Love in the Gay 90s

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.

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!

Love Gone Wild

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

Pink Pretties

Pretty In Pink features a vintage tablecloth topped with a mix of

contemporary and vintage pieces. Details at the end of this post.

Vintage Tablecloth

White chargers - marylandchina.com

Vintage Depression Glass can be seen in more detail at Ladies of the Club

Napkins from Crate and Barrel years ago

Sterling is "American Directoire"

Stemware is Vera Wang "Infinity"

Contemporary Fiesta in Rose

Cutwork plates, candlesticks, white pitcher, apothecary jar, footed cake stand - Home Goods

Floral arrangement supplies from Michael's

Tussie mussies made from supplies I had in my craft bins

Vintage Homer Laughlin "Kenilworth" carafe in white and bowl in pink, HL Rhythm salt and pepper

Thanks so much for stopping by for this tablescape vision in pink!