Time for A Football Tablescape

August 22, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I have seen several football themed tablescapes over the past few years and I finally decided to take the plunge and do one myself. I am not a fanatical football fan but I do enjoy having a college football game on in the background in the fall while I am doing something else especially if my team UCLA ( I got my Master’s Degree there) is playing. As the saying goes, I am for UCLA, and whoever is playing USC (cross town rivalry). Sometimes I watch the Super Bowl, mainly for the commercials, although they have been a disappointment in recent years. This football field tablecloth came from Amazon a couple of years ago. Google cloth football tablecloth and something will pop out.

I found these earthenware football shaped salad plates at Target online a couple of years ago. They are marked Boston Warehouse. If you google football plate others might pop up.

I am using my Fiesta dinner plates in the color Shamrock on this tablescape. This is one of my favorite green plate colors. You can see it on one of my Easter tablescapes here and one of my Christmas tablescapes here. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

I bought these square brown charger plates at Pier 1 several years ago, they are some kind of melamine.

This amber flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy. I bought it online at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. I really liked this pattern and it was a really good sale so I have the same pattern in cream, wine red, and dark aqua. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I found the football print napkins on Etsy a few years ago. I created football napkin rings by using masking tape to temporarily attach a small foam football that I found on Amazon to one of my white ceramic napkin rings.

I found these football place card holders on Mercari a couple of years ago.

The green plastic goblet on the left came from Pier 1 several years ago. If you read my blog, you have seen these goblets before a few times. You can see them on my Red Barn Fall tablescape here. The brown glass goblet on the right was made by Lenox between 1966 and 1985. It was called Antique Brown. I bought them on Ebay several years ago. You can see them on one of my Fall Leaves tablescapes 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.

The best centerpiece for a football themed tablescape is obviously a football! Hubby bought the football and football tee on Amazon. I think it’s fun that it has our surname on it.

The two sets of football salt and peppers came from Party Swizzle online a few years ago. I like to add small salt and pepper sets that match the theme of the table to my tablescapes sometimes.

Ready for kick off!

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Books on a Fall Tablescape

August 15, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

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

August 07, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

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

August 01, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

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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