Welcome to "At The Rookery"! I will be blogging about beautifying our home and garden, with lots of tablescapes (my passion at the moment), a bit of DIY, and possibly some crafts.
This is my first At The Rookery post, although I have been blogging for the past ten years as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, (www.creatingwithcarol.com) I have retired from SU and now I'm looking for my next challenge. Below is a shaker card I made for my granddaughter's birthday.
Today I want to share with you a tablescape I put together after discovering "Between Naps on the Porch" and "The Welcomed Guest". And while I highly recommend that you visit these blogs, please finish reading mine first!
I do not have sponsors, or numerous sets of dishes, but with inspiration from the other bloggers I hope to up my game!
OK, did I mention that I found the tablescaping blogs in May, and ran out to my dining room after spending 2 hours looking through their blogs...
I had one set of good dishes, and the only chargers that I owned at this time were red (for Christmas) ... so I skipped those! But here is my Spring Table.
I've had the china since 1980, it's Nikko "Renaissance". At least it's a basic white that I can mix with other colours.
The flatware I've had as long, and I have no idea what it is called. I found the set of eight individual salt & pepper shakers at Winners at least 10 years ago. (I had aspirations of creating great tablescapes, I just needed mentors!)
For a centrepiece I used my African violet, along with two tealights, and two faux flower rings placed on tealight holders.
The tablecloth is one of my favourites, although very old and inexpensive, and the napkins came as a set with a tablecloth to match. The white runner is from the Dollar store!
The napkin rings are miniature plastic plant pots in different colours (spring theme).
And this, ladies and gentlemen, was my first officially planned tablescape... Thank Goodness I have improved! A little... haha!
Thank you for visiting, and please come back again to check on my progress!
Carol
This is my first At The Rookery post, although I have been blogging for the past ten years as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, (www.creatingwithcarol.com) I have retired from SU and now I'm looking for my next challenge. Below is a shaker card I made for my granddaughter's birthday.
Today I want to share with you a tablescape I put together after discovering "Between Naps on the Porch" and "The Welcomed Guest". And while I highly recommend that you visit these blogs, please finish reading mine first!
I do not have sponsors, or numerous sets of dishes, but with inspiration from the other bloggers I hope to up my game!
OK, did I mention that I found the tablescaping blogs in May, and ran out to my dining room after spending 2 hours looking through their blogs...
I had one set of good dishes, and the only chargers that I owned at this time were red (for Christmas) ... so I skipped those! But here is my Spring Table.
I've had the china since 1980, it's Nikko "Renaissance". At least it's a basic white that I can mix with other colours.
The flatware I've had as long, and I have no idea what it is called. I found the set of eight individual salt & pepper shakers at Winners at least 10 years ago. (I had aspirations of creating great tablescapes, I just needed mentors!)
For a centrepiece I used my African violet, along with two tealights, and two faux flower rings placed on tealight holders.
The tablecloth is one of my favourites, although very old and inexpensive, and the napkins came as a set with a tablecloth to match. The white runner is from the Dollar store!
The napkin rings are miniature plastic plant pots in different colours (spring theme).
And this, ladies and gentlemen, was my first officially planned tablescape... Thank Goodness I have improved! A little... haha!
Thank you for visiting, and please come back again to check on my progress!
Carol
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