Candlewick & Paisley

As you know,

I love my Candlewick,

as evidenced here, here, here, here and here.

Yeah, I am a tad fanatical about Candlewick.

My first pieces were given to me 

when my maternal grandmother

passed away nearly 

30 years ago.

30 years since I began

adding to my collection.

And in those 30 years

I have never once set

a full table using Candlewick.

Until now.

I purchased the Waverly purple paisley tablecloth

and matching napkins some

months ago at Burlington Coat Factory.

I paid $9.99 for the tablecloth and $2.38 

for the 4 pack of napkins!

  I layered a cream napkin with the paisley to break up the pattern a bit.

The napkin rings were a gift from Mr. B.

The black placemat also helps to break up all of the pattern.

They are a recent Burlington Coat Factory

purchase at only $1.99 each.

The purple chargers

were on sale at Michael's, $1.00 each.

The Candlewick dinner plates 

were my grandmother's and my most prized possession.

I am so happy I am finally using them!

I then layered salad plates from

our everyday Gibson set and a berry bowl and underplate

purchased at an estate sale.

The bubble goblets are a thrift store find for .25 each.

I think they suit the Candlewick nicely 

when paired with our everyday water goblets.

 You may remember the candles from this post.

The candlesticks are my "go tos"

and were a gift from my oldest son.

For the centerpiece I used 

silk hyacinths and

white trailing flowers from Michael's 

in a cream vase.

The vintage Rogers silverplate 

is from the same era as the Candlewick,

1940's-1950's

Now that I have set a table with 

my favorite dishes

I think I will keep them out for a bit

and use them for our

evening meals.

They are so special to me

and it's time to make

some special memories of our own with them.

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From My Front Porch To Yours 

Churchill Valentine's Table

I had actually started to set this table several weeks ago, before my dad got so sick, but never got around to finishing it until this past weekend.

I had eyed this Churchill dinnerware, on clearance, for weeks at Ross several years ago.  Mr B, being the true enabler that he is, finally told me to, and I quote, "for the love of God, please just go buy it". So I did :)  I fell in love with the color most of all.  I had always wanted some transferware and to find it in this lovely pink was the icing on the cake to me since pink is one of my favorite colors and Valentine's Day is now one of my favorite days.

I also fell in love with the fact that each piece has a different scene on it.

The soup bowl has a quaint cottage on it.

 

The salad plate a farm scene.

The dinner plate a different cottage scene.

I layered them all on over-sized plates as a charger from Ikea.

A basketweave pattern, leaves and grapes line the rim of each piece.

My go-to vintage Rodgers silverplate flatware makes yet another appearance.  The design mimics the flowers on the dinnerware. I found the pink napkins months ago at a thrift store for .25 each.

The pitcher used for the centerpiece was another thrift store score.  I paid very little for it and then, weeks later, saw the exact one at Safeway, of all places, for much much more.

I found the flowers and the whispy feathers on clearance at Michaels.

The mercury glass heart ornaments were an after Christmas purchase from Pier 1.  I bought the mercury glass votives at Bed Bath & Beyond recently for only $1.49 each!  I am such a clearance aisle freak when I go there. The Godinger crystal candlesticks made it, once again, onto this table. The crochet runner was a gift from Mr. B's mother.  

The water goblets and pink stems are also thrift store scores. I didn't pay more than .50 each for them.

 I also did a bit of Valentine's Day decor on the buffet.

The Valentine teddy bear was gift from Mr. B last year. I took a divided frame from Dollar Tree and added letters I printed out.

The little teddy bear couple also came from Dollar Tree and makes me think of Mr. B and me when I look at it.
A cherub from Dollar tree lounges next to a cute mailbox from the dollar spot at Target. The runner is another gift from Mr. B's mother.  She knows I just love them.

Although Valentine's Day is technically over, I may just keep this table set up for a bit longer.  I mean really, does Valentine's Day have to be just one day?  Not in my mind it doesn't!