Dragons on a Chinese Year of the Dragon Tablescape

This tablescape celebrates Chinese New Year and The Year of the Dragon. I probably bought this tablecloth at HomeGoods or Amazon.

I bought these dragon salad plates at Williams Sonoma online a few years ago. They came in a set of four with four different designs. I love the vivid graphic colors on these plates.

I knew that I wanted a red charger and a blue dinner plate under the dragon plates but I didn’t have the correct shade of red or blue for either that I liked so I switched to a red dinner plate and a navy blue charger. This red/orange dinner plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. It was part of their Spice Route collection and the color was called Paprika. I use this plate often in the fall. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This charger is one of my Color Spectrum chargers made by Mikasa, the color is Navy Blue. I bought them a few at a time as I saw them on Ebay several years ago. I have them in several colors. These are actually some of my favorite chargers. I love the strong solid colors and they are heavy and a good quality.

This gold plated flatware was a gift from Hubby a few Christmases 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 is called Mikasa Duchess Gold. It is brighter than this photo shows and it is heavy. I love the design on the handle. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These red napkins came from HomeGoods a few years ago. They are from Ralph Lauren and they have a brocade type design on them. They are one of my favorite napkins and I bought the matching tablecloth too. I bought these Fennco Styles dragon napkin rings on Amazon. They were silver colored and Hubby painted them dark red and navy blue for me to go with this table setting.

I wanted a dragon place card holder and I couldn’t find any so I bought some toy plastic dragons on Amazon and Hubby painted them for me, problem solved!

The dark blue acrylic goblet on the left came from Pier 1 on sale a couple years ago before our store closed. The red goblets on the right were made by Cristal D’Arques-Durand and the pattern was called Antique Ruby. They are a pressed glass diamond and fan pattern. I think I bought them years ago a few at a time on Ebay until I had a set. They were made between 1990 and 2008. 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 often here.

This colorful dragon figure is one of the reasons why I decided to do a dragon themed tablescape. Hubby brought it back from China many years ago on one of his business trips there. It usually sits on a shelf in the living room. He made a wood stand for it for this tablescape because I wanted it to be a bit taller than it was.

I added a dragon salt and pepper set from Amazon on one side of the center dragon.

On the other side of the center dragon I added this small glass dragon. I have had it for a long time and I can’t remember where it came from. I used to collect small glass animals and it was part of that collection I think.

Ready for the Chinese New Year!

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Pilgrims on a Thanksgiving Tablescape

For a few years I collected pilgrim figures mostly salt and pepper sets because both my husband and I have pilgrim ancestors who came over on the Mayflower. He is a direct descendent of Governor William Bradford, eight generations ago. The kids used to have fun telling their classmates about it when they were young. Actually if you have ancestors who lived in New England in the 1600’s and 1700’s you probably have some pilgrim ancestors too. There are hundreds of thousands of Mayflower descendents. I decided it was time to do a Pilgrim tablescape instead of the usual Turkey theme but it wasn’t easy to pull this one together. The cream tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods or Amazon a few years ago.

I bought these pilgrim salad plates one or two at a time as I found them online on Ebay and Mercari over several months. They are actually collector plates (we would never eat on them) that were made by Bing and Grondahl in 1987. Because of my husband’s ancestors I decided we needed them!

A few years ago I was looking for a basic cream colored dinner plate and I found this one. It is Mason Stoneware made by Pottery Barn. I think this color was called Wheat. It comes in other colors as well. It is a great size (10 3/4”) for a dinner plate and large enough that it could be used as a charger with smaller dinner plates.

These bronze hammered charger plates came from Williams Sonoma on sale several years ago. I really like the hammered design and they are a nice weight. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers click here.

This flatware is a smoky brown color. The camera makes them look much darker in color than they really are. The handles are some kind of plastic material. They are marked SR Showroom Italy. The set was made by Zaffiro and I think I bought it on sale online at Horchow several years ago. The color is called Smoky and it looks like this pattern has been discontinued. I really liked the simple design so I bought it in other colors as well. It is 18/10 stainless and a nice heavy set. The pieces are really longer in length than normal flatware. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

The brown cotton napkins probably came from HomeGoods or Pier 1 several years ago. I bought the pilgrim couple napkin rings either on Poshmark or Ebay online a few years ago.

I couldn’t find any pilgrim place card holders so I improvised and put a pilgrim napkin ring on top of one of my square crystal place card holders. I think he looks pretty cute! I found these pilgrim napkin rings on Mercari a few years ago.

The bright blue goblet on the left came from HomeGoods a few years ago. When I saw the blue on the salad plates I knew this goblet would be a perfect match and it was. 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. Ebay still has this pattern for sale. 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 found these Jim Shore Pilgrim figures on Ebay a few years ago. She was made in 2009 and was called “Give Thanks for the Bounty”. He was made the same year and was called “Abundant Blessings”. I set them on a wood stand that Hubby found at Hobby Lobby and painted brown for me. He actually cut the box in half because it was too tall. It is so wonderful to have a hubby who can do these kind of things! I scattered some faux leaves and pumpkins and gourds around the bottom of the stand.

I added a couple pilgrim salt and pepper sets to the table. This vintage set was made by Lefton. I probably bought them on Ebay several years ago.

This pilgrim set is labeled Grasslands Road. I think I found this set at a gift shop somewhere a few years ago.

It was fun to set a Thanksgiving table without turkeys!

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Pumpkins on a Fall Tablescape

I bought this tablecloth on sale at Spoonflower online a few years ago to use on a different tablescape but when it arrived it was not the exact colors that I needed. That happens sometimes and I usually send the tablecloth back but I really liked this one so I decided to create a Fall tablescape using it. The tablecloth design is quite unique but it lends itself to a Fall theme I think.

This salad pumpkin plate came from Sur la Table several years ago. I had been looking for a good pumpkin plate for some time and it was the perfect color. It is one of my favorites and I usually use it sometime during the Fall season every year.

This turquoise melamine dinner plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. It is a brighter blue than this photo shows.

I found these orange distressed pumpkin chargers at Pier 1 years ago before our store closed. I really like this shade of orange for Fall tablescapes. I used it on a Thanksgiving tablescape a few years ago, you can see that table setting here.

This place mat and several others like it in other colors came from Pier 1 several years ago. It is a prettier brighter blue than this photo shows. I don’t know why these blue tones fight with my camera phone.

I have this Ginkgo International Le Prix flatware in black and red and I added yellow and this color called persimmon a few years ago. I can’t remember where I bought the set online but if you google it, something will probably pop up. I used this set on a rainbow themed tablescape. You can see that tablescape here.

I think these cotton napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago, I love the intense bright turquoise color. I found the metal orange pumpkin napkin rings on Amazon. I have had them for a while.

I love these little orange pumpkin place card holders. I have had them for a few years now. They came from Crate and Barrel.

The acrylic blue green goblet on the left came from Pier 1 a few years ago before our store closed. I think I bought the orange glass goblets at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets I bought many years ago and I use them more often than I thought I would.

This pumpkin really makes a statement! I bought it last year but I can’t remember where. It usually sits on the fireplace from Fall until I put Christmas decorations up.

I added pumpkin salt and pepper sets to the table. These came from Pier 1 several years ago. I think the other set came from Amazon.

An unusual color combination for a Fall tablescape but I like it!

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Bats on a Halloween Tablescape

I have had this Halloween tablecloth for several years, it probably came from HomeGoods. In the back of my mind I knew it had black bats on it so when I saw these plates a few months ago I knew I had another Halloween tablescape theme for this year.

I was browsing online for Halloween items and I found these bat appetizer plates at Bed, Bath & Beyond online. They are labeled H for Happy App Plate Orange W/Bats. I love the simple black and orange bats design.

I added a simple black melamine salad plate to the plate stack. I wanted a simple black plate separating the two bat plates. I have a couple small black plate sets but they were the same size as the appetizer bat plate so I looked online for a plate that was a bit larger and I found these at Home Depot online. It is their Trenblay Melamine Salad Plate in Charcoal Black. Unfortunately the first set came with a broken one which seldom happens with melamine but I was able to easily replace them.

The dinner plates have the same design as the salad plates. These plates were really inexpensive, they are a very thin melamine.

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. If you read my blog you see these black charger plates often on my tablescapes during the Halloween season.

I wanted another set of black flatware that was all black and different from my Ginkgo International LePrix black set to use on my Halloween tablescapes this year 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. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where I bought these orange cotton napkins but they are my favorite shade of bright orange. I love bright colors. These napkins probably came from Pier 1 several years ago. I found the black wood bat napkin rings on Etsy last year.

There are lots of sellers on Etsy now who do 3D printing and it has been easy for me to find place card holders to match some of my table themes. These small black bat place card holders were inexpensive. They came from England and I have bought from this seller before, they do great work. The orange place cards came from Amazon.

I often use black and orange goblets on my Halloween tablescapes but this black goblet is a newer addition to my goblet collection. I have black goblets that are shorter than this goblet 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 this past Spring. The advertisement said that they are disposable but I plan to keep them for a while until I can find some black glass ones that are the same height. I think I bought these orange glass goblets at Ross or T.J. Maxx several years ago. They were some of the first goblets I bought when I started tablescaping. I love using them this time of year. 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 that I wanted some kind of large black bat for the centerpiece for this table and I found this metal bat on Etsy last month. It is actually a wall hanging but Hubby made a base for it for me. The bat was laser cut on 16 gauge steel. I love the designs on the wings. I added a bat salt and pepper set that I found at VampireFreaks online a few months ago.

I added a couple of simple black wood bats to the table that I found on Etsy as well as two small Johanna Parker Halloween figures that I found on Amazon last year from her Halloween Pumpkin Body Peeps collection. There are four figures in this series. This one is a small bat.

This owl figure is another piece from Johanna Parker’s Halloween Pumpkin Body Peeps collection that I found on Amazon last year. I love Johanna Parker’s designs.

If you are looking for something made of wood I would start with looking on Etsy online, lots of woodworkers there.

I love Halloween decorations!

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