A Mum-umental Fall Tablescape

August 16, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I know that Fall isn’t here yet but my son who is in marketing tells me that if I want to share tablescaping ideas with others so that they can use them I should post my tablescapes about a month before the season or holiday starts. I often am not organized enough to do that but right now I am a bit ahead, hence this Fall tablescape while temperatures are still warm in many places. I think I found the fall mums tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago. You can see more Fall tablescapes of mine as well as 300+ other tablescapes that I have done on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

Between 2010 and 2018 when our Pier 1 store was still open, it was one of my favorite stores to visit for tablescaping items. They sold a set of plates during that time that was called the Spice Route collection and the colors were named after spices. The dinner and salad plate collections included the colors clove (a dark sage green), and paprika (a darker red). I decided to use these colors and plates on this tablescape. I have plates from the Spice Route collection in other colors as well and if you read my blog you will see them often on my Fall tablescapes.

I like the beaded design around the rim on these Spice Route paprika plates.

I bought these iced glass sage green chargers at Pier 1 several years ago after I saw them on another blog. I love using them in the spring and fall. You can see this charger on a Sunflower tablescape that I did a few years ago here. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers click here.

This is one of my go-to flatware color patterns for Fall tablescapes. This frosted green flatware set is called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market many years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where these yellow gold cotton napkins came from or the ceramic yellow gold napkins rings. The napkin rings may have come from Ebay. To read about the What, When and How of napkin rings please click here.

From time to time I browse Ebay looking for interesting napkin rings and place card holders and I found these vintage amber glass place card holders on there a few years ago. They have a label that says Make in Czechoslovakia so they were made before 1992 when Czechoslovakia became two separate countries: the Czech Republic (also called Czechia) and Slovakia.

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When I first saw the dark amber glass goblet on the left at HomeGoods a few years ago I knew that I wanted it because it is a great color to use on Fall tablescapes and I didn’t have anything like that color in my goblet collection. I love the height too. I think the sage green glass goblet on the right came from HomeGoods as well. 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.

I wanted the centerpiece on this table to include flowers that were similar in color and shape to the flowers on the tablecloth so I went to Michael’s and found exactly what I wanted. Several years ago, for a while, I collected pottery vases in different matte colors on Ebay, just what I liked not looking at the maker or anything else. This vintage sage green matte pottery flower vase is marked with what looks like Hull, USA, F35. The green color is a perfect match for the green color in the tablecloth. At first I thought that the vase would be too short for this tablescape but the size and height of the flowers made it work. (I did cut the stems of the flowers shorter because they were really tall.)

The base mark on this vase is from an historic American ceramics company, the A.E. Hull Pottery Company in Crooksville, Ohio. Hull deliberately paired their plain block name hull mark with this distinct script "usa" mark specifically for their utility and commercial florist products, most likely dating from the 1960’s to the 1970’s. The F35 is the style and mold identification sequence. The letter "F" designates Hull's expansive Imperial (Florist) Line which primarily catered to the commercial floral industry and home decorators. The number "35" specifies the structural mold shape, which corresponds to a footed cylinder vase. A copyright symbol (c in a circle) was added to some productions.

I saw these small glass vases with faux flowers at Michael’s too and I grabbed a couple of them to turn the flowers into napkin rings on this tablescape but as often happens I changed the table design and I used different napkin rings and then just added these vases to the table on each side of the centerpiece.

I am definitely ready for Fall weather!

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An Orange You Glad It's Fall Pumpkin Tablescape

August 10, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I know that Fall isn’t here yet but my son who is in marketing tells me that if I want to share tablescaping ideas with others so that they can use them if they want I should post my tablescapes about a month before the season or holiday starts. I often am not organized enough to do that but right now I am a bit ahead, hence this Fall tablescape while temperatures are still warm in many places. When I saw this Benson Mills Bountiful Harvest Destin tablecloth at Macy’s online a few months ago I knew exactly how I would use it on a Fall tablescape. The outlined white pumpkins design would work perfectly with all the white pumpkins that I had bought for another Fall tablescape that I did two years ago. You can see that tablescape, 26 other Fall tablescapes that I have created, as well as 300+ other tablescapes of mine on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

I looked for a white pumpkin salad plate for several years and I couldn’t find one that I liked until I found these pumpkin shaped salad plates at World Market online a couple of years ago. I really like the simple white design with no other colors to prevent color clutter. It lets the one color rule. I wanted this table to contain two simple bold colors, orange and white.

I love the orange color and the white edge on this dinner plate. This dinner plate was a Rachael Ray design, the pattern was called Rise. I bought them online somewhere several years ago but I can’t remember where. You can read about what you need to think about 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 now and I bought them all on Ebay as I saw them over a few years. The Internet says that this color 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 had been trying to get six of this white color and pattern charger for years with no success until a few years ago 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!

This is my newest flatware set purchase. This flatware set is labeled Mepra Inox and the pattern is called Fantasia in White. You can find this flatware online for sale on several different sites. I have this flatware now in blue, black, white, tan, orange, green, and yellow. It comes in several other colors also. It is very difficult to find flatware sets in different colors so I have my eye on a few other colors as well when it goes on sale again. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think that these burnt orange cotton napkins came from World Market many years ago. I found the white metal pumpkin napkin rings on Amazon a couple of years ago. To read about the What, When and How of napkin rings please click here.

I was looking for my solid white pumpkin place card holders when I saw these white wire ones. I realized that they were a good match for the white lines on the tablecloth so I decided to use them instead. I think that I bought them at Michael’s a few years ago. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

The white glass goblet on the left came from HomeGoods last year and it had a label that said Barsk Original. It’s difficult to find white goblets so I was delighted to find this one. I think I bought the orange glass goblets on the right at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets that I bought many years ago and I use them more often than I thought I would. I often use them during Fall and Halloween time. 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.

When I saw this large white stoneware soup tureen at Pottery Barn online a few years ago I knew that it would be the perfect centerpiece to use on Fall tablescapes. I love the matching soup ladle too.

I added a Mosser white milk glass salt and pepper set to this tablescape that I bought online from Everything Kitchens.

This white ceramic butter dish is marked 10 Strawberry Street. I can’t remember where I bought it but it may have been HomeGoods.

I am looking forward to Fall weather, that’s for sure!

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A Pencil Me In Fall Tablescape

August 03, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I bought this school themed tablecloth a long time ago but it took several years before I pulled a tablescape together. Our schools don’t start for three weeks but I know that others start earlier. I figured this was a good time for this tablescape theme. I bought this school themed tablecloth on Amazon. It was made by Ambesonne. You can see my other school themed tablescapes as well as 300+ other tablescapes that I have done on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

I thought I had seen pencil shaped salad plates once but I couldn’t find them again. I had bought some pencil shaped treat boxes at My Mind’s Eye online to use as place card holders but they were too big and I decided to cut some apart and set them on a dinner plate for this table.

I am using my Fiesta Shamrock dinner plates on this tablescape. Because the paper pencils were so big I didn’t use a salad plate on the plate stack.

This is a Color Spectrum charger by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time over the years as I saw them because I love the quality and the selection of colors on these chargers. I have them in several colors now and I use them often. This plate pattern has been discontinued but you can find them on Ebay in different colors from time to time.

This flatware set is labeled Mepra Inox and the pattern is called Fantasia in Apple Green. You can find this flatware online for sale on several different sites. I have this flatware now in blue, black, white, tan, orange and yellow. It comes in several other colors also. It is difficult to find flatware sets in different colors so I have my eye on a few other colors as well when it goes on sale again. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These bright blue napkins probably came from Amazon a few years ago. I bought the white ceramic with black numbers napkin rings at Pottery Barn online several years ago. To read about the What, When and How of napkin rings please click here.

I have had these small wood easel place card holders for several years now and I can’t remember where I bought them. If you do a Google search something similar will probably pop up. To read about the What, When and Why of place card holders, please click here.

The green glass goblet on the left came from HomeGoods a few years ago. The amber glass goblet on the right also came from HomeGoods. 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.

I found these Giant Pencil Storage Container, 3D Printed Desk Organizers on Etsy a few months ago. They open to store pencils or whatever. I added pink erasers around the bottom to add a bit more interest.

I found the mini-globes at Michael’s.

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A Totally Tomatoes Summer Tablescape

July 27, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

Did I really need a large red tomato tureen? No. (You know how this goes…) Did I really want a large red tomato tureen? Yes! To rationalize this purchase that I made six years ago I have used this tureen on three different tomato themed tablescapes that I have posted over the past six years and I am still really glad that I bought it! My mother loved tomatoes and I have many memories of lunches of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches that she made us while we were growing up. Tomatoes make me think of her. The tureen is sitting on a vintage small tablecloth with images of tomato salads and their ingredients. This vintage tablecloth was manufactured by Thomas Prints and the pattern has been called Salad Bowl. Because vintage tablecloths are usually small I placed this tablecloth over a larger black and white buffalo check tablecloth.

These tomato shaped salad plates are marked Jacques Pepin for Sur La Table, Handcrafted in Italy. I bought them several years ago at our Sur La Table store that has been closed now for a few years. I love the bright red color.

This dinner plate was made by Fiesta and the color is called Shamrock. I bought them at Macys several years ago. This color is now discontinued but you can find them online on the secondary market. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and a simple design and they work well with many different color schemes.

This black flatware set is called Ginkgo International LePrix. The pattern was first created in the late 1970’s in a small village in southern France. I have had this set for years but it is still for sale. Not sure where I bought it. I use it several times a year on tablescapes. The simple design using black handles with distinct silver rivets is perfect with the casual design of this tablescape. I now have this flatware set in navy blue, moss green, mimosa yellow, milano red, and persimmon orange and I use them all often. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

The bright red napkins probably came from our Pier 1 store before it closed several years ago. These ceramic Ganz CBK tomato napkin rings came from Fitzula’s Gift Shop online a few years ago.

I wanted to use a small red tomato as a place card holder on this tablescape and I found these tomatoes on Etsy. They are plastic and they were made using digital 3D printing. I set them on a small square metal place card holder that I have that looks black but is actually a bronze color.

The green goblet on the left came from Macy’s a few years ago. They are called Qualia Glass Meridian. I like the height and the beautiful green color. I can’t remember where I bought these Cristalleria Fratelli Fumo red glass goblets. I like using these red and green goblets together because of their similar shape and complementary colors. 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.

I set this large red tomato tureen centerpiece on a small black stand that I had to give it a bit more height. It really makes a statement on this tablescape. I would remove it from the stand before serving because it is a bit top heavy.

Time to buy some more tomatoes!

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