We had a wonderful ladies' brunch this past Saturday at our church.
Young and old, friends, mothers, daughters, and grandmothers gathered around
beautifully decorated tables. One table per decade from 1900 to 2000.
The desserts were fun, and no two were alike.
I enjoyed all the tables, but some were favorites.
The 1930s table showed off my depression glass.
Vintage hankies were tied as napkin rings.
1940s was a salute to our military,
and included love letters between a soldier and his bride,
written by great-grandparents of one of our women.
The 1950s was fun, familiar looking and colorful.
More color with the 80s.
There were "generic" tables as we needed more than the ten decade tables.
After the delicious brunch we had an amazing fashion show of mainly dresses
worn between 1910 and 2000. Very stylish with music and narrative to match.
Elvis visited and entertained us with a song, and
the morning ended with a wonderful speaker.
It was a great start to a lovely mothers' day weekend.
These are some lovely, creative table themes, Dotsie...love all of the vintage things! Those high heeled cupcakes are about the cutest things I've seen in a while!
ReplyDeleteI'd live to have been there - what a pleasant time that must have been. I think my favourite tables would have been the 40s and 50s!
ReplyDeleteOh Dotsie, I LOVE, LOVE this post!!! This is one of the neatest ideas I've seen in a long time! Those high-heel cupcakes are the cleverest thing ever. :-D I love the way each decade is represented, and I think the 1940's would have been very poignant. I had a great-uncle whom I never met because he was killed in Italy during WWII at age 25. He was engaged to be married to a local girl; I wonder if she kept her love letters from him. Your depression glass is so pretty and I love those vintage tea towels and hankies. That must have been a really nice Mother's Day celebration for a lot of moms! :)
ReplyDeleteHope you're enjoying this pretty weather, Dotsie. Have a great day!
Hugs,
Denise
I love all the clever decorations!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea to decorate the tables in different eras! I really like the first one, the 1930's with your depression glass...so pretty! And the colorful '50's is a great one too. Also love those darling cupcakes! I'll bet the mothers and daughters all felt pampered!!
ReplyDeleteThe decorating is fantastic! Thanks for sharing the photos with us. They're SO clever! I especially love the high heels.
ReplyDeletePodso, goodness gracious, love them all! So very creative and clever!
ReplyDeletewhat a fun and festive scene!
ReplyDeleteHow nice! I love those embroidery linens! All of the tables are beautiful! And what a pretty banner you have too! Enjoy your week. Hugs, Diane
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful brunch for you ladies! So much fun although a fair bit of work to set it up but I'm sure it was appreciated and enjoyed. Aren't the high heels adorable, I'm glad you shared your photos. We all received a long stemmed rose at the front of the church after a tribute to mothers by our pastor. Maybe I should hint about this idea for next year. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun theme for a ladies brunch! The desserts were so cute too. I really like the table with your pink depression glass on it and the 50s table. The fashion show would be very interesting. I must pass this idea on to our women's group at church. We did a 50's Gospel theme for one event this year which was fun.
ReplyDeleteSomeone really had her thinking cap on! What a lot of fun. The cupcake highheels are adorable!
ReplyDeleteA ladies lunch is always fun.
ReplyDeleteSo very clever! And to have the items you needed for each decade was a feat in itself. And you actually had someone there to represent 1910?!
ReplyDeleteWe had a beautiful outfit from circa 1910, but all ages could sit at any table!
DeleteOH! i love these tablescapes especially the depression era! What fun you had, thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun event! It must have taken so much planning to gather all the things needed for the tables. I think a fashion show through the ages would have been so interesting!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to decorate the tables this way. One per decade!!! So fun. Love the cupcake high heel!!
ReplyDeleteXO Kris
Such a fun event. Visiting all the tables to see the decor is entertainment in itself.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing all of the wonderful, unique table setting.
ReplyDeleteWe did that one year for a Christmas party.
Each hostess set a different Christmas themed table.
It was so much fun!
Enjoyed visiting,
Laura
White Spray Paint
I loved this whole tea! What a great idea to do the decades! Lots of clever and wonderful treats, too! I'm storing away lots of ideas for my next tea!
ReplyDeleteDeanna
So glad you had fun and took photos!
ReplyDeleteThose "well-heeled" cupcakes are just too cute!! blessings ~ tanna
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