Comments on: Mixing Fruit and Flowers for an Inexpensive Tablescape https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/ Recipes, Entertaining, Charcuterie, Boards, Travel and Lifestyle! Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Reluctant Entertainer 2011 Round-Up - Reluctant Entertainer I Sandy Coughlin - Lifestyle, Entertaining, Food, Recipes, Hospitality and Gardening https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-4/#comment-42992 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:45:45 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-42992 […] How to make a fruit and flowers centerpiece […]

]]> By: Staging Food with Fabric Samples - Reluctant Entertainer I Sandy Coughlin - Lifestyle, Entertaining, Food, Recipes, Hospitality and Gardening https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-4/#comment-36573 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:54:19 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-36573 […] bit here on RE. It’s not that I’m more creative, in fact I’m still using the same classic white dishes I’ve always used. The difference is, I’m using fabrics under my plates to add more […]

]]> By: Adelle Gabrielson https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-33240 Wed, 18 May 2011 18:02:06 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-33240 Love this idea! We gave up a formal sitting room in lieu of having a HUGE Dining Room. I keep both leaves in my table – I want to walk in my front door and be welcomed by a big, open table. But keeping my centerpieces new and fresh can be challenging. This is a GREAT idea!

]]> By: pam https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-32929 Wed, 11 May 2011 19:54:35 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-32929 boo on someone who comes here to be mean. Sandy, for years I have read your blog, commented and even emailed- with responses from YOU! Love that! I have an email for you right now in draft mode… has to do with raising kids – balcony girls- and how to end such situations as what you have encountered here. Backhanded comments are just that. When people begin to realize what comes out of their mouths, texts and fingertips have true meaning only then will they think about putting on YOUR shoes!
I am sorry you have had this..
and as for fruit as a center piece- it totally is! I designed a fruit centerpiece for a table that went into a design magazine!! We needed more color on the table so we raided the fridge! The designer I worked with loved the idea and loved how with a little bit of money and ingenuity anything is possible!!
Keep up RE – you lift me up :) God is happy with you being the best you you are being!

]]> By: Beth https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-32911 Wed, 11 May 2011 03:13:58 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-32911 My husband and I just laughed and laughed at the absurdity! (though if it were my blog, I’m not sure laughing would have been my *very* first response!) I just want you to know that we’re both HUGE fans of your blog and creativity. He would never admit it to his friends, but he’s always asking me if (and what) you’ve posted that day…. if it has anything to do with gardening, he gets his own laptop out to read it. :)

]]> By: Curtis & Sherrie https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-32903 Tue, 10 May 2011 20:39:26 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-32903 Well we LOVE your blog, and your thriftyness!!! That person does not know your budget for anything. We all have different budgets, and I too served Asparagus, (your yummy recipe!) for Easter and here in the Redding area I paid $1.99 a pound for it, not that, that matters. What matters is that if this person had read more than one or two posts, is that we all reach out, stretch our personal boundries and touch lives. One meal at a time…… We have expensive China and Crystal, and we have Dollar store, and yard sale plates and glasses too! And I mix em up do different tablescapes, try and show people that it does not have to cost you a lot of money to have a beautiful table and home. That center piece is so pretty I saw one on the cover of a magazine when we were checking and told my wife that is so pretty and the best part??? When you are finished with the dinner you can eat the apples!!!!! Sandy you continue doing what you do best, encouraging all of us to be better people, to share our faith, to go beyond our comfort levels….. we love you for it!!!
Blessings to you and yours
Curtis & Sherrie

]]> By: Emily https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-32900 Tue, 10 May 2011 17:19:58 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-32900 In the last few months, I’ve seen a rash of critical and unpleasant comments on my favorite blogs. RE is really the LAST place I would have expected to find any negativity. Sandy, if you have an “air” about you, it’s one of joy and loving life. And someone must be a VERY new reader to not know that you always give the frugal and thrifty information up front. And honestly, I don’t know how a reader could miss the dollar store goblets. I always read the “About” pages of blogs I follow, but they must have skipped the “Why” page, because it says it right there!

Thank you for showing us the beauty of entertaining, and making it accessible for all. Don’t change a thing!

]]> By: Sandy https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-32899 Tue, 10 May 2011 16:23:07 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-32899 In reply to Jill.

Thanks Jill, and I think what’s happened is there are a lot of NEW readers to RE who haven’t read my RE message for almost 5 years … Good Will, Thrifting, Yard Sales, Dollar Store … and more. HA! It’s how RE came to be!

https://reluctantentertainer.com/meet-sandy/

Most of us are Regular Janes, aren’t we? :)

]]> By: Sandy https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-32898 Tue, 10 May 2011 16:20:35 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-32898 In reply to Leslie.

I’ve received several emails this week from readers who have the same dishes. So fun! My set from 20 years ago is 12. But I came across “1” plate at Good Will, so I have now 13 :)

Thanks for your encouragement, Leslie! :)

]]> By: Sandy https://reluctantentertainer.com/mixing-fruit-and-flowers-for-an-inexpensive-tablescape/comment-page-3/#comment-32897 Tue, 10 May 2011 16:19:11 +0000 https://reluctantentertainer.com/?p=11659#comment-32897 In reply to Judy.

So practical. I have a centerpiece on RE today that uses lemons … thanks for sharing Judy!

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