This is the time of year when most are thinking of getting away from it all to a tropical island somewhere.
Paradise?
Right?
A paradise where one can lay on a white sandy beach.
Maybe tickle their toes in the ocean waves as they walk along the coastline of some far away tropical island.
Or perhaps they picture themselves in a hammock strung between two palm trees…with a cold tropical drink sporting a pretty little umbrella in their hand.
And so that is why I decided to make a tropical tablescape.
You see, I live in Paradise in the form of a SW coastal town, right on the gulf of Mexico.
I am fortunate to enjoy it year ’round, but if you are dreaming of a tropical get-a-way, and it isn’t in the budget or the plans just yet, you can still get that tropical feeling and look.
This is how I set it up on my dining room table.
I have to confess that this tablescape is one I put together in May of last year and I found most of the dishes and tablecloth at Target.
Add in the cute little drink markers that I put on the side of the soup bowls…..(they are really meant for marking drinking glasses), Got them at Target too!
The set comes with pineapples, flamingos, and crabs and they are in pretty tropical colors.
The flatware has bamboo handles. You’ve seen them before in this Sunflower tablescape., another bright yellow and cheery tablescape.
You could use any flatware.
I used my own green stem ware, to hold that tropical drink or my favorite Lime or lemonade.
And I don’t know if you noticed the cute little flip flops that the stemmed glass fits in….I found them a few years ago at a local shop.
They are so cool.
Fresh fruit is positioned in a little boat that “Only Daughter” got for me.
Instead of using napkin rings, I positioned the yellow napkins in the drinking glasses.
I sat the small bowls on top of the bread and butter pineapple plates.
I do have to make a confession here….most locals do NOT like flamingos.
Oh. don’t get me wrong…they love the real live flamingos that are in our zoos and if you are fortunate to see them in and around our marshes, etc.
Most of the locals just don’t like the plastic flamingos stuck on a wire in their gardens.
If one has those pink plastic flamingos in their yard…those people are most likely our snow birds or vacationers staying for a few weeks. LOL
They can buy these spindly flamingos at any big box store for about $1.99. And they do buy them, which is great for the economy.
I also used a candle centerpiece that reminded me of a little green house (Tropical, yes) and I added a few camellias and other tropical flowers, along with little drink umbrellas.
On each end of the table, I placed fresh fruit.
Lemons, limes, oranges, mangoes, avocados, kiwi, bananas and of course a pineapple.
I love fresh fruit and I believe it makes a definite statement for a tropical tablescape.
You will note there is also the prettiest blue orchid on the end of the table that I purchased about a month ago….orchids last forever, it seems.
I thought you might like to see the tablescape in the evening with the candles lit.
By the time I remembered to take a picture, it was already pretty dark outside.
So my dear readers, if you want to take a quick trip to paradise…set up a tropical tablescape, make some lemonade or your favorite tropical drink.
If you don’t want to purchase a tropical tablecloth…you can use greenery from your garden, a few pretty flowers and fresh fruit and set your table with colorful plates.
Or you can go to Target and for a few bucks…you are in paradise in your own dining room.
Have a Great and Blessed Day.
Love those flip flops! And the drink markers! Have never seen any like that, they are really cute!
thanks Beth, I love these little items that seem to make a tablescape so cute. I get so excited when I see something like these.
Oh Kari! Such an adorable table! Perfect for this time of year here in Florida! Those drink markers are too, too cute! I wonder if I can still find them!
I haven’t seen the drink markers this year Chloe…but they are adorable. Thanks for stopping by.
Revenge can be sweet. I wouldn’t let my guard down about all those flamingos. I use to live in Austin, Tx and there was a house that every summer filled their entire yard with pink flamingos. Everyone there LOVED it. I have a flamingo addiction (going on 3 sets of flamingo dishes.) Thanks for putting a big smile on my face. Wish our Target had all of those cute tropical dishes. And I LOVE THOSE FLIP FLOP GLASS HOLDERS! I’d die for those.
Thanks Sandy, and you are right about revenge is sweet. If you read my response earlier about what my kids did to me. Ha ha ha and I do love the little flip-flop glass holders. Haven’t seen them since… at any shop around here. Thanks for stopping by.
ah so very lovely Kari… just perfect to bring a sunny smile to all.
Flamingos! If I was local you would wake up one morning to a front lawn full of pink flamingos. hehehe!
I just love the drink markers.. it would have stopped the argument with my sister at the last party as to whose glass was whose! I was reprimanded as she had hand blasted/engraved wine glasses for everyone at a previous party and I hadn’t thought to use them at this one… luckily I do know where they are for the next one.
I hope you enjoy many tropical evenings
hugs from across the pond xxx
thanks Ross and it is funny you should say that about flamingos in the yard as Twin #2 secretly placed 4 pink flamingos in our front garden when we first moved to Florida.
But you know paybacks and what they can be. I waited patiently until New Year’s Eve (actually about 1 a.m.) and the Captain and I went over to their house, parked down the street and I was the look-out while the Captain placed 25 newly purchased pink flamingos, plus the four they had put in our yard…. in their front garden. The front of their house looked like a zoo of pink flamingos.
But I didn’t raise no dummy, (as he says)…actually, he was quite clever….he NEVER mentioned it and of course we did not let on either.
Almost a month later, I couldn’t resist and I just had to say something. So, I casually asked if anything happened to them on New Years Eve…
he innocently said “like what”?
And I said “oh, nothing in particular…I just wondered if someone set off fireworks near their house or if someone was shooting off guns, etc in celebration of the New Year.” (I told him that I heard there were a lot of people upset with the merry makers and I wanted to know if he had any issues).
He shook his head and said “no, they were in bed long before the fireworks….”
I commented a little more of finding a rocket in one of our trees and that it could have caused a fire…yada yada yada and he changed the subject like he really didn’t care.
Finally, I could stand it no longer….so I said…was their anything in your front garden on New Years Day?
He didn’t crack a smile but said…”oh, you mean all those flamingos?”
We had a good laugh over it….he said he took the dogs out real early and he could see shadows and then he saw the flamingos. He knew we did it and he told me to not be surprised if the flamingos multiply and visit our house some day.
It hasn’t happened…yet! But they live in Kentucky now so I think we are relatively safe. hahaha!
hugs always xxxx