A Mer-mazing Summer Tablescape

Back to tablescaping, we had a family wedding and I took a few weeks off. I decided it was time to use my mermaid statue again. It normally sits in the middle of one of my birdbaths in the back garden. I have used it on two other summer mermaid tablescapes but it was painted green for one of them. I found the coastal looking tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago. Summertime means time at the ocean and I often create tables with ocean themes in the summer. I have created twenty different ocean themed tablescapes. You can see them all here, https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes , scroll down to the Ocean section.

I found these melamine mermaid salad plates at Wilford & Lee Home Accents online. The back says Beachcombers Coastal Life.

My phone camera is playing tricks with the colors on this tablescape. This is a Fiesta dinner plate in the color Sky Blue but it doesn’t really show the true color of the plate. It is actually a pretty baby blue color. Can’t remember where I found them online.

This is a Mikasa Color Spectrum charger in the color Turquoise. It is a much prettier color than this photo shows. I bought them on Ebay several years ago.

I have had this frosted aqua flatware set for a few years. The flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy. I bought it at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. I have frosted blue, gray, and pink flatware sets in this same pattern also. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think these cotton napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago. The metal mermaid napkin rings came from Tipsy Mermaid online two years ago.

I had to really improvise with this mermaid place card holder, I just couldn’t find anything that worked. I ended up with these mermaid tail suckers from Amazon. (We cut off the sticks.) I set them on my white clam shell place card holders. They were made by Andrea by Sadek. I have had them for several years and I can’t remember where I bought them but I see them on Ebay from time to time.

I can’t remember where I found these turquoise goblets, I have had them for a while. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

Hubby found this concrete mermaid at a plant nursery several years ago. It is solid concrete and it is very heavy! It was a gray concrete color but hubby painted it white for me. I bought the mermaid tail scatter on Amazon.

She was painted a matte white before and that looked better.

I bought these small mermaids on Ebay a few years ago, I think they are supposed to be for fairy gardens. I put a set on each side of the centerpiece.

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