After I did last week’s post on my hutch, and saw how many piggy
things I actually had, I thought I owed it to myself to put together a “Year of
the Pig” table. Yes, I know Chinese New Year is over, but it will be Year of
the Pig all year long, and this whimsical table can work year-round as well, particularly
if you’re serving Chinese food.
The base of this table is simply yardage of fabric. I love this fabric, and
cannot tell you how many times that I have used it, including at my mom and
dad’s anniversary party years ago. I bought enough so that I would not only be
able to cover the table, but make napkins as well, and you see them here in a
pig napkin holder.
The white pig bowls are a new addition this year, and can be used in a variety of ways.
They are oven safe, so can hold a delicious casserole (See Meal Plan Monday #10 for casserole ideas.), can be piled full of various forms
of citrus fruit, or used as I have done here, lined with a napkin and holding a
loaf of freshly baked Outback Steakhouse Bread (You can find that recipe here.).
I love the centerpiece, because like so many others, I have fallen onto the
pitcher bandwagon. All three pitchers were a local purchase, from a favorite
shop called The White Rabbit. They are reasonably priced, so you may want to
check out their website here (I am in no way affiliated, I just love
their shop.).
Be whimsical, be fun, but most of all be yourself when you set a table. Allow
your personality to shine through. Everyone will love it!
The alstroemerias (Peruvian lilies) add a soft touch to the center.
Each place setting is layered with first, a gold placemat, then a
rhinestone-studded red charger, topped with lovely white plates, and then a
chalkboard pig name holder.
Bamboo flatware is from Crate and Barrel, as well
as the small white soup bowls, and Asian soup spoons. The tiny fish plates will hold pats of butter.
The Asian glassware I made myself and you can read about that here.
The two wooden pig bowls, stacked one on top of the other, I bought at a shop
in Austin, Texas when Mr. O-P and I were working at the Harry Ransom Library at
the University of Texas. The shop was going out of business so I got a great
price. You can find them here.
Chopsticks are always fun, and you can get those inexpensively here on Amazon. I used to be able
to pick up a single grain of rice with chopsticks, but these old hands don’t
work as well as they used to, still, I can manage to devour a noodle bowl,
the Spicy Peanut Noodles that I made last week in particular.
The alstroemerias (Peruvian lilies) add a soft touch to the center.
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