Friday, July 31, 2015

Coral and Pink Mermaid Tablescape

While out thrifting earlier this year I found a lovely little mermaid figurine,  her name is Haley from The Sirens Of The Sea Collection from Munro Enterprises issued in 2003.  She is such a pretty little thing,  I knew from the moment I saw her that I would create a Summer "By The Sea" tablescape with her as my centerpiece.     Isn't she Lovely?
Plum Creek Place - Mermaid Tablescape - Haley from The Sirens Of The Sea Collection from Munro Enterprises issued in 2003.
Shades of coral and pink dominate throughout this tablescape.  The thrifted table covering was cut from a four yard piece of coral and white textured polyester,  the pattern on this material reminds me of ocean waves.
Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape
 The shells on the table came from thrift stores and garage sales over the years.
Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape
The wave-like pink taper candles are also a thrift store purchase, as are the polka dot champagne glasses and the pretty pink swirl stemmed sherbert glasses.
Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape
Another un-named mermaid (also thrifted) was placed back to back with Haley within a thrifted shell wreath that has a nest of coral colored beads (the beads were bought from Marc's,  my favorite close-out store).
Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape
Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape
Pale coral colored napkins trimmed with creamy white lace were placed beneath shell shaped salad bowls. Pink bottles trimmed with jute twine came from the close out section at Marc's.  The shell shaped "By The Sea Pattern" salad bowls were made by American Atelier.  I bought them off of Ebay many years ago.
Clam shells and sea shells are nice under the candles to catch any dripping wax. Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape

Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape
The polka dot champagne glasses were bought from Goodwill.
Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape

Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape

Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape

Plum Creek Place = Coral and pink Mermaid tablescape

The plain white candles have a piece of material cut and frayed from an extra napkin then glued to the candle with a starfish.  Faux coral was painted with Krylon's "Sunrise" spray paint.


My next post is a tutorial on making a large clam shell centerpiece and another mermaid tablescape (see teaser picture below).

Plum Creek Place - Mermaid Tablescape
 Remember to thrift on ladies,  thrift on.

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8 comments:

  1. Beautiful - love both mermaids, especially the larger one!

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    1. Thank you Darlene, I keep her on top of my the processor on my desk. I like having her there to help keep me inspired while I am working.

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  3. This is fantastic Candy! I am crazy about the fabric and the candles especially! Pink and coral are the perfect colors to mimic the pink conch shell interiors, just lovely!!
    Jenna

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  4. Oh, Candy, I love this table! Your new mermaid, Haley, has the most alluring face. She's perfect for a centerpiece. I love all your accent pieces and colors. I've wanted shell salad plates for forever, and your table makes me want to start looking again! Lovely, lovely space. Bravo! Rosie @ The Magic Hutch

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  5. Ohhhh - one of my favorite table settings. The colors are so soothing and wonderful. I love the dishes - I used to have an entire set of the pink swirl dishes - service for 30, nine different pieces in each place setting - and now I have none - wonder why in the world I did that????? I can't believe the price of them now - and it was less than 30 years ago that I bought them. At the time they were considered to be "less important and a bad reproduction", and were dime-store cheap - funny how values change.

    Love your candles and the use of seashells - can't wait to see the next table setting.

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  6. How beautiful! I love all things inspired by the ocean and you've really put together some pretty things. I'll have to go back again and again to see how you arranged everything. I have a few mermaids and lots of seashells. I should try to make a pretty display on my table. You've inspired me! Hugs, Diane

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  7. You can see the tutorial on creating the Giant Clam Shell centerpiece here - http://plumcreekplace.blogspot.com/2015/08/diy-giant-clam-shell-and-sunrise.html

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