Thursday Thrifty Tablescape

This is my first time posting to Tablescape Thursday http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ & my second to Thrifty Thursday http://lbratina.blogspot.com/. I have been reading TT for months now and wanting to set my table. But I was at a loss as to how to even start! I am amazed and jealous of all of your beautiful dishes and glasses and silverware! SO I have been paying more attention to tablescape stuff when I am out shopping. It looks more like Fall than Summer but I had to work with the dishes I had and my Dining Room wall color is a terracotta color. I was trying for a gardening/outdoors look. The table is filled with all my thrifty finds! But I am posting a Before picture so you will see that while it is not yet perfect it is certainly better....

Those are my 8 year old's lego creations. He took moving his stuff pretty well. I won't post a picture of his room - covered in legos. And here is the After...
My three year old helped set the table so it is a little off, but how fun that he wanted to help, don't you agree? The small plates are our everyday dishes that we bought for ourselves when we got married (Didnt have the big wedding , so there were no registering for dishes) 13 years ago. The lettuce plates are from TJ Maxx. I bought them a year ago because I thought they were so cute but never used them. The silverware is a gift from my mom. (Thanks mom!) I bought the napkins (World Market) and tablecloth (TJ MAxx, $19.99) to match the wall color.

Here is the Thrifty centerpiece. The wire birdhouse was $1 at a yardsale (I loved it immediately!), the pitcher was in my kitchen (I bought it several years ago at Big Lots for cheap), the scale was off ebay several years ago and $10ish, the fake apples & candles were stuffed in a cabinet, the metal rabbit is from Angels Antiques and left from Easter decorations, the little spray bottle thing was from a yardsale for $2 & the garland of berries was in my closet for some reason. I spent $1 on the birdhouse and the rest of the stuff was stolen from some other part of my house! I love that I could use and display stuff that was in my closets.

Thanks for letting me play along. So, while it isn't perfect, don't you agree it is better than the lego table it once was?

Thrifty Thursday

This is my first time posting to Thrifty Thursday or any type of weekly event. Thrifty Thursday is hosted by Leigh at Tales from Bloggeritaville. I love Antique stores, Junk stores, Thrift stores and Yard sales! I love reading about everyones finds and collections.

I have been on the search for cloth napkins after seeing them on everyone's tablescapes. I want to keep a basket of napkins by our table to use daily. I am on the hunt for white ones that I can clean easily (With 3 kids they will get used and dirty!) I was very excited to find these 6 for $1 at a yardsale. They are square with dots in the corner.

And these, I bargained them down to 6 for $.25! They are not fancy but were a steal! They had some yellowing but after soaking in Oxyclean they looked perfect!

I am trying to get some plates and things for a tablescape. I found these plates that I thought would be wonderful for a tea party, Valentine's, Mother's Day, really any day! There were 6 of them and they say "Abingdon Fine Porcelain China Made in Japan" on the back. I dont know much about plates but they were $1 each which I thought was pretty good.

I started collecting pyrex this year. I only buy them if they are cheap - I see them all the time at antique stores but they can be expensive! I will have to post my collection another time but I found these 2 at the Thrift store for $1.99 each. they didnt have lids but at that price I couldn't pass them up!

And I had to have this painting for my daughter's room from the Thrift store for $1.99. Isnt she sweet? The colors are great and the frame was beautiful too. Those are my treasures this week. Thanks for stopping by, I'd love to hear your comments!