VALENTINE'S TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

Today I am showing a Valentine tablescape for Susan's Tablescape Thursday. Be sure and visit her beautiful blog
BETWEEN NAPS ON THE PORCH

to check out all the other participants.

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At Christmas time this year at our gift exchange we gave "gifts from the heart" which were to be homemade...so we gave a dinner for 4 to be claimed by the end of March. Our winning foursome claimed the dinner January 30th which was close enough for me to want to make it a Valentine's table using the cherub dishes "Heavenly Hosts" by Atelier that I recently purchased.
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Oops, my candles are leaning in the centerpiece...why don't we ever see these things before the photos are taken?
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Here's a closeup from the front....I used cherub candle holders entwined with Valentine sparkly hearts & garland. I wrapped the base of the cherubs with a sheer black scarf that has silver stars
on it...
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A view from the back...

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A closeup of a place setting...do you see my salt cellars with the little glass spoons? I learned about these from Susan @ BETWEEN NAPS ON THE PORCH
An eBay find...I also bought some crystal knife rests but they didn't make it in time for this dinner....

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I used my 2-toned pear napkin rings...I like them because they match my flatware...

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Closeup of the dinner plate...I do love those sweet cherubs!

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I learned from Miss Janice @ Etiquette with Miss Janice to place the spoon on the saucer...

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I used clear water goblets & my red white wine glasses from Tuesday Morning & set them on mirrored coasters from Target...

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And I thought these little glass roses from Dollar Tree would make perfect place card holders...

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I had every intention of photographing our meal and totally forgot once our fun guests arrived. We had shrimp stuffed mushrooms & a cheese ball with crackers as hors d'oeuvres along with margaritas...hey, maybe that's why I forgot the photos???

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Then we served the dinner in 4 courses:

Creamy Corn Soup

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Green Salad

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Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Breast, Rice Pilaf & Asparagus Spears in Carrot Circles

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Sweet Potato Biscuits (Beverly's recipe from How Sweet The Sound -YUM!)

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Ghirardelli Ultimate Fudge Brownies (Gollum posted about these @ Designs by Gollum )

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Vanilla Ice cream w/ Hot Fudge Sauce

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Hazelnut Cream Coffee

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A good time was shared by all...

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