Those dishes are lovely and they go so well with your other things. The price didn't hurt either. Thanks for the pix.
Frou

Beautiful table. Those new dishes are so pretty. What do TS, GW and DT mean? I'd like to find bargains like that! The soft, muted colors are lovely and can be used year-round. Good finds!!!!

That is lovely, and what great bargains. I don't mind second hand at all! It goes in the dishwasher, so it is clean as a plate from a restaurant, prob cleaner! :)

Lovely, just lovely. Everything goes so well together. And what an incredible price tag. I'm a yard sale lover myself.

Beautiful table setting and I LOVE the plates! Can't believe the price. Lucky you!

Candy, those dishes are GORGEOUS! I can't believe you got them so cheaply. For that matter I've not seen anything
as beautiful at GW here. WOW. And your tablesetting looks so elegant.. and Victorian almost to me. Which I LOVE. I noticed your pretty napkins right off, and how you folded
them!!

Cute story about your Mom wanting to thrift shop but not actually buy herself stuff. Works out perfect for you two!

I had a friend some years ago that was mortified anyone would buy second-hand stuff. She acted as if dishes, linens, or clothes would spread the plague if they got near her. I had to laugh tho, as she traveled constantly, and I asked her just how many people did she think used the hotels' linens over and over. Same for restaurant dishes. Poor Woman, I don't she'd ever thought about THAT before. LOL.

Bonnie...DT is Dollar Tree, GW is Goodwill, and TS is for other thrift stores.

hugs, Karen

Thanks Karen! Gotta love a woman who can set a table like that on a budget!

Candy, what fabulous dishes! And the price was fantastic. I love rose dishes, and think it is so fun that each of your salad plates has a different rose. What a good deal on those nice chargers too. Those little place card holders are so sweet, and your centerpiece turned out really nice. I think you have a knack for putting things together in a beautiful way! ;o) Know your Mom loved spending time with you and helping you find lots of "pretties".

Luvs

P.S.

Our Goodwill stores have gotten so high--your dishes would have been $14.99 or higher at ours--which still would have been a bargain, but not nearly as good as what you got!

Candy, your table is absolutely gorgeous! I'm positively green with envy over those beautiful dishes. I NEVER find anything like that at our TS or GW. What a treasure you found!

Do you know the name of the pattern of the dishes? I love how you have the napkins placed on the table. Exactly how did you fold them? They are so pretty.

Candy, your table is beautiful! I have friends who can't believe what I find at TS s.My DD always says "Mom, you find the neaatest things! I can't ever find anythiing but junk" I tell her that she has to train her eyes to look past the junk and to even consider that things can be used for things other that the intended use.Things always look 100% better after you get them home and cleaned up and out of the rest of the junk. It doesn't bother me at all that someone else enjoyed (Or not?)something before me. If it did I would never eat out again! Love "treasure shoping"! Janet

Candy...you got a steal on those dishes...they are very lovely ...those senior discounts are good for something! What a charming way to spend your Mom's b'day & hope you send her pics of your t'scape...it is so elegant!

I love how you used florals to create such a relaxing mood.. the centerpc, card holders, candles & linens, so pretty. Plus the other 10% (rose silverware) is downright lovely...a nice memory from your DH's mother. TFS! Jeanne S.

Hi Ya'll,
Went to my DB home yesterday for Mom's B-day party. Gone all day as he lives an hour away and then went to DH's great niece's 1st b-day party. I'm partied out!
My DB has a huge place and has built a tree house with a zip line out of it for my GK's, (he doesn't have any yet) and my mom, now 79, went on the zip line!! Go great granny!!

Anyhow, Frou thank you for the lovely compliment.

Bonnie, glad Karen told you what the abbrev. are for since I didn't have a chance til now.

Kathleen and Janet, My thoughts exactly! Once they have gone through the dishwasher or the laundry for the linens, I am perfectly fine with them.

OA, I am mostly a TS junkie as the YS around here are usually F & S when I am playing golf, although I manage to hit a few if I happen to see them on my way home.

Party Music and Luvs, GW here prices the dishes and glassware at .49c a piece unless they have a sticker on them. Sometimes, they will tape a set together and price them for the entire set, but they are usually still reasonable. They had a set of 8 dinner plates with a lighthouse motif for $3.99, but it would have required me to start collecting lighthouses, so I didn't get them. LOL

Karen, thanks for helping with the abbreviations while I was partying!

Dream Goddess, the pattern on the back is:
Cheri Blum for 222 Fifth, Rose Bouquets.
The names on the plates are: rose, blanche, paix, and jaune. I think that is French?
The napkins are folded in half diagonally with the triangle pointing to the right, then hold the center of the long side with your thumb and finger of the left hand, and bring the top corner down and slighly to the side of the bottom corner, repeat with the top corner again and you get the 3 points. then just adjust until you have the look you want.

Jeanne, it was a lovely day w/DM and after the TS's, we had lunch at a tea shoppe, and then went to a "real store" to buy her some new clothes for her present, and then to D S W because we are both shoe-aholics. She does not have a computer but lives close enough to come see the table. She loves the experience of spending the day together and considers the shopping trip part of her present.

Thanks again for the lovely comments.

TTFN,
Candy

Candy, you big party girl, LOL...sounds like a lot of fun.
Especially your 79 yr old Mom coming down a zip line! I know I'd LOVE that lady!! Wish you'd gotten photos, I bet it great fun to watch her do that. What a special Mom you must have to do things with.

Thanks for the napkin folding instructions. I might have to try that sometime when I play with one of my Table for Ones to share here. ;o)

hugs, Karen

Sorry I'm so late to respond...I've been away and also have been up to my ears with DD and GKids moving in with us.

Sounds like you had a wonderful time with your DM...
TS shopping is my kind of 'Fun' too.
Your table is so lovely with those dishes and the price you got them for, makes it even more so!

jane

Oh my!!! That table is LOVELY!!! The dishes are wonderful and I thank you for letting us know the pattern name!
Thanks so much for posting!
J

Very pretty, but can you spell out the stores first and then use initials?

I'm totally lost here. lol