Elegant French Table

I have been posting a lot about 

Paris

since we got home from there

at the end of May

(and I still have some more posts

I want to share with you)

so I decided to create an

Elegant French Table

in honor of our fabulous trip.

The inspiration actually came as I passed

this printed burlap

at WalMart and

couldn't resist it

(besides which it was so inexpensive per yard!)

Rather than cut it down to runner size, I

decided to use the full width of the fabric

and just serged the edges placing it over

my pinwheel pinch pleated tablecloth

from Yourchaircovers.com.

The dinner and salad plates were new

this spring from Home Goods.  

They definitely have that elegant French feel.

Speaking of new,

I have new chairs at my dinette table

covered in white "leather" from Overstock.com.

They are so great with all the little ones eating

at this table.

Here is a closeup of the new salad plates.

I just love the layered effect with the

scrolling and stamping.

It gives it this fun, elegant, almost

architectural detailing. 

 These oblong plates

are really unique.

My black flatware from Horchow

are the perfect touch with the plates

and the table runner.

The centerpiece features

French chocolates and pastries.

(These are so fun because they are

artificial and the little ones always 

want to taste them.  I got them from

Tai Pan years ago and they still look

freshly made!)

Fresh Peace roses and ferns from the

garden fill this stacked dessert tray.

A flying pig hangs from the chandy.

We have a couple of pigs in the

kitchen.  Lynn at Happier Than A Pig In Mud

would love seeing these.

Hubby always says,

"Fat pigs love to eat!"

and we do love to eat so a 

couple of fat pigs have been

resident in our kitchen for years.

I paired my pewter goblets with 

solid black goblets.

And I tucked black napkins into the goblets.

Since you can see the outdoor table

right through the rounded window

I made another fleur de lys runner

for it too.  It is amazing what a little

fabric can do for a table and it was

so inexpensive.

Summer flies by so quickly and sometimes

we have a hard time taking the time 

just to reminisce about a trip or event

so having the table set like this is

a great reminder.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.

I thank those who worried about me

when I was not posting.  A couple

even contacted me to make sure I

was all right.  

I was just overwhelmed with a

garden that had been neglected while

I was gone, showers, weddings and

having some summer fun.  Thanks for

giving me a little push to get back blogging!

Oh, besides all that I was visiting Joni's

son in the hospital with MRSA for a week.

Read about it here.  How blessed we are

to have such great medical care.  I read

about someone who also had developed sepsis 

in our area and

lost both legs, all ten fingers, had 100 surgeries

and 9 months of hospitalization and finally

a kidney transplant.  Thanks be to God that

Joni's son is on the mend.

Crazy, busy summer.

I will be posting this with

Tablescapes Thursday