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It’s going to be a socially-distanced party of three for St.
Patrick’s Day this year, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not going to be
festive. Quite the contrary, as you can see from these photos I went for drama.
Whereas I would normally opt for layered plates in white and green, I decided
to go with the boldness of black. Water Hyacinth placemats are topped with Bordallo
Pinheiro geranium leaf chargers on top of which
are square black plates from Rachael Ray. The square plaid plate on top of that
was a local find; the bowl another Bordallo Pinheiro find is their cabbage leaf
design. In each bowl is a Guinness
Irish Soda Bread Muffin. Each place setting
will have its own special vintage postcard reproduction plaque. You can use
regular postcards to do the same. You might consider hand writing a recipe from the
dinner on the back.
The flatware once belonged to my mother, the pitcher an older, but much loved and often used, design from Fitz and Floyd. The leprechaun salt and pepper shakers are a part of that set, and a real treasure.
The large shamrock wine glasses with the Happy St. Patrick’s Day greeting that turned out to be a bit of a disappointment, are from Pier One. Despite my every effort to follow the care instructions to the letter, i.e. washing them carefully in lukewarm water, by hand, the letters spelling out the greeting were improperly adhered, and most of them floated right off, or into the next letter to create some garbled message of dubious meaning. Grrr. The glass that you see in this picture is complete only because I don’t use it, and haven’t washed it, because it has a chip in the rim. Sigh.
There always has to be a pot of gold somewhere, and each place setting has its own, but instead of the gold-wrapped chocolate coins that I have used in the past, this year I chose the
festiveness of green mint M&Ms.
I hope you’re celebrating as well as you are able. But if not, at least treat
yourself to a special dinner and toast yourself for how well you’ve done the
past year under difficult circumstances
Sláinte.
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Happy St. Pat's! We never celebrate it, even though I have Irish in my heritage. We are going to enjoy salmon with some spinach tonight BUT I think I might stop by the store after work tonight for a Guinness stout and some Rocky Road ice cream to make an ice cream float dessert. (: Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI love black and green together - you made a great choice. Too bad about the glasses, but I love the color!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Have a wonderful time!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. Hope you had a wonderful time. Sujatha:)
ReplyDeleteI love have festive your tablescapes are. Personally, I very seldom celebrate holidays with a theme, just a pretty table. But I do enjoy seeing everyone elses tables.
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