A Spring Birthday

Happy Spring and Happy Birthday to Me!!

Although it sure doesn't look much like Spring here in California, as we are in the midst of a heavy rain for about the next week.  Details on this table at the end of the post.

Vintage Tablecloth 

Glass Italian Chargers - Tuseday Morning

Fiesta in White, Sunflower, Shamrock and Cinnabar

Flatware and napkins from Home Goods

Crystal stemware is Vera Wang's Infinity

Metlox Spiral candle holders are vintage

Vintage Fiesta creamer and sugar

Bud vase napkin holders from marylandchina.com

Thanks so much for dropping by on this first day of Spring!

I'm joining Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Love Gone Wild ..... A Valentine Tablescape

Happy Valentine's Day

Do you have your hankie handy?

A love story that makes me SOL ...... that's Sob Out Loud .... sigh ......

I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.  ~ Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

 

Enter Vera Neumann with her endless talent.

Vera created thousands of beautiful textiles, many of which were based

on her extensive travels around the world.  Many of them featured animals

she saw during her travels.

Red spotted giraffes and red striped zebras .....

The print on these vintage Vera napkins was the inspiration for a Valentine tablescape here on The Little Round Table, which in this case is actually a rectangular table. So, courtesy of inspiration by Vera and shopping my house, here is:

LOVE GONE WILD - PURE ANIMAL ATTRACTION

Tablecloth - the flat sheet from a $7 Twin set. That's where the metamorphosis comes in, from sheet to tablecloth in the blink of an eye!

Napkins - eBay

Chargers, candle holders, napkin rings - Pier 1

Polka Dot Fiesta plates exclusive to HLCCA

Goblets - Home Goods

Vera Neumann resources:

Vera Neumann The Art and Life of an Icon

Vera Textiles: Add Color To Everyday Fashion

Thanks so much for coming to visit!

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm joining:

Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescaper

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch

Silver Sunday at Gypsy Fish Journal
Masterpiece Monday at Boogieboard Cottage
Mosaic Monday at Little Red House
Show Off Your Cottage Monday at The House In The Roses