Ghoulish Girls Night In

Welcome to a Ghoulish Girls Night In Dinner!

This would also be a great idea for

your turn to host Bunco, Bridge or Bible Study.

 I went rather non traditional in color scheme

for this tablescape using pinks, silver, black and white.

I also mixed new and vintage together 

as I often like to do to 

create a ghoulish table.

 At each place setting I used the Totally Tikka 

Lenox Black and White Dinner Plates with

salad plates from my Grandmothers set of china

and a sherbet/champagne goblet 

from a vintage set I picked up at an antique store

a few years ago.

 For linens I went with my Grandma's pink damask

napkins.  I just love these napkins, well worn

with love and buttery softness!

 Here's a better picture of the glassware set

with silver edging which matches the

silver and white stripe paper table runner.

 I had to have some bees on the table

so I used the set of Wallace Silversmiths Napoleon Bee flatware

I purchased from Horchow several years ago.

 Each place setting has a white and silver

ceramic pumpkin from Target.

I tried to find a link for them but 

they don't seem to be available anymore.

 Initially I had the skull paper placemats

up under the dinner plates, but

you really could not get the full

ghoulish affect so I pulled

them out and placed them on an

angle at all four corners of the table.

 One additional paper skeleton for more festivity

next to the flowers.

 And speaking of the flowers 

I loved the combination of the sweet pink

roses, which matched the pink roses of the

salad plates along with the

darker trumpet flowers

which are almost blood red.

I hope you have enjoyed this 

Ghoulish table!  I certainly have 

enjoyed you stopping by to visit.

Hope you have a great day!

Meemaw's Foxy Date Night

Thanks for stopping by!

We've been having a date night 

on Wednesdays since school started

with out three grandsons and it's

been tons of fun.

This week I setup a table with

a fox theme for fall.

 These two foxes were scheduled to appear

on our front porch, but before they scamper

out there I decided they could be the centerpiece for the table.

I saw these on QVC in early August and

knew they'd be such a cute addition to the 

early fall porch decor!

They are still available online here:

 To continue the woodsy fall theme

I added an apple and pine cone

garland down the center of the table.

I always keep the place settings simple

for family nights.

 I mixed my Fiesta turquoise dinner plates with

a burlap plate charger, orange salad plate (paper)

and fall leaf dinner napkins (paper).

Finally I added my bee glasses, which are smaller

and easier for the boys to handle &

the wood handled flatware, which I thought

matched nicely to the theme.

See more of my visit to the Fiesta Outlet

store in West Virginia here

My husband and I both work fulltime so our "strategy"

for an easy dinner on a work night is to cook the night before 

& 

heat up the night the boys visit.

With a 10, 9 and 1 year old this works out great~

everyone can eat and there a just a few dishes

so we can all enjoy the rest of the night together!

Later this week I will post our foxy friends on the front porch

along with my other early fall decor!

Vintage school clip art

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 Today I'm sharing a few of the

vintage clipart images I found on the internet

for a back to school

theme table I'm working

on this week!

 

Sometimes I like the black and white

imagery for simplicity

and easy on the budget toner printing.

 

But then I also like to be able to use color

to tie in my theme and dishes.

This school boy with his dog is

an adorable image, which reminds me of my grandsons.

 You can never go wrong incorporating

apples, pencils or chalkboard into

your back to school theme!

I love the botanical feel of the apple image above.

 

 

Finally I selected a plain chalkboard image,

I think this would be cute printed out as place cards

and then writing each child's name with a

word of encouragement.

 

Stay tuned to my Facebook, Instagram and

this blog for more ideas all week for

Back to School parties,

tables, recipe and craft ideas!



Mee Maw's Ice Cream Social

Thanks for stopping by!

Today I'm sharing the setup I prepared

for my annual Camp Mee Maw,

which is one week in the summer

that my husband and I take off work

to spend with our grandsons.

This year I thought we'd host an ice cream social.

The boys went to the grocery with"'Pops"

my husband and picked out

ice cream, whip cream, toppings etc.

for their ice cream treats.

 I used paper cups and napkins

to keep clean up easy so

 we could move onto more fun things!

I just love these spoons that say "pour more"

for the fudge cup

and "top it off" for the toppings tray.

 To keep the table somewhat

sticky free I used

these ice cream paper placemats.

I hope it made it a special memory.

What kinds of special treats are you

indulging in this summer?

Make it a beeutiful day!

 



Ice Cream Floral Fun

Thanks for stopping by today!

This is our ice cream social week.

On Facebook & Instagram

we are sharing some ice cream idea

displays at the store,

plus recipes and party ideas

all this week.

 

 Today we're offering some

Pinterest inspired floral arrangements

for your ice cream social,

baby or bridal ice cream theme

or just a summer get together.

 I love that most of these use

compotes, cones (paper or real)

or old fashioned sherbet glasses

that you may already have or

could get a the dollar store.

 These would be easy to do with

grocery store bought

bouquets or flowers from the yard.

 Loving the addition of the straw!

 I also love the idea of

using paper that matches

your theme to make

cones for the "ice cream" flowers.

Hanging from the back of guest's chairs would be so cute!

 These last two pictures use real fruit

in combination with flowers,

strawberries above and cherries below

are a inexpensive way to incorporate a food element

into the arrangement.

I hope you enjoyed these floral ideas as much as I did!

Thanks again for stopping by~

make it a Beeutiful Day!

 

Sailing into the Fourth!

When the Fourth of July holiday falls

in the middle of the week that's

a cause for a two weekend

celebration right!

 

We are celebrating here at

Beeutiful by Design

by Sailing into the Fourth with

this sailboat themed patriotic table.

 

I used my everyday blue and white plates along with

new galvanized chargers and

vintage blue tumblers.

I mixed blue and red flatware

and these Sailboat paper napkins

to complete the table.



These blue and white

mini porcelain urns are battery operated

to give a little glow to the table.

 

Sailboat salt and pepper on a

red and white checked runner

keep with the patriotic sailing theme.

 

Finally I filled this galvanized bucket with anchor detail

with white hydrangeas from the yard

and small flags!

 

Hope you are able to spend some time

this holiday with family and friends

to celebrate the blessings of our free nation!

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GazeboSummer Luncheon

 

This teal china cabinet in my booth space

was the inspiration for combining blue and white

with milkglass & coral lusterware

to set a summery table.

When I located these beautiful gazebo/pagoda inspired napkins

I knew they would go wonderfully with my

vintage combination of dishes

for a summery luncheon.

 

I had such fun putting this table together at the store!

I used blue and white ironstone plates

layered with white pom pom napkins

coral lusterware salad plates

the wonderful paper napkins & placecards

and a vintage set of blue stemware.

 

As the centerpiece I used a

blue and white soup tureen in lieu of flowers.

What I love about this table is the ability

to mix and match with your

level of effort & what you have on hand.

 

 The place cards also make great buffet markers,

book marks and scripture cards.

 

 

If you wanted to just use paper you could easily substitute

the large square dinner plates shown in the display above.

 

 

If you wanted to use all linen and glassware

you could eliminate the paper items.

No budget or time for flowers -just use a similar piece to your
plates in the center.

 

Thanks for visiting!
I hope you make some time to gather friends or family

for a summer luncheon this season!