Cows on a Summer Tablescape

Yes, I know, this is a different kind of tablescape but I like something different once in a while. After I did a Farm Animals tablescape last year and a Goat tablescape this Spring I decided to create a Cow tablescape. I knew I wanted to use Holstein cows and my daughter suggested the tablecloth design and I found an Ambesonne Cow Print tablecloth on Amazon. The whole thing makes me smile when I look at it!

I wondered if I would be able to find salad plates with Holstein cows on them and I found these plates on the Replacements, Ltd. web site. When they arrived and I saw the burgundy accent color more clearly I knew what color the charger and the napkins should be. The plates are labeled Fannie’s Farm and they were made by Century.

This black dinner plate was called Fun Factory and it was made by Waechtersbach in Germany. I have had them for several years, they probably came from HomeGoods. A black dinner plate was one of the first plates I bought when I started tablescaping and I use it often. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This is Mikasa’s Color Spectrum charger in the color Burgundy. They don’t make them any more but you can find them on the secondary market from time to time. If you read my blog you have seen this charger pattern in other colors as well. I love these chargers, they are well made and heavy. I bought them a few at a time as I saw them over a few years on Ebay several years ago. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

I wanted another set of black flatware that was all black and different from my black Ginkgo International LePrix set and I found this set on sale at Macy’s online last year. It was made by Lenox and the pattern is called Portola. I love the simple design and the shiny black color. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

Although Hubby mumbles about tablescape storage, he is often a partner in crime. He likes to go to estate sales and garage sales and he found these Holstein cow napkin rings at an estate sale last month and brought them home. Lucky for me! He knows I have a weakness for napkin rings. I didn’t have any burgundy napkins so I found these Dine n Decor cotton napkins on Amazon last month. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I couldn’t find any Holstein cow place card holders so I decided to use these Holstein cow napkins rings that I used on my Farm Animals tablescape last year. I love that cute little face! I found these Holstein cow napkin rings on Ebay last year.

The goblet on the left with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a couple years ago. I have very very tall white goblets but I had been looking for shorter ones for a long time. I finally found these white goblets at Walmart two years ago. They were made by Artland and the pattern is called Veranda. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

This Holstein cow cookie jar was made by Certified International and the design was copyrighted by Danielle Murray. I actually got lucky and found it on Amazon after googling cow cookie jar last month. The chicken is an added bonus! The cow blended in too much on the tablecloth so I set it on a green crocheted placemat that I have had for many years. Looks like grass to me! Lol!

I found this Boston Warehouse Holstein cow butter dish on Amazon at the same time and set it on the table too.

This DII Design cow salt and pepper set came from Amazon also last month.

Holstein cows originated in the Netherlands approximately 2,000 years ago. The Internet says that California has the most number of Holstein cows but I am not sure that is true. Holstein cattle are the most prominent of the seven major dairy breeds in the United States. Cows of Holstein descent make up over 90% of the cows on U.S. dairy farms. Interesting!

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Grandma's Depression Glass on a Summer Tablescape, and her Tablecloth too!

I am reposted a tablescape for summer that I did before a couple of times because I really like it. This table setting started out going one direction and ended up going another. I wanted to do a tablescape with some of my collection of Depression Glass and I put together a table that was just green and white…and it looked boring. So I decided to add red geraniums as a second theme. I have done red and green tables before many times and I love that color combination. I started with a vintage geranium tablecloth. It still has a faint label that says Harmony House, Sears, Robuck and Co.. I love this tablecloth, it is heavy and the colors are bright. It isn’t quite large enough so I layered it over a white one. I already had the faux red geraniums.

This Depression Glass pattern is called Circle and it was made by the Hocking Glass Company in the 1930’s. My grandmother gave me five of the tall sherbets after I was married and I put them away for several years. I found a few other matching sherbets and I bought them to add to the set. After we bought a house I brought out the ones I received from my grandmother and realized that they were all chipped and too sharp to be used so I had to trash them. But I already had a few others and, of course, I started looking for more. It was fun knowing that it was a pattern my grandmother had used. Circle was one of the least expensive Depression Glass patterns in those days and it was fun to look for pieces when I was out and about.

This table setting is a bit odd I know but I wanted to use different pieces from my set. The dinner plate is small, about 8 1/4” across, I have never found a larger plate in this pattern. I put a shorter sherbet on top of the plate. The ones I received from my grandmother originally were the taller ones.

I started out with green flatware and it just didn’t add anything to the table so I pulled out this set. I only put one fork on the table. With the plate so small it didn’t seem to need two. This Milano Red flatware is 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 bought the geranium napkins at Sur la Table a few years ago. They aren’t an exact match colorwise for the tablecloth here but they are close enough. The plastic Koziol Pip Bird napkin ring in red came from Ebay several years ago, I have it in green also.

I added a green goblet and a tumbler to the table. I have both in smaller sizes as well.

I read somewhere that cups and saucers aren’t supposed to be placed on the table until after the meal is over but I wanted to show them so here they are. I have two different cup styles, this one is more rounded than the other one.

I really like this green glassware. I need to use it more often. It’s amazing when you think about how old it is that it has lasted this long.

At some point I found a cream and sugar, I like the tallness and the shape of them.

I looked for a salt and pepper set in this pattern for several years until I finally found these. I am not sure they are actually the Circle pattern but they sure look like it.

I wanted to add a bit more red so I added this red Fiesta salt and pepper set from our everyday dishes.

I was still looking for a bit more red to add and I saw these in the cupboard. They were made by Terramoto Ceramic and I think I found them in a gift shop somewhere. Yes, I know, if you read my blog, you know I have a thing for red…

The centerpiece started out as some of the serving bowls from this pattern on top of each other with white flowers in the top one but when I added red geraniums to the table I used this pitcher instead because I remembered I had the faux red geraniums. I love pitchers, I have several of them.

I caught the morning sunlight coming in on the edge of the table when I took this photo. You can see where the smaller vintage tablecloth ended with the white one underneath. It is interesting to think about how collections and possessions develop. I have this set of Depression Glass because I was given a few pieces by my Grandmother and it all started with that.

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Lighthouses on a Summer Tablescape

Hubby and I love lighthouses and summer is a perfect time to create a lighthouse tablescape. I have done lighthouse themed tablescapes before, one in 2021 here and one in 2019 here but this one is different. I found this lighthouse tablecloth at Spoonflower online and I knew it would match my lighthouse salad plates.

This lighthouse salad plate set was made by American Atelier at Home. There are four different lighthouse designs in the set but I only used three on this table setting. I bought the plates on Ebay a few years ago. I love the colors and the design around the rim of the plate. This actual lighthouse is in Cape Neddick, Maine near York.

The other lighthouses on the plates on this tablescape are West Quoddy Head in Lubec, Maine and Split Rock Lighthouse near Silver Bay, Minnesota. The missing lighthouse plate shows Cape Hatteras on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks.

I chose this light beige melamine dinner plate to match the beige background color of the tablecloth. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago and some turquoise plates in the same pattern. They were made by Il Mulino New York.

This is one of the chargers I often use on my beach and ocean themed tablescapes. I bought them when I first started tablescaping several years ago. They are a heavy blue glass and I love the color and the tweed like design in the glass. They are made by Villeroy and Boch and the pattern is Verona. Not sure where I found them online. I have this charger in a few other colors as well.

I really love the frosted cream color of this flatware set, it is so unique. The flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy. I bought the set at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. I have this design in a few other frosted colors as well.

I bought these nautical themed napkin rings on Ebay several years ago. The blue and cream colors are perfect on this tablescape. While I was pulling this tablescape together I was struggling to decide what accent color I wanted to use for the napkins and my daughter stopped by and immediately suggested coral and she was right on! She often does that with my tablescapes, she is very creative, and she has a good eye for design. I found these chambrey coral napkins on Amazon last week.

I found these ceramic Kate Aspen lighthouse place card holders on Ebay a few weeks ago.

The blue glass goblet on the left came from Hobby Lobby a few months ago. I can’t remember where I bought the coral glass goblet on the right. I thought it was Hobby Lobby but I am not sure. I have a few different coral/pink goblets and they are all different shades of those colors. Sometimes I can’t decide whether to inventory them as coral or pink and I put them in both folders on the computer.

I found this wood lighthouse at Michael’s online a few months ago. The colors are a perfect match for the tablecloth.

I remembered that I used these lighthouse tea light candle holders on one of the earlier lighthouse tablescapes that I did so I added one on each side of the lighthouse centerpiece. I’m not sure where I bought them. I have had them for several years.

I love lighthouses! Maybe next year we will take a tour to see more of them on the East Coast.

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A Tropical Summer Tablescape

I saw these bamboo plates and decided to create a tropical themed tablescape for summer. I have done a couple other tropical themed tablescapes in the past but this tablecloth is very different from the tablecloth I used on those table settings. I found the Ambesonne Palm Leaf tablecloth on Amazon earlier this month.

These melamine salad and dinner plates came from Sur La Table online a couple of months ago. The pattern is called Tropicale Bamboo.

You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

I have had these lime green glass charger plates for several years, I think I bought them on Amazon. They were made by Bormioli Rocco, an Italian company, and the pattern was called Inca. I have them in a few other colors as well. They are heavy glass and I really love how solid they are and the textured pattern in the glass. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

I have had this faux bamboo flatware set for several years, I can’t remember where I bought it. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These lime green napkins were made by Fiesta. I think they came from Macys several years ago. I found these faux bamboo napkin rings on Amazon a few weeks ago. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

These tropical scene place card holders came from Etsy. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I found both of these acrylic tropical themed goblets at HomeGoods a couple of years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I found these artificial bamboo leaf stems on Amazon earlier this month. I put them in a simple glass vase I already had.

It’s a different tablescape design but a fun and informal one for summer.

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