Welcome to the 805th Tablescape Thursday! Happy Leap Year Day! Earlier this week I shared a beautiful Valentine’s Day table setting that Martha created for her Supper Club. If you missed that table setting, you’ll find it here: Velvet & Sequins for Metamorphosis Monday—Pretty Daffodils, Too!)
That tablescape had an interesting change made, a twist ending that I just recently learned about. The centerpiece that Martha had originally created for the table was replaced with something even more beautiful! Martha had a pretty silver urn she was thinking of using for her centerpiece. She said, “I had decided to take my urn to a florist and get some low flowers put in it. When I heard it was going to cost me $100, I immediately decided I could do it myself! I went to Kroger and bought a large bouquet of flowers and came home and worked on it myself. I call this my $100 NOT centerpiece.”
Wow! Martha’s centerpiece turned out beautifully! Just stunning! The pink and red roses are so perfect for a dinner party celebrating Valentine’s Day and I love the contrast of the dramatic color of the roses against the sparkle of the silver urn! ❤️
Martha created another lovely table setting just a few days later, a special one that she set at a table in her sunroom for her and her hubby. Martha said, ” My Valentine’s gift to my husband is always a special dinner. The flowers were a Valentine’s gift from my husband.” The food looks wonderful!
Martha shared, “The plate stack starts with the white Pfaltzgraff ‘Country Cupboard. The red transferware plates are Royal Staffordshire ‘Avondale’ and ‘Asiatic Pheasant.’ I like to vary patterns sometimes to spice things up a little.”
Martha said, “The dessert plates on top are Bristol ‘Crown Ducal.’ The velvet hearts & flowers are from Plush Pumpkins. I ordered them 2 or 3 years ago online. They store easily, wrapped in tissue paper. The cake plates are from Mosser Glass.”
The pretty floral arrangement was from Martha’s hubby. It’s perfect in this table setting for two!
Regarding the sweet vintage Valentines Martha used on her table, Martha said, “I used to collect vintage valentines, so the two little boys you see are part of that collection and I am crazy over cranberry glass, so these are just a few pieces of that.”
About the little bowl of pink sea glass Martha used in her centerpiece, she said, “That is pink sea glass in the bowl. I bought it, didn’t collect it. It comes in all manner of colors.”
Doesn’t this dessert look heavenly?! Martha found the recipe here: Raspberry Olive Oil Cake. Martha said, “I ordered 4″ mini springform pans for baking the little cakes from Amazon. I have always wanted some of those and decided this was the time to get them.” (Mini springform pans are available here: Mini Springform Pans.
Oh, I love this idea of making individual cakes—definitely want to order some of the little springform pans and make this dessert for my family the next time I visit with them or they are here. I know they would love this!
Thanks so much to Martha for sharing this wonderful table for two that she lovingly created for Valentine’s Day. I know her hubby must have felt so special setting down to enjoy this wonderful Valentine’s Day dinner! 💘
Look forward to seeing all the beautiful table settings linked for this week’s Tablescape Thursday!
Tablescape Thursday
If you are participating in Tablescape Thursday, please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address. To get your permalink, click on your post name, then copy and paste the address showing in the address bar, into the “url” box when you link up. You’ll need to include a link in your post back to the party to link up and participate. That’s so visitors to your blog will be able to find the party and the other Tablescape Thursday participants. Please link up table-setting-related posts only for Tablescape Thursday. Please link up table-setting-related posts only for Tablescape Thursday.
This party has ended, click button below for the links to all who participated.
Susan, did Martha have any description of the delicious main course?
I hope so!
I don’t think so, I just looked back through our emails. I emailed her to ask though, it really does look delicious!
What a beautiful table! I love Martha’s vintage valentines too. Thanks to both of you for sharing, and thanks for hosting, as always! I’m joining on a Friday, instead of the usual Thursday, and I really missed it yesterday. 🙂 Hope you have a lovely weekend!
A beautiful, romantic table for two, Martha’s table is amazing. But even more amazing are those little olive oil cakes, they look so good! Happy Weekend! Hugs, Brenda