Midsummer's Table

 My sewing machine was in the shop and all I wanted to do was sew.  I cannot sit still, specially when stressed out, and last week was a doozy.  So as my son slept and my honey was otherwise occupied,  I grabbed a bunch of stuff  I've been collecting for just this occasion.  A fantasy lunch, a Midsummer's Table. Everything except the place mats, salt and pepper was thrifted...and the wooden forks came from my one and only trip to Anthropology.

 Remember the fifty cent lantern?  Here I used a blue ball jar as an insert and used it as a vase.  I used my Endless Summer hydrangeas and some ornamental grass that has grown here in the yard since we moved in.
Just a quick note...it will be 20 years in August that we moved to Palatine from Chicago. Time flies!

I found the four melamine plates with a bandanna pattern, and thought they would be fun for the 4th...
Much prettier using just the blue and natural tones. I tied the napkin with the grass leaves, tucked in a cool wooden fork and a seed head of grass.

 I used my vintage canning jar glasses I made, along with a vintage carafe filled with lemon water.

Those little bird salt and pepper shakers were a gift.  Perfect little addition. The tablecloth is one of my favorites. Looks all Pottery Barnish.

 Come on, sit down and visit!

 The leaf plate is a thrift store find, made by Hager Pottery, close by in East Dundee.  Are you hooked on watermelon?  I am this summer, and grapes. (That is what I craved during all of my pregnancies...What the heck? ;-)

 The yard is so peaceful in the afternoon.  Under the shade of a big blood maple, listening to the birds...

It was fun setting the table, and fun imagining you here with me...You know who you are ;-)

Enjoy this beautiful day!