Thursday, August 14, 2014

gray and green

I try to come up with ideas for tablescapes without having to go out and buy a bunch of stuff most which I will never use after this one time.Recently at Home Goods they had these  gray and green (gray and green?) plates on clearance for 49 cents but they had only two  of each. I figured I could afford these but who uses gray and green?

I wanted to use natural elements and came across my dried magnolia pods(my version of pinecones) I thought the crispness of white cake plates and lime green charger placemats would contrast nicely together. My blog is about cake plates but also other treasures. To me displaying treasures we find every day in beautiful glass jars to look at means alot to me. I have driftwood from beaches all over the world that my brother has collected in his travels that I love to store in glass jars.I don't know what beaches or which pieces but to me they are a treasure probably because I will never get to travel and collect them


My friend lent me this gorgeous gray satin fabric that I just bunched up and put on the table( talk about easy no ironing here)

See on the plate just a tiny hint of green running thru the leaves like a glimpse of a branch, I pulled out pretty glassware that had flowers on them again continuing the natural elements 

In this jar I have treasures I have collected on various hikes my son and I have taken, little tiny pinecones, bird feathers, driftwood, seeds what ever I find that I want to keep as a treasure to remind me of a great day hiking outdoors or being with him or even by myself.

I added a green flower to the napkin to bring out a little more of the green color


Green beads in a glass jar and silver balls that look like dandelion puffs to me look like more treasures.



I think the elements together blend well and make for interesting conversations. next to the wine glass is a a twisted piece of driftwood I just love

This glass jar has treasures of glass bubbles, an egg,tree bark, reindeer moss picked right off the tree in Trinidad Ca

I don't know what beach these came from but they are so cool looking to me


this one has shells I collected from different parks several kinds of pine cones and  seed pods and magnolia pods. these pods look great spray painted white or silver or gold and are great for holiday displays once dry they never fall apart like pinecones do

Well I hope you like my elemental gray and green scape it was fun creating this and gave me walk down treasure lane. thanks for joining me this week. hope to see you at Susan's and Between naps on the porch.Sorry about the date in the corner I couldn't get it off the camera until the camera broke and it didn't work was I able to get rid of the date.

10 comments:

  1. gray and green is unusual, but you certainly made it work and look great! Hey, you can't beat 49 cents!
    Love the lime touches you brought out and the magnolia pods and driftwood!
    Jenna

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  2. Thanks Jenna for stopping by so what do you think do they work together ? I think all colors work well just depends how you use them.Susie

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  3. So fresh and pretty...Still not typing much due to rotator surgery

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    1. how/'s your therapy going do you hate your therapist yet? thanks for stopping by hope you feel better soon.Susie

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  4. Very pretty table! Gray and green actually do work very well together as demonstrated in your tablescape. You handled a challenge well: your additional elements really bring out your theme. I'll have to check out HG and see if they have anymore plates! Great Bargain! Thanks for sharing.......Rosie @ The Magic Hutch

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    1. thanks Rosie for such a nice comment. I think they worked well together these two uncommon colors.Hope you have a nice week.Can you believe we are into mid August already.Pretty soon we will be flooded with all the Fall colors.Susie

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  5. I like the gray and the green together, the lime green placemats along with the other lime green pops with the beads and the flowers on the napkins work well with each other. All of the white compliments offer a nice contrast to the gray. I like the natural elements, if I had magnolia pods I sure would be using them too.... Candy

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    1. Hi Candy I love when you stop by I wish you lived near then we could go shopping together and create a tablescape together .Have a great week. send me your address and I'll send you some magnolia pods they are plentiful here.Susie

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  6. The gray and green are cool together! You certainly made it all work. I love that your plates were on sale too! Great job!
    Blessings My Friend,

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    1. Thank You for stopping by and liking my post. When ever someone leaves me such a nice comment I just can't believe the others out there in blogland could ever like my stuff. It empowers me with confidence like you wouldn't believe.Susie

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