Books on a Fall Tablescape

Since many are starting back to school soon I decided to do a Books themed tablescape. I did a schoolhouse themed tablescape before, you can see that one here. I love some of Spoonflower’s tablecloth designs but I have only bought one in the past because they cost more than I want to spend but they were having a sale a few years ago and I saw this Staxx Books tablecloth online. As a retired librarian I felt that I must have it! (I bought another one on sale too, you will see that one on a blog post later.) I love the bold graphics and bright colors. Their fabrics are thick and they wash and iron well.

I bought this book shaped white plate in four different sizes several years ago online from Webstaurantstore.com. Unfortunately you had to buy a case of the plates because the web site is a restaurant supply store. I bought them anyway because I felt a librarian who does tablescaping should have these plates! (I was still working at the time.) They are labeled CAC China. If you google book shaped plate you might find some at another site. This white appetizer plate is on top of the plate stack.

The salad plate is the same design but a bit larger. I like the bright white color of these plates.

The dinner plate is a bit larger than that. I used this plate a few years ago on a reading and witches themed Halloween tablescape. You can see that tablescape here.

I needed a basic square black charger and I found these on Amazon a few years ago. They are melamine and they are made by American Atelier. I think you can find them in other stores too. If you are a tablescaper, it’s a good idea to have basic plates in neutral colors that you can use over and over again. To read about what you should consider when you are buying charger plates please click here.

I wanted another set of black flatware that was all black and different from my Ginkgo International LePrix set to use on a Halloween tablescape and I found this set a few years ago on sale at Macy’s online. It was made by Lenox and the pattern is called Portola. I love the simple design and shiny black color. I suspect this set will get a lot of use. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These A to Z napkin rings are homemade. I bought the unfinished wooden letters at Michael’s and Hubby painted them black for me and then glued the letters together. Then I temporarily attached the letters to some black napkin rings I have with masking tape. The letters A and Z are on the tablecloth so I wanted to match them. You can read about other homemade napkin ring ideas here. The lime green cotton napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago before our store closed. I added them to match the green color on the tablecloth.

I love these tiny typewriter place card holders. I have had them for a few years and I have been waiting for a chance to use them on a tablescape. I found them at The Knot Shop online.

The lime green goblet on the left is my go-to goblet when I need that color for a tablescape. They came from Pier 1 several years ago. I have black goblets that are shorter than the black goblet on the right and black goblets that are much taller than this goblet but I wanted goblets this height. I was delighted to find these black plastic ones on Amazon a few years ago. It said that they were disposable but I plan to keep them for a while until I can find some glass black ones that are the same height. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets (including the colors I use the most) for your tablescaping collection here.

I knew I wanted to use black letters for the centerpiece to match the black letters on the tablecloth and I was looking at single letters but I found this a and z wood book end set on Amazon a few years ago. They were blue and white but Hubby painted them black for me. I have books in every room in the house and I went around and looked for books with covers that were the same colors as some of the book covers on the tablecloth. It caused an unusual collection of subjects!

I love this tablecloth and the color combination of black and white and lime green.

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A 50th Wedding Anniversary Tablescape

This is a special tablescape in honor of our 50th Wedding Anniversary this month. I almost didn’t post it because the camera has washed out the yellow colors so badly and turned the white colors a bit of blue, weird. This vintage damask yellow tablecloth is a really pretty bright butter yellow color. I found it on Ebay several years ago. My bridesmaids wore this shade of yellow so I decided to use it on this tablescape.

Gold is the anniversary symbol for the 50th Wedding Anniversary so I decided to use these gold rimmed salad plates that I found at HomeGoods a few months ago. They were made by Yedi Houseware.

Because the pattern design was so unique I decided to buy the matching dinner plates also.

I used my gold plated chargers on this tablescape that I bought on sale at Crate and Barrel several years ago.

This gold plated flatware set was a Christmas gift from Hubby three years ago. I had bought a cheap set of gold flatware several years ago. It was poor quality and the gold started flaking off. You get what you pay for! We found this set on major sale at Macys. It is made by Wallace and it is called Mikasa Duchess Gold. It is heavy and I love the elegant design on the handles.

These vintage yellow damask napkins also came from Ebay several years ago. My mother loved vintage damask and using damask tablecloths and napkins always makes me think of her. Vintage damask is so soft and irons so well, I love it too.

I found the wedding cake place card holders at Beau Coup online. The gold 50 numbers came from Etsy. They were part of a key chain.

I found the gold goblets a few weeks ago on Amazon. They were made by PG. On the right is a Waterford goblet but one of their less expensive patterns, it is Marquis by Waterford, pattern Brady. I have identified them by the wrong pattern name before. I bought them at HomeGoods a few years ago.

While I was planning this tablescape a few months ago I was looking on my estate sale sites online and I found this gold urn that was for sale at an estate sale. I couldn’t believe my luck! Hubby bought it for me. I bought some gold polish on Amazon and shined it up a bit and it really looks great now. It’s labeled Gold Electroplated Giftware, International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut. I wanted to replicate my wedding bouquet so I bought faux white roses, white stephanotis, and yellow baby’s breath (with a few other flowers) to put in the urn.

I added a couple sets of cut glass salt and peppers to the table. Hubby found them at estate sales for me too a few years ago.

I wish the camera showed the colors more accurately but it’s fun to create a tablescape in honor of our 50th Wedding Anniversary.

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Palm Trees on a Summer Tablescape

I did a palm trees themed tablescape a few years ago but I have made some changes to this one. I bought the tablecloth online at Pacific & Rose. I have been watching their tablecloths for a while and when I saw this one I remembered my palm tree plates that I was waiting to use and I knew it would work well with them. The tablecloth pattern is called Ivy Green.

Tommy Bahama Palm Tree Plates

I found these melamine palm tree salad plates and matching dinner plates at HomeGoods a few years ago. They were made by Tommy Bahama. I knew I wanted to do a palm tree tablescape design different from the previous one that I did and these plates were the perfect choice.

The green color on these plates is one of my favorite shades of green, almost a Kelly Green, and I like the strong graphics on the plates. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

Wedgwood Night and Day Charger

This porcelain white charger was made by Wedgwood and the pattern was called Night and Day. We bought them at an outlet mall several years ago. I love the bright white color and the raised design on them.

I bought this inexpensive stainless and plastic bamboo flatware set several years ago when I first started tablescaping. I can’t remember where I found it, it is just marked Stainless, China but I see similar sets are available online at several places. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I like to mix and match fabrics that have similar colors but different scale and this tropical leaf napkin fabric is a good example of that. It works with the tablecloth even though it looks completely different and they both are a good match for the plates. I bought the tropical leaf napkins on Amazon a few years ago. I found the metal and beads palm tree napkin rings on Poshmark a few years ago too.

I saw these small plastic palm trees on Amazon a few years ago and I decided to use them as place card holders on this table setting.

If you are looking for acrylic tropical themed goblets, HomeGoods is a great place to find them in the early Spring. Every year they have lots to choose from. I found both of these acrylic tropical themed goblets at HomeGoods a few years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets (including the colors I use the most) for your tablescaping collection here.

I am using one of my matte green pottery vases that I collected many years ago as a centerpiece. It is not labeled and I am not sure if it is vintage or not. I probably bought it on Ebay. The green color is perfect for this tablescape. The faux white hibiscus flowers came from Michael’s last year. I like the tiny pop of orange color. This is a relatively simple centerpiece because the tablecloth has such a busy pattern. With a really busy tablecloth you don’t want to clutter up the table with too many things so that the eyes don’t know what to look at first.

A local art center was having a rummage sale a few years ago and there were photos online of everything that was for sale. I saw these vintage palm tree candlesticks and Hubby went and got them for me. They are cast iron and the bottom is bronze. I wish I knew their story. I have positioned them for photos so that the candle holder part doesn’t show because I didn’t want to add candles to this tablescape.

Our neighbor has really tall palm trees surrounding their pool. Palm trees are such a California icon.

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Oranges on a Summer Tablescape

This tablescape has been many years in the making. I started collecting dishes with an oranges pattern on them many years ago because I was born in a town called Orange, graduated from high school there, and was later married there even though I didn’t grow up there. For years I was trying to find a certain vintage salad plate with oranges on it. I found three but I was never able to find the other three so I could do a tablescape. I finally gave up on those plates and found six of these oranges salad plates. When I saw this oranges filled tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago I knew that it was finally time to pull this theme together.

I found these gold rimmed oranges salad plates on Ebay and Etsy over the past several years. They are marked Hutschenreuther Selb, Bavaria, Germany, Pasco. “Pasco” is the mark of Paul A. Straub & Co. of New York City, an importer in business from 1915 to 1970. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying salad plates here.

There is an extra plate in this plate stack. I bought these Bordallo Pinheiro green dinner plates on Ebay one at a time as I saw them over a few years. They are difficult to find. They were made in Portugal and I have seen the pattern referred to as Trellis but I am not sure if that is correct.

Fiesta Square Tangerine Dinner Plate

This square dinner plate was made by Fiesta and the color is Tangerine. I bought them online from Replacements.com a few years ago for a Halloween tablescape. You can see that tablescape here. This color is now discontinued. Most of my plates are round but I have bought a few square sets from time to time when I needed them. This shade of orange was a perfect color for this tablecloth. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

Mikasa Color Spectrum Hunter Green Charger

This charger was made by Mikasa and it is called Color Spectrum in Hunter Green. I love this charger, it is heavy and a great color. I have several others like this one in other colors. I bought them all a few at a time on Ebay over several years.

Madeline Green Flatware

If you read my blog you will recognize this flatware set, I use it often. It is called Madeline Green flatware, and I bought it at World Market several years ago. I really like the frosted design on the handles. You can see this same frosted green flatware on a Fall tablescape that I did two years ago here. There are lots of different colored frosted flatware sets for sale right now online at various places. Just google the color you are looking for with the words frosted flatware and something will pop out. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I bought these green cotton napkins at World Market online several years ago with several other colors too. They wash and steam iron well. I found the oranges napkin rings on Etsy a few years ago. The orange color was off but Hubby saved the day by painting them to better match this tablescape.

I was looking for something with a oranges theme to use as place card holders on this table setting and I found these faux orange slices on Etsy. I had bought lemon ones for a Spring tablescape and I knew they had oranges as well. I set two of them on a Oleg Cassini clear glass square place card holder. I bought the place card holders at HomeGoods several years ago when I first started tablescaping. They are heavy and solid and I really like the simple design. I often use them as a stand for place card items. You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here.

The sage green acrylic goblet on the left came from our Pier 1 store before it closed a couple years ago. I think I bought the orange goblet on the right at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets I bought several years ago. I use them more than I thought I would. I think I have goblets now in all the primary colors. I used these same goblets on my Vegetables tablescape a few months ago. You can see that tablescape here. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets (including the colors I use the most) for your tablescaping collection here.

Bordallo Pinheiro Orange Bowl

I have to admit this centerpiece was a struggle and it went through a few different variations before I settled on this one. I started with a small tree of faux oranges from Joann’s but their idea of shipping is to just dump things in a box with a thin layer of plastic. When the tree arrived, it was crooked but it was the wrong scale for this table anyway so it went back. Then I decided to try a large flat green glass bowl that was a wedding present and I put faux oranges in it. The bowl was the perfect green for this table but it was too low and I couldn’t find a stand that worked well with it. While I was wandering around mumbling to myself trying to think of something else, Hubby looked in the china cabinet and found this bowl. Lol! It had been right next to the salt and pepper that are on the table but I wasn’t thinking along those lines when I pulled the salt and pepper out. Hubby saved the day! I bought the bowl on Ebay several years ago. It was made by Bordallo Pinheiro in Portugal. The faux oranges came from Hobby Lobby last week. I found the small white stand at HomeGoods a few years ago. I actually really like the way this centerpiece finally turned out for this tablescape. It’s simple but a good match for everything else on the table.

I often add something to both sides of a centerpiece just for added interest. Because this tablecloth is so busy, I wanted something simple. I have had this orange candle holder for several years now. It came from Yankee Candle.

This oranges salt and pepper set probably came from Ebay several years ago. They aren’t marked.

This tablescape is special, memories of the place where I was born, graduated high school, and married.

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