Labor Day always means "Good-bye to Summer" to me - with back to school for the kids, changes in the weather, and warmer clothes. So, for this week's table, Pat designed a tribute to laborers everywhere. She started with napkins that she made and pulled out her husband's very old work boots (Jim was a Captain for the California Division of Forestry and has been retired for years and even then, the last two or three decades was at a desk at the Command Center - so the boots haven't seen "
action" in many, many years.....) and cleaned and polished them. Then she set the table.....
By the way, yes, it does seem that Pat has been on a "yellow streak" lately, but the napkins screamed "yellow" this week. So, apologies to those folks who do not like yellow.
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Over view of the table
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The place setting
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Pat chose one of her favorite "work horse" flatware patterns - "Hammered" stainless by Godinger
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I didn't have to twist Pat's arm to use my favorite yellow goblet......"Rio" by Dansk
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The stack
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The yellow bowl and orange dinner plate are both "Fun Factory" by Waechtersbach
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Yeah, once again, Pat pulled out the yellow charger. Since yellow is my favorite color, I am OK with it, but it's a little "jarring" to others.....
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The inspiration napkin (Pat layered a black napkin inside the patterned one to give it more "bulk")
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The centerpiece consists of orange work cones and yellow hard hats in addition to the "work boots" flower arrangement flanked with candles in assorted colors
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Thanks, Jim, for your boots. (Anything for a tablescape, right? He even lets us borrow his clothes for Ralph.)
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Ralph's safety vest
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Close up of the napkin
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Pat got Ralph dressed for the occasion - hard hat, tool belt, Levis......
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One last look at the table from the other end
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Where it came from:
Tablecloth - Linentablecloth.com (Alicia Nichols from Tablescapes at Table Twenty-One [
http://tabletwentyone.wordpress.com/ ] told us about that fabulous site. It has all kinds and styles of tablecloths and napkins at
very reasonable prices.....)
Flatware - "Hammered" Shannon by Godinger from Costco
Charger - Inexpensive lacquered chargers from Michael's spray painted with plastic adhesive spray paint
Orange Plate and Yellow Bowl - "Fun Factory" by Waechtersbach from Tuesday Morning and Replacements
Yellow Coup Plate - Another use for our "Gnome" plates
Black Bread/Butter Plate - Fiestaware (sorry, I know it's doesn't have "ware" on the end of it, but I can't help it) by Homer Laughlin from Replacements
Yellow Goblets - "Rio" by Dansk from Replacements
Wine Glass - from the Dollar Store
Napkins - Handmade by Pat
Napkin Rings - PVC pipe cut into 1" rounds and spray painted with plastic adhesive spray paint
Candles - Michael's
Glass Candle Holders - TJMaxx
Orange Plastic Cones - KMart
Yellow Work Hats - Dollar Store (spray painted to coordinate with the table)
We will be joining Kathleen's "Let's Dish" Challenge this Wednesday at Cuisine Kathleen:
http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/
We will also be joining Christine's "Table It" at Rustic & Refined this Monday:
http://www.rustic-refined.com/
And we will be joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for "Tablescape Thursday":
http://betweennapsontheporch.net/