Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I woke up to wonderful goodies

from my three little men!

Beautiful Roses and a Balloon from Scott

I treated Austin to a heart shaped biscuit from 

Chick-fil-A this morning for breakfast

Jackson keeps asking if he can play with my balloon...

I'm happy to share with my littlest Valentine.

Sweet cards for my boys...

My beautiful hot pink roses!!

And a few days ago...I got a  very special delivery...

I was so excited!!!

It's a girly little home for my new camera!!!

Say "Hello" to Missy in Mint

from Jo Totes!!!

It's awesome!! It has a bunch of little padded dividers that

I can put in there however I want them!  

My new little camera has a new little home and

it's big enough to hold my iPad and lenses and all kinds

of stuff.  My wallet even has a little spot in there...

I LOVE IT!!!

The little men have their Valentine buckets full of goodies...

Ready and waiting until after school...

Austin has a new tuxedo t-shirt and the

regular gift on an iTunes card...

some M & M's, gum and Pac-Man band-aids.

Jackson has a new John Deere t-shirt that came 

with a new tractor toy,

pretzel Flipz, bathtub toys and a new

Thomas the Tank Engine Spin toothbrush and toothpaste...

(Santa usually always brings us new tooth brushes as well

as the Easter Bunny...at least they are responsible....

give the kids candy and then a way to avoid the cavities...)

We had a nice relaxing evening at home...

Scott grilled us some yummy steaks and then he and I

enjoyed a movie after the kids went to bed.

Perfect all around....

Roses are Red...

Roses are red

Violets are Blue..

I love playing with dishes...

How about you?

I'm such a poet!  HA

I thought I would set my table with the good dishes

for eating at home next Sunday...

 Sunday's were one of those days that we just planned on eating out.

It was just our usual routine,

Church, Eat Out, Nap, Back to Church...

But we have been taking turns with our travel buddies

and alternating at each others houses so we are not

having to cook every Sunday.

We also get to sit around and plan out the little details of our

trip and just enjoy relaxing and taking it easy...

and then take a nap...

Today, I thought I would plan out my table

so I would not be scrambling at the last minute

trying to make it just so...

Won't you come and see... 

The napkin rose was inspired from 

this tablescape at Stone Gable

Yvonne gave step by step instructions on how 

to do this napkin fold...

and when I read

No Ironing Required,

I was on board...

you can tell I am not much on ironing from the next shot...

I promise I'll iron the table cloth before our guests come for a visit.

Since Roses are so expensive around Valentine's Day,

I figured that making my own would be better.

I chose to put one in each of the coffee cups...

The leaves were just popped off some artificial hydrangea blooms

that were in the kitchen.  I can just pop them back on 

when I am done using them as leaves for my roses.

A little shot of the rim on my dishes...

stacked on a rosy red charger.

King James silverplate by Oneida

Gorham Cherrywood Iced Tea Goblets

A little candlelight...

I placed the silver Mint Julep cups on the table

to use as a vase on Sunday for a few 

real red roses... 

I also plan to use some flowers and greenery to decorate the 

candle plates in the center of the table.

They need a little something to spruce them up a bit.

I love that these can be used as a centerpiece with the plates,

or you can remove the plate and use a taper candle.

I have also used these on a dessert table before as

a serving piece.

Speaking of dessert...

The buffet has been set for a few sweets to eat.

I am planning on fresh fruit on the tall petit four stand and 

something yummy on the cake pedestal.

And coffee to sip while we enjoy.

Another quick shot of the table with a soft glow...

I think we'll be set for a yummy Sunday dinner...

And one more shot of the napkin roses...

I have to say I think this little fold makes a big impact for 

such a simple little twist...

Our table is set, now to plan what is for lunch.

Thanks for stopping by to visit today.

Be sure to visit Susan and all of the other 

wonderful Valentine tablescapes at

Between Naps on the Porch

Have a wonderful week and a very

Happy Valentine's Day

Blue Valentine

February???

Really???

Earlier this week it was 70 degrees.

This is not winter....

We have just had the most wild weather all year long.

We will probably wind up with two feet of snow in March...

Anyway....I digress...

I thought it would be fun to set the table

for my three little Valentine's.

I had a little help from my littlest Valentine

while I was setting the table so I got a little frazzled.

You know...I didn't want to share my dishes...go play with your

own toys...every thing I would set down, Jackson 

would pick up and say

"ooohhhh, this is pretty"

While I was glad he appreciated my pretty table,

I wanted just a few minutes to play.

I didn't get my few minutes thanks to 

someone refusing to take a nap.

Again...I digress...

I started out with a white table cloth,

which may prove to be a mistake with 

two little messy boys!

Placed my dishes on these square woven placemats 

from World Market

(Thanks, Jackie...I used my Christmas Money to buy these!)

When we think of Valentine's Day everything is 

usually pink and red and dreamy.

With my little boys,

pink makes them twitch, so I decided to 

choose a pale turquoise blue.

I found these polka dot plates on the 

clearance isle at Hobby Lobby one day

several months ago.  I thought they looked 

like spring to me when I bought them, 

but I decided to bring them out to add a touch

of blue to this table.

I found the white dinner plates at TJ Maxx for $9.99 for the set of 4.

Thanks to some Christmas money from Scott's mom,

they followed me home.

I really liked the scalloped edges and thought they 

would be a good mix and match set.

 The little dot detail seemed to go with the polka dots on the turquoise plates.

I pulled out a couple of pieces of my Scarlet Fiesta Ware

to add a little red for the holiday. I only have two place settings 

in Scarlet so I used the bowls at 2 settings and the salad plate

at the other two.

I grabbed my red acrylic handled flatware

for a little more red.

I found the little white heart shaped bowls a Tuesday Morning

for $2.00 a piece and thought they 

would be fun to make a yummy little dessert in for the boys.

Since Jackson was helping me set the table,

I completely forgot to put out any glasses

or a centerpiece. So what's a girl to do? I headed to 

the internet and see if I could "window shop" for some 

cute glasses to add to my table one day...

I found two styles of red goblets at Target

that would look cute with my little 

Valentine's Day setting...

 

Found at Target

also at Target

I also saw these pretty aqua blue goblets...

source

But they will wait...

Scott kept asking my the other day what I wanted for Valentine's Day.

I was trying to be good and told him just to skip it this year...save that money for 

our trip...but he kept asking if I had come up with any ideas.

Maybe a new set of glasses, honey!

(When he reads this, he may regret asking that question...

or tell me I was right, we need to save that for the trip...Ha Ha!)

Thanks for stopping by...

Are you setting a sweet table for your sweetheart?

Hop on over 

to Between Naps on the Porch

Be sure to go and see what other lovely tables 

have been set.  So many ideas and beautiful

dishes all in one place.