Hello Everyone!!!
I hope all you moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day! I certainly did! My family each made me a homemade card for Mother's Day (my son even made a card from our dog saying "Rappy Mother's Day...I Rove You!" (like Scooby Doo talks) with paw prints he drew...haha!)
Then they made me a nice pancake breakfast and we drove to Marco Island to pick shells at the beach and have a nice lunch at a resort! I got some nice sand and shells for a future tablescape! YAY!
Then we came home and had a nice SUNDAY FAMILY DINNER at a tablescape made by my daughter!!!
In case you're wondering about our tradition of our Sunday Family Dinners...here's a short blurb about it...if you already know about and wish to skip this part, just scroll down...haha!
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We started a new family tradition in January 2013 (a New Years' Resolution) that I hope continues even after the kids are grown.
"SUNDAY FAMILY DINNERS!"
We pretty much have dinner together as a family most nights, but on Sundays, we have a special dinner in the dining room as opposed to the kitchen table, where we normally eat.
I get out the fine china and candles and make a special meal and so far, it has been something we look forward to each week.
Then once a month, we invite some of our extended family to join us for a Sunday family dinner.
It's also been giving me a chance to do lots of new TABLESCAPES..haha!
Because I'm on a budget but love to switch up my decor for the various tablescapes each week, I'm decorating my tables almost entirely on BARGAINS....finds from the Dollar Stores, Thrift Stores, or regular stores with sales or clearance items.
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My daughter had been talking about wanting to design a tablescape for the longest time....especially after my son designed one for us a couple months ago. That tablescape is the "KNego Tablescape shown above at S.F.D. #10 if you would like to see it.
So we decided that this Sunday would be the one where she could design the table. She was so excited!
She decided she wanted a Barbie theme...but not just ANY Barbie theme...she wanted to theme it around the movie "Barbie and the Pink Shoes" Which is a new Barbie ballet movie...
So we kind of did Dancing Barbies all around the table...with the main character from the movie "Kristin" - played by Barbie dancing at the center! She had gotten this Barbie for her Birthday this year and it's one of her favorites!
We had to get inventive to figure out how to get them all to stand up...since we only had one Barbie stand....so this dancing couple are in a standing silverware holder...haha!
This Ken Doll had some suspenders on his outfit that were a bit stretched out...so I put them behind him and fastened them to this silver candleholder....then he just held his partner to keep her up!
The other Barbies were leaning against the tall pillar candleholders that I recently bought at Goodwill. They had a neat swirl pattern that kinda reminded us of "twirling" lol
Not every Barbie had a handsome partner so they just did their own dancing!
We ran out of nice dancing outfits for her boy dolls...so this couple was sportin' a cowboy/surfer/medieval look! lolol
She picked out all of the accessories and flowers (with just a little help...but not much!)
The table runners were pink and one of them had ballet shoes...we paired that with another runner going across it in multiple shades of pink...both were actually 1/2 yard strips of fabric from Joann's Fabric!
The place settings were chosen by my daughter to match the theme. Pink charger plates from Michaels, Our Dollar Store white dinner plates, some pretty pink salad plates that were a fabulous Goodwill find for $1 each, a white Gibson dessert plate and the lovely petal bowls from Homegoods on top.
We also put up floral bouquets on either side of the centerpiece as well as pretty silver tea cups and saucers from Ross (it came with a set of 6 cups and 6 saucers and match a teapot set I also found recently at Ross!) We didn't have any tea, but she insisted that we put them out! haha! They did look lovely there! She has a good eye!
I'm so proud of my little girl for creating such a lovely table for us to eat our special Mother's Day Sunday Family Dinner!!! I will always cherish these masterpieces that my kids make...and I LOVE that they enjoy creating them almost as much as I do! =D
Thanks so much for joining me for another TABLESCAPE TUESDAY! Hope to see you again soon!
This post is being added to...
Inspire Me Tuesday
Centerpiece Wednesday
Let's Dish
Tablescape Thursday
Open House Party
Pink Saturday
Thrifty Things Friday
Festive Friday Fiesta
