After the tragedy in Boston and having been extra busy lately I was feeling a little off center the other day. I just felt like I had to get centered and refocused. I knew I had to just let go and refresh…spend some quality creative time…and then all of a sudden I had an overwhelming urge to set a table with the craziest things I could find…
Such as this little bathtub dish. Where else should you put leftover jellybeans?
I felt like doing some really zany things would show me, myself and I that I just needed to relax and unwind a little…like turning everything upside down would help things make more sense…
This little ceramic pot was made by one of my children in elementary school. It’s adorable and now it’s full of Kosher salt to be served with an itty bitty ceramic spoon. The table was covered with a dotty cloth of course, in this crazy world…
I have a large tilted pitcher, painted with chile peppers which I filled with bananas, grape tomatoes, pears and garlic…. Of course! That’s a standard pitcher filling isn’t it? At this point I was starting to feel like my table was becoming the Grinch meets Alice in Wonderland…but I was having fun and starting to feel better…
You wouldn’t want to eat these together, yuck, but the colors and shapes were so complementary…
and the colors matched my plates! The plates are anchored by a black charger and flanked with green flatware.
I got this set of 4 mix & match plates by Mud Pie as a birthday gift last year….from myself! Sometimes you just know what you want!
I put a black dotted orb into a red dotted bowl, and found an old telephone…some people won’t even know what that is!
Upended martini glasses held a “side dish” of fruit,
and a funky striped clock with wings and a heart joined the table center. Time flies when you’re having fun you know?
The red napkins are from my Christmas decor
Dots and stars are perfect any time!
These fun glasses look like they are perched on a red glass ball and they are great for a kooky beverage.
Nothing makes any sense at all! And what shall we eat at this silly table?
Pineapple Upside Down Cake of course!!!
Sometimes you just have to look at things in a different perspective…..I hope I’ve made you smile just a little today….
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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
A Stroll Thru Life for INSPIRE ME TUESDAY
The Gunny Sack for TIME TO SPARKLE
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 and ANYTHING BLUE FRIDAY
No Minimalist Here for OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY
the Answer is Chocolate for BFF OPEN HOUSE
The Busy Bee’s for THURSDAY BLOG HOP
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