simple dinner party...black, pink, gold, succulents

We celebrated the engagement of dear friends recently with a small dinner party at home. I wanted the table to look really special. I am loving pink with succulents right now, and teamed up with black and gold it's a scheme that is chic but not to serious. I love how it turned out. Scroll down to see how you can create this setting easily and inexpensively at your house.

I recently bought a set of charcoal dinner plates, I just love how the dark colour shows off the food. These ones were $37 for a set of 12 pieces at Freedom a few weeks ago.
I already had the plain black table cloth and gold chargers. I use these chargers all the time, a really good investment many years ago.
I treated myself to new black linen napkins, only $2.50 each at a $2 store which is also where I found the tablecloth. My only other purchase was a bunch of pink alstroemeria, any soft pink flower would work just as well.

To set up I picked some succulent stems from the garden and arranged them with a few of the pink flowers in used black glass candle holders.
Then it's as easy as laying out the gold chargers with a black plate on each one. Fold each napkin into a neat rectangle and place one on each plate. Arrange cutlery on top of the napkin. To easy.