Tabletop Tuesday

You know you've fallen off the blogging wagon when your husband asks, "Are you still blogging?" The answer is YES! We love social media, but sometimes it's overwhelming whether to spend our time on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram or Twitter...now we just heard we're suppose to be on LinkedIn too! In the interest of time, we have neglected our blog...promise to be better!

We've loved sharing some fabulous tabletop settings recently - Tabletop Tuesday. Be sure to share photos of your upcoming soirees featuring La Plates - you can email us at: info@laplates.com. Here are some of the favorites:

featuring La Plates - Mosaic salad plates & Helen Jon - Olivia dinner plate

charger & napkin from Sharyn Blond Linens, fabric tablecloth from Quadrille Fabrics

featuring Ampersand Design Studios - Color Block salad plate & Diamond Ikat dinner plate

fabric tablecloth from Quadrille Fabrics

Breakfast in Bed?

So I've got to be honest, this photo didn't happen in real life...but wouldn't it be nice? We snapped this when photographing our new Lucite Trays. I love this image, as it captures some of my favorite things! Quadrille Java Java fabric headboard - LOVE! Front pillows + coverlet = Leontine Linens, an amazing company with over-the-top fantastic monogrammed pieces. If I were Oprah, these would be some of My Favorite Things...but alas, that is just a dream - like this breakfast in bed scene!

Patriotic Tabletop

This summer is the perfect time to pull a fabulous red, white and blue tabletop together. You can use it for the 4th and then for an Olympic celebration in late July. We’ve layered some of our favorite pieces for an al fresco affair!

 

1. Start your tabletop with a great patterned fabric - we love Quadrille Java Java in Navy.

2. Bring some texture or metallic to the tabletop with rattan or silver chargers.

3. Next up dinner plate - we chose La Plates MOSAIC in red.

4. Salad plates - La Plates SAYA in navy.

5. Pull in some fun accessories, like decorative trays or our Silverware Caddy.

6. Finally add glasses and napkins for the finishing touch!

Change up the look with Monogrammed Tervis Tumblers

Or a casual Monogrammed Styro Cup

Put a patriotic twist white on a favorite dessert with white chocolate dipped strawberries and blue sprinkles.

Looking for the perfect cocktail to serve at your 4th festivities? We found this one on Cool Junkie:

THE ALL AMERICAN

Ingredients
1 ¼ oz. Smirnoff Raspberry Twist
¼ oz. Blue Curaco
½ oz. Sweet and Sour
Simple syrup
1 Cherry

Preparation
Shake ingredients with ice. Garnish with a cherry.

GIVEAWAYS - Holiday 2011

We are having a BALL in our POP UP shoppe! We have a fabulous storefront full of great tabletops and we've decided to give them away to our Facebook Fans this holiday season! For each tabletop, we've partnered with Creative Candles for fabulous accents to the tabletops. You'll have to head over to our Facebook Page and leave a comment for each giveaway.

Rules of the giveaway, you can sign up for each tabletop once. Kansas City peeps want an extra chance to win? Stop by our POP UP, 8227 Corinth Mall, Monday - Saturday, 10am-3pm until December 3rd, 2011 & fill out an entry form. All winners will be selected by random.org on date listed via Facebook. Winners will be alerted via Facebook and all tabletops will be delivered/shipped to winners by Christmas. Good luck!