*Tea by the Sea*

Hello everyone,

How's was your 4th of July weekend. We had a marvelous holiday weekend... Friday evening we went a friend's home to see the fireworks. She has a perfect view of the fireworks over the Sacramento River.

The weather has been in the triple digits for a couple of weeks now and I would love to take a trip to a white, sandy beach resort for a couple of days to cool off for awhile. Walking along a beach with my toes in the sand.  Picking up sea shells and pieces of drift wood. Looking for beach glass would be fun too.

Under the pergola is great place to have a tea scape...Oh, I mean a Sea scape... My Thompson seedless grapes are almost ready to pick and the Garden Party roses are blooming beautifully.

My gladiolus are blooming and I thought they would look wonderful with my sea scape. 

When I started to think about the sea I knew I would like to find some shell napkin rings. While my granddaughter and I were in Orchard Supply looking for small lights to hang on the pergola we spotted these sea shell napkin rings.  Bingo! Now I wanted to find some sea shell napkins. Then I remembered I had these napkins that I found at my favorite thrift shop a couple of years ago. I've been waiting for the perfect time to use them. The colors work great.

Now to the seashore to find some colored glass that has washed up on the shore. I lived on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the early years of my marriage. We lived in Fort Bragg, California a little coastal town next  to Mendocino. In the late 60's Mendocino county was not as famous as it is today. Here

While we lived in Fort Bragg we would go to the beach and search for colored glass...There was one spot where an old dump had been and the beach was covered with the most beautiful different colored pieces of colored glass.  What a wonderful experience it was. I needed to find some colored glass. While shopping in World Market I found a bag of colored glass and couldn't resist putting it in my tea  cups. The tea cups came from Tuesday Morning when I worked there. I have a set of 6 for $3.99. They were on clearance and I do love my thrifty finds.

While in World Market I found a bag of drift wood and shells. Of course I wanted to put them in my cloche. 

A view into the garden.

The place mats are from the Dollar Tree. I love orange and blue together. 

The sea shell dish was the inspiration for this 'Tea by the Sea' table.

I found four shell dishes at the thrift store for $4.00. They were $8.00 dollars, but it was their ½ off sale. They are vintage Dansk International Designs LTD France.  The blue dinnerware is from the Dollar Tree and the flatware is from Walmart.

Sea shells and a warm sunny day...

Thanks for visiting,
Joyously,
Betty
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