Happy Flag Day with Betsy Ross!

Today is Flag Day and a great time to have a tea party with the famed flag maker, Betsy Ross! Of course, being a good patriot, Betsy prefers Liberty Tea, and herbal blend, since the tax on proper tea was one of the triggers for independence. 

On my tea table, I have my vintage Madame Alexander Betsy Ross doll dressed in Red, White, and Blue and holding a scrap of red and white striped fabric. She is surrounded by a porcelain box in the shape of flag she and George Washington are said to have created and a porcelain box Liberty Bell.

I have my Spode Pink Tower tea pot ready for the Liberty Tea with a Spode Blue Italian Sugar Bowl and a Spode Blue Room creamer. The tea cups are Royal Staffordshire American Heritage and show George Washington at Mount Vernon.

I added some flag pennants and some flag-inspired napkins with gold napkin rings to complete the table.

Happy Flag Day!!!

I will be sharing this with Between Naps on the Porch.

Between Flag Day and the Fourth of July!

Today I am sharing my Patriotic Table that I set before Flag Day! I will be posting to Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch and Tea Time Tuesday.



I started with a white tablecloth and red place mats. On top of the placemats, I used red, white and blue melamine from CVS from years ago.
The I added clear glassware and Colonial Shell flatware with a white napkin. I used a red, white and blue ribbon for a napkin ring and added a small flag at each place.]



For my centerpiece I used a glass pedestal cake plate with a silver flower arranger on it that was filled with red, white and blue stars and added flags and firework picks.





On the mantle, I used more red, white and blue!









Even the tea cart is decked out to honor Old Glory!



Hope you have enjoyed my Flag Day table!

Fourth Of July Fun!

Happy Fourth of July!



I am linking this (very late) to Tablescape Thursday sponsored by Susan at BETWEEN NAPS ON THE PORCH!



I started with my gold tablecloth and used my Colonial flag placemats. I used a Spode Blue Italian dinner plate topped with a Spode Pink Tower salad plate for a red, off-white and blue setting. Colonial shell flatware, Pewter goblets and red wine hocks complete the setting.



Here is the whole table:



And here is the dining room mantle:





Here are some close-ups of the centerpiece and candles on the table:





I hope everyone has a wonderful Fourth of July Weekend!

Luck of the Irish Tablescape

Once again it's Tablescape Thursday sponsored by Susan at BETWEEN NAPS ON THE PORCH!



Thanks Susan for hosting Tablescape Thursday every week!

Although neither my husband nor myself are Irish, we love to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. For this year's table I chose the colors of the Irish flag - orange, white and green.



I used my Gibson "Gollum" dishes and green stemware that I got when I was married (can't remember the name or maker!). I used two napkins - one in orange and one in green. The napkin rings are part of the Gibson set and then I tucked mini flags in the napkin ring.



For my centerpiece, I used an ornament tree with Dept 56 glass ornaments in the shape of shamrocks and leprechauns. I placed this on a brass tray and scattered gold and green coins and green acrylic jewels.



I put green pillar candles on golden candleholders and used wreaths from Michael's in green with a dash of orange.



I used a few shamrock themed serving dishes on the table.



This is my favorite - from TJ Maxx a few years ago.



On my mantle, I used my silver wine cooler with the golden bead stems (remember Mardi Gras?) and draped them with green St. Patrick's Day beads and tucked in two Irish flags.





I haven't decided on the menu this year - maybe Shepherd's Pie??? At least the table is already set!!!!

A funny story - I noticed this morning that it was so easy to photograph the table. It hit me as I was uploading these pictures that all the chairs have been pushed from the table because we had a reception for a local civic group. Oh well, all the better to see the table, right????

Outdoor Wednesday/Graduation Gifts

Hi Everyone! Sorry I have been absent lately, but things are super busy here!

This is a bit of a stretch, but I am flying our Congratulations Graduate Flag for Outdoor Wednesday hosted by Susan at A Southern Daydreamer. Be sure and visit her to see all the wonderful posts!


My younger daughter is graduating from High School Saturday and will be attending the same college her big sister attends next year. DH & I will be empty-nesters.




She had so many friends that I wanted to remember, but didn't have lots of cash to spend. So I came up with the idea to make a sewing kit for the girls. I bought 1/2 yard of 2 different fabrics and I had some left over ribbons. I bought these little sewing kits for $1.00 each at Dollar General and Family Dollar. I wiped out my area of these. I ended up making 14 kits for $25.00.

Here they are



Opened up





They can also use the covering as a jewelry roll.

I made a little booklet with instructions for sewing on buttons (shank and flat) and hemming. I used a 3 hole punch and tied them with ribbon.

I was pleased with how they turned out! :D Jewel