Dragonflies in Purple Sunday Sunshine Brunch.

Last week my son and his lovely wife came to visit for a few days.  They had come home to attend a friends wedding over the weekend.  I had been planning this brunch tablescape for months.  It started when I found six purple World Market dragonfly dinner plates and six salad plates at our local Goodwill.  My daughter in law, Zhenia loves dragonflies.  I knew she would love these plates.  I found two sheer purple table scarves and a set of purple velour napkins a week or two later.  It was like serendipity bringing all of the pieces together for a beautiful breakfast table. 

The pierced charger and accent plates were a garage sale find from last summer. The purple sherbert stems and the napkin rings were a Goodwill find from several years ago. All of the swans are thrift store or garage sale finds.

The purple wine glasses came from Home Goods last week.  I held off buying them to the last minute in hopes of finding some at Goodwill or the VOA.  But I am very pleased with my HG purchase.

The white Argent flatware came from Tuesday Morning a while back.  They had been marked down for a sidewalk sale.  The silver gray tablecloth came from our local Marc's store.  Love that Marc's!!

The bouquet of lilies, white tulips, and purple mums came from the grocery store. The green and lavender checked runner was also a recent Goodwill find.

Sherbert

Salad

Accent plate

Dinner Plate

Charger

The shelves and buffet are make shift items that were damaged and marked down when I bought them. The buffet started it's life with a lovely beech finish.  Which unfortunately suffered some severe scratches on the show room floor at Big Lots (the label inside the drawer does say Pier 1). The shelves got banged around at Marshall's and were marked down when the finish was ruined with gouges and scratches.  I remade the shelves so my cats would not be able to jump up onto them and bring them down from their flimsy keyhole hangers.  I added 1/4" x 4" by 48" boards screwed and glued to the back of the shelves and then I attached them into the studs with 2 1/2 inch screws..  Everything was spray painted with several coats of black paint.  I was very happy with the final product.  All in all the total tab was well under $100.00!

Fall artwork has been added to the shelves along with the little woodland creatures, fall leaves and gourds, and fall candle holders.

I will be posting again for the weekend with some of my fall projects.  Please come back and visit for a while,  I would really enjoy that. Stay safe, and stay happy! See you soon!

Linking up with Tablescape Thursday over at Between naps on the Porch.

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