*Good Earth* Tablescape

Today is Cuisine Kathleen’s

*Let’s Dish* Party

and this month's special theme is

*Good Earth*

My table represents all the wonderful bounty

that comes from the *Good Earth*.

Starting with the centerpiece of

GREEN GRASS

that comes from the *Good Earth*

behind the garden gate.

That cute little gate container was a gift from

my older sister, Fritzie…Thanks Sis!

It contained these gorgeous ROSES

grown in her own garden,

in the *Good Earth*

I ♥♥♥ that CORAL COLOR!

My salt & pepper shakers are replicas of

ARTICHOKES that are

grown in the *Good Earth*.

The pitcher & matching glasses

are from Turkey & are hand painted

with FLOWERS

that grow in the *Good Earth*.

I thought they echoed the FLORAL motif

(from the *Good Earth*)

of my new placemats that

I found at Old Time Pottery

for $ 1 each!

I ♥♥♥ those scalloped edges!

Each place setting has either a PINK or GREEN

FLOWER (from the *Good Earth*!) pot with

a candle, as a take-home favor,

along with a pair of gardening gloves.

(which I tied with PINK ribbons AFTER these pictures)

The FLORAL (from the *Good Earth*)

napkins are by April Cornell®,

which I’ve used before and I

was thrilled to see how well

they matched the new

FLORAL placemats.

My dinner plates & matching

napkin rings are the Mikasa pattern,

“Silk Flowers” (from the *Good Earth*)

The CABBAGE (from the *Good Earth*)

shaped salad plates are by Bordallo Pinheiro

The coordinating pretty PINK CABBAGE bowls

(from the *Good Earth*)

are also by Bordallo Pinheiro.

I served homemade

Slow Roasted Tomato Basil Soup

(recipe HERE)

with ingredients of garlic, tomatoes & basil

(all from the *Good Earth*)

I used two of these large CABBAGE

(grown in the *Good Earth*)

shaped serving bowls,

one to hold a salad & one for the

side dish of four cheese RICE.

(also grown in the *Good Earth*)

My stemware markers all represent

items either grown in or used to dig & play in the

*Good Earth*

Dessert was pistachio muffins,

chosen to looked like GREEN GRASS

from the *Good Earth*.

Topped with DumDum sucker FLOWERS

(from the *Good Earth*)

You just fold a cupcake paper liner

into fourths & then cut a

curve into the top edge.

Poke the sucker stick into the middle &

it turns out looking like FLOWER PETALS!

(from the *Good Earth*)

If you recall, I have

LOTS
of cupcake liners

I thought the small nut cup sizes

looked the cutest.

I served ice cold Crystal Light®

Peach (from the *Good Earth*) Bellinis.

It is one of Crystal Light’s® two newest flavors,

the other being “Margarita”.

We liked the Peach Bellini much better

than the Margarita flavor!

There is still some left over…wish you could

stop by for a cool glass.

Our garden gate is always unlatched for YOU!

Thanks for stopping by The Gazebo House today.

Along with Cuisine Kathleen’s Let’s Dish,

I’m joining

Susan’s Between Naps on the Porch for

Tablescape Thursday as well as

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays.

Oh & be sure to stop by on Friday

to celebrate the launch of

Michael Lee West’s new book

“A Teeny Bit of Trouble”

where I’ll share the recipe for

the entree I made…

*So Sue Me Grilled Garlic Shrimp*

They are so good, they should be illegal!!

The Gazebo House