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.