Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Vineyard Vines Unofficial Start of Summer

Vineyard Vines recently collaborated with Target introducing a line of clothing, accessories, home decor, pet items and tabletop.   Well, I forgot all about it until around 1 PM that Saturday so I rushed to the nearest Target.   The clothing shelves were empty, but I was pleased to find several of the tabletop items remaining and a few pet items for my dog Cooper.   I do not own any Vineyard Vines clothing, but I know many of my fellow Lilly Pulitzer lovers combine it with the Lilly brand.    Luckily I was also able to find several items on the Target website when I returned home.   The colors of the VV for Target line are very patriotic so they worked really nice on my Memorial Day table.    

The Vineyard Vines Collection. 








I used the large Whale Cutout Lantern in the center of the table. 

I used a shell ring around the lantern and added in a few lobsters that I purchased to use on napkin rings.   These were handmade in Peru out of flour paste. 


I love the whale cutout pattern. 

The Rough Seas Fabric Napkin set in navy and white along with the matching Whale Napkin Rings. 

I made the place cards using the patriotic Vineyard Vines whale.  

I used red glassware goblets.  I started with a cobalt goblet, but thought it was too much blue and changed to the red. 

I fell in love with the Flag Whale and Gingham flatware set. I look forward to using this on other table designs. 

Overhead view of the table. 

The plate stack starts with a VV Stars & Whales muslin swaddle blanket as the table cloth.  I used  a woven water hyacinth round metallic placement then topped it with the Vineyard Vines dinner plate.  The next plate is the Flag Whale and Gingham paper plate.  I topped the stack with the Flag Whale Appetizer plate. 


I used the Stars and Whales muslin swaddle blanket as the table cloth.  It was sold in a pack of two.  The other blanket has a light blue background with a school of white whales.  

The plate stack. 

I used a red, white and blue lanterns with shells and starfish on the server. 

I added a trawler and sailboat to the bookcases on the side of the server. The sailboat is currently available in HomeGoods. 



Target has several items available online and of course eBay is packed with loads of items, but check your local store first. 


Catherine 

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Monday, May 20, 2019

How To Paint Buffalo Check Chargers

For the past couple of years I have admired the pretty pink and white buffalo check charger plates used on several fellow tablescapers tables.  I found a few online vendors that offered them in a set of 4 with prices ranging from $115.00 to $150.00.  They are available in a variety of pretty colors, but I could not bring myself to pay that for charger plates that I may only use a couple times a year.  I had purchased some white plastic chargers at Dollar Tree recently and hoped to paint those with pink Sharpies.    While shopping the clearance isle at HomeGoods a couple weeks ago I found round cork placemats.  A light bulb went off in my head and I got started on the project below.  

This charger was the inspiration for my hand painted chargers
Another vendor carries the rectangular placemats.  They start at $30.00 each.  


The cork backed placemat started with a printed lemon theme. 

I used white acrylic paint to cover the printed areas.  In a normal situation I would have spray painted all four outdoors, but here in So. Florida the rain kept me from painting outdoors as I do not have a covered area to keep them safe from the elements while drying.   

All printed areas fully covered.  

Once the paint was dry  I covered each placemat with white shelf lining paper.  I knew this would give me a smooth surface to paint.  I used a pencil to grid off each placemat to paint. 

Getting started with light pink first. 

The first coat of paint. 

The second coat of light pink. 

Then I filled in with the darker pink. 

I used a gold Sharpie to paint the edging. 


I added a top coat of matte finish polyurethane varnish to protect the paint.  

The completed placemat/charger.

Paint used in the project.
Deco Art Bubblegum Pink (light pink)
Deco Art Royal Fuchsia (darker pink)
Deco Art Dura Clear Ultra-Matte (top coat) 

I am so happy with the finished product.  Now, if I win the lottery the pretty little chargers at the top of the page will be on order in every color ASAP, but for now I'm very happy with my project. I have about $10.00 in the project so my savings will allow me to put the difference toward more beautiful plates on my wish list. 

I loved these so much I picked up more mats that were on clearance at HomeGoods and will be painting a couple other colors.   Hopefully I can spray paint white and the process will move along much quicker. 

This was the final place setting on my Havana Cocktail table.

 

Catherine
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Sunday, May 12, 2019

Havana Cocktail for Mother's Day

If you have followed my blog for awhile you will know I'm a lover of all things Lilly Pulitzer.  A few weeks ago Lilly had a GWP (gift with purchase) promotion that included pretty plates in their Havana Cocktail print.  I knew they would be perfect for the pink and green Mother's Day table that was in the planning stages.  I also got busy painting pink buffalo check charger placemats to match with the print.   Sit back, enjoy a cocktail and have a Happy Mother's Day. 
Havana Cocktail place setting. 

Table view. 










I used a pagoda style lantern that I found at HomeGoods recently in the center of the table.  I added a green ivy candle ring. 



The searched for fresh peonies yesterday, but no luck.  I found these pretty peony double tulips at Trader Joe's. 


I used a light pink and white check napkin with a white ceramic napkin ring. 

The vintage pink glassware was made in East Germany.  I added Lilly Pulitzer wine charms to the base. 

Overhead view of the table. 

The plate stack starts with the white & pink buffalo check chargers I hand painted. I used a white ceramic charger plate, lime green dinner plate and topped it with the Lilly Pulitzer Havana Cocktail plates.   The compotes are from HomeGoods this week.   They come in green and pink.  I added fresh limes and lemons. 

I used the Cheek to Cheek print swaddle cloth from the latest Pottery Barn Lilly Pulitzer collaboration as my table cover. 

You can see the how I painted the placemats here.  Several companies offer them for purchase, but I didn't want to pay their price and decided to paint my own.  Probably saved myself around $90.00 as I only have $10.00 and my time in the ones I made. 



Havana Cocktail. 


I added fresh limes and lemons to the compote.   Lilly offered the appetizer picks as a GWP along with the plates.  I know I will enjoy using these for other tables and parties. 

The server. 


I used a table runner from the Valerie Parr Hill collection on the server.  

I made the stained glass tulip on the left years ago for my Grandmother.   The pink crystal hurricane pineapple and candle rings are from the Valerie Parr Hill Collection. 

The illuminated pineapple luminaries are also by Valerie. 

I found this platter at HomeGoods in the clearance sections week.  


Evening photos in low light.   





Catherine

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