Chili Night

It' time for tablescape Thursday!

Be sure to stop by Susan's at

"Between Naps On The Porch"

to see all the inspiration there

from all 0f today's

participants.

For the last four years I have had

Chili Night at my house.

It's a night where DH makes a

couple huge pots of chili and I

just have the girls over for food

and fun. Everyone brings their

children and through the years

we have had all ages, from babies

to teenagers. There have been as

many as fourteen people here and

of course the we girls tend to sit

around the dining room table and

do our giggling, and the kids tend

to go there way for their chit chat.

So tonight you will see three

tablescapes, one for us girls, I

have a table set for the teens and

one for the little guys. So follow

me and lets get ready to have

FUN!!!!

I have the dining room set for us Big kids.

My inspiration came from the bowls I am

using, but first lets start with the center

piece. I have a little orange basket holding

pine cones and sun flowers, orange candles,

a burlap pumpkin laying in a copper bowl.

I used orange, gold and brown as my color

scheme. I started with a brown tablecloth

and layered from there.

I added a little Welcome for everyone.

We also have copper salt and pepper shakers. And Mr. Rooster with a few chilies. And why a Rooster you ask? Just keep going! This bowl was my inspiration for all three tables. This is one side, and....

This is the other!!!

My place setting for the big girls.

The bowls are from TJ Maxx.

The smaller plate under is from a

set of diner dishes I have, the gold

you have saw many times. I used

gold flatware, a straw place mat

and two glasses for this table, one

for wine the other for sweet tea.

No napkin rings, napkins were simply

placed in the wine glass.

Now lets move into the kitchen and

into the breakfast area. I think the

older kids will be happy here. I used

the same color scheme and the same

element for the centerpiece. You can

see we have another rooster, our

sunflowers and pine cones.

You can see the straw serving tray

here, holding part of the center piece.

A copper dish holding our candle.

Another burlap pumpkin laying

in more copper.

Same colors being used in

our place settings but in a

different way. Gold place mats,

I used the same gold flatware

and diner dishes, then used

the orange in the middle for

desert. The brown napkins were

placed under the desert plates.

My everyday tea glasses are

just coated with an orange

sugar coating around the

rime just like I did the white

last week. This allowed me

to have somewhat coordinating

glasses.

Hungry yet?

We still have to get the little

guys taken care of.

So lets go!!!

I thought this smaller

table would be a good fit

for these guys. They could eat

then play a few games or watch

some TV.

I started with a brown table

cloth, gold material running

across the table to define the

place setting.

We have a rooster holding a

Welcome, more pine cones and a

huge sunflower, you can also

see the wooden primitive rooster

on the table, but there are

a few differences.

Want to see?

Follow me....

Our place setting, you will see

some of the same elements, but

we have an orange plastic chili

bowl. Little guys need sugared

orange glasses tooo...

Remember make them

feel special , but, safety first!

The candles on this table are

battery operated. I simply

put orange tissue paper around

them to cover the white then

tied with raffia.

A final look and we can head back

to the dining room to eat!!

Wish everyone could be hear with us

because you would be guaranteed

to have a great time!! Oh and before I forget, this

year we are adding a little surprise

Birthday Party to the night!!!

Well time to go!

Don't forget to let me know

what you think about our

little tradition. I love hearing

from you.

Bye For Now,

Sandy