Welcome to my Valentine Tablescape! I have a cottage rose theme to celebrate the wonderful ladies in my neighborhood!

I am joining my dear tablescaping friends for a Valentine's Tablescape Hop. We were all brought together by the wonderful Rita, of Panoply, to show off a table to celebrate the ones we love.
There will be links to 17 other tables at the end of my post! So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy some loveliness!
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I wanted to create a little ode to my lovely friends in my new neighborhood for this Valentine's table.
I am not normally a fancy girl! I set this table wearing jeans and a plaid flannel shirt!
Living by myself now, I am gravitating towards more pinks and feminine things.
When I saw this cottage rose print tablecloth sitting all by itself at our TJ Maxx, my thought was to take it home and make something pretty with it. It reminded me of this journal prompt I pinned on Pinterest:
OK! Back to the table and my lovely neighbors!
Honestly, the ladies in my neighborhood are so kind, welcoming, funny, and encouraging!
This tablecloth sang ladies' day to me, and I wanted to complement it with more pretty things to enjoy a nice lunch with a few neighbors.
Although the lunch may have to wait until after this huge snowstorm we are supposed to have!
By that time, I am sure my roses will be dead! They didn't look too good here!
Good thing the napkin rings are faux!
I purchased these plates and the napkin rings from Amazon. I am not a huge Amazon shopper, but when the weather isn't good, I tend to stick close to home, and we have limited shopping close by.
I was thrilled with both purchases. There are 4 different rose plates in the set.
The napkin rings are much nicer than I expected!
They went perfectly with these napkins I had with the delicate white trim.
I don't really own any fine china - I always oooh and aawwe over the ladies that I blog with who own some beautiful china. I made do with the ceramic dishes I had in my stash.

I made some little cottage favor boxes for each place setting to go with the cottage rose theme!
They were made from cardstock and the 3D Little House die from The Stamp Market.

I adorned the houses with a little wreath, hearts, and a bow. I am in love with this bow die - it is from the Greetery, one of my favorite online craft supply places to shop! Of course, they are filled with Dove dark chocolates!!
Speaking of card supplies, I was able to spend a day with one of my favorite card makers, Chris. She and I experimented with decorating cookies just before Christmas. Chris had taken a class and was sharing her knowledge with me, as I had never attempted it before. We had a blast, did a lot of laughing, and I learned a lot from Chris; she has an incredible amount of patience!! My Valentine cookies are just my second attempt at royal icing - this time doing it solo.

Go grab a cookie to go with that coffee and check out all of the other bloggers participating in this hop!
It is so fun to see what everyone else has come up with!

I think I had better package up my cookies before I eat them all! I saved a few blank ones to decorate with my grandsons. Theirs will be with icing and sprinkles, though, something a little simpler and not so pink!

I hope you all have a lovely Valentine's Day ❤️

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