Are you thinking green? Or maybe dreaming about a pot of gold? St. Patrick’s Day might not be the most popular holiday to decorate for, but I bet you have a lot of things to set a fun table without leaving your home. I have the most fun when I have to come up with something out of what I can find around the house.
Don’t forget to look outside too! The cabbage plants on my patio were just about spent so with a little trimming they were placed in green water goblets. They remind me of girls in dresses with lots of petticoats!
The soup tureen sits on a cake stand topped with a white charger
and I made a “skirt” around the pedestal base using cabbage leaves.
I borrowed a faux hydrangea arrangement from the dining room and added a Christmas cactus in a green antique planter on the other side to create a backdrop of green foliage.
The mock napkin rings were made by folding paper shamrock cocktail napkins and taping the ends together. The green bead and wire soup ladle on a ceramic spoon rest is ready to serve the soup.
A square green charger holds a beaded ceramic white plate and a green salad plate holds the soup bowl. We are having a simple meal of Potato Soup and mini Reuben Sandwiches…but with this elegant setting it will feel fancy schmancy!
When I first started this tablescape I thought I would have to go out and get some flowers, and perhaps some more green vegetables or parsley. I did purposely buy the cabbage the day before with this St. Pat’s table in mind, but I didn’t know exactly what I would do with it. I started slowly, building it layer by layer and kept thinking of things I had…The shamrock cloth is a yard of fabric I bought in January, with a table topper in mind. But that’s it, a yard of fabric and a head of cabbage and a little thought. My favorite part is the real cabbage, I would have never thought of that if I had gone to buy flowers!
Creating is all about seeing things in new ways, walk around your house and really LOOK. I bet you discover something you haven’t SEEN in a while!
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the shamrock glasses are from from JMdesigns
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I’m joining some of these great parties this week:
the Tablescaper for SEASONAL SUNDAY
Between Naps on the Porch for METAMORPHIS MONDAY & TABLESCAPE THURSDAY
Stone Gable for ON THE MENU MONDAY and TUTORIALS, TIPS & TIDBITS THURSDAY
The Gunny Sack for WHAT’S IN THE GUNNY SACK?
Memories by the Mile for TUESDAY TRIVIA
Savvy Southern Style for WOW US WEDNESDAY
Cuisine Kathleen for LET’S DISH
Rattlebridge Farms for FOODIE FRIDAY
Alderberry Hill for MAKE THE SCENE MONDAY
The Dedicated House for MAKE IT PRETTY MONDAY
No Minimalist Here for OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY
the Answer is Chocolate for BFF OPEN HOUSE
The Busy Bee’s for THURSDAY BLOG HOP
Crafts ala mode for WHAT TO DO WEEKENDS
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