The Tablescaper: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

Busy with Tea

Welcome to The Tablescaper. If you haven’t heard, in honor of my 100th Seasonal Sundays and my third Blog-a-versary, I’m having a $100.00 gift certificate to HomeGoods or TJMaxx. Click HERE for all of the details.

As you may recall, last year I assisted our school district in presenting a tea for the Senior Citizens of our community.

It is designed to bring the senior citizens closer in relationship to the schools and the children.

The servers are all high school students and the seniors are treated to various excerpts from outstanding performances from all school age children which took place throughout the year, while the tea takes place.

It’s quite the showcase of talent.

Last year I prepared various tea related tables for the event. It was a lot of work, but so worthwhile.

This year, I am doing so again, but with the condition that the colors of the table cloths be of my choosing. The golds, leaf green and other sharp colors didn’t too easily lend themselves to a tea setting.

The problem is, I’m a bit behind! The tea is this Thursday and I have 16 tables to prepare, photograph (so the individuals setting up the tables have a reference point – as we only have an hour to put all of these tables together), and pack it all up!

I’m sure it will all get done, but YIKES! Perhaps I’ll cheat a bit and do some reruns from last year. I don’t think anyone will remember but me. Hope you’ve enjoyed a few of the photos from last year’s tea.

If you haven’t heard about my $100.00 giveaway, be sure to click HERE to read all about it.

I’m joining Terri at Artful Affirmations for Tea Time Tuesday; Martha at Martha’s Favorites for Tea Cup Tuesday; Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday; Trish of Sweetology for Tea Party Tuesday

- The Tablescaper

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Seasonal Sundays # 98–Details of Dining Room and GIVEAWAY

Welcome to Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper. Last week I shared my Dining Room Reveal. Click HERE if you missed it. It’s quite a change.

This week, I’m sharing some of the details of the dining room corner cabinet. You may recall, it used to look like this:

, but now looks like:

And even though there isn’t a lot of color, there still is a lot of detail. Each shelf showcases 2 different sets of white plates.

I have some major blogging events coming up. On Sunday, May 13th – Mother’s Day – I will be hosting the 100th Seasonal Sundays!

Saturday, June 2nd will mark my third anniversary blogging, or as I call it, my blog-a-versary. Once again, my theme will be “Where do you keep it all?”. Each year, I’ve shared where I store my things. Once again I will do so and hope you will do so as well.

So in light of all of these momentous dates, I’m doing a

$100.00 gift certificate give-away,

the winner of which will be announced on Sunday, June 3, 2012.

I tried to decide what would be the perfect give-away. It seems we all enjoy shopping at Home Goods. I know I do.

I also realized that not everyone has a HomeGoods nearby, so I thought I’d offer the winner the option of Home Goods or TJMaxx.

While I was HomeGoods the other day, I noticed they had some gift certificates that can work at HomeGoods OR TJMaxx OR Marshalls. I immediately purchased one of those in the amount of $100.00.

In order to win the gift certificate you must be a FOLLOWER. Now, go and check, as I myself have had the experience where I thought I was a FOLLOWER, and I wasn’t.

Also, the more posts you comment on, between now and Saturday, June 2, 2010, the more likely you will be to win.

As most of you know, by signing up to be a FOLLOWER you’ll get notified each time I post. You can also sign up for the email notifications if that helps you, but you MUST be FOLLOWER as well. Just scroll down on the sidebar for both.
Feel free to grab the button and spread the giveaway news!
Now that all of that technical business is out of the way, I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to!

- The Tablescaper
I’m joining:

Mary of Boogieboard Cottage for Masterpiece Monday
Cielo of The House in the Roses for Show off your Cottage Monday
Marty of A Stroll Through Life for Table Top Tuesday

Reprise of the Royal Wedding Part II

Welcome to The Tablescaper.

Have you heard? My 100th Seasonal Sundays AND my third Blog-a-versary are just around the corner. In celebration thereof, I will be having a GIVEAWAY of a $100.00 gift certificate to your choice of HomeGoods or TJMaxx(details to follow). In order to be considered, you MUST be a FOLLOWER (double check to be sure you are as sometimes we think we are, and we’re not) and the more posts you comment on between now and the time of the giveaway, the greater your chance to win!