Heart salad servers
Part of putting together a decorative salad for a dinner party is having gorgeous salad servers to compliment the bowl.
This beautiful set of salad servers with heart handles has been designed to be given as a gift, for a wedding or anniversary perhaps, and the soft fabric pouch which they come with makes them the ideal choice. But if you can’t find an excuse for someone to buy them for you they are reasonably priced at £19.95 from Velvet Brown.
These fabulous retro placemats and coasters are from Past Times, which specialises in retro and nostalgic gifts.
Each set of place mats and coasters contains four fun designs, with sayings such as, “Domestic goddess in disguise,” or “I only have a kitchen because it came with the house,” on them. The products are all heat resistant and have durable cork bases.
The set of four retro placemats currently costs £7 (reduced from £12) and the four retro coasters have been reduced down to £6 (was £8).
Perfectly mismatched
I’m all for a bit of mis-matching with home accessories (it’s can be far more interesting) and this is the perfect way of getting a wonderfully random set of cutlery.
Aptly called the Eclectic Cutlery Set, the 16 piece set contains four knives, four forks, four dessert spoons and four tea spoons. The design styles of the cutlery live up to the eclectic claim, with a range of pretty florals, traditional gingham designs, antique styles and even modern. It would be the perfect accompaniment to coloured or plain white tableware.
To get the eclectic cutlery set on your table, head over to The Contemporary Home.
Who's sitting where?
When you’re having a dinner party, tea party or special meal, it’s nice to lay the table properly and mark out details of who should sit at each place.
Placecards can be propped up in the appropriate spot, but one way of doing it in style is to use placecard holders.
This set of pretty little placecard holders are in the shape of mini chairs. They’re made from pewter and come in a set of four different chair styles. Find them for sale at Patchwork Harmony.
Engraved wine glasses
Drink wine in style, with the help of these lovely engraved wine glasses.
Available in a pale green colour, for white wine, or a bordeaux, for red wine, the glasses are subtley styled according to whether they’re for red or white wine (or you could just use whatever style of colour you prefer!).
The white wine glasses are £3.95 each (or four for £17.50) and the red wine glasses are £4.95 each (or four for £19.50) and they’re available from Grand Illusions.
