A Great Day at my Grandmother's

So, for Valentine's day, I created a tablescape at my grandmother's house. I used my gradmother's four seat table in her kitchen because I was at her house when I did this table, (hence, all of the things on the table are hers). (I love the word hence.) Doing this was the most fun I have ever had at her house!  She let me go through everything she had!

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In the center of the table lies a Cupid candle holder with a dark red candle , with clear (fake) diamonds scattered around him. 

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The plates I used were my grandmother's Yardley china. It's by Mikasa. The silver used was her Presentation by Oneida. It was some family silver plate. I really like this pattern. The mini-compotes holding the strawberries sit beside the name cards on the plates. 

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The water glasses holding pink lemonade, (it was quite good!), sit on the white doilies. They are casual crystal, but I didn't write down the pattern. A cute, home-made idea is to decorate a ribbon with a design and make a bow tie around the upper stem of a glass. I painted the ribbons in the pictures with a paint pen, but it is hard to see in the pictures. I did that with my wine glasses; a red ribbon with pink polka dots. And I put the candy in the champagne glass, too. Maybe this could be a party favor.

Then there are the flower napkins. They are Ralph Lauren, I think. The main color in them is pink, but they also have subtle hints of red, blue, green, yellow, cream, and white. All of that is sitting on a red table cloth.
P.S.: If you have a candle holder like the Cupid one with holes in it, remember to put a liner under the candle. I had a little problem with that. Soon after the pictures were taken, red wax from the candle started pouring out of Cupid. After several attempts of trying to get the then-drying candle off of Cupid, we decided to put him in the freezer. After waiting a while, we took poor little Cupid out of the freezer to get the candle off. It worked! So, if you have a problem like this, put your candle in the freezer, and thaw him out a bit. Next time, I will use a liner. :)

-Emma