Hello sweet friends!
After coming back home from our vacation in Florida with our dear family, I wanted to celebrate summer in the USA for you, since it's official now, as we just enjoyed a hot and sunny summer in Orlando and Miami; whereas in my neck of the woods it's always spring, warmer and colder, but now it's warm, with a soft sun and in the late 70's.
I decided to set a very colorful table, using my orange dinner dishes with lovely summer plates in different fresh colors I bought from the trip. Next time I will use my new Read and Barton flatware, star plates for the 4th. of July and others.
Hope you like my summer tablescape for eight.
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| I decided on a blue tablecloth, opposed to a yellow one I almost picked; to remind me of the blue sea in Florida, as here in the Andean mountains there are blue skies, but not the sea. |
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| I like my orange dinner plates, as the color goes so well for every season; now I'm using them for a summer table setting. |
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| The ceramic vase, holding the cyclamen was made and hand decorated at our former Ceramic Co.-Monte Turi. |
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| I love these wicker and cane chargers that I bought a couple of months ago; they are also light and fresh perfect for a summer setting. |
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| The salad plates came in four colors..in yellow like here, and notice they have a butterfly too. |
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| In green.. |
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| In blue... |
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| And the last color is the orange. I love them all paired with the orange dinner plates. I bought eight of them, two in each color. |
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| The last piece in the place settings is the Italian Bormiolli Rocco sherbets, from way back... for some fresh fruit medley, 'shrimp ceviche' or cocktail, etc. I used my ivory chunky flatware, green napkins with different color ceramic butterfly napkin-rings; which were also made by us. |
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| The fruit plates at your left were also made back at our ceramic factory and they too have different fruit patterns hand decorated, like this one with 'sweet-tomatoes' and with a green pattern in the edges. The big platter with green decoration, at your left, was also made by us. |
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| Here is a very summery decoration in the fruit plate. |
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| Another with grapes and cherries. |
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| Here is another fruit plate with peaches and grapes. |
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| At left, another with apples and at your right with pears. There is others with bananas and babacos, a very local fruit, which I make pies with. |
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| This is such a pretty green in the water glasses, again they'll be good come C'mas season too, I think, as here they're paired with my C'mas green wine glasses. |
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| The centerpiece I fixed in the tray that goes well with the chargers and with my sweet cyclamen blooms I'm enjoying so much lately. |
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| A small porcelain house with birds in the roof as a little tweak inside the cloche. |
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| The little porcelain house has a removable roof, as it came with Candy many years ago and it was a present. |
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| This is such a pretty large tablecloth I bought several years ago on sale for $12...I love the edge pattern with tulips. |
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| This white ceramic bread basket with hand made flowers and gold in the edges, was also made back at our Ceramic Co. |
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| A closer shot of the basket. |
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| Ok, here you have it, my Summer tablescape for you. This shot is from inside the kitchen. Thank you so much sweet friends for stopping by and always making my day! I appreciate the wonderful parties such lovely ladies host each week. LOVE, FABBY Alma for Seasonal Sunday at, http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com Masterpiece Monday at, http://boogieboardcottage.blogspot.com Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at, http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com Share Your Creativity at, http://it'soverflowing.blogspot.com Sally for Blue Monday at, http://smilingsally.blogspot.com Mop It Up Monday at, http://ishouldbemoppingthefloor.blogspot.com Show and Tell Saturday at, http://bedifferentactnormal.blogspot.com Make it Pretty Monday at, http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com Lisa for Mix It Up Monday at, http://flourmewithlove.blogspot.com Motivate Me Monday at, http://keepingitsimple.blogspot.com Stephanie Lynn for The Sunday Showcase at, http://bystephanielynn.blogspot.com Kathryn for Make it Pretty Monday at, http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com Angie for Nick of Time Tuesday at, http://knickoftime.blogspot.com Welcomed to the Scoop at, http://thefarmhouseporch.blogspot.com Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at, http://coastalcharm.blogspot.com Amaze Me Monday at, http://dwellingstheheartoftyourhome.blogspot.com Creative Blogger's Party and Hop at, http://homemakeronadime.blogspot.com Kathleen for Let's Dish at, http://cuisinekathleen.blogspot.com Paula and Patty for What's It Wednesday at, http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com Wow Us Wednesday at, http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com Wildly Original Linky Party at, http://gottacreate.blogspot.com Home (work) Wednesday at, http://theeverydayhome.blogspot.com Cottage Style Party at, http://lavendergardencottage.blogspot.com Courtney for Feathered Nest Friday at, http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com Thrifty Things Friday at, http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com Holly for Tickled Pink at, http://504mainbyhollylafevre.blogspot.com Suzan for It's a Bloglovin' Party at, http://simplyvintagious.blogspot.com Jenn for Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson at, http://jennolson.blogspot.com  I will be participating in PINK Saturday at How Sweet the Sound. I will be participating in Wow Usednesday at Savvy Southern Style. I will be participating in Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch. |
