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.

What to do for Father's Day?

We love to celebrate & Father's Day is no exception! Here are a few of our favorite ideas for the men in our lives, in all price ranges:

1. La Plates: Monogrammed Leather Toiletry Bag

2. La Plates: Monogrammed Weekender 

3 and 4. Williams-Sonoma: Monogrammed Steak Brand and Cutting Board 

5. Cartier: Men's Watch

Welcome our Summer Intern!

We are SO excited to welcome our first summer intern to La Plates! Liza will be focusing on our social media this Summer. You can check her post out every Tuesday here on our blog & she'll be posting on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest too. She's got a great eye for style - from fashion to travel to food - she brings it all to the table.

Name: Elizabeth Freitag

University: Texas Christian University 

Major: Strategic Communications with a Business minor

Why do you intern at LA Plates: I want to intern at La Plates to gain a better understanding for advertising and promoting products

First monogrammed piece you remember: My first monogrammed piece was a make up bag

Most memorable meal: Thanksgiving

Most prized possession: Anything my dad has given me

Favorite place to vacation: Grand Cayman

On desert island - 3 pieces you’d need to survive: an umbrella, water, and a swimsuit

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? In 5 years I see myself working at an advertising agency in Dallas

 We can't wait to see all Liza has to share with friends of La Plates. This Kansas City girl has gone Texas Cowgirl on us - love these custom boots she found!

 Here's how I remember Liza...as a 5th grader in my first class at The Barstow School & then a babysitter for my boys...she's all grown up now!

Mother's Day treats

Whether you're a grandmother, mother, daughter, mom-to-be, or one with a mom angel, we hope you have a super Mother's Day and celebrate the fabulous moms in the world!

One of our fun customer's designed these coordinating Mother-Daughter Make-up Bags. We thought they'd be fun to share on this day celebrating moms!

We're LOVING our new sterling silver monogrammed cuff! La Plates will be offering the cuff by special order, as it is custom madeand takes some TLC for production. If you are interest, please email us at orders@laplates.com. We're happy to give you more details, production takes approximately 6 weeks.

Happy 4th Birthday La Plates!

We've been around a whole 4 years - you know how I know? Because I launched La Plates on my baby boy's 1st birthday. And that little Jedi Knight turns 5 tomorrow!

So we tried to be creative on a birthday treat. Here are the details:

1. Order 4 ten inch dinner plates, a set - all matching on May 1st, 2012. (you pick all the details)
2. La Plates throws in a matching set of 7.5 inch salad/dessert plates - for FREE!

That's it! Now, those of you wondering if you order 4 totally different plates, can we send a set of small plates to match - no. Read #1 and #2, it's really easy & fun. Think of all the great gifts you can load up on...wedding gifts, graduation, summer hostess gifts. Think of all the peeps you can impress with a set - or just treat yourself!

Now run along and get shopping, this expires 5.1.2012 at midnight CST.

Pin It to Win It with La Plates

We are loving Pinterest and all the ideas that are literally at our fingertips! If you are as crazy about Pinterest as we are, this little contest will be a breeze! If you haven't joined Pinterest, email us and we'll send you an invite (info at laplates dot com). I can't say I didn't warn you...it's addictive...in a sort of good way.

All you need to do is:
     #1 - Create a La Plates Board on Pinterest
     #2 - Pin all your favorite items from www.laplates.com
     #3 - Tell us about your board on our Facebook Page - if you're not a fan of La Plates on FB, you should be. We're giving stuff away there next!
     #4 - Keep on pinning until May 1, 2012 - our 4th La Plates birthday. We will be randomly picking a winner @ noon CST (5.1.12) for a $200 set of La Plates!