Mother’s Day was a simple affair this year with just Mom and I sharing a meal together. Mom made a delicious pasta dish and I made strange looking cheese bread. Not everything turns out as planned and like the delicious but strange looking bread, our table setting also did not go as planned.
Lately Mom has been obsessing about everything and anything peach. She has a vision in her head and has been collecting pieces to put together a peach table setting. We were both hoping that Mother’s Day would give us the opportunity to make it happen. Try as we might it just didn’t come to fruition. We need a few more peach pieces, but we will share that setting as soon as we get it just right. So instead, we scraped the peach table setting all together and pivoted.
After thinking about it overnight, Mom was inspired by a fantastic, bold, and bright tablecloth. It is without a doubt the focal point of the table setting. With large white daises and bright pink and orange flowers we decided to go neutral with everything else. To keep things interesting however, we used unique pieces that added texture to the table setting.
For our centerpiece we used a handmade vase and a vintage Laurentian plate made in Canada. The plate along with the goblets uses Laurentians popular and unique “Lava Drip” glaze. The pattern is called Tundra. On the plate we have a handmade vase that has little holes which act as a frog and hold the flowers in place. Although the flowers were not our first choice they worked beautifully. That’s what happens when you wait last minute to buy flowers on Mother’s day weekend.
The goblets are also Tundra Laurentian, and the stoneware dinner plates were made by Denby for Ikea. The design is called “Kravat”, and Mom believes they were made between the mid 70’s to early 80’s. The table napkins bring out the olive green found in the tablecloth and the napkin rings are a unique triangle shape.
We don’t always show the serving dishes, but they went so well with our table setting we decided to include them. The two pinch pots are made by Hilborn Pottery Design in Cambridge, Ontario. You might recognize the style from last year’s Father’s Day table setting. We used pinch pots in that setting as well but they had different glazes. The tray for the bread and the salad bowl are in keeping with the other pieces and for one more pop of colour mom added bright orange salad serving pieces. Although the table setting was not what we had initially intended it turned out to be a striking table setting, perfect for sharing a meal together.
