A Dozen Tablescapes from 2020

As I did last December I decided to write a blog post sharing 12 of my tablescapes from this past year. (I actually created 47 tablescapes in 2020.) It’s fun to look back at them all.

This tablescape is near and dear to my heart. I used my Grandmother’s (Nana’s) Haviland that was passed down to my mother and then to me. I cherish it all. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. This year I wanted to add black to my Valentine’s table and my Miss Blackbirdy plates were the perfect addition. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

There is nothing more Irish than Waterford Crystal. I collect the pattern Lismore and I really enjoyed using it on this tablescape. My Celtic flatware was a perfect addition as well. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

Easter is always a fun tablescape to create because there are always so many different Easter items for sale. I love Fitz and Floyd holiday collectibles and this cookie jar and salad plate are some of my tablescape collection favorites. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

As soon as I bought this metal wicker cake stand I started thinking about how I could use it on a tablescape. I knew it would be a Spring table and I knew I wanted to use my Bordallo Pinheiro geranium leaf plates too so that dictated what else was going on this tablescape. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

This starfish tablescape was one of my most popular tablescapes this year and it continues to get many comments and likes when I post it on various Facebook pages. It was one of my favorites this year. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

I love decorating for 4th of July, for years our family room was decorated with a patriotic Americana theme. I think this table is my favorite 4th of July table so far. I adore the tablecloth and the flag stand! You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

This tablescape was a repeat of a tablescape that I had done the year before with some changes. I love gingham and when I found this gingham plate set I knew I had to have them and they would be perfect for a picnic tablescape. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

This cornucopia cookie jar and the salad plates are more Fitz and Floyd creations from my tablescape collection. This was a perfect tablescape for Fall. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

Along with the Starfish tablescape this table was my favorite for this year I think. I love all the different black and orange combinations and how they work together. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

Sometimes I create a tablescape and after it is done I am not crazy about it. This was one of those tables. The funny thing is, it often turns out to be one that people really like! People really liked this Acorn theme, I think because it is unusual. This one has grown on me since I did it though. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

I tend to create tablescapes that are mostly theme based and somewhat whimsical and this Rudolph table is no exception. Many people thought it would be a good Christmas Childrens’ table but adults loved it as well. You can see more photos and read all about everything on this table here.

Here’s to a Happier 2021 and another year of tablescaping!

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Poinsettias on the Christmas Tablescape

This tablescape started out as one theme, then changed to another theme, and finally ended up here. (The other two themes will be coming soon.) My mother loved poinsettias and when I see them I always think of her. I did a poinsettia themed Christmas tablescape with a different look five years ago and I will repeat that one next Christmas because the photos were too dark and I wasn’t blogging then. I love combining red and green at Christmas time. The green tablecloth came from Amazon recently. I added my green Circle Depression Glass cream and sugar and salt and pepper to this photo to balance things out a bit better.

I have had these red poinsettia salad plates for several years. Not sure where they came from but it was probably Ebay. They were made by Andrea by Sadek. I love the color and detail on these plates and the way they pop against the green dinner plate.

I added my green Shamrock Fiesta dinner plate to this table setting. This is one of my favorite green plates, I just love the bright green color.

These are new to me red chargers that I just bought online. They are resin and light weight. I saw them online on Instagram on the vintagejunktionla page. She has a 30,000 square foot warehouse full of antiques and collectibles in Los Angeles and she ships! The minute we can safely shop, I am there! I like the design around the rim.

This flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy and the pattern was called Roma. I bought them at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale a few years ago. There are similar patterns available online now. I really like the marbleized design on the handles. This flatware set is seeing a lot of action on my tablescapes right now!

I’ve had these flannel napkins for years, I love this colorful plaid. They probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods. The poinsettia napkin rings were made by Lenox and I bought them on Ebay several years ago.

I can’t remember where I bought these poinsettia place card holders. I know it was online somewhere.

I used these same goblets on last week’s Rudolph tablescape, you can see them on that table here. The green glass goblets come from The Vermont Country Store online. They are made by Mosser in the U.S. and the pattern is Georgia. They are really heavy glass and very good quality. I have bought a few at a time over the years. I also have them in cobalt blue. I used my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets for this table setting. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago.

I seldom use real flowers on my tablescapes but this centerpiece has real poinsettias. They are sitting in a red and green handblown Blenko Monticello Poinsettia Vase from Monticello Shop online, an early Christmas present from Hubby. The vase is sitting on one of my vintage poinsettia Christmas hankies.

I clearly needed to snip some threads off! Lol!

The vase is more true red than this photo shows.

There is something about red and green that makes everything look so Christmassy!

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Rudolph on the Christmas Tablescape

I had been thinking about trying to create a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tablescape for a while. I decided to try and find a Rudolph centerpiece and if I could find one, I would then look for everything else. I found the centerpiece fairly quickly and the tablescape was on its way. I bought the green tablecloth on Amazon a few years ago. I wanted a Christmassy green color and this one was perfect.

I found these Rudolph salad plates on Ebay and I bought them one at a time a a few years ago as I saw them. They were made by New Seasons and the plate was illustrated by Sue DiCicco. I love this version of Rudolph. I was trying to figure out what other colors should be on the table and I was fixated on the blue background color on this plate but I wanted the table to be Christmas colors and more blue just wasn’t working for me with the centerpiece colors. I was talking to my daughter about it and she suggested a green tablecloth and a red charger and that worked perfectly.

I added my green Shamrock Fiesta dinner plate to the plate stack. This is one of my favorite green plates, I just love the bright green color.

I haven’t used this red charger much and when Hubby was pulling things for this table for me he brought this one in instead of the one I have used several times and I decided to use this one instead. The pattern was Ruby Berry and Thread and they were made by Juliska. Several years ago I bought these chargers a few at a time over several months from various places online until I had the number I needed. I like the simple design on the rim and it is a bit larger than some of the chargers I have.

This flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy and the pattern was called Roma. I bought them at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale a few years ago. There are similar patterns available online now. I really like the marbleized design on the handles. I used this same flatware on my Gingerbread People tablescape. You can see it here.

These plastic Rudolph napkin rings are actually Christmas ornaments that I found online at Target a few years ago. An ornament napkin ring would be a fun party favor for your dinner guests. The Christmas napkins probably came from HomeGoods, they were designed and signed by Vera. Vera Neumann designed many fabrics for home use for many years in the 1960’s and 1970’s and her work is being reproduced now. Some people collect her older designs.

I love these Rudolph place card holders! They were made by a British company, Ginger Ray. I bought them online somewhere a few years ago but I can’t find the order so I am not sure where I found them.

The green glass goblets come from The Vermont Country Store online. They are made by Mosser in the U.S. and the pattern is Georgia. They are really heavy glass and very good quality. I have bought a few at a time over the years. I also have them in cobalt blue. I used my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets for this table setting. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. Hubby and I were there and I suddenly saw a few and quickly found twelve and bought them all! I buy dishes in sets of 12 usually since there are 11 of us now when we are all together. If you read the tablescapes section on my blog you have seen this red goblet on several tablescapes.

I found this Rudolph cookie jar at Mercari online. He has such a sweet face! He’s called Rudolph and the Island of Misfit Toys and the design was copyrighted by The Rudolph Company in 2001. Rudolph 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. Under the stand is one of my vintage Christmas hankies with Santa and his reindeer. This is a smaller hankie, probably made in the 1940’s or 1950’s, and they were usually made for children. About 30 years ago I started collecting holiday hankies after I found one in my mother’s things and I have a few hundred of them. They were a dollar or two and something fun to look for on a mom’s day out at antique malls because you didn’t see them that often and they don’t take up any space. Then Ebay arrived and suddenly there were hundreds of them right there and the demand for them raised the prices considerably so I stopped collecting them. Some of the signed and special design hankies can sell for over $50 each now, crazy!

I added my two sets of scarlet Fiesta salt and peppers to fill the table space a bit. They remind my of Rudolph’s red nose!

I have always had a soft spot for Rudolph. I’m glad he ended up on a tablescape this season!

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Gingerbread People on the Christmas Tablescape

I did a another Christmas tablescape with a gingerbread house centerpiece, you can see that one here. I love decorating with gingerbread at Christmas so I started looking for a salad plate with gingerbread people a few years ago and I finally found this one. The red gingham tablecloth is one of my favorites. It is heavy cotton and I bought it at Sur La Table several years ago.

I started my gingerbread people salad plate search online by googling gingerbread salad plate. There were many out there but it took a while to find these. I found one at Mercari online and then checked Ebay and got lucky and found the other five there. They were made by temp-tations by Tara. I love cute happy gingerbread people and these are just that. I knew I had dinner plates and chargers that would match so I quickly bought them all before someone else could!

The dinner plate is made by Fiesta and the color is Lemongrass. I think I bought them at Macy’s several years ago.

This plate stack has an extra plate because I wanted to mix the colors a certain way. This red stoneware charger or dinner plate came from Pottery Barn. I love this plate, I also have it in a pale blue and a sage green. The pattern is called Cambria. It is the perfect size to be either a dinner plate or a charger plate, I love plates that have that kind of versatility. I use it as a charger more than I do as a dinner plate. It is often in use on my Christmas tablescapes, 4th of July tablescapes, and for Valentine’s Day.

These chargers were made by Mikasa and the pattern was Color Spectrum, this one in Hunter Green. I have several different colors of this charger and I really love the size, design and shape. They were all discontinued but I bought them all on Ebay a few at a time over the years. It is actually a prettier hunter green than this photo shows.

This flatware is 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 a few years ago. There are similar patterns available online now. I really like the marbleized design on the handles.

I found these metal gingerbread napkin rings online at Mercari as well. The lemongrass green napkins were made by Fiesta, I can’t remember where I bought them. They match the dinner plates. I have had the red napkins for a long time, not sure where they came from.

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

I think next Christmas I will do a candy themed table! I did one several years ago but the photos are too dark.

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 on several tablescapes. I bought the green spiral goblets at Pier 1 several years ago. I really like the design of both of these goblets and the colors are perfect for this table setting.

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 fun.

I knew I wanted a cookie jar as the centerpiece on this table and so I googled gingerbread cookie jar and looked at many of them before I found this one online at Mercari 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! I scattered a felt ball garland around the bottom that I found on Amazon, they remind me of gum drops and they match the buttons on the gingerbread man. 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 have a great ginger spice shaped cookie recipe, definitely need to serve them with this tablescape!

To see 270+ tablescapes that I have created including other Christmas tablescapes please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my Tablescape Ideas group! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Tablescape Ideas. Don’t miss my Tablescaping How-To section at the top of this blog post for more tablescaping tips and tricks.

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