Table settings

sPrINg= COloRfuL tABle SEtTinGs!

Spring is on again/off again this week but I'm going to go with ON AGAIN, because it has inspired this post.

I'll try to forget that on Tuesday I was wearing my winter hat, long down coat and a scarf...

Wednesday was beautiful, so I'm counting on more of those kind of days so I can have lunch on the roof garden and use beautiful spring glasses and linens!

I love the colors in these table settings--so cheery, bright and well, spring-ish. (Is that a word?...Ok, well--it is now).

I'm craving my afternoon parties and I need the weather to cooperate. Meantime, I'll get out my fav mismatched china and various patterned table linens and hang in there until that sunny weekend when I can have my soiree.

And, I'll use this photos as inspiration.

Photos: Patrick Kline

Summer table settings

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I've been posting about outdoor dining a lot. Summer is almost over (hurrummff!) so I want to enjoy every minute of it! Here're some beautiful ways to set a summer table. 

Karen Mordechai photography

Marni Martin

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Stylemepretty

Brancoprata

Martha Stewart

Jodi Miller photography

So, here's what you need from the photos above that will make your table look equally fabulous...
*a bundle of oranges in a crate
*fresh wild flowers
*handwritten caligraphy menu
*stack of your fav books
*glass jars
*linen or cotton napkins
*candles
*great silverware
*fabulous

Have a party

Here's to new beginnings, new  goals, new desires, new adventures and a New Year. Have a happy, my friends and I'll see you in the 12. Cheers.

Goodbye 2011...

Credits: Weddingbliss, Authentica-itsaboutbeingreal.blogspot.com, Vogue, Stylemepretty,Projectwedding, Dexknows, Froufroufashionista,patchworkfashionista, celebrationsathome,Kingsonsmithproductions.Google, Ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com

Spring tablesettings

These photos make me long for beautiful warm weather and outdoor parties.  But, they're saying one more snow storm for the New York area is coming and I really can't take it! I'm impatiently waiting for warmer weather, can ya tell? (I keep telling myself to just breathe and keep looking at these photos!)

Images: Elle Decor, French Larkspur and Country Living