My first reaction to the gorgeous tables in the blogs was to excuse myself because of 1) being in a house we only occupy 4 months of the year and 2) not wanting to put a lot of money into extravagant purchases. I was wrong on both counts. There are a lot of little things around here, most in an old, broken china cabinet. I had sorted out the plaster "I Love You This Much" figurines and kept some good, or at least usable pieces.
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| Most of this is the result of my latest shopping trip. |
After reading more in the blogs I recognized more stores than just the Dollar Store I frequent. We had a Bealls, Home Goods, Pier One. So we went shopping.
Nothing at the Dollar Store this time. But Bealls was next door and I found a treasure. There was a box of Pfaltzgraff china on the bargain shelf. It was the "Sandy Shores" pattern. 2 plates were broken or missing and one salad plate. Still...list price for this service for 4 (I later found) was $140.
On sale at the home site I found it for $69.99. I bought this set minus the 3 plates for
$20.
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| Paisley table cloth, round yellow placemats, blue and yellow napkins were from Home Goods. |
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| I tried to use the 2 blue plates and they were TOO blue. |
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The amber "vase" is a stoppered bottle and glass plate that were here. The tiered amber dish was also here. The flowers are from a local independent florist that may become my new best friend. I changed from the slightly-past-prime vase and flowers from last table with this tall, sparse arrangement and tangerines.
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| The shell (and others I might add later) were here. |
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