I’m excited to be participating in Tablescape Thursday this week. I love viewing all the other entries in this blog event and I hope you’ll enjoy them as well.
It was a beautiful spring evening and I had the honor of being the hostess for our “Ladies Night Out” for the month of June. The guests were the ladies of my Sunday School class. Usually, we just bring some food and set it on a table, but after spending hours on my new laptop, visiting all of the beautiful tablescapes I had seen on “Tablescape Thursday,” I decided to try my hand at it. I knew there was no worry about having enough items to decorate. I was just worried about my friends thinking that I was going a little overboard with the decor. It’s certainly not that these women are not “classy” it’s just that we enjoy each other’s company so much, we don’t usually give a lot of thought about decorating. We just love being together. But I wondered if we could we do both and still have a great time.
Throwing my cares to the wind the morning before the event was to take place, I decided to decorate my chandelier. Well, as typically happens to me, what starts out to be few little branches of cherry blossoms, turns into 2 hours of adding more and more. I worried that it was a little over the top, but as always I just couldn’t help myself since I loved what I was doing. As I added the leaves and the bird nest, my insecurities rose to the top as I asked myself “Are they going to think I’m just showing off?” Perhaps they would, but we all love each other so much, I knew they would all be forgiving.
Then came the table. The white tablecloth was like an empty canvass waiting to be filled. I used a white chair tie as the center table runner. I loved the pearls at the end which led me to use two strands of bead garland on top of the runner.
Where’s the color for this canvas? I then brought my spring floral arrangements onto the canvas I was painting. What fun as the colors seemed to usher in the softness of the spring months we were experiencing.
To think of the spring without some kind of feathered friend being a part of this party was unimaginable! So, as I gathered the mother duck and her little ducklings I had the piece, that until my dear friends arrived, would grace my table and remind me that God has given me so many precious people and things for me to enjoy in this life.
As the colors began to come together, my table napkins only added to the softness of the color scheme. I was having so much fun and didn’t care if my dessert was a flop or not. I was doing what I loved.
As I sat the stemware on the table, I remembered how much I enjoyed having people into my home, even if it were only for a cup of water in elegant stemware. And the fun of using my good silverware reminded me of the days of old when I used to do it so much more. Whatever happened to the days when I always asked someone home after church for a Sunday dinner?
When my friends arrived, I soon forgot all my insecurities and enjoyed their company as much as I had enjoyed getting ready for them. Oh, and by the way, the dessert was wonderful. I rested in knowing that we all enjoyed each other’s company and that I had the privilege of serving my guests and making their short time here a thing of beauty.
Thank you to all of you at Tablescape Thursday for inspiring me to do what is truly fulfilling in life–serving others.
That is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful! I’m sure they felt special that you took the time to create such a beautiful setting! Good job on your first Tablescape Thursday!
Debbie,
Memories Of Home has arrived in the Land of Blog! Welcome, dear friend! You have graced us with your artistry and hospitality. The chandelier is beautifully done…cherry blossoms and birds nest make an exquisite combination!!! Thank you for sharing your talents with us and for the inspiration to create a memory of home in our decor!
Fondly,
Pat
I’ve often decorated my chandelier at Christmas time, but not at any other time. I love your Spring touch to your chandelier. Just beautiful!
– The Tablescaper
Gorgeous chandelier and gorgeous tablescape! Love the green dessert compote and the dessert looks yummy too!
Oh I’m sure that your guests must have enjoyed all the specialness of your lovely tablescape….lovingly set just for them. They all must have felt quite sepcial and honored. Your cherry blossoms look so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. . . your table and light fixture are just lovely. I’m sure your friends LOVED it!! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Welcome to the Blogworld of Tablescaping. You have a wonderful eye for design. I too, love to welcome my friends to a beautifully set table, where my prayer is that each of them will know that they are treasures in my life. I think that you and I have this desire in common. Thank you for sharing your lovely design. Cherry Kay
beautiful touches~
SO pretty! The chandy looks great!
So loved your designer eye! its beautiful!
OMG! I love it all, but what you did with that chandelier is just magical. Love the birdsnest, and the relationship to the plates – you’re a genius! It’s been forever since I’ve posted on TT, but I just finished up a tablescape for the Lewiston Tour of Kitchens tonight and I just had to share it with you and your readers!!! Hope you can make it by to see the finished product! :) Would love to know what you think, you’re a master of these tablescapes, afterall! :) xo,A
Hi Debbie~ ~ ~Love your post. Isn’t it funny how we worry about the small things and it all works out for the best when it is done with the right intentions. I love your chandy and would love to see it without all the decoration. The aged candles are lovely as are the shades. It’s so nice to meet you.
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
Thank you to all of you for your encouraging comments. This is sooo new to me. My wonderful daughters who have businesses of their own and their own blogs are helping me.
If I could meet you all in person I would love it. I can’t believe this is out here for me as a way to share all my creative juices. My family just rolls their eyes when I come up with a new idea, and now I know people who have this same inclination. I’m not crazy like my family thinks:) Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Artie, I just went to your blog and enjoyed it so much. I love the peacock blue you’re using. Also, aren’t the chair ties fun? We have so much fun with these in the store. I plan to do a post on chair ties in a few weeks. What’s great about them is that even if it is just the end chairs that get the ties, everyone feels so special just to be able to sit at the table. My only mistake is sometimes I overdue the elements I use in the chair tie (normal for me) and the person in that chair could get something stuck in their hair as they sit there. Thanks so much for your kind remarks. I bookmarked your blog.
Debbie, I totally enjoyed seeing the progression of the decorating of your beautiful table and chandelier. I especially liked the bird nest and the ducks on the table., but also that dessert looked good too! Thank you for sharing the lovely narrative of having friends for fellowship. I am sure they were blessed by your beautiful hospitality.
Sharon, It was wonderful to do something special for my friends. I need to get busy and do it again. I have been working on a blog post for Metamorphis Wednesday. Hopefully, it will come out on Wednesday, July 6. It was a fun post about a chair I gave a new life. Isn’t sharing with others fun?