19th - Barscape - Turquoise & White

Just trying to hold on to some summer colos a bit before we sink our teeth into Fall and all the holidays!  Bright turquoise did it for me! 

Using neutral color dishes set on bright colored turqoise placemats...

The napkin rings are caterpillars...

Got these plates from Big Lots for $2.00...loved the subtle colors almost neutral.

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THE WEDDING TABLESCAPE - 36th Tablescape!

In honor of my niece, Tiffany's wedding (my sister Dawn's Oldest daughter) here is my wedding tablescape.  Put it together using her wedding colors the pictures say it all!  Love you Tiff, know you and Steve will be very happy together!

 End to end view...

 and in attendance are Mr. & Mrs. Potatoe Head.....

 During the bachlorette party we went to the toy store at Disney - and had a blast picking out Mr. Potatoe head pieces for my great nephew(s)....So of course we had to have the Bride & Groom - Mr. & Mrs. Potatoe Head....

 Square, silver charger with a white Platzgraff plate - then a white/silver flowered paper-plate with a clear glass plate on top.

 I got these coffee tumblers as a wedding present when I got married...

 The wedding cake is stackable boxes - I was able to find this set brand new, still wrapped in plastic for $5.06 at Goodwill.  The topper is from another thrift store - $2.99 and the little flower girl veil was from yet another thrift store for $1.

 Scattered rose petals all over the table.

 The placecard holders are little bells - they are from the Dollar Tree - 6 for $1....written on them are words needed in any good marriage...

The bride dragging the groom was the topper from my wedding cake and the little birdhouse chapel was perfect - Tiff for the bird theme wedding you wanted...

Congratulations Tiffany Tipton and Steven Dubois!  Love you both....

 
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To my Niece Tiffany!

Was greatly honored to receive a phone call yesterday from my sister Dawn asking if I would do a reading at my niece's wedding!  Can there be any greater honor!  The reading is such an important one for everyone - especially a couple getting ready to join together as one! 
The scripture is 1st Corinthians 14:4-13:

4)  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5) It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6) Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7) It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.


8) Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9) For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10) but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11) When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12) Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Thank you Tiffany for allowing me to read this scripture at your wedding!  The tears are being held back - I feel so privileged to do this for you and so proud to be your Aunt!  Love you!





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Hallway Chandelier -

Don't you just love the look of a chandelier.  As you may have seen in one of my previous posts in re-decorating the laundry room, I wanted to get rid of the "utilitarian" light fixture in that room and replace it with a fancy chandelier!  Needless to say my husband & I went "hunting" (otherwise known as thrift shopping) because I refuse to pay full price for anything and new things are so overly mass produced that they aren't original.  So off to the flea market and home again with a beautiful chandelier for my now known as "formal laundry room".  Well of course now I have to replace all the "utilitarian" light fixtures in the house.  Out hunting this past Thursday, I found a quaint chandelier with a lot of potential, 3 working bulbs and had never been installed!  Needless to say the price of $6.99 sold me on it!  Strapped it to the back of my motorcycle and home I came!  Saturday morning my husband hung it for me.... here are the before and after pics.

This is the utilitarian light fixture - they were all through the house when we first purchased it...

Didn't realize I captured a picture of the toilet in this picture...

Close up of the price tag - the bulbs are worth more than that....

 And now it is hung....

Amazing how a small thing like a little chandelier - a $6.99 chandelier - can change the look of any area.  Here is a picture of the chandelier we hung in our formal laundry room!

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