A Poinsettia and Holly Christmas Tablescape

November 25, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This is actually my favorite Christmas plate stack. I used these plates on a Christmas tablescape that I posted six years ago and I decided that it was time to post a Christmas tablescape with them again because they are some of my favorite Christmas plates. You can see the tablescape that I posted before and 270+ other tablescapes that I have created including 28 other Christmas tablescapes here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes . I bought this Holly themed tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago.

These Bordallo Pinheiro red Christmas Tree salad plates are some of my favorite Christmas plates. I just love the detailed relief design on these salad plates. They came from Ebay, I bought a few at a time over the years as I saw them to complete my sets.

I love using bright red and bright green colors at Christmas time, they always mean Christmas to me as they did to my mother and this tablescape is a good example of that.

It took me a long time to gather this full set of plates in three different sizes, charger, dinner, and salad. I bought them one or a few at a time as I saw them on Ebay over a few years.

This flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy and the pattern is called Roma. I bought them at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. I really like the marbleized design on the handles. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where I bought these Kelly Green cotton napkins but I love the bright green color. I love napkin rings but I decided to just fold the napkin on this tablescape.

I found these vintage holly and white place card holders with red candles on Etsy a few years ago. They were in the original box with a price tag from Maas Brothers. Maas Brothers was a store started by two brothers in Tampa, Florida in 1886. The brand ended in 1991 when the company was taken over by another company. I suspect these place card holders were sold between the 1960’s and the 1980’s. There is a space to write the guest’s name and it can be erased so that the place card holder can be used again. The original candles were included, I can’t believe that they weren’t broken at some point. I love finding vintage napkin rings and place card holders because they are different from those that are sold today. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

These hand cut and hand painted red and green glass goblets came from Williams Sonoma online and the pattern is called Wilshire Jewel Cut. I bought them in two sets of four red goblets one year and then two sets of four green goblets the next year. Each of the four colored goblets has a different cut design and I matched the designs together on this table setting. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

Although you can’t see it in this photo, I found the ruby red glass serving bowl that these poinsettias are setting in on Ebay a few years ago but it wasn’t identified. I used Google Images and I was actually able to identify it as made by New Martinsville/Viking between 1926 and 1970. The pattern was called Janice. I bought the faux poinsettias on Amazon.

I bought these Mosser red glass candlesticks years ago at The Vermont Country Store online. They are a favorite decoration during the holiday season and I thought that they would be perfect on this Christmas tablescape.

I love the color combination of green and red together at Christmas time and if you read my blog you see that color combination often on some of my Christmas Tablescapes.

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A Go for the Gold Turkey Tablescape for Thanksgiving

November 18, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I did this tablescape a some years ago and decided to post it again for new readers. I have had these small turkey tureens for a long time. I found them on Ebay and I finally bought the matching salad plates and dinner plates on Ebay too. I still need a few more of the tureens but one shows up only once or twice a year on Ebay so buying a full set will take some time. Unfortunately the gold color doesn’t photograph well. The dishes, tablecloth, and napkins are a warm gold color and the color gets washed out in some of these photos. This photo is actually the best representation of the color and it still isn’t completely accurate. I found the tablecloth and napkins on Amazon a few years ago and I was delighted when they came and they matched the dishes perfectly.

The turkey tureens, salad plates, and dinner plates were all made by Bordallo Pinheiro in Portugal. I have several different patterns made by this company and I love the raised designs and the details on these plates with turkeys and acorns.

The turkeys and acorns around the borders of these plates are perfect for the season.

These bronze hammered charger plates came from Williams Sonoma a few years ago. I really like the hammered design and they are a nice weight.

I bought this inexpensive set of gold flatware when I first started tablescaping. I can’t remember where it came from but I need to replace it with something of better quality eventually. (I have since bought a much nicer set.)

I’ve had these gold napkin rings for a long time. I can’t remember where they came from but it was probably Pier 1. The gold napkins came from Amazon several years ago.

I used these amber goblets on another Thanksgiving tablescape, you can see them here. I bought them at Pier 1 several years ago on sale. I love how tall they are, they will replace some that I bought several years ago that are much shorter. The brown goblet on the right was made by Lenox between 1966 and 1985. It was called Antique Brown. I bought them on Ebay several years ago.

I bought the metal leaf place card holder online several years ago, can’t remember where.

The matching candle holders came from Ebay also.

I can’t remember where I found this turkey centerpiece. I love the different textures and colors.

This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving tablescapes.

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A Thanksgiving Tablescape

November 10, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I was going to move on to a Christmas tablescape this week but I found these turkey salad plates on our recent trip and I decided to use them this year instead of waiting until next year. This Thanksgiving tablescape is similar to a few of my other Thanksgiving tablescapes but I made a few changes to this one starting with the salad plates. You can see my 14 other Thanksgiving tablescapes and over 200 other tablescapes that I have created here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes I have had this green tablecloth for many years, I bought it on Amazon. I was looking for a green color and there were so many different tones and shades of green but I really liked this tweedy looking green one.

I found these turkey salad plates at a HomeGoods on the second day of our 4 1/2 week trip. The back says Potter’s Studio. Hubby was not crazy about hauling them with us to the East Coast and back but I told him that when you see something you like at HomeGoods, you need to buy it because it won’t be there the next time you go! I have learned that the hard way! I really like the bright design on this plate and the scalloped design on the edge of the plate.

This is a Fiesta dinner plate and the color is called Linen. It’s a good plate for a tablescaping collection because it is a basic color that can be used in many different ways on a plate stack. I bought them on sale at Macy’s earlier this year.

I was looking for a charger in a warm brown color and I found this plastic Bokon charger on Amazon last month. It is exactly the warm brown color that I wanted.

This marblelized light brown and cream flatware set is marked EM3 Inox 18/10, Made in Italy. I can’t remember where I bought the set online, I have had it for several years. I use this set often in the fall. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I wanted to use a napkin with a design on it on this tablescape to add more interest to the table. These napkins were designed by April Cornell. I can’t remember where I bought them, they have been in my tablescaping collection for many years. The turkey napkin ring is one of my favorite napkin rings. It was one of the first napkin ring sets that I bought when I started tablescaping several years ago. The bottom says, “j. willfred, a division of the Charles Sadek Import Company, Inc.”. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these Department 56 ceramic turkey place card holders on Mercari a few years ago. I have a few other sets of turkey place card holders but these were colorful and it’s difficult to find colorful turkey napkin rings so I bought them. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I usually use two different goblets on my tablescapes but I wanted to use this goblet and I couldn’t find another goblet in my tablescaping collection that looked good with it on this table setting so I decided to just use a pair of the same goblets. This amber glass goblet came from Pier 1 on sale right before our store closed. I love how tall they are. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the goblet colors that I use the most often here.

I already had a few turkey tureens but when I saw this Spode Woodland Turkey Tureen at Macy’s last year, he had some different coloring than the other ones that I have, so I decided to buy him too. I love his eyes and I love that the end of the ladle that shows is painted to match the colors on the turkey.

In this photo it looks like the ladle is chipped but it is only the reflection from the window nearby.

If you read my blog you know that I love small salt and pepper sets and I often add them to my tablescapes. This vintage salt and pepper set is labeled Relco, Japan. I found the set at an antique mall several years ago.

I have a difficult time walking past cute salt and pepper sets at HomeGoods and this set of turkeys came home with me last year. They sat on a cute small decorative tray but I didn’t use it on this table setting.

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A Thanksgiving Tablescape with Blues

November 03, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

The idea for this Thanksgiving tablescape started with the blue turkey salad plates. I found them and then I remembered that I did a brown and white Thanksgiving tablescape before so I knew that I had several white turkeys that I could use. You can see that brown and white Thanksgiving tablescape with 13 other Thanksgiving tablescapes (and 260+ other tablescapes) that I have done here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes . I will add a photo of the brown and white Thanksgiving tablescape to the end of this blog post too. I found the Blue Rondo alla Turkey tablecloth on sale at Spoonflower online. I love the small turkeys design. Even on sale Spoonflower tablecloths are expensive but they are great quality and they will last for many decades if they are taken care of properly.

I found these blue turkey salad plates at HomeGoods. They are marked Thanksgiving, Queens’s, est. 1795, Made in Columbia, Myott Factory, archive illustrations, Adapted from original copper engravings. I usually don’t like putting items on my tablescapes that aren’t the correct color but in this case I decided to because I liked the look of these salad plates and I wanted to do a different Thanksgiving tablescape than what I have done before.

I bought these blue plates online several years ago at Ballard Designs, they were called Southern Living. They are about 11 1/2” in diameter, a good size to be either a dinner plate or a charger. I love plates that will work for either! You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

This is a Mikasa Color Spectrum Charger in the color Alpine White. I have this charger in several different colors and I bought them all on Ebay as I saw them over a few years. The Internet says that this pattern was only made between 1992 and 1993. I am not sure that is true but in any case they are no longer being manufactured. I have been trying to get six of this white color and pattern for years with no success until last year when suddenly I found six at different places online after occasional google searches. You need to have patience when you are looking for things for tablescaping, that’s for sure! To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers click here.

This photo really shows the tablecloth design well. I bought this frosted white flatware on sale online at Wayfair several years ago, it was made by Cambridge. It is 18/0 instead of 18/10 so the fork tines are a bit sharper than I would like but I really liked the frosted color. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where I bought the royal blue cotton napkins, I have had them for several years. Over the years I have shopped for napkins at HomeGoods, Pier 1, and World Market so they probably came from one of those stores. I was looking for a white turkey napkin ring a few years ago and found these on Ebay.

To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I can’t remember where I found these white turkey place card holders but it might have been Pottery Barn. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

Hubby found the blue glass goblet on the left at an estate sale last year. The white glass goblet on the right came from HomeGoods earlier this year and it had a label that said Barsk Original. It’s difficult to find white goblets so I was happy to find this one. They are both tall goblets and I like that. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

This white turkey tureen came from Pottery Barn several years ago. I had been looking for a large white turkey soup tureen for a while but nothing was quite right. When I saw this one I decided he needed a good home with us. I like the fact that he comes with a matching ladle.

I bought these blue glass taper candle holders at Sur La Table online last year. The candlesticks are a delicate thin blue glass. I always keep taper candles on hand in various colors in case I need them.

This white turkey salt and pepper set came from Pottery Barn online several years ago.

I found this Lenox French Perle Carved Turkey salt and pepper set on Amazon recently.

This is the brown and white Thanksgiving Turkey tablescape that I created six years ago, a good example showing how I use the same tablescaping items from year to year in different ways.

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