The Color Purple... finally...

Hoping the fourth attempt at this is the charm
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The inspiration for this week's table is

the newlywed niece.

It's a  special week for her, you see.

Not only did she have a birthday...

It's also marks the date that she

 convinced that husband of hers to marry her.

So as a surprise to one of my favorite people,

this table is inspired

by a few of her favorite things.

She'll probably be even more surprised that we didn't raid her home to do it.

We started with her favorite colors

purple and green

Then we added yellow because we wanted to.

That cloud of white is her bridal veil, of course.

 

Here's how it all stacked up.

We started with festive yellow chargers 

and added dinner plates 

which are actually decorative

plates from her room.

They match the bouquets of iris.

Of course, you can't see that 

because we added some more plates.

Both the salad plates and bowls 

came from our favorite local second hand shop.

The tablecloth is pale lavender. 

Her mom made the napkins from remnants of fabric

used to decorate her girlhood room.

We filled the rest with her favorite things. 

Fabric keepsake boxes from her room 

and a teapot from the Duchess. 

She has the distinction of being the only member of the family

who prefers a cup of tea over coffee.

 She started collecting glass paper weights

when she was a very young girl. 

That's her place. 

It's a  snail. 

'Nuff said.  

A gorham china doll from another collection

... sitting on top of some favorite old books...

...and sitting beside what I'm pretty sure is her  

favorite thing of all.

Him.

So there you go, birthday girl. 

A table scape of your very own. 

Just what you always wanted. 

Thanks for being such a great inspiration.

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