"Petrouchka" Dinnerware at Horchow - www.horchow.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=cprod6135...

Ready to gather around the table.

Tulips tablesetting for Easter brunch.

For my Grandma's 98th.

Halloween!

Shin Yeh is known for its Taiwanese cuisine. It's quite upscale because I think there were at least 3 waiters per table serving and boy were they fast to refill and pick up your dirty plates, why? Because they just literally stand behind you while you eat!

New year party

A clever idea at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton California. These table settings were done using a theme based on a book that the person had read.

Holiday Christmas Table Setting (name cards)

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Decorations with

Quercus Pubescens & Rosa Banksia Luthea

Plates inheritage, tablecloth, runner & napkins in tissue IKEA, wine glasses Festa dell+Uva e del vino Bardolino, waterglasses IKEA.

Round amuse bouche glass soup plate with silver rim or risotto presentation plate

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In the 4-H Table Setting Contest at the Lancaster County Super Fair, youth select a theme and display one place setting, including table covering, dishes, glassware, silverware, centerpiece and menu. Youth choose one of the following categories: formal (formal), casual, picnic or birthday.

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Table setting at the dinner. Photo courtesy of Jenna Coleman

A closer look at the table setting.

Lunch buffet, menu...Chicken Toes sans nails

Nanchang, China

A closer view of the tire actually sitting on the teacup! Amazing!

Friendship Tea, Feb. 12, 2011 - Bothell, WA

I've dubbed this "Springtime in Paris" because it reminds me of supposedly French "shabby chic" decor. Lovely narcissus was growing in these tiny pots and old garden sprinklers. Altogether charming.

I printed out some vintage Thanksgiving postcards and laminated them for the placemats - sure it's not high dollar, but it worked pretty well!

table setting and menu

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Holiday home tours in Grand Ledge yesterday. The Opera House had Holiday place settings in the Terrace room.

In the 4-H Table Setting Contest at the 2016 Lancaster County Super Fair, youth selected a theme and displayed one place setting, including table covering, dishes, glassware, silverware, centerpiece and menu. Youth chose one of the following categories: formal, casual, picnic or birthday.

During the contest, set up their table and have five minutes to present their table setting to a judge. After all judging is complete, the public is welcome to view the tables.

In Nebraska, the 4-H youth development program for ages 5-18 is part of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. Learn more about Lancaster County 4-H at lancaster.unl.edu/4h

A couple photos from a wedding I attended last night. I was just a guest at the wedding so I don't have many photos. I was trying not to have my face behind the camera all night.

A modern tabletop created for projectwedding.com.