I recently saw these plates at Home Goods
they reminded me of the beautiful Vietri “Old St. Nick” plates.
For Cuisine Kathleen’s Let’s Dish December Table top challenge of recreating a table top from a photograph, I decided to use this photo from Vietri’s website for my inspiration.
I thought the flowers were stunning so I started there~my sweet husband actually gave me some red roses over the weekend for an early birthday surprise~today is my birthday!
I added some seasonal greens and lime chrysanthemums that I got at Costco. I love to buy flowers at Costco, they are always fresh and very affordable. Stick a bucket in your car with a little water if you’re going to be out doing errands for a while
I don’t have red vases so I just added a strip of red shiny wrapping paper to the rims of over-sized apothecary jars that serve as vases
I also stuck a large lime glittered pick in each arrangement just for an extra pop
In another Vietri website photo, below, you can see hand painted Old St. Nick ornaments
I love the ornaments in the mugs so I decided to incorporate that idea too. I painted red shatterproof ornaments, you can see the tutorial here
I used my Mud Pie salad plates for the green striped plates like in Vietri photo and used red polka dot bowls.
It is an eclectic mix, but that’s my style and I took some liberties here to incorporate things I already had. The red napkins have gold stars and silver dots and are my official Christmas napkins that I have used for many years.
The napkins really clash with the pink toned floral chairs so I ultimately moved them to the top of the plate stack instead of hanging down under the chargers. I kept the wood table bare as in the Vietri photo, used black chargers and instead of one large deer, I used several.
This holiday table runner helps tie in the deep red of my dining room rug with the bright reds and the lime greens that I love, plus has the more traditional greens of the season.
White mugs, red glass based cocktail glasses, and hand painted flutes from Pier 1 are my interpretation of the red glasses on the Vietri table.
The inspiration table didn’t have candles but I couldn’t resist adding these mercury glass goblets with sparkly red candles
the Vietri table had burlap gift sacks at each place
but I used a burlap wrap instead for the napkins
to introduce a casual woodland feel
This table is all set for a Birthday dinner!
I wonder what we’re having…HH and HHjr are in charge….I loved setting the table…maybe they’ll do the dishes too!
Thanks so much for stopping by and joining in my birthday fun!
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I’ll be linking up to Coastal Charms Christmas House tour on the 16th , join the fun!
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