Pretty in Pink Tablescape for a Valentine Brunch

Four sweet young ladies will be having a Pretty in Pink brunch at my house.  Don't tell them - it's a surprise.  The lucky foursome are my two granddaughters, Chloe and Genevieve -  and the two young foreign exchange students, Sarah and Nadir,  living with them this year.  I've got to check their busy schedules to see when we can come up with a "sweet treat" date for my Valentines.

My whole tablescape is "designed on a dime" - well almost.  On a recent flea market adventure, the makings of this table began.  I got to the market just in the nick of time to get these Waverly plates, placemats and table runner for a total of $5.  That's the best bargain I've ever found!  The pattern is Waverly Garden Room.  I'll show you how I pulled it all together.

This is the Waverly Garden Room plate.  Enough to set a table for 4

 Today, I was at TJ Max and found four of these adorable pink flower salad plates.  Don't they look as if they were made for the Waverly plates?  I did splurge a little on these, but I'll be able to get a lot of use out of them with other china patterns I have.  $3.99 per plate - which isn't really very much, but compared to the great price I got on the Waverly plates, it seemed like a lot.

The napkins I made with some vintage shabby chic floral material.  I tied some dainty vintage lace around each one instead of napkin rings. 

You can see the napkin better in this picture below:

 The goblet on the left of the picture above is one of 6 that I also found on one of my flea market adventures.  They're made in Italy and I paid $6 for 6 goblets.  Quite a bargain.  The swirl crystal candlesticks are vintage and I've had them for many years.  The floral candy dish is also vintage Bavarian.

 The floral arrangement is in a vintage ruby red ball vase.

I layered over the Waverly placemats with red woven straw placemats.

The little floral S & P shakers are some that I got from a friend at her yard sale many years ago.

 By candlelight.  Everything looks prettier in candlelight, doesn't it?

The flatware is some Wallace Stainless flatware that I picked up three or four years ago at a department store sale.  I got two servings of twelve since they were about 60% off of retail.

And here's a little vintage Valentine Vignette on the buffet.  I'll have a Valentine Card for each of them to mark their place at the table.  I'm looking forward to a little Pink time with my girls!  

 Finally, I couldn't resist taking a couple of photos of the sunshine streaming in the window this afternoon.  There's nothing like a little sunshine to get rid of those mid-winter blues.

Grandchildren are so wonderful.  My girls are 14 and 10.  The exchange students that are here for the school year have become my adopted grandchildren and I love them dearly.  They are both sweet 16.  Won't we have a wonderful time?  Here's a cute sign that a friend posted on her facebook page this week.  I find it to be so true, don't you?  At least for those of us who are grandmothers ;)

I'm participating in:
Tablescape Thursday
Centerpiece Wednesday. 
Valentine Link Party
Go to this link  and this link see all the beautiful tablescapes.