place Mats and Matching Napkins - Tuesday Morning years ago

Light Blue Frosted Glass Chargers - from Pier 1 years ago

Dinnerware - "Imari Far" by Aritaware from eBay

Luncheon Plate - "Martillo Sky" from Pier 1 ten years ago

Flatware - Pattern unknown but from eBay

Glassware - Amber "Meadow" from Pier 1 about six years ago

Gold  Flower and Pearl Napkin Rings - also from Pier 1 many years ago

Oriental Jade Centerpiece - a gift from our brother fifty or sixty years ago

Geisha Figurines - from Toscano (mail order) ten or eleven years ago

Votive Holders - from Michael's six or seven years ago

This week, we will be joining "Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/ 

Dreaming of a Warm Summer Day Tablescape

Sweltering. Scorching. Sultry. Not words we commonly use to describe our weather here on the west coast of Northern California. More like foggy, damp, gusty, overcast, wet....but we can dream. Pat's daughter was visiting from "over the hill" (three hours inland) leaving over 100 degree weather to spend time with her parents and joined her Mother in setting the table for this week's blog. She wanted something colorful and vibrant to brighten up the dark and dreary day she picked to visit.

Inspiration for the color theme was the bold, striped place mats - definitely not subtle

Flatware is "Primary" by Noritake

There is quite a family history around these napkin rings - Pat found them on the very, very sale rack at Pier 1 (truth be told they couldn't get rid of them.) Pat talked me into buying them "to use someday" since they were so cheap (and might I add ugly???) So they sat on the shelf at my house for years and years until someone was brave or desperate enough to use them.

Fiesta(ware) colors include "Daffodil", "White", "Cobalt", and "Lemongrass"

The glasses are "Emma" Hobnail from Pier 1

What could add more color than crayons? The candle holders are assorted colors hot glued to empty cat food cans

Where it came from:

Colorful Striped Place Mats - from Pier 1 ten or eleven years ago

Dinnerware - Assorted colors of Fiesta(ware) by Homer Laughlin from Macy's, Kohl's and Replacements,Ltd.

Flatware - "Primary" by Noritake from Replacements,Ltd. and eBay

Hobnail Glassware - "Emma" by Pier 1 years ago

Hot Pink Napkins - Handmade by Pat

Napkin Rings - from Pier 1 eight or nine years ago

This week, we will be joining "Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch:  http://betweennapsontheporch.net/ 

Not quite tablescaping stuff:

It did get to 60 degrees at noon today but didn't make it to the forecasted "heatwave" of 63 degrees. Did we see sun?? NO..... Partial sun?? NO.  Just thought you might be interested.