Library Luncheon

On Tuesday I invited librarians from neighbouring schools to come to our school for a networking day. We started with an early coffee and chat then I had arranged for a local self-published bush poet to come and share his poetry with us. He also talked to us about the ups and downs of publishing your own book. Very interesting!!  Why is it that there is always someone ready to take advantage of you?? Thankfully the story ended well.
After morning tea our guest speaker had fun writing poetry with our students. I had prepared a power point presentation of my library displays from over the years and explained to my colleagues just how I had made them. Another librarian had also prepared a presentation which she shared with us all. It was such an inspiring day.
Lunchtime arrived and as my favourite thing to do is set a table I did just that. I received so many wonderful comments from the girls. I had covered books with black and white  paper for a display at the giftshop so they seemed perfect for a library lunch. Everything else I had either at home or at the beach house. It was a very simple lunch with finger food and  I had made individual desserts for everyone. Such a great day!

This is the first time I have done anything like this and it was just fabulous.

Suzy

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Pottery Barn Clock Plates

Oh my goodness…..I have fallen in love with Susan’s (Between Naps on the Porch) Pottery Barn inspired clock plates she posted about today. I will have my eyes peeled for some clear melamine plates to make some of those. We don’t have a Pottery Barn here in Australia so I just drool over some of the gorgeous eye candy I see on their web sight.
Any way, back to this weeks table. We had a lovely warm day over the weekend (it is raining now though so we are loving that!) so it was a great chance to set a table on the verandah.


















I love the combination of purple and green but usually I use a dark purple but this week’s table started with a cloth I use at the gift shop for displays. As you can see the colours are really a purply/blue tone but I still love it with the bright spring-like green. I’m loving my polka dot plates too!. The wine glasses are acrylic (and very old!!) but to me they were a perfect match.

Suzy

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CottageStyle@LavenderGardenCottage

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Lunch with Mum

 Today I had lunch with Mum! She has been staying with me for a few days while Mr FH is away. I thought as it was Thursday I would set a nice table for our lunch. I set up a small table in the family room which was lovely and sunny at first.
                         

I used a soft pink and green cloth to start with then layered some pale blue, buttercup yellow and pink tableware. The flatware was a bargain at $5 a few weeks ago but somehow I don't think it would stand up to a big steak!

I had these gorgeous organza bags (pink and blue) so I popped little jars of coloured lollies into them then placed them in the bowls. 

These lovely speckled eggs were left over from Easter so I added them to the table for an after treat.

(The yellow one wasn't quite this bright - don't know what happened there LOL)

My Mum is a real Cup-of-Tea Lady so we used my soft green teapot and creamer. I added some fun teaspoons my friend had given me for Christmas a few years ago - aren't they cute!

I have a few large heart chocolates that I have ready for the baby shower so I used one near my jug of roses.

How nice is it to share your lunch with someone special.......

Suzy