A Thrifty Tablescaping Thursday with a Touch of Autumn

It's that time of week again! My how time flies. With fall just around the corner, my theme this week is a thrifty autumn table. My Mom purchased some mum's for me, now how perfect is that , mum's from Mom! Nothing on my table is new except the Mum ( from Mom) hehe!.

I used an old copper bucket for the centerpiece, a few faux autumn leaves, brown and orange votive's and some autumn decor to round it out. The white plates and bowls are vintage J.C. Penney purchased at a garage sale some time ago. I found the placemats 2 years ago at a local gift shop and my everyday flatware. Oh, and the runner is just a piece of autumn material I had from last season.

The cute little drinking glasses are from TJ Maxx. Setting a pretty table needn't be expensive. This one works for a casual supper, and most nights at our house it's very casual.

My so exciting new find are these beautiful salad/dessert plates! I found these at a local gift shop marked down to $2.50 a plate. They only had 4 left or I would have bought more of them. I know I'm getting ahead on the seasons but aren't they great! I am a big cardinal fan and I already found some dinner plates that I think will work perfectly with these. The mugs were marked down to $2.00 a piece. I can just picture sipping hot cocoa next to a warm, cozy fire.

Another view of my thrifty find! I am joining Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch and Leigh @ Tales from Bloggeritaville and Julia at Hooked on Houses for their weekly blog parties! Thank-you Susan , Leigh, and Julia for being the hostesses with the mostest! Go visit these ladies and be inspired! Cindy

Prairie GardenTable/Tablescape/Thrifty Thursday

Welcome! After a few days away I have blogging posts to catch up on. But first, its Tablescape Thurday with our lovely hostess Susan.

It's also Thrifty Thursday, with our lovely hostess Leigh. Please visit these ladies blogs by clicking on their logos . My theme today is Prairie Garden. My only new purchase is a tablecloth from the Martha Stewart Collection. I purchased this on e-bay for a whopping $8.00!

My centerpiece is a creamy white ceramic watering can from GW, the target birdies, a fat little birdie borrowed from a bedroom, a white chair borrowed from the LR and blue candlesticks inside Wal-mart candle holders.

I took some pics at night using my flash and then some without a flash. The plates are my bargain Vera Bradleys from TJ Maxx,$1.00 for the plates and .70 cents for the salad plate! The napkins are GW , the blue glasses TJ Maxx and the wine glasses are a garage sale find.

I used flowers from my garden to fashion a centerpiece. I tried to arrange them decoratively and I am gradually getting the hang of it. ( I hope) LOL!

The pretty place mats are from Kohls, only $1.00 a piece and the napkins rings are my super thrifty find. Read more about them below.

I like the fat little blue bird on this table and the target birdies are back to work!!!

My gingham napkin rings!

Trying to capture a nighttime by candle-light view. A little dark, but I still like the romantic glow!

Now onto my super thrifty napkin rings! None in my house fit and I remember a post I saw earlier on someones blog. Grabbed a toilet paper roll! Their Free!

Measure 1" width and cut. If you had two empty ones I would make them 1.5" across.

I cut a piece of wired ribbon leftover from my wreath.

Wrap ribbon around the ring and add a dash of glue with your glue gun. Simple hey? And free!

A finished view. The wired ribbon works great but you could also use fabric strips.

And whose the wiser? Now that's my thriftiest contribution to today's post! I have some blogging to catch up on and I will be getting to your blogs as soon as I can! Have a great week-end too! Cindy

An Apple Tablescape for an Apple Cottage and I won a giveaway!

Today I'm joining Leigh and Susan for a double post! Thanks to our lovely hostesses and please visit their blogs @ http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ for Tablescape Thursday and http://lbratina.blogspot.com/ for Thrifty Thursday! I have been wanting to do an apple table for some time but I just couldn't find the right dishes with the right price! For my centerpiece today, I am using my apple tea-pot filled with red geraniums . I found my apple butter dish on sale for only $2.00 and my S&P shakers are my every day's and look like little mason jars.

Now can you see the cute little gingerbread family? I was one of the lucky winners of Beneath my Heart's recent giveaway! Traci is the lovely gal who made these and they are just the cutest thing! Be sure to visit her Blog and see all the neat things she has going on and pics of her lovely family! Thanks Traci!

A closer view, aren't they adorable! I thought they fit perfectly for today! Later, they will go on my Christmas Tree!

An up close of my 2.00 butter dish find.

And now for the super thrifty part! I found my apple plates at Old Time Pottery for only .25 a piece! $1.00 for 4 cute apple plates by Oneida! We don't have one near us, I found these while on vacation.

I'm using my fave Country Living Table cloth, my nubby white place mats and Red gingham paper napkins tucked inside my cloth ones. The cute green glasses with the fruit pattern were a recent purchase from TJ Maxx. I splurged and spent $3.00 a piece on them!

A final view with a view! Thanks for coming and I hope you like my apple table! Please leave me a comment and let me know you came by. Cindy

Tablescape/Thrifty Thursday and a Giveaway!!!!

Welcome to a double post and a give-away!! Our hostesses are Susan and Leigh, click the links for some great tablescapes and thrifty ideas! My phlox are in bloom and its my 98th post! To celebrate, I am having 3 give-aways starting with my 98th! To sign up just leave me a comment on this post until Friday at Midnight. Better yet, if your a follower and leave a comment you automatically get your name entered 3 times!! I will announce the winner on Sunday and have details for my next give-away!

Today is thrifty and phloxy!! OK, is there such a word ? We have been having the most perfect summer weather! Everyday has been sunny and low 80's and low humidity. Believe me, in March when some of the rest of you have glorious weather I will be so envious! My centerpiece is a pitcher I found for $2.00 and I filled it with my garden flowers! My china was bought at K-mart for $16.00 ( 20 piece set) and is Martha Stewart Living.

The cute little bunny, the votive holders shaped like garden pots are all dollar tree. The glassware was purchased years ago in Mexico.

My new little place mats! Bought in North Carolina at the neatest little shop for only $1.00 a piece.

Here is a closer detail!

The dinner and salad or dessert plate.

All 3, i think these are so pretty for the price!

My simple centerpiece!

My mom bought the napkins at a thrift store for me (very cheap) I wish I was good at folding napkins but if I had some pretty paper one's to match I would have used them! Who wants to wash and dry napkins in the summertime!

Another view for the view!

Here's my first give-away!! I found this pretty little tea-pot while on vacation ! It was in a thrift shop but it was brand new in the box and had never been opened! I love the Victorian and romantic look of it and now I hope someone else can enjoy it too! Please leave me a comment and you will be entered! If your a follower or become one, you get 3 automatic entries. My comment button is way at the top of the post ( I know, I'm the strange one) Good Luck and I am so glad you stopped by, Cindy

Please Bear with me, one more Patriotic Tablescape

Please bear with me, and I mean bear! I saw another one today and I am thinking of changing my name to Cindy Bear! This one was right in my front yard! They are getting a little close for comfort! I screamed bloody murder, the bear eyeballed me and I eyeballed him and I ran! Hubby came running out of the bathroom and saw him as he headed across the road and into the woods! Now the thing is, it was 10:30 a.m. and he was in my front yard coming near my flower bed! I think he is the same one I saw less than 2 weeks ago, because he came out of the same side of the woods! Yikes! I think I need to carry a weapon or pepper spray when I go out to weed my garden!

Now onto my patriotic table! I know I'm late, but I just had to pull out my plates that fit this occasion so well! Notice the view, the bear is missing, but he was in that very yard, near the light pole. My tablecloth is my favorite country living red one!

I used my blue pottery filled with baby's breath and golden showers from my garden. The shakers were $1 at a yard sale and I found the cute little red chair while we were on vacation.

I used my white nubby place mats from TJ Maxx, the white plates are garage sale finds as are the white bowls. Red checked napkins from Wally World.

My patriotic plates! I love these! I have 5 now, 4 bought on E-bay for only 3.50 a plate. They are Liberty Blue ironstone made by Staffordshire. The wine glasses are my Mom's.

The little star votive holders are from Wal-mart and I picked up the white star candle holder while shopping on our vacation.

One more view! I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July, enjoy time with your families, we have a family get-together on Saturday and I am looking forward to seeing some cousins! Thanks to Susan for hosting this lovely event every week, how does she do it!!! Happy 4th!! Cindy

Tablescape/Thrifty Thursday A Colorful Country Table

Welcome to Tablescape Thursday with our hostess Susan and Thrifty Thursday with our hostess Leigh. Please visit these lovely ladies by clicking on the links below. I had been looking for an apothecary jar for some time and when I came across this one at TJMaxx, I was pretty darn happy! It had a rooster hand painted on it and it was also marked down to $7.00. Oh I knew it was calling my name. I am using it as my centerpiece today even though it's a bit tall. I love it and it fits my theme. ( click any pic to enlarge)

I recently moved my antique hutch closer to my dining room table. Hubby made me an armoire to put where the hutch was (future Met Monday) and I really think it fit's better here and the dishes are nice and handy!

A different angle of the hutch and table. It makes for such easy access and since this is a Country style kitchen, nothing too formal looks right in here anyway.

My table is a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I would use this for a casual lunch. My place mats and tablecloth are from Homegoods. They are from the Country living collection. The lemonade glasses were a recent purchase from the dollar tree. The coffee cups are from a 2nd hand store and I used some white plates for chargers that I had purchased last summer at a garage sale.

Those little green apples are candles, but for some reason they wouldn't stay lit.

I bought these cute little napkin rings at Hobby Lobby last winter they were only $2.00 for the set of 4.

The cute little table runner was made by my MIL and she used all scrap fabrics. I just treasure it.! The little birdie salt and pepper were purchased last winter for about $3.00 at a local gift shop.

These next two pics are rather dark, but I wanted you to see the view outside the window. It's so green and pretty right now.

The view.

Thanks Susan!










Thrifty Thursday is right up my alley. I found this adorable little baby chic and the wooden eggs at a local shop.

I think they look cute nestled in the moss.

My MIL made this cute table runner, using scraps of fabric that I already had.

A thrifty country centerpiece and a darling table runner made with love! The apothecary jar only $7.00 at TJ Maxx.

I needed a shelf for my narrow hall that wasn't too wide. I found this cute black one at GW for a 1.99. The little pics are old postcards that were in a box I found at a recent auction. I bought dollar tree frames and used scrapbook paper as the background.

My favorite kind of thrifty! These were on a free table at a recent garage sale. I think they fit perfect on my back splash.

A closer view.

Another closer view and the price was just right! Free! Thanks for stopping my friends, this is a crazy week with graduation , weddings and moving my Mom to her new house. I still wanted to get one little post in. I hope you all have a happy week.. Cindy

Thanks Leigh!