Gingerbread on a Christmas Tablescape

I did a Gingerbread Christmas tablescape a few years ago with some of the same elements that are on this table setting but I changed out some of it for this tablescape. I bought the polyester bright Kelly Green tablecloth on Amazon last year. You can see the earlier tablescape that I did here.

Susan Winget Gingerbread Plate

These appetizer or tidbit small Gingerbread plates were made by Certified International. The design on the plates was copyrighted by Susan Winget. I have some of her other Christmas design plates and I love some of her designs. The plates came in a set of four with two girl Gingerbread people and two boy Gingerbread people. The set was called Holiday Magic. I can’t remember where I bought them.

Fiesta Shamrock Salad Plate

I added an extra plate to this plate stack because I wanted the colors to alternate in a certain pattern. This small Fiesta salad plate in the color Shamrock is their smallest plate size in the older plate design. It measures 7 1/4” across. The newer Fiesta plate design Bistro has a smaller plate that measures 6 1/2”. Fiesta plates come in a few different sizes so you need to make sure you know what size you are buying.

I bought this red melamine salad plate at Crate and Barrel online with a matching dinner plate a few years ago.

Fiesta Shamrock Dinner Plate

This is the Fiesta dinner plate in Shamrock green. It matches the small salad plate on this plate stack. I bought them online from Macy’s several years ago.

This is another plastic charger from Dollar Tree, bought last week, that Hubby painted Christmas red for me. I wanted a simple red charger for this table and this one works perfectly.

Milano Red Flatware Ginkgo International LePrix

This flatware is Milano Red Ginkgo International LePrix. 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.

I found these metal gingerbread napkin rings online at Mercari online a few years ago. The red and green plaid napkins came from HomeGoods several years ago. I love the red and green plaid pattern, it is perfect for a Christmas tablescape.

I found the gingerbread boy and girl place card holders at Hobby Lobby a few years ago. There is just something so festive and cheerful about gingerbread people!

Mosser Arlington Hunter Green Goblet

I am using my favorite red glass goblets on this tablescape. They are Waterford’s Marquis Brookside goblets. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. There were twelve available and that seldom happens there. I bought them all! You can find them on the secondary market from time to time. I have been looking for a darker green glass goblet for quite a while and I finally decided to buy these green glass goblets made by Mosser. They are a bit shorter than I like but I love the color. The pattern is called Arlington and the color is Hunter Green. I bought them online at Everything Kitchens. I have the same color and pattern in an iced tea so I will be able to use the two together sometimes.

I found this Gingerbread cookie jar online at Mercari online a few years ago. It was originally bought at T J Maxx and it was made by Potter’s Studio. I love the icing and the bow design, and the happy face! The gingerbread man is sitting on a red Rhodes stoneware drink dispenser stand from Pottery Barn. I bought these stands in a few colors several years ago to use when I need to add height to a centerpiece. I scattered a gingerbread garland that I found on Amazon a few years ago to the centerpiece. The garland, green goblets, and the chargers are the only new elements on this tablescape, I already had everything else.

I added some gingerbread salt and pepper sets to fill in some space on the table. I found both sets on Ebay several years ago. I often add small salt and pepper sets to a themed table for more interest.

I love gingerbread decorations at Christmas time!

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A Peppermint Christmas Tablescape

I have had my list of themes for all my tablescapes for this Christmas season for several months but when I saw this really inexpensive tablecloth on Amazon a few weeks ago, one theme on the list got bumped to next year to add this Peppermint themed table setting to this year’s list because I really liked the design on this tablecloth.

A Cute World Market Peppermint Plate

These peppermint appetizer or tidbit plates are such fun. They came from World Market online last year. I always check World Market at holiday time because they often have cute plate designs that are inexpensive.

Although the peppermint design on the smaller plates is different from this salad plate peppermint design they work well together. These salad plates are labeled The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., York, PA. I think I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago.

10 Strawberry Street Black Dinner Plate

These black porcelain dinner plates are some of the first plates that I bought when I started tablescaping. I knew I would need a basic black dinner plate from time to time. They were made by 10 Strawberry Street and the pattern was called Black Classic Porcelain. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

Dollar Tree Spray-Painted Chargers

I didn’t like the shade of any of my red chargers for a tablescape I was working on last year so Hubby went to the Dollar Store and bought six chargers and spray-painted them the perfect red color for me. We have done this before and it is an inexpensive way to create a charger that is the perfect color for your tablescape. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers click here.

I bought this frosted white flatware on sale online at Wayfair several years ago, it was made by Cambridge. It is 18/0 so the fork tines are a bit sharper than I would like but I really liked the frosted color. Frosted flatware is popular right now and a Google search will turn up several different patterns and colors. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where I found the peppermint striped napkins, I have had them for several years now. The black and white Merry napkin rings came from Kirkland’s online last year. There are four different font designs that say merry on this set of napkin rings. I like the simple black and white design.

I found these ceramic peppermint place card holders at Target online last year. They were made by Transpac. They were meant for this tablescape!

I think these red glass goblets came from Crate and Barrel last year. I had been looking for some simple red goblets and grabbed these when I saw them online. Now I wish I had ordered more of them. The goblet on the right with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and it is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a couple years ago. 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 most often here.

These Raz Imports Cone Peppermint Trees came from Amazon a few years ago. I think they are a great addition to this Peppermint Christmas tablescape.

I really like using red and black on a tablescape especially with the addition of white. You can see a cozy Christmas Eve tablescape that I did last year using these colors here.

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Santa on a Christmas Tablescape

Every Christmas season I have to create at least one Santa tablescape. This tablescape uses my two favorite Christmas colors, bright red and bright green. I bought the polyester bright green tablecloth on Amazon last year. I can’t remember where the red and white plaid runner came from, I have had it for a few years.

Mr. Christmas vintage style Santa plate

When I saw these vintage style Santa salad plates at HomeGoods a few years ago I knew I would be using them on a Christmas tablescape. They are made by Mr. Christmas. They came in a set of four with four different designs, two different Santa designs, a snowman and a reindeer.

I am kind of picky about the Santa images that I use. They have to have a cute and happy face.

Fiesta Shamrock Dinner Plate

These dinner plates are made by Fiesta and the color is Shamrock. I bought them at Macy’s online a few years ago. I have this plate in other colors as well because I like the quality and the design. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

I didn’t like the shade of any of my red chargers for a tablescape I was working on last year so Hubby went to the Dollar Store and bought six chargers and spray-painted them the perfect red color for me. We have done this before and it is an inexpensive way to create a charger that is the perfect color for your tablescape. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers click here.

Milano Red Ginkgo International LePrix flatware

This flatware set is called Milano Red Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had this set for years but it is still for sale. I am not sure where I bought it. I use it often when I need a more informal red flatware set for a tablescape. I have this set in a few other colors as well. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These red and white cotton gingham napkins probably came from HomeGoods a few years ago. I often use a busier fabric design for my napkins when the tablecloth is a solid color to add additional interest. The ceramic Santa napkin rings were made by Christopher Radko and I probably bought them on Ebay a few years ago.

These resin Santa place card holders came from Ebay a few years ago.

Red Waterford Marquis Brookside Goblet

I often use this color combination for goblets on my Christmas tablescapes. I used my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets for this table setting. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. If you read my blog you have seen this goblet year-round on several tablescapes during the past few years. The green glass goblet on the right comes from The Vermont Country Store online. It is made by Mosser Glass in the U.S. and the pattern is called Georgia. They are really heavy glass and very good quality. I have bought a few of them at a time over the years. I also have them in cobalt blue. 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 here.

Fitz and Floyd Peppermint Santa Cookie Jar

This centerpiece is one of my favorite Santa cookie jars. The cookie jar is from Fitz and Floyd’s Peppermint Santa tableware series made in 2008. I bought several different pieces in this pattern on Ebay several years ago. You can see some of those dishes on a Christmas tablescape that I did two years ago here.

This Santa and Mrs. Claus salt and pepper set was designed by Johanna Parker. I bought the set earler this year online at California Englished. I often add salt and pepper sets that match the tablescape theme to my table settings.

I can’t remember where this Santa face salt and pepper set came from.

I love the combination of red and green at Christmas time!

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Pine Trees on a Winter Tablescape

Pine trees always remind me of the place where I grew up near the High Sierra and our mountain cabin. We hope to get up that way again soon. This tablescape theme has been in the back of my mind for several years but other ideas pushed it to the back burner. I have had this tablecloth for several years but I can’t remember where it came from. It might have been Crate and Barrel or Pottery Barn.

I bought these pine tree salad plates at Crate and Barrel a few years ago. I like the pine trees design. (I get a kick out of the fact that since I posted this a couple people have told me that this plate is upside down… like the white branches should face up…) Lol!

Fiesta White Dinner Plate

I bought these Fiesta white dinner plates in Salt Lake City a few years ago. They were 30% off, a great sale, and I couldn’t resist them because I only have one other simple basic white dinner plate in my dish collection and it is a larger size than this.

Mikasa Color Spectrum Hunter Green Charger

This hunter green charger often appears on one of my Christmas tablescapes during the Christmas season. They were made by Mikasa and the pattern was called Color Spectrum. I bought them a few at a time as I found them on Ebay several years ago. I have them in several colors now because they are some of my favorite chargers. The size is perfect for a charger and they are heavy and well made.

D & D Inox Roma Flatware

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. There are similar patterns available online now. I really like the marbleized design on the handles so I bought the set in a few other colors as well.

These red cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods several years ago. The tablecloth has small red cardinals and small red stars so I decided to add more touches of red to the table setting. The green ceramic pine tree napkin rings with a white star are probably vintage and I probably bought them on Ebay several years ago.

These metal pine tree place card holders were made by Style Me Pretty and I probably bought them at Michael’s a few years ago. I think they were black and Hubby painted them green for me. The place cards came from Amazon.

I think the red glass goblet on the left came from Crate and Barrel a few years ago. I had been looking for some simple red goblets and grabbed these when I saw them online. Now I wish I had ordered more of them. The goblet on the right is my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblet. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. If you read my blog you have seen this goblet on several tablescapes. I think if I were starting a tablescaping hobby, a set of red goblets would be one of my first purchases. They can be used several times a year.

I knew I wanted some kind of simple wood pine tree for a centerpiece on this tablescape so I went online and looked around. I found this set of wood pine trees at Hobby Lobby but the trees were different colors and patterns. I decided to go and take a look at the set and Hubby went with me. When I saw it I knew Hubby could paint it for me and he agreed. I am really happy with the way it turned out and I can use it as a Christmas decoration too.

I think this is the perfect tablescape to start the Christmas Season at our house.

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