Tablescape Thursday/ Vintage Valentine on a Itsy Budget

It's Tablescape Thursday again and it should be a great one! When your finished here, head on over to Susan's (The Tablescape Diva)@ http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ to view many more creative tables. Times are tough and to keep up with this hobby, a woman has to get creative. My Valentine table is done using things I had or recently found on a itsy, bitsy budget. I found this cute little ceramic angel at an antique shop for $2. The vintage rose table runner is one I already had.

The oil candle I found in a gift shop for $3 and the crystal candle holder was only $2 at the above mentioned antique shop (they were having a 50% off sale)

My tablecloth is vintage Target ( Previously called a quilt) and my other ceramic angel was also $2 at the(times are tough) antique shop's sale.

I already had the pink candlesticks and the wine glasses were my Grandma's.

Now on to the plates! They were at TJ Maxx for a $1 a piece, the pink salad plates are from the antique shop also $1, the silver place mats were from way way back and since I didn't have any napkins to match I just took some scrap material from about 1982 and made them. The silverware came from ( actually I don't know, I think they belonged to my husband's ex and she left them, so what's a gal to do) He can't remember, but they have little roses on them so they seem fitting for Valentine's Day. Well that concludes my vintage Tablescape Thursday. Thanks for stopping and I enjoy all of your comments. Cindy

Outdoor Wednesday/or sunflowers and deserts

Welcome to another Outdoor Wednesday hosted by Susan @ http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/ . This is my 3rd time participating and I think it's quite fun! Thank-you Susan for hosting this. For Outdoor Wednesday I wanted to find some pictures we had taken that were a bit of a contrast. The picture below is of a field of sunflowers taken not far from where we live. I love sunflowers, they just seem to glow and dance in the sun.

By contrast this was taken last time we visited my son who lives in Tempe, AZ. (WAH, WAH, I want him back in Wisconsin) This pic was taken somewhere outside of Phoenix. It was late October, still in the 90's and quite dry. When I see this I think of some rugged individuals making there way over such a forbidden terrain. I also think of rattlesnakes (oh my)

This last pic was taken at a high school football game when my daughter was a cheerleader. If you look close she is the far one off to your right. This pic reminds me of small town America, a picture that repeats itself as Friday Night Lights all over this great land of ours. Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Cindy