A Lighthouse Tablescape for Summer

June 03, 2021 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I did a different lighthouse tablescape four years ago, you can see that one here. When I saw this tablecloth on Amazon I decided it was time to do another lighthouse tablescape. The colors on this tablecloth say Summer to me.

I didn’t want to use the same lighthouse salad plates that I used before so I looked on Ebay and found this set. There are six different designs and the plates were made by Royal Norfolk.

The white dinner plate was made by Fitz and Floyd and the pattern is called Oakdale White. I bought them at HomeGoodsseveral years ago. I like the braid design around the rim of the plate.

I love this heavy blue glass charger. They were made by Villeroy and Boch and the pattern is Verona. Not sure where I found them. I have had them for several years.

I have read that you are not supposed to set a placemat on top of a tablecloth on a tablescape but I am not one to follow those kind of rules on my informal tables. I bought this placemat at Pier 1 several years ago. I have it in several colors. I wanted to use them on this tablescape to break up the busyness of the tablecloth a bit by added a solid block of color.

This flatware pattern is Milano Red flatware by Ginkgo International Le Prix. I have had this set for several years, not sure where I bought it. You can still find it for sale online.

I found the napkins on Etsy a few years ago, I love the design with the blue ocean background. I found the napkin rings on Ebay a few years ago. From time to time I search Ebay for napkin rings and I always seem to find some interesting ones.

I can’t remember where I bought this white monkey fist knot place card holder. The monkey fist knot was used by sailors to add weight to a rope or cable. Hubby added a small wood circle stand to the bottom of it that he painted white so the knot would stand straight.

The red iced tea glass goblet was made by Waterford and the pattern was Marquis Brookside. I bought them at HomeGoods many years ago. They are on Ebay for sale from time to time. The dark blue acrylic goblets came from Pier 1 on sale a few years ago before our store closed. It’s difficult to see but they have a rope design around the top of the goblet. I often use them on summer ocean themed tablescapes.

I knew I wanted to use a lighthouse for a centerpiece and I found this lighthouse cookie jar on Ebay a few years ago. It’s sitting on a dark blue drink dispenser stand from Pottery Barn that I bought several years ago, to give it more height.

Hubby loves lighthouses probably because he spent his life’s work in navigation and commercial GPS. We took a trip to the Outer Banks a few years ago and we visited a few lighthouses. We want to visit more!

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Six Summer Tablescapes Ideas for the 4th of July

May 27, 2021 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I have always loved the color combination of red, white, and blue. For many years our family room was decorated with patriotic colors and designs. Since I started tablescaping several years ago, I have created several 4th of July tablescapes and I decided to repost some of those tablescapes to share again. Maybe they will give you some ideas for your summer holiday tables this year.

This tablescape was one of five 4th of July tablescapes that I did in 2019. I called this tablescape Uncle Sam’s Tablescape because of the Uncle Sam pitcher that I used as a centerpiece. Every time I show this tablecloth I get lots of comments about it, people love it as much as I do. The bunting detail down the sides is really unusual. I was browsing on Ebay several years ago looking for vintage tablecloths (I collected them for a while) and this tablecloth popped out. I have never seen another one like it. I love how the white stars stand out against the blue background and the bunting design down the sides is amazing. I suspect the tablecloth was maybe made in the 60’s or 70’s.

My Uncle Sam pitcher took center stage as the centerpiece on this tablescape. He is standing on a Rhodes drinks dispenser stand from Pottery Barn that I bought on sale several years ago. I use it often to elevate whatever I am using as a centerpiece. It is just the right height, not too short and not too tall. I actually bought it in a couple other colors too and I have used them all. The stand is resting on three plastic trays I bought on sale online at Sur la Table a few years ago. They match the napkins I used on this table, I must have bought them all at the same time. I love the way the repetition of the design on the trays defines that space. I collected Uncle Sams for a while when the family room was decorated with red, white, and blue and I bought this Uncle Sam pitcher several years ago, can’t remember where. It was made by Department 56. I have always loved pitchers, I think because with a large family we always had one on the table while I was growing up. My mother never allowed a milk carton on the table! My four brothers tried to sneak one on a few times but it never worked. Then they would sometimes put it on the floor next to their chair! I love this pitcher, it is one of my favorites.

This patriotic salad plate is enamelware and I think it’s the only enamel plate in my plate collection. It was made by Golden Rabbit. Can’t remember where I bought it but I have had it for several years. I like the bright colors and bold design. For more information about everything on this Uncle Sam Tablescape please click here.

This tablescape was one of the other 4th of July tablescapes I did in 2019. I called it A Stars and Stripes Tablescape because of the stars and stripes on the melamine salad and dinner plates and the tablecloth. I really love this tablecloth, it is a favorite of mine. The napkins and the tablecloth came from Sur la Table several years ago. They are soft and heavy, a really good quality, and I love the simple bold design. I really like the way the stripes on the tablecloth and the stripes on the salad plate copy each other.

I have a weakness for patriotic tableware. These salad and dinner plates are melamine and they came from Sur La Table a few years ago. I wait for their after season sales and buy online. Probably because of the pandemic and supply chain issues their stock seems to be not as varied as it has been in the past but maybe it will get better.

This set of creamers or small pitchers that I added to this tablescape make me laugh. We are a two political parties household so when I saw this set I had to have them. They are from Fitz and Floyd, I can’t remember where I bought them. I have had them for a long time. For more information about everything on this Stars and Stripes Tablescape please click here.

This is another 4th of July Tablescape from 2019. I called it, Red, White, and Blue for Me and You on the 4th of July. The Heartwood Creek angel centerpiece was designed by Jim Shore in 2003, it is no longer in production. It was called “I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag” and it was licensed by Enesco Group, Inc.. The angel is standing on a Pottery Barn Rhodes drink dispenser stand to give it a bit more height.

I love this angel’s sweet little face. I have a large collection of vintage doilies and I suddenly remembered that I had a few red, white, and blue ones. I really like how this doily centerpiece adds a bit of excitement to this table.

The small star appetizer plate and the dinner plate are heavy melamine and they came from Sur La Table several years ago. I like the combination of the wide red and white stripes on the small plate, the small red and white stripes on the dinner plate and the red and white stripes on the napkins.

I used my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets for this table setting. 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 love the fact that they are a bit taller than other goblets and the design goes with everything. I bought the blue goblets at Pier 1 a few years ago. I love this shade of blue and the etched design. I also like the height of these goblets. For more information about everything on this tablescape please click here.

This is another 4th of July tablescape that I did in 2019. I called it Flags and More Flags because of the plates and centerpiece. I really like the contrast between the dark tablecloth and the bright American flags plate stack.

This was an easy centerpiece to pull together. I found a large bowl at a garage sale and I bought it because I knew I would be able to use it as a centerpiece in some way sometime. I just put patriotic napkins in it and tucked in small American flags and it was done.

When I bought the napkin rings they were brown but Hubby painted them white for me because I knew I would use them more often if they were white. They are a great match for the stars on these melamine flag plates. I can’t remember where I bought them. It’s good to remember that whatever you are looking at can usually be painted if you need a different color. For more information about everything on this tablescape please click here.

This was another 4th of July tablescape that I did in 2019. This one was called Stars and Stripes and Uncle Sam. I found the tablecloth and napkins at Kohl’s a few years ago. I used one of the Uncle Sams from my collection, a nutcracker, as a centerpiece. You can see items on this tablescape that I have used on some of the other tablescapes.

If you don’t have a napkin ring that works on your tablescape, and you don’t have a design on the salad plate that you don’t want covered, you can fold the napkin around some of the plates and it becomes part of the plate stack design. This is such a colorful plate stack and the napkin really makes it pop. For more information about everything on this tablescape, please click here.

This was the 4th of July Tablescape that I did a few years ago. It was called Ready for 4th of July. It is similar to the first tablescape I mentioned that I did for the 4th of July in 2019 but I made a few changes. I added different plates to the plate stack but I used the same enamel patriotic salad plates that I had used the year before.

I bought this flag stand online at Grandin Road a couple years ago. I really love the design, with all the flags it definitely makes a statement!

I have a weakness for small salt and pepper sets and when I saw these patriotic eagles online at Cracker Barrel last year I had to have them. I often add small salt and pepper sets to my tablescapes that help illustrate the theme of the table.

If you look at all these tablescapes you will see that I used this white frosted flatware set on every one. I bought the frosted white flatware on sale online at Wayfair a few years ago, it is made by Cambridge. It is 18/0 (18/10 is the best) so the fork tines are a bit sharper than I would like but I really liked the frosted color. I use this set often. If you are going to buy colored flatware, white is a good color to start with and then I would buy red, black and green. Those seem to be the colors I use the most. For more information about everything on this tablescape please click here.

I hope you have found some inspiration for your holiday tables!

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Time for a Barbeque Tablescape for Summer

May 20, 2021 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

The creation of this tablescape started with finding the barbeque napkins. I have done picnic themed tablescapes before, one last year, and one the year before, but this one has more of a barbeque theme. I am not sure where I found the red buffalo print tablecloth but it is one of my favorites, heavy cotton and a great color, a true red.

The small appetizer top plates were made by At Home with Marieke and the pattern was called Sarah. I love this bright red small gingham pattern. I can’t remember where I bought them, I have had them for several years. The pattern has been discontinued. They are part of a plate set, one of the few plate sets that I have bought. The salad plate has a larger gingham pattern and the dinner plate even larger than that. They are some of my favorite dishes.

This salad plate is part of our everyday dishes set and it was made by Fiesta. The color is Scarlet. I used it last week on my Musical tablescape too.

These classic black porcelain dinner plates were made by 10 Strawberry Street and the pattern was called Black Glaze. I think I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. It’s always good to have a basic black dinner plate for tablescaping.

This is a Color Spectrum charger made by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time several years ago because I loved the quality and the color. I have them in several different colors. I chose them for this tablescape to match the yellow in the napkins and add another color in addition to black, red and white.

The black flatware is made by Ginkgo International Le Prix. I have had it for several years but it is still for sale. Not sure where I bought it. I have it in a few other colors as well. It is often in use on tablescapes at Halloween time.

These barbeque themed napkins came from Pier 1 online a few months ago. I found the wood hot dog napkin rings on Ebay last month. They are vintage and they were made by Vera., kind of funky and I love them.

I bought the black metal ant place card holders at Pottery Barn a few years ago. They were red but Hubby spray painted them black for me. They are one of my favorite place card holders.

These fun plastic red cup goblets were a gift from my kids a few years ago. They are a favorite of one of my grandsons, he heads for the cupboard where they are every time he comes over. They were made by Red Cup Living. They are perfect for a barbeque.

I really wanted to use some kind of barbeque as a centerpiece so I looked online and I found this toy plastic Weber barbeque at the Weber store online. You can see the hamburger in the background that came with it, it has six different parts. (Grandkids will love it!) I put the barbeque on a red box I had saved for a long time in case I needed it for something. It is such a nice box, glad I saved it!

The moment I saw this red barbeque salt and pepper set at Amazon online a few months ago I knew I had to have it. I seem to have a weakness for unusual salt and pepper sets. A magnet keeps the top in place off to the side or centered when it is not in use.

The condiment containers all came from Williams Sonoma originally but I bought them all on Ebay a few years ago.

I really love the design of all these jars.

A barbeque tablescape, just in time for Summer!

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A Musical Tablescape

May 13, 2021 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This is a tablescape that I created in memory of my mother. She started taking piano lessons when she was six years old and continued to play the piano and then the organ too for the next 66 years until cancer took her way too soon. She majored in music in college and she played the organ every Sunday at our church while I was growing up. She tried to teach me how to play the piano but it didn’t take, I always had my nose in a book reading. Now I wish I had paid attention! I found this musical notes tablecloth on Amazon last month, it was made by Ambesonne.

When I decided to do a musical themed tablescape I started looking for salad and dinner plates with a musical theme. I couldn’t find any salad plates at all that would work so I decided to just use a plain white salad plate and set something musical on it. I found these flat wood musical notes at Hobby Lobby online last month and Hubby painted them black for me. If you read my blog you saw these white salad plates last week on my Ocean tablescape. They are bone china and quite thin. They were made by Gibson and the label on the back says Elite. I probably bought them at HomeGoods several years ago.

I added an extra salad plate to this plate stack because I wanted to add another pop of red on the table somewhere. This salad plate is part of our everyday dishes set and it was made by Fiesta. The color is Scarlet.

I was so happy when I found these piano key dinner plates last month. They are perfect for this tablescape. I found three on Etsy and then the other three on Ebay. I was so lucky! They were made by Lynn’s Stoneware and the pattern was called Maestro.

These black glass Starburst chargers are called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and when I need a black charger I tend to use this one. Please excuse the light reflection. These plates are like a mirror and I couldn’t take a photo without some kind of reflection showing.

This Milano Red flatware is Ginkgo International Le Prix. I have had this set for several years. Not sure where I bought it. I use it several times a year on tablescapes. Amazon has it for sale right now. I also bought this set in a couple other colors as well. I often use my black set at Halloween time.

I found these musical notes napkins on Etsy last month as well as the metal wire clef napkin rings. The napkin rings came from Bulgaria! I was delighted to find them and it didn’t take very long for them to get here. Not sure where the red napkins came from. I have had them for several years. I added them for another pop of red on the table.

I found these vintage Shafford music stand place card holders with the darling musical place cards on Ebay last month just by accident. I was browsing through vintage napkin rings and I saw them. They are what really determined the creation of this table right now. As soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to create a tablescape around them in memory of my mother.

These are the tallest goblets in my tablescape goblet collection. They really make a statement! They are 11 inches tall and the glass is delicate. I only have eleven of the white ones because one arrived broken and they were sold out. I bought them several years ago online at Z Gallerie. You will see them again this fall on one of my Halloween tablescapes.

When I was planning this tablescape I really wanted to use a toy piano for the centerpiece. I found several online but they were all more money than I wanted to spend. I finally found this one and it was cheaper because it had some damage (that really doesn’t show). I love the fact that it is red because I knew I wanted to add a color to the black and white elements on the tablescape. Red was perfect!

Oops! You can see the flatware container sitting on the chair in the background.

I could not get the window glare off the piano in this photo and I finally gave up!

This tablescape is special to me because it reminds me of my mother playing the piano and the organ. Organ music, especially, brings her back.

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