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. 
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.
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.
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!
These napkins were a yardsale fine and I love their white edge. My newly covered chairs look great with this tables cape.
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.
So all of us are setting a pretty table today, in honor of Khaki and her love of interior design and Southern tables.
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!
An antiques store urn that I found a few months ago holds freshly clipped hydrangea blooms from my yard.
The flatware and glasses are also from Mikasa.
Doesn’t this bone china look lovely with green.
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 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:
Easter is my favorite holiday to decorate a table. Thank you, Mikasa!
I enjoy setting a pretty table when anyone has a birthday! Would love some new dishes…..mine are the same one I received when I got married, 36 years ago:)
The dishes are beautiful! I would use them for a girlfriend brunch.
I absolutely love white dishes and have always used them. Currently I have Mikasa’s English Countryside and use it for everyday and special occasions because it can be dressed up or down! The table I usually have the most fun with is Thanksgiving. Such a special day with family and friends. I always want the table to reflect how important everyone gathered iin my home is to me and to one another.
I may have never left a comment to let you know how much I enjoy your blog. It is always inspiring!
I bought my oldest daughter a white Mikasa service for 12 and we all love them. They have served their family well. No pun intended. I’d love to set my youngest daughter up with a starter set as well. 🙂
I have been checking out these dishes for quite some time…I love them! They are the perfect everyday dishes or even for a dinner party.
I love having family dinners on Sunday! Thanks for so many great ideas.
Honestly, every day is a special occasion. I finally began thinking this at the tender age of 65….and I only hope that all the 25 year-olds out there get on that bandwagon earlier! 😉
While I love setting a pretty table for holidays, really life is too short to consider only certain days as a special occasion. As they say, wear your prettiest outfit any day you like, use those gorgeous napkins even for breakfast tomorrow morning, use your favorite and prettiest dishes each and every day.
Yep, that’s what I would do with those beautiful Mikasa dishes!
Birthdays are great times to celebrate a meal with a lovely table.
I try and set a pretty table every time we entertain…
Love Mikasa dishes, all patterns. Once a year I host a dinner party for several ladies who are dear friends. Spring is my favorite time to entertain, as this time of year the world greens up with fresh life, and my table settings are full of spring blooms and Easter bunnies. A new set of dishes would be just perfect!! Thanks for the offering.
I love to set a beautiful table during the holidays, but also for nice dinners for me and my husband. I’ve been using my grandmother’s silver as everyday utensils for about a year and love the patina and weight. I don’t use my china everyday, but I would use the Mikasa dishes every day!
Enjoy setting the table for family birthdays and holidays.
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I had a set of white dishes which I bought years ago in Macy’s which I used for Christmas against a plaid tablecloth. I recently gave them to my niece who is getting married in October. I would love to have another set of white dishes as I too believe that food tastes better against white dishes; the presentation is just beautiful no matter what you are serving.
I love to set a beautiful table for Christmas.
The special occasion that I love to set a table for is any get together with family and friends.
I love setting a special table for birthdays. I want to make the person feel extra special. I don’t have China but I would use it for those special occasions if I did. For now, I use my “good” dishes.
I like to eat off my fancier things when my family comes.
I would love another set of white dishes as I use the ones I have all the time. Some of the dishes have a few nicks from all the wear I have put them thru over the years. I especially love to set a pretty table for Christmas and Easter.