It is hard to get inspired when the piles are out of control! Fortunately my youngest daughter gifted me with four Vera Bradley placemats for my birthday. I had to show them off!
Isn't the centerpiece wonderful? I won it at a silent auction at a neighboring church. The benefit was for a young mother with an hereditary disease with no cure. Her sister, who is in a nursing home, is only in her forties. The young mother needs surgery for vision issues and I know she would appreciate an extra prayer or two.
Let the fun begin; it time to play with dishes. I always start with my Pfaltzgraff. The red is totally not right.
The top plate is from a set I purchased last year online from Pfaltzgraff. I broke one in the set as I opened the box. I am still mad at myself about it. I love the wheat staff. And I wish I had ordered even more. They are perfect pie plates for Thanksgiving. And look pretty snazzy for my Autumn placesetting, too.
My grandmother and my mother collected sugar and creamers. I always reach for these yellow pottery ones first. But then I saw this set behind the others on the shelf. I think they look terrific, don't you?
I found these little candle holder leaves at a Pfaltzgraff outlet store in PA; at their closing sale, boo hoo. I really miss the outlet stores. Buying online just isn't the same. I found a package of the paper leaf doilies at The Dollar Tree. I'm not sure if there are any left. I bought quite a few!
That's it on the table for now. Someone (?) better get to work on those piles she shifted. But, just in the spirit of the Vera Bradley placemats; what do you think is a good age for your first Vera Bradley purse? Well, after lots of gramma-thought, it turns out that 19 months is just perfect!
And the first thing she did with it? She put her toy cell phone inside! Let's go shopping, Gramma Mimi!
Yep, I actually got the table cleared off! And scrubbed the dust.
Aren't the placemats gorgeous!
The white plate with the gold border was actually a $1 each purchase at Wally World. I admit it. They are plastic.
Cute little acorn adds another Autumn touch.
I am going to (Linky) party with Susan at Tablescape Thursdays at
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