A Seaside Story (On Your Table)

Hosted by Susan and Leigh

Since I've been away awhile, let me welcome you back to my blog with a little story brought in by the breeze of the nearby shore...

THEME:
"On the Water's Edge"
INSPIRATION:
A bag of shells
One day, out in the blue horizon, a family spotted a passing sailboat. Her name, SS Chandy. But what they didn't know, was that the occupants of the sailboat were admiring their "on the water's edge" picnic they were having!
See? They were so close that the high tide came in and crept up under some of their plates! Look at the beautiful shells they were able to collect with each lap of the water...
As it got dark, they erected three candles, to light their evening picnic and stabilized each one with the big shells they found. The crew of SS Chandy was enthralled...
They seem to love shells of all kind! And they were even thrilled that a starfish joined the group and made him a focal point on this mollusk centerpiece!
A big scallop shell, various curly ones holding down the napkins that seem to emulate the various seaweed they passed by.
Here are more shells... from different species of mollusks!
SS Chandy focused on the very end of the picnic area and admired this big scallop shell. Oh how, they wanted to eat some now... and all manners of delicious seafood!
Each plate seemed to have their own shells as a napkin anchor and how the crew liked the utensils were not plastic at all.
There were so many different kinds and the colors, amazing! Black, green, white, tan, peach, purple, gray, brown, coral and hints of yellow... a rainbow out of the sea!
Their lenses couldn't tell very well, but he thought that this shell below, had a glint of purple while the spiral one was a soothing shade of peach and tan...
Then he realized that the family looked back at the sailboat the whole time, admiring the blue sea it's sitting on. How they wished they could yell out and invite them over...
The family took a closer look... a white sailboat against the majestic turqoise below, a scene only a perfect day can concoct, they thought.
The sailboat, was impressed also with the glasses, from the boat, it looked like freshly heated grains of sand to form a drinking vessel just for this occasion.
In the end, the family thoroughly enjoyed their surf-n-turf meal; curious about the people on the sailboat. As for the crew of SS Chandy, they longed to get to shore and experience a whole new adventure, a picnic "on the water's edge"...

Hope you liked my story... I missed you all, but our computer is still really acting up and since my teen needs a computer for before school things, I can only post for a while and maybe sneak in a few visits. I can't wait til' it's all fixed and I can keep blogging!

The plates I used is my Mulberry "Mocha Swirl" plates. It's spiral and iridescent look reminds of a "mother of pearl" which made it perfect for this setting. The utensils, Hampton "Lace". Napkins, Home, "Bamboo Garden" and the placemats, dark brown woven seagrass! The glasses, a wonderful find at Marshall's...

To our lovely hosts, Susan and Leigh, my utmost thanks for keeping me on my toes. This tablescape was done in honor of our company, Michelle, leaving to go back home. She and my middle daughter helped me put this table together.

My Thrifty Thursday focus, the shells! They are from the Philippines, found them at Ross for only $5.99! I saw smaller ones at Walmart being sold for $10 so for the size difference and where they came from, I say that is a thrifty take on a major score!

Please be patient with me, August is our whacked out crazy month. LOL