Showing posts with label Valentine 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine 2011. Show all posts

Sunday, February 13, 2011

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:

Thanks so much for coming to visit!
Happy Valentine's Day

I'm joining:

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Love in the Gay 90s


We're still celebrating Valentine's Day here on The Little Round Table.
Today's offering started with the vintage tablecloth depicting courting couples in the 1890s and was a gift from one of my favorite Tablecloth Fairies!
Love those fairies!

Why not just sit back and soak up the love and I'll list the details at the end of today's post, along with the parties that I'll be linking to.

The linky Valentine party The Colors of Love here on The Little Round Table
is still open in case you would like to add more links to your Valentine tables, projects or stories.


















Vintage tablecloth was a gift and is listed in The Tablecloth Database here on TLRT
Old timey looking napkins from battenburglace.com
Contemporary Fiesta in White, Scarlet, Black and Shamrock
Vintage Depression glassware
Topiaries and Valentine picks from Michael's
Candy jar, white pitcher and flatware from Home Goods
Candle holders are canning jars with inexpensive doilies hot glued on

This table would work equally well with some alternate decorations for any time of year.
Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!

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