Table Setting for Special Friends

With our casual lifestyle today, I find myself rarely entertaining formally. This table setting is for dessert with some very special friends.

Everything doesn't have to match.  The pink table cloth has a smaller lace table cloth on top.  A tapestry runner is placed down the center of the table.  The candles are placed in silver candlestick holders and are battery operated.

Monogrammed napkins are placed in a silver napkin ring.

The gold lame bags hold foil wrapped chocolates.

A bone china strawberry basket hold the fresh berries, cream and sugar.  I love this piece because it can also hold cookies to be passed with the cream and sugar.

Blue berries are placed in a cut crystal bowl that was my grandmother's.  The divinity is on a Haviland china plate found at a flea market. Note that the tapestry runner is folded under to shorten it.  It adds more texture to the table. 

I made the centerpiece out of roses purchased from a warehouse store. I used wired ribbon to add some extra color to the arrangement.   The roses are placed in oasis in a footed pressed glass dish.  (Make sure everyone can see each other over your centerpiece.)  I placed extra roses in a vase (below) and tied each rose with ribbon, Each lady was given a rose to take home with her little bag of candy.

The crystal goblets are heirlooms given to me by a friend.  I like to serve sparkling juices in the champagne glasses.  For this dessert I am serving Sparkling Cherry, water, coffee, assorted teas, and eclair cake along with the fruit and candy.  You can find the eclair cake recipe in my next post. 

Tip:  My mother made my monogrammed napkins.  If you know someone who has a monogramming sewing machine, see if they will monogram some napkins for you.  They add a nice touch to the table.