These beautiful roses were the inspiration for the pink in this pink and blue tablescape. The original inspiration was the blue cobalt chargers my friend gave me a while back, and when I was thinking about what would go with them, this pink was perfect!
How do you thank someone for giving you a gift that you love so much? You invite her to a dinner using her gifted chargers, of course! This same wonderful friend had also given me a vintage cookbook, so the menu included her favorites. (The chocolate mousse dessert turned out to be MY favorite too! Recipe possibly coming for that one.)
The Blue Chargers That Inspired This Pink and Blue Tablescape
I love these cobalt blue glass chargers, and it always amazes me how they change the whole look of a table. This was a lovely pink tablescape until I added the chargers to make it a pink and blue tablescape. The delicate color of the china doesn’t really read as blue overall, so the chargers definitely steal the show.
I’ve used these several times – most recently in this Dark and Moody Tablescape. As I mentioned in that post, their clear glass takes on the color below it. So in this table, they’re bright and almost translucent looking, whereas in the dark table, they were almost black looking.
These are vintage, and you can find onesies and twosies on Etsy from time to time. (Actually this seller had four when I checked last!) If you want something pretty close, I’ve linked some modern ones in the shopping section below.
The “Pink” Tablecloth and the Blush Napkins
Another thing I’ve mentioned before, is this pink tablecloth. It’s not really pink! This is the back side of a lovely maroon paisley cotton one from an old Waterford collection that you can only get on Etsy or similar vintage places.
If you look for it, you can see the pattern showing through. Pretty fun.
And it does go to show that sometimes you actually have two tablecloths instead of just one! See if you have any you can flip over for a whole different look.
The hand-dyed blush linen napkins came from the talented Deb at Made on 23rd. I talk about how I got them in the post. They’re over five years old now and I use them really often. They’ve held up marvelously, and have only gotten lovelier with age.
The Rest of the Place Setting
The china is the Blue Hill pattern by Noritake, and was another gift – this time from a wonderfully generous cousin. Besides the beautiful flowers, it has a shiny silver rim that matches my silver flatware.
Because of that, I decided to go with silver accents like the fun square napkin rings and silver mercury glass pillar candle holders. I got the candle holders at the old Pier One years ago, and they must not have made many of them because I can’t find them anywhere! I’ll keep looking though, and let you know if I ever do.
In the meantime, I’ve linked some others that I have and love, in the shopping section.
The glassware, as almost always, is these cut crystal water glasses and our Riedel wine stems. On our pink and blue tablescape, we have both the Bordeaux and the smaller white wine glasses. Or well, I have the Bordeaux glass because I’d already poured myself a lovely white, and my husband and one guest only have their white glasses because he’d poured them both a lovely bordeaux!
Our guest of honor hadn’t chosen her wine yet, which is why there’s such a disparate array of glass configurations on the table.
The Pre-Dinner Drink Dilemma
Which brings up another point, and something one of our fellow readers asked me about not too long ago: When your guests arrive, do you have separate glasses for the pre-dinner drinks?
My answer was, yes you can, or you don’t have to – depending on a couple factors. If it’s a formal dinner with peope you don’t know very well, you might want to have the table set with the dinner wine glasses, and also have separate pre-dinner glasses.
If dinnertime comes and anyone still has some of their pre-dinner wine left, they can bring it to the table to finish. Then you can gracefully remove that glass either when it’s time to pour the white wine, or when the glass is empty.
Or if you’re all friendly and it’s a casual dinner, like our pink and blue tablescape dinner was, you can just ask your guests to grab their glasses off the table, and pour them some wine!
Obviously, if you’re serving a pre-dinner cocktail that takes a completely different style of glass, you’d give them that glass instead, and remove it when they’re finished.
Extra Flowers for the Pink and Blue Tablescape
You might have noticed that those feminine pink roses are not the only flowers on the table. I also had some darker pink lilies that had a couple days left in them. They’d been in another arrangement that I had to move along to its ultimate destiny, but I gently pulled these out first!
As is often the case with my table settings, I didn’t have a lot of time to do anything really fancy with the centerpiece. So I just added the lilies around the roses. I liked the different shades of pink, and they still smelled lovely too. (But not enough to mess with the wine. Very fragrant flowers are my favorites, but sometimes I have to move them off the table so they don’t interfere with the aromas of the food and wine.)
Oh and you can’t see it, but the flowers are in a round silver bowl, held in with clear floral tape in a grid across the top. A super easy way to get the look.
Give It a Try!
So if you’re looking for a soft and elegant feminine color combination, you might try a light pink and blue tablescape. And if you’ve already done one, let me know what you think in the Comments – I always love to hear from other tablescapers!
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Your table is gorgeous, Barbara! I love blue and pink together this time of year.
Aww thanks Kim! So sweet of you to stop by!
A stunning table!
Thanks so much Michele – I’m so happy you like it! 😊
Beautiful Barbara, the flowers are stunning and look fantastic with the pretty gifted blue chargers. I’m sure you all had a wonderful time! Have a great Memorial Day weekend 🇺🇸
Hi Jenna! I had a wonderful weekend! I can just picture you having fun too! Thanks so much for stopping over, and I’m glad you liked the table. 😊 Happy Short Week!
Barbara, the pink and blue color palette is just lovely – those cobalt chargers are gorgeous – what a lovely friend you have! Your china with the chargers is just perfect and I love all the soft shades of pink in the flowers, napkins, and tablecloth. Its a beautiful table my friend and I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful dinner. I hope your summer is shaping up wonderfully!
Hi Kim! I DO have lovely friends, my friend! 😊 And our dinner was great. It’s still a little cool and misty here, but I hear summer’s coming! 🤣 Hope you’re having a wonderful one too – Happy Friday!
Barbara, this is a lovely blue and pink table. I also have some glass (very heavy) cobalt blue chargers that I seldom use. Seeing your stunning table reminded me I should pull them out and set a table. The pink roses and lilies are beautiful. I always enjoying visiting one of your lovely tables, my friend!
Pam you’re so sweet – thank you! Yes mine are seriously heavy too, but so pretty. I can’t wait to see what you do with yours! Hope you’re having a lovely summer! 💙