Lilac Festival at my House!

Happy Memorial Day to all!

The time is short but oh so sweet and I look forward to when my lilacs are in bloom every year!

It reminds me of when I was a little girl and my Mom would fill our home with the scent of sweet  lilacs . The scent of lilacs takes me back to a simpler time.  I hope my own children will remember that our home smelled oh so good and was overflowing with beautiful lilacs.

For some reason, we have a bumper crop of lilacs this spring!  They came late but are oh so worth the wait!

I am out picking them by the armfuls!  We are supposed to be close to 90 degrees today and that means my lilacs will fade quickly!   We can go from winter to summer so quickly around here!

I've even taught little Addison how to sniff the lilacs!  She of course would prefer to eat them, but she is getting the sniffing thing down pretty quickly!

My Martha Stewart lilac china!  Purchased at K-Mart about 3 years ago..... just$16/for a 20 piece set!  If they had more I would have grabbed them!

My pitcher is overflowing with lilacs and lily of the valley!  OOH, it smells so good!  The lily of the valley has such a pretty fragrance.
My bunny cost a buck at a thrift shop and the luncheon cloth was about $2... also purchased at a thrift shop.

Napkins tied with polka-dot ribbon!

This shot is a little too light but my lighting just wasn't that good this morning.

A little darker here.  The goblets are from the dollar tree.

My living room is bursting with lilacs too!   On this table.....

And over here.....

They make me happy they make me smile and they're free!

A little bouquet for the coffee table.
And I still have more empty vases to fill!
Here's wishing you all a very happy week ahead!

Cindy
P.S. I am still unable to comment on some of your blogs.  If I haven't been around to comment that is probably why.

I am joining the following blog parties.
A Stroll thru Life for Tabletop Tuesdays.
Outdoor Wednesday at a Southern Daydreamer
Thrifty Thursday @  Tales from Bloggeritaville
Tablescape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Apple Blossom Time, Apple Blossom Table!

Oh finally!  Our apple and lilac tree's fully bloomed this past week.  My all time favorite time of year!
It's so short but oh so sweet! 

Aren't they just gorgeous?  I dreamed about these trees blooming all winter long. 

I was hoping to do a  new table-scape but alas I have a lot less time for that now-a-days as a full time baby-sitting Grandma.

So I hope you don't mind a repeat!  This was a table I did two years ago.  My table has since been painted white and so it was a little strange to see these pictures at first. 

I spent a good part of my free time yesterday trying to comment on your blogs.  Yikes!  How frustrating is that!  I could not for the life of me figure out what I was doing wrong. 

I am still having trouble commenting on some of them so I will be around when I can, hopefully soon!

 For this table I used my Blue Hill  by Noritake.   I've had it like forever.  I also used lace table-cloth fabric. You can purchase table-cloth fabric at most fabric stores and all the ends are finished except where they cut it.  I think it came to only about $12.00 for 2 yards.

I used a piece of blue pottery that I have owned for years as my centerpiece, along with freshly picked apple blossoms.

The napkins are from GW and were new. I tied some scrap silver fabric that work as napkin holder's and I also used my recently found 1847 Rogers Bros. flatware. If you remember I got the whole 51 piece set for $5.00 at a garage sale. It was a fabulous deal!

This china is still pretty to me after all these years. Barbie and Bill target birdies were put back to work.
( Do you all remember that post?

I borrowed the little blue fabric candle holder from my daughters room. The other little votive's are from Ikea.

The stand up on a chair view. Thanks for coming to my humble little blog I love visiting and checking out your creative ideas.

Cindy
P.S.  I guess if you change your comment setting to a pop-up window you can get around the blogger issue.
I tried it and it worked!
I am joining some fun blog parties!

Table-scape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch