Movie Night

One guess what movie we are going to see tonight????

Between our Disney love and Pirate love....tonight is a much anticipated movie night!!!
I looted the house to set the mood. From the Pirate Bar to the Ebay stash...nothing was safe! I piled the bootie in the middle of the table.
Each place has a little treasure chest - left over from the Boy's 4th Birthday Pirate Party!

Got out some classy dinnerware....

Raided the costume jewelry/craft stash...

The kids will not even notice much....but, I can't wait to see the look on the Hubby's face when he sees this tablescape!

Someone is pouting - he feels left out!!! Maybe I can find a costume for him!

Thrifty Thursday

This is the Thrifty Thursday Party- Green Edition! I'm not Irish, but for today I can pretend. Here is our kitchen table decked out with thrift store treasures.

On top of my estate sale green tablecloth is a linen dish towel for a table runner found for $.50 at a thrift store.

For my centerpiece a sweet crocheted doillie given to me by a friend, collected cookie cutters and a wee clay leprechaun in a thrifted wooden pedestal.

Love these salt and pepper pugs, a Christmas gift from the newlyweds!

The Johnson Brother's ironstone was a steal at Angel's- I could not have gotten it cheaper at Dollar Tree! The little ivy plates , Early English Ivy by Crown Ducal, are from Mission Thrift-$.75 each.

Mix and match vintage napkins (collected here and there) with cute thrift store urn napkin rings-

The goblets also came from an antique mall up the road in Valley, AL for dollar store prices!

And don't forget the candles by Glade with improvements copied from Leigh!

A couple other thrifty things that are new to me this year -

An estate sale leprechaun, who was captured and placed under a cloche in my parlor!

And a bowl of faux moss rocks from Dollar Tree! Please excuse the fact that the silver bowl is not old and tarnished! I know it is not my style, but I forgot that I had it. When I saw a tarnished one on another blog I remembered the bowl given to me when I retired - still in the box! I pulled it out so that it can age and look more at home in my house!

Thanks again to my friend Leigh who enables my junk addiction every week by having this party in Bloggeritaville!

Thrifty Thursday

I have my Thrifty tablescape set for company! My Mom and SIL will be here soon for the wedding! Maybe if we eat by candle light they will not see the dust and pug hair all over my house!

These plates are sold at T@rget, but I found them at Goodwill for $1. They are by Christopher Radko.

The goblets came from Kroger (also $1) and the red ribbon and holly go very well with the plates. The napkins are tucked into little Santa boots that I have collected from thrift stores and yard sales.

The candle holders are another thrift store bargain. They are by Arthur Court and I paid $.50 each for them!

I guess someone didn't think these salt and pepper shakers were as cute as I did. They were also at a thrift store, brand new, still in the box!

This year I used a silver tree as the centerpiece-

I made a quick trip to Angel's today to pick up a Christmas gift and I saw these spoons being put out in a booth. I didn't take a before picture -but they were black. I like tarnished silver- but that was extreme! They polished up great!

Love these that have a monogram!

Be sure to check out the other treasures at Leigh's place. It is always inspiring to see what other people have found!

A Thrifty Burlap Tablescape

The universe aligned today for me to be able to combine 3 of my loves into one post that fits into 3 parties! First is Crazy for Burlap hosted by Rhoda at Southern Hospitality!Next we have Tablescape Thursday hosted by Susan at Between Naps on the Porch!

And last but not least is Thrifty Thursday hosted by Leigh of Bloggeritaville!

Go by these fabulous blogs today for more great inspiration!!

Crazy for Burlap came along just as I had finished some projects for the porch. I love the texture of burlap and the price! I've lusted after table runners with a monogram so with a yard of burlap ($3.99) and a denim remnant I made all of these projects today. The table runner came first...

Followed by the pillow....

I can flip the runner over to get a different look!

And I made 6 napkin rings and 2 place mats before I ran out of fabric!

So on to the tablescape, which is all done with thrifty finds! The most expensive things on the table are the Target birds!

Dinner on the porch for Hubby and me!

Thriftiness:

Tablecloth- thrift store $2

Burlap place mats and napkin rings- @$1
Green Fiesta Plates -Old Time Pottery -$2.99 each
Daisy plates -Salvation Army -$1.50 for 5
Coke glasses -Dollar Tree
Michelangelo by Oneida flatware - thrift shop -$.25 each!! And my heart
was pounding like crazy because that is my pattern!!
Soup tureen -Salvation Army- $2.00
Jadeite bowl- Goodwill- $1.50 (another heart pounder)
Cracker loaf dish(behind bowl) -Walgreens Dollar aisle


And if that isn't enough fun...since it has rained for a week...no yard sales on Saturday for us....so we went to Mike's Merchandise and I found these for $.99 each!!!!

Huge burlap coffee bean bags! Some still had beans in them!

They had tons of them! I just pulled four different ones off the top....may go back when the pile is smaller to see what different patterns are further down! So I need some more creative ideas for burlap!!! Thanks for stopping by the Swamp today, come back in a couple of days to see the "How-to" directions for the napkin rings!