Tablescape Thursday: Mother's Day Tray

Some of you who are new to my blog may not realize that Little Red House is my childhood home.  I come by my love of dishes from my mother, who collected stray dishes like some people collect stray dogs.

So, with my mother in mind, I've set a Mother's Day tray using some of her treasured pieces.

This antique cup, made in Germany,  is part of a set that includes the other members of the family as well. 

I used a beautiful lace-edged pillow case from the thrift store, ($1.50) to line the tray.  The linen napkin is part of a set of six that I found in an antique shop last year.  Don't you love a crisply ironed napkin?

I layered dishes for a rich effect.  The "charger" is from my mother's Noritake dinner set.  The beautiful hand-painted dish on top is Limoges.  It is one of a pair that we found in a trunk in the attic when we cleaned it out many years ago.

Here is a close-up of the beautiful painted flowers.

The real flowers on the tray are peonies and star of Bethlehem.  Shop-Rite has this great deal -- three bunches for $10.  So I treated myself.  :)

I wanted to show you a close-up of the small creamer I used as a vase.  It has such lovely pink flowers on it.

The napkin ring is really a candle ring, from Michael's, I think.

Happy Mother's Day, dear bloggers!

Many thanks to Susan, who is our sweet hostess for Tablescape Thursday.  Please take a few moments to visit her blog, Between Naps on the Porch, to see lots of beautiful tablescapes.