We've had tons of rain this spring, so when the skies momentarily cleared yesterday afternoon, I set a quick tray for lunch in the garden.
Milk glass seems bright and cheerful, and especially suited to outdoor trays. And any tray in the garden cries out to take advantage of some cut flowers. Here are a few stems from a pink spirea, set in a tiny milk glass vase.
The spirea echoes the painted flowers on the milk glass plate, with reticulated edges.
A lace-edged cotton napkin nestles in a milk glass goblet. (Ten cents at a rummage sale -- don't you love a good bargain?)
The yellow wooden tray is lined with a brightly embroidered vintage linen bureau scarf -- perfect for the garden setting.
All ready for a light lunch on the garden bench.
Many thanks to our beautiful Tablescape hostess, Susan. For more wonderful tablescapes, please visit Susan's blog, Between Naps on the Porch.
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That looks like such a nice place and setting to have a treat. I can almost smell the grass and feel the fresh breeze. Nice post
ReplyDeleteDebbie
I'm thrilled the skies cleared for your beautiful trayscape! Love the milk glass and spirea photo :-)
ReplyDeleteThat just looks so beautiful and inviting. What a great way to relax and enjoy lunch. I love the flowers and the milk glass is lovely. Your plate is so pretty. Beautifully done. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteVery, very nice. I love the pink Spirea with the white milk glass. Every time I go into a consignment or antique shop I look for linens. It rained all day here in my neck of the woods. I got some sewing done. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteQMM
I love your outdoor setting. The milk glass is lovely and your vintage linens are just perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet little bouquet of flowers!
ReplyDeleteI'll just wait here while you get your own tray. It really is lovely out here, isn't it? No, I don't mind waiting at all. Are you sure I can't help?
What a lovely tray setting...and the plate and milk glass..just beautiful. What an exquisite napkin? Oh, Pshawwww...it only cost a dime? Well, you would certainly never guess! And the wonderful embroidered scarf...WHAT? For me? You shouldn't have!!
How sweet of you to invite me.
~smiles~
Mona
P.S. You did invite me ...didn't you?
What a wonderful garden setting. Love that bench that the tray is on too! Happy T.T. Mary!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Oh good grief...I forgot to mention the friendliest flower ever...those sweet daisies...
ReplyDeletethey ALWAYS make me smile!!
This is so pretty! You've got this tray thing down! I love coming over to your blog and being met by that lovely setting just waiting for me! Your last pic looks like something on a greeting card or out of a magazine! I love those little bumpy vases! And that plate is precious! God Bless! Lauralu :)
ReplyDeleteThe milk glass looks lovely with all the accessories.
ReplyDeleteJoyce
Very nice, Mary - such an inviting atmosphere for lunch.
ReplyDeleteThis is the prettiest setting....I am in love with your napkins by the way (don't tell my hubby !). I really love the outdoor photos and have been "shooting" some myself....I do love
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Hugs ~ Kammy
We used to have several spirea growing but have since died off...I just might have to plant some again seeing how beautiful your arrangement is!
ReplyDeleteI love the milk glass..what a bargain!
Awe!
ReplyDeleteHow relaxing and beautiful.
What a nice idea to have this in the garden and a tray.
Lovely.
Blessings,
~D~
This is really sweet! I love the milk glass, and the bench has aged to perfection! :)
ReplyDeleteMary, this is lovely. (I have the same tray and isn't the color just wonderful?) So inviting!!
ReplyDeleteBarb
Oh Mary, this is just so charming. The spirea is so pretty in that milk glass vase, and did you say you paid 10 cents for a milk glass goblet? Wow! That napkin is so pretty, and the floral dresser scarf just says summer out loud. laurie
ReplyDeleteMary, as always your pictures are so charming. I almost felt a breeze through my computer screen!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful tray for your lunch. You have inspired me to do that more often when I am home and eating alone. Prepare myself a tray, turn on my outdoor music and enjoy the birds while I have my lunch on a lovely tray. Thank you for the inspiriation.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn/A Southerners Notebook
so sweet and beautiful
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful and refreshing post! Love your photos!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Maryjane
Such a lovely spot to sit and enjoy the day! The tray is very lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
Tina
Gorgeous spot for lunch and such a pretty setting on your trey
ReplyDeleteAlison
What a beautiful way to treat yourself to lunch! Quick, eat before the rain comes!
ReplyDeleteStay Cozy, Carrie
Hi Mary...
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful luncheon tray and your garden scenery...sooo perfect!!! Love that pretty plate and all of your milk glass pieces...you're right, the milk glass is perfect for an outdoor lunch! Loved all of your fresh flowers...especially those pretty white daisies!!! Gorgeous!!!
Warmest wishes,
Chari
Such a delightful tray! Pretty and inviting! The touch of flowers adds a certain magic!
ReplyDeleteMary, What a beautiful setting, looks like the perfect place to sit and have a glass of tea and a cucumber sandwich.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your yard with us and you can send us all the rain you don't want.
Happy TT.
Barbara
the plate, to die for.
ReplyDeleteThis looks so summery and light Mary! Your never ending collection of beautiful dishes makes me sigh in envy and delight. I'm always on the lookout for pretty plates:>)
ReplyDeleteMary, your lovely tray gave me a much needed smile this morning. The colors and setting speak of happiness and good company.
ReplyDeleteYou are so good at these tablescapes. You make dining for 1 look as inviting as a dinner party for 8. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteDawn
lovely tablescape mary.
ReplyDeletethe daisies are so sweet in the milkglass vase.
Mary, this is gorgeous. Simply gorgeous - and your pictures are so stunning. I wish I had the talent to take great pictures - the camera would be nice, too! LOL! Seriously - I love this, and your garden. Perfection, really!
ReplyDeleteOh, Mary...this is sooooo lovely...I could just sit down there right now...and enjoy...what did you say we're having for lunch? whatever it is...it will be delicious in this setting!
ReplyDeleteHappyTT!
;-D
Very beautiful...I am thinking just a glass of SWEET tea and a pimento cheese sandwich would be excellent here. Of course, that's a Southern lunch but it's good anywhere!! :O)
ReplyDeleteHi Mary,
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely white plate and with the painted flowers on it, will its just divine.
A very beautiful setting.
Take care and enjoy your day,
Elizabeth
My favorite lunch! You have made something simple into an elegant lunch. I love the delicate plate with the painted flowers. Your bench is just perfect.
ReplyDeleteI just adore everything about your tablescape! I love the milk glass, that dish is beautiful. I love the table linens, yellow tray and cute flowers. :O) Mary @Boogieboard cottage
ReplyDeleteMary, this is so pretty and sweet. Your outdoors setting is lovely! I love the pop of color the yellow trays gives. Your milk glass is always so pretty! I guess it tray day on Tablescape Thursday. I've seen quite a few!
ReplyDeleteBE a sweetie,
Shelia :)
Keep an eye on that yellow tray...if it comes up missing... well...LOL....
ReplyDeleteI'll try to be good!
So sweet and serene! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh that is so beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteOh lol...this is the fourth tablescape tray (including my own) I've seen today.
ReplyDeleteYours are so adorable!! The flowers and the yellow makes me long for summer,
all we get these day are rain rain rain and more rain.
Jannet
Hi,
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post. Your tray could be from today or with it's vintage charm from a day gone by. Either way it is simply charming.
Have a great day.
~Maryrose
PS Love your header picture too.
Absolutely charming!!
ReplyDeleteAmy
Your photos are so evocative. Soft, like your photo blog photos.
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Thank you Mary for visiting my blog. You and I both have several common loves...transferware, milk glass, and tole trays, not to mention thrift stores. I always look forward to visiting your blog every day. I've even saved pictures of your beautiful house for inspiration. Thanks for everything you do!
ReplyDeleteMary,
ReplyDeleteThis is just so simple, sweet and perfect. I love everything!! Your photos belong in a magazine. I think I love your delicate little napkin the most~10cents??!! And well...I am a huge daisy lover.
One of my favorite tablescapes ever! Have a wonderful evening, Mary! :-)
xoxo
Jane
A "trayscape", it can truly stand by its own. It's lovely and I adore the pink spirea in the milk vase!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty setting for a tray in the garden. I would love to spend time there.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely beautiful post... beautiful tablescape... just found your blog and so happy that I did... wonderful photography and scapes.. I can hardly wait to read more... !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...the gardens and the sweet tablescape! I just love the yellow tray with all the delicate, lacey pieces contrasting against the look and feel of the weathered bench. :-) Susan
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet tray for the garden -- I love the rusticness of the bench with the elegant tray. So very very pretty -- and I do that sometimes -- treat myself nicely in the garden (instead of just a glass of tea!)
ReplyDeleteI have a set of six milk glass glasses that I inherited from my mother-in-law, very similar to the one shown. I often use them as vases. In fact, I never use them as glasses!
ReplyDeleteLovely, Mary! Looks perfect! Lots of rain here too! I think we will have a bumper crop of mosquitoes! :(
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, what a great bargain!
Come see what I made with my 50 cent mold...
I love the milk glass. I have a friend that collects it and I'm always picking up pieces for her, but I think I need to start my own collection, I too wish the rain would stop!!! Looking forward to next week's post.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...and, again, your pictures are of magazine quality. You are a fantastic photographer!
ReplyDeleteSimple, Inviting and the PINK spirea is my favorite!, and the tray!, and the plate, and the outside.....Ha! xoxo~Kathy@ Sweet Up-North Mornings...
ReplyDeleteOh, if only we could get some of your rain here. I could have a garden (well I'd have to learn how first, but still...) to have lunch in. This is beautiful. I love the the milk glass and I had been considering purchasing a tray I saw at Ross, now I think I will.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary....you sure know how to make milkglass look special...your photo's a beautiful...and I love the picture above of the green pasture after the rain....just got back from Jersey and you can make the state look great as well!!
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