When A Man Loves A Woman....

 Edited to add: This is last year's Valentine Tablescape. After I read Pat's very special valentine, I decided to pull this one out and use it again. I am a sucker for great love!


This week's tablescape is brought to you by my husband. Really.  My husband and youngest son put this together. Occasionally my son has helped me on tablescapes....as in hauling things in or out, up or down, or moving something here or there for better tablescapes.  He usually does it without any grumbling, and will give an idea or opinion once in a while.  My hubby on the other hand has feigned interest in the tablescaping. It never annoys him, but it doesn't interest him either. And yes, he always says he likes them when I ask!  :)

This week I had not planned on doing a Valentine's tablescape because I figured everyone else would as well.

I like to be different (if you had not noticed).

Then my hubby said he was going to do a

Valentine's tablescape for me.

I laughed.

He meant it.

He said on the way to work he heard the song,

"When A Man Loves A Woman"

and it gave him the idea.

Who could refuse that?

So this week's tablescape comes courtesty of Hubby

and a little help from youngest son (???).

All with me in mind.

Who could refuse that?

He gathered up red dishes and red and white dishes and Valentine dishware.

He went to the storage holiday closet garage

and raided it. I mean really raided it!

And except for a couple of pictures I got of him

hauling the stuff into the dining room,

he took the pictures too.

What you do NOT see in the pictures

is the laptop sitting there,

open to a tablescape from my blog. :)

Please note cupid and a dove.

There are a lot of love symbols

in this tablescape.

I have a lot of crap great things to pick from

and they did well.

I do believe my hubby used the "crap" word tho.

Even though he still picked through it well.

He clipped the love dove's onto the velvet napkin.

Pretty good idea, really.

Then there was this.

I am an English teacher.

I am a "word-kinda" girl.

He knows this.

Very well.

So every single layer of dishes,

when exposed,

had a set of

love notes.

(a/k/a/ flashcards)

Soulmate the first layer.

Wife/Husband the second layer.

You/me the third layer.

And just when I thought it couldn't get sweeter....

Forever

was on the silver charger.

A peak at how he set the table

and put us together

at one end.

He put tissue in the glass to get

a better picture.

He said the "L" in this tablescape

was not for our last name..

or my first name...

but for

Love.

The placecards for us

were also flashcards.

I have always loved the fact,

and used it often,

that our first initials are

T and L.

Just like TRUE LOVE.

Yes, I am mushy like that.

Another view...in progress I believe.

Extra flashcards from my stash

that he put on a crystal platter.

If you look closely,

you can see the flashcard peeking

out from the plates.

He used lots of pictures of us

through the years,

as well as lots

of candles.

A basket of glittered red hearts and filled with

LOVE.

This was the other end of the table,

where he kept his "extras'.

Yes, I will keep this set up

until we can really use it for a

special Valentine's dinner.

And while he had this little arrangement

set up on the edge of the table

as a sentiment for me,

I have to say,

HE stole my heart.

I hope you enjoyed a tablescape

from a Hubby's point of view!

I am linking up this romantic gesture with Susan

at Between Naps on The Porch and Laurie too!