A Summer Farewell

Well, It's official....

All school aged children in the state of Alabama

have returned to their studies,

and Summer is officially over.

Austin thought it was totally unfair that his 

school started a week ago,

but, once again we reminded him,

No one ever said life was fair.

I have one more year to keep Jackson by my side,

but he really wishes that he was big enough

to start Kindergarten.

We hope this enthusiasm keeps up 

until next year...

The weather has finally started to cool off around here.

I know it will probably turn hot again, but for now,

I am enjoying the cool evenings and the crisp breeze

 that comes in the garage

of a morning on our way to school.

I have restrained myself from pulling out

fall decor and putting pumpkins all around and about,

however, these stayed out when I was rearranging a cabinet

the other day.

Back to school for some reason always puts me in a mood to 

clean and organize and purge things...

But before I jumped head first into fall and Halloween

(Oh, how I love me some Halloween!)

I decided I would set the table with one last 

Summer inspired setting.

Won't you come and join me...

The table is set for our family of four,

but we would gladly have you pull up a chair

A simple table with one last splash of summer color.

Natural place mats hold each place setting.

The flowers were an assortment from 

our local grocery store...

for $12 you can add a lot of color and it makes

everything seem a little happier.

I pulled out my olive green chargers to top the woven placemats.

and stacked them with my white scalloped dinnerware.

A close up of the woven placemats and the olive charger.

I can't wait to use these this fall...

oh, and wouldn't they be fun with a deep burgundy for 

Christmas...

listen to me...now I have jumped past

 Halloween and straight to Christmas!!

Oh, MY!

I had found this flatware on Ebay a while back

for next to nothing.

I think they were $5.99 for 

four place settings.

I may never find any more to use with 

more than my family, but they are fun for a

family night!

Natural wood napkin rings with a simple green napkin.

I used my acrylic goblets that I had bought

at the beginning of the summer for outdoor dinners,

but then it turned 400 degrees and the thought of 

eating outside was out of the question.

These will be great for outdoor dining,

because if they fall, they won't break.

A quick shot from above...

Thanks for joining me in saying goodbye to Summer.

Looking forward to falling leaves, pumpkins and 

then Ghosts and Goblins, too!

Come back again and visit soon!

Table Details:

Woven Placemats:  Pier 1

Olive Chargers:  Design World (a local floral and home store)

White Dinnerware:  TJ Maxx

Napkins:  TJ Maxx

Napkin Rings:  Tuesday Morning

Cambridge Tortoise Flatware:  Ebay

Acrylic Stemware:  Tuesday Morning 

Woven Floral Container:  Hobby Lobby

Check out all of the other tablescapes this week at

Between Naps on the Porch