Buffetscape - Shades of Blue; Baltic by Adams of England Ironstone

With Girlz night this Thursday - had to set up the buffet for coffee, tea and dessert!  To match my tablescape for this week - I stayed with the "shades of blue" theme....

The silverware is a set I purchased at a yard sale for $5 72 pieces in its original wood case.  I laid a blue tableclother and then a white lace runner.....



This platter came with the set but is not a piece of the set.  It has no stamping on the back but it is absolutely lovely and is a nice match for this set....

The silver caddy's I purchased at Goodwill for $5.06 for both....need one more for the spoons...

This desert set I purchassed from St. Vincent De Paul's Thirft Store back in November, 40 pieces for $10 - it is a beautiful set - "Baltic" by Adams of England.  They are Hand painted on Real English Ironstone.  From all the information I can find on this set it was made in the 1960's.

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53rd Tablescape - Shades of Blue; Bavarian China

53rd Tablescape and my 50th Birthday week - whewww - so I choose shades of blue for my color scheme - not that I am blue about being 50 (okay - maybe a little bit)  but I it is just a number and I don't feel a day over 30 - just my body betrays me once in a while...

I used a wide white linen runner and then placd these two blue and white napkins on the diagnol for the center....

The little crystal decanter is filled with blue colored water and the apothercary jar has blue ceramic napkin rings inside...

The China is "Christina Porcelain, Bavarian Blue by Selfmann Weicien, W. Germany....it is the only Porcelean China I own - I recently purchased from a Craig'slist seller - 23 pieces for $8...

White ceramic bow napkin rings, around starched white linen w/blue embroidered flower and trim napkins.  I purchased these for $2 at Hospice several months ago...

On each corner of the table I added these cute little tea towels...

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50th Birthday - Antique Rocking Chair Project

Found this Mission still rocking chair at a Yard Sale; paid $5 for it as you see it below....

My thoughts for this project were to restore it to it's "aged" beauty and to do it at minimal cost.  First what to use for the seat cushion?

Found this pillow at Hospice Thrift Store - it was the perfect fit......$2.00

Wanted to recover it with material that would keep it's antique theme...so I found this valance at the local Goodwill - $1.07.

I stapled the pillow as it was to the seat frame...

Then stapled the cut to fit valance to make the upholstered finished seat....

This finished rocker was exactly the look I was after - this chair will now preside in our "red" room....Total cost $10.87 (had to purchase screws to screw the upholstered platform to the rocker frame $2.80)...
I really enjoyed this little project - I thought of it as my 50 year old rocker - for my 50th Birthday!...Which is today!.....

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