• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Partner
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

Southern Hospitality

Adventures in Decorating, Thrifting, Cooking, Fashion & Gardening

  • My Home
  • Categories
    • A+ Blogs
    • My Blog Story
    • Decorating
    • DIY/How-To
    • Family
    • Gardening
    • In the Kitchen
    • My Home Tours
    • Thrifting
    • Travel
  • DIY Gallery
  • Fashion
  • Feature Friday
  • Shop My Home
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter

Summer Table with Mikasa {+ Giveaway}!

June 25, 2015 By Rhoda 243 Comments

62 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

As a Southern girl, I love pretty dishes and tableware, as I’m sure most of you do too. There’s just something so nice about sitting down to a beautiful table all set with dishes, flatware, glasses, and colorful napkins.  Oh, don’t forget the fresh flowers.  I cut these hydrangeas from my yard, which was a treat this year.

Today, I’m joining a few other bloggers and sharing a fun book and dish set giveaway with Mikasa.  I love Mikasa and have so enjoyed my Italian Countryside dishes that I use everyday.  

Mikasa Collage this …

mikasa table002_20150622

Setting a pretty table on my porch is so fun this time of year.  I enjoyed using this beautiful white set of Loria dishes with their pretty beaded edge.

mikasa table017_20150622

With chunky bowls and mugs, the set has 4 of all of these.  Those little bunny leaf plates are from Bordallo and I’ve had them for years.

mikasa table020_20150622

I pulled out some of my yardsale and thriftstore finds to go on the table, using a scrap piece of green outdoor fabric I made into a tablecloth.  You know how I love green!

mikasa table031_20150622

These napkins were a yardsale fine and I love their white edge.  My newly covered chairs look great with this tables cape.

mikasa table026_20150622

Dear Carolina is a brand new book by Kristy Woodson Harvey.  She and her mother, Beth, write the design blog, Design Chic and Kristy has been on a book tour recently promoting her new book.   Southern fiction always has a little drama and Dear Carolina does as well.  From main character, Khaki Mason, who has a thriving interior design business to Jodi, her husband’s 19-year old cousin, fresh out of rehab, pregnant and alone, this story weaves together 2 strong Southern women and one baby girl in the most difficult decision they’ll ever make.  Written to baby Carolina by both her birth mother and her adoptive one, it’s a story of life circumstances shaping, but not defining and that families aren’t always born, but made.

mikasa loria mug

So all of us are setting a pretty table today, in honor of Khaki and her love of interior design and Southern tables.

mikasa table027_20150622

Mikasa is joining us for a fun giveaway for ONE of you too.  Who doesn’t love a pretty table?  I know all of you do!

mikasa table029_20150622

mikasa table018_20150622

An antiques store urn that I found a few months ago holds freshly clipped hydrangea blooms from my yard.

mikasa table010_20150622

The flatware and glasses are also from Mikasa.

mikasa table011_20150622

Doesn’t this bone china look lovely with green.

mikasa table029_20150622

I really am totally sold on white dishes for the last few years. I’ve always heard that food looks more appetizing on a white plate and I’m convinced of that.

mikasa table014_20150622

Mikasa has some new dinnerware, glassware, and flatware which is part of what they call their “every day sets.” All of these are what you’d normally see in a formal set of dishes, but they are meant to be used every day. Bone china is the best quality dinnerware you will find. The bone component makes this dinnerware extremely chip resistant and also gives it that beautiful, pure white color. The glassware and flatware have a similar philosophy – highest quality but for everyday use.

Click here for Mikasa Loria dinnerware, Mikasa Laura glasses and Kelby flatware.

This is a new program for Mikasa and they use the highest quality bone china and lead-free crystal, but these sets are meant to be used every day, not just for special occasions. These plates have a great feel to them and I love the beaded edge.

You can visit Mikasa on Facebook and Pinterest. 

Mikasa is also offering ONE of my readers your very own set of Mikasa Loria dinnerware (service for 4).  Please leave a comment telling me your favorite special occasion for setting a pretty table.  Get out the good dishes and use them! Please click the Rafflecopter widget and click the box that you have left a comment and then leave a comment here on my blog.  ONE winner will be chosen for a set of 4 Mikasa Loria dinnerware.  US entries only. Be sure and add your email to the Rafflecopter widget, that is how I choose a winner! 

And the winner will also receive a copy of Dear Carolina, the new book by Kristy Woodson Harvey.

Here’s to Summer entertaining! 

Note: Mikasa gave me this set of Loria dishes, flatware and glasses.  

I’m joining these other creative bloggers, so go over and see their tables too. They are all giving away different sets of Mikasa dishes as well:

Dukes and Duchesses

Thistlewood Farms

At the Picket Fence

Design Chic

Finding Home

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Related


Don't Miss a Post, join my list!

Filed Under: Decorating Details, Gardens and Flowers 243 Comments

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. DJ says

    June 27, 2015 at 8:16 pm

    I love setting the table for family get-togethers, like birthday parties and on holidays.

    Reply
  2. Minta Boggs says

    June 27, 2015 at 8:18 pm

    I love all the holidays but Love Christmas the most!

    Reply
  3. rachel cartucci says

    June 27, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    I love setting a special table for birthdays……so much fun.

    Reply
  4. Sandy says

    June 27, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    Love to set a pretty table for company!

    Reply
  5. Allison says

    June 27, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    I love to set a pretty table for holiday family gatherings.

    Reply
  6. Tammy says

    June 27, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    Love your tablescape! It is refreshing!

    Reply
  7. Mariaelena says

    June 28, 2015 at 12:03 am

    Thanksgiving, I love fall decor.

    Reply
  8. Donna Pike says

    June 28, 2015 at 9:29 am

    Christmas. Love to decorate and make a beautiful table.

    Reply
  9. Jennifer C says

    June 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm

    I love setting the table for the holidays! It’s also big birthday season in our house, so it’s a very festive time (lots of December birthdays).

    Reply
    • Jennifer C says

      June 28, 2015 at 5:01 pm

      p.s. Your table is absolutely stunning! I love the mix of antique and new and the green with the white. Also love your windows and all the light!

  10. Tonya Atkinson says

    June 28, 2015 at 7:51 pm

    Thanksgiving in my favorite occasion

    Reply
  11. Debbie w says

    June 28, 2015 at 10:30 pm

    Christmas family get togethers is special and I do enjoy using my stash of pretty China! Thanks for the chance to win!

    Reply
  12. Lisa says

    June 28, 2015 at 11:28 pm

    I love any excuse to set a pretty table for my family!! Thank you for the giveaway!!

    Reply
  13. Rom Kruse says

    June 29, 2015 at 11:45 am

    I love my setting for Christmas, I love having the family around the table

    Reply
  14. Virginia Clayton says

    June 29, 2015 at 12:09 pm

    We set pretty table weekends and family gatherings.
    Love your beautiful table setting.

    Reply
  15. Rhonda says

    June 29, 2015 at 1:03 pm

    My favorites are Christmas and Valentine’s day : )))

    Reply
  16. Erika W. says

    June 29, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    My favorite occasion to set the table is Thanksgiving. We usually have most of our family in town and it’s always a lot of fun.

    Reply
  17. Trish says

    June 29, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    I love setting a table for a night with friends!

    Reply
  18. Heather B. says

    June 30, 2015 at 8:26 am

    I love to set a pretty table! As a pastor’s wife, we host a small group in our home and I just love my group! A pretty table is one way of showing them.
    I also make an effort for family get-togethers – time spent around a table with family is precious! A pretty table to go along with good food and laughter is priceless!

    Reply
  19. Elizabeth @ Pineapples and Polka Dots says

    June 30, 2015 at 5:58 pm

    What a beautiful tablescape! I love the fresh green you’ve chosen. My favorite way to set a pretty table is for dinner on the deck. I love to cut some flowers from the garden and set them out in a mason jar. The containers with annuals, placed around the deck are an easy way to include more pops of color! I love, love, love, that beaded white dinnerware! I’m totally swooning over here. Your table is gorgeous!

    Reply
« Older Comments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Thanks for stopping by! I’m Rhoda, from Atlanta, GA and I love decorating and DIY projects. Decorating a home doesn’t have to cost a fortune and I’ve spent years thrifting at antiques markets and yard sales, finding those treasures that make a home unique. I’m here to inspire and encourage other women to find their own inner creativity. Won’t you join me?

Click Here

Click Here

Email Series
How to Decorate in
Classic Timeless Style
.....without breaking the bank!

House Renovation Journey!

Our Paint Colors

Archives

Categories

Footer Widget Header2

Featured here:

Better Homes and Gardens
Atlanta Magazine
Better Homes and Gardens

Footer

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Partner

Copyright © 2022 · Southern Hospitality · Blog Design by Little Blue Deer
Privacy Policy

Get my FREE Email Series How to Decorate in Classic Timeless Style....without breaking the bank!
After years of decorating my own homes, I've learned a few tricks on how to create a classic home on a budget. Hope you'll join me!
Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party.