As Summer fades into Autumn a bouquet of dried hydrangeas take center stage as a centerpiece. Not to be left out a few thistles thrown in for fun. I wish I could say these were some of my hydrangeas, but they aren't. My bushes have produced 3 blooms in the 10 years they've been planted. :-(
A Big Thank you Karen for sharing your hydrangeas with me.
I pulled the blue compote from the office bookshelves to hold the hydrangeas.
I chose my chargers from Penney's as the base and built from there.
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Cobalt blue glasses are from Walmart many years ago.
I'm sure you must think these are the only monogrammed napkins I have. lol It seems lately the tablescapes I've done have called for white napkins, loving anything monogrammed these are just lucky enough to be used.
I don't recall where I got the blue wooden napkin ring, for some reason I'm wanting to say Kohl's many years ago. The deep blue plays off the cobalt dishes quite well.
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Brushed and shiny nickle flatware for a bit of bling.
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Target birds peek shyly from under the hydrangeas.
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Blue and white placemats are from Walmart many years ago.
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Blue cobalt dishes bought many years ago are a staple at our table settings. The J&G Meakin, Romantic England, were purchased through EBay last winter. A few of those dishes are scattered through out the house and used as decor in other ways.
Wanting to carry the green theme from the hydrangeas I chose the green pear to fill the dessert bowl instead of a traditional dessert.
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From above....
Time to light the candles, this is where the problem occurred, more on that in just a bit.
The small ginger jar from the shop holds sugar for your coffee.
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Are you ready for a hot cup of coffee?
Here you'll see the trailing hydrangea, I had scattered a few of the petals around the table, wanting to take more pictures without the petals I blew the candles out and preceded to pick up the petals.
The candle to the right is the culprit in the crime, I went to light it and whoosshhhh! The whole hydrangea centerpiece went up in flames. The flames were shooting up into the hanging light fixture. I grabbed the blue compote full of flames and took off running flames and all towards the kitchen to put the flames out. I hosed it down with the sprayer in the kitchen sink. By this time every smoke alarm in the house was going off. I had a sink full of ashes and a huge mess. I promptly ran to open all the windows and doors fanning the smoke alarms to get them to stop. Mr. P. casually walks and says, it's a bit smoky in here isn't it? Folks I was scared out of my mind. Can't tell you how scared I was. Next tablescape I'll be ALOT more careful when it comes to placing my candles and lighting them.
A Big Thank you Karen for sharing your hydrangeas with me.