St. Patrick's Day in Green and Gold

St. Patrick Day is a major holiday in our house, considering my husband's Irish heritage.  We have our traditional St. Patrick's day dinner, so it is important to have a nice table setting for our meal.

 

My Irish santa-ish figure.  Okay, so it is a Santa, but it is perfect for St. Pat's Day.

An Irish Blessing for our Home.

 

A peek of the leprechaun's gold behind the Irish Coffee cup.

  

  

Mmmmmm.  I can just taste the Irish Coffee now.

 

  

I picked up these great charger plates on an 80% sale at Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago.

  

"Creation Green" Block Spal Dinner plates and "Pure Gold" by Centurion Salad Plates.

I'm planning Apple Bacon Salad with Cheese Dressing, Irish Loin of Pork with Herbs, 

Savory Red Cabbage and Red Potatoes, and Celtic Knot Rolls

  

The place settings have my Raphael by Gorham Crystal iced tea goblets and green depression era sandwich glass bread plates. Also a part of the setting are these antique green sherbet glasses with a gold rim. 

I'm planing to serve Donegal Oatmeal Cream for dessert.

  

I found these precious salt dips and spoons a couple of years ago at an antique store.

 

 my Irish angels

  A Lenox pot o'gold

  

 A Claddagh wall sconce.

  

  

  

 By candlelight.

  

  

 

Thanks to Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for hosting this Tablescape Thursday. 

Thanksgiving Table.

I have been slacking on posting.  My table would be ready to go. Pictures were taken, I simply haven't had the time to sit and post them.  We are coming into Christmas and I have four tables planned.  I hope I can get it together soon.  I planned to post the first one Thursday.  Didn't happen.  What can I say?

This is my 'busy season' or one of them.  I tend to not be able to devote as much time to hobbies this time of year as I would like.  For me tablescaping is relaxing and creative.  This is the artistic hobby that I can see take shape quickly so I have some concept of immediate satisfaction of a job accomplished.  Something I don't get in my "day job."  I can put together a table in an hour, or I can work on it for weeks.  Whatever.  I thought I would be able to keep up with a "Tablescape Thursday," once a week, but it hasn't worked out very well.  It seems Thursday follows Wednesday, the second busiest day of my week.  I really need to do these posts up early and just link them on Thursdays to Susan's blog at Between Naps on the Porch.  Maybe it will happen someday.

In any event, this is my Thanksgiving table, now that everyone is in the Christmas Spirit.

 

Since the centerpiece was the soup tureen, I put individual flower arrangements at each persons place setting.

 

The pieces used are:

Fall Chargers and Leaf Salad Plates from the WalMart Fall Collection

Green Sandwich Glass Bread Plates, unknown pattern and manufacturer, from a local antique store

Salt and Pepper Shakers, unknown pattern and manufacturer, I picked up at Ross

Bowls, unknown pattern and manufacturer, purchased at Ross

Gravy Boat, Style Eyes "Harvest Leaves", purchased at Ross

Fall Cups and Saucers, unknown pattern and manufacturer, bought at a local antique store

Amber Glasses, unknown pattern and manufacturer, from local antique store

Soup Tureen was a gift, unknown pattern and manufacturer

Dinner Plates, Creation Green by Block Spal