A Winter Penguin Party Tablescape — Whispers of the Heart

I have had a Penguin Tablescape on my tablescape list for a few years and I finally decided to try to pull one together this month after not being able to find everything that I wanted in past years. Winter tablescape themes are difficult. Besides snowmen and snow, finding ideas for tablescapes can be a struggle especially after creating 26 other Winter tablescapes over the years. You can see all of those tablescapes and 250+ other tablescapes that I have done on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes . I wanted a bold strong tablecloth design for this tablescape and I found this black and white waffle weave tablecloth on Amazon. Reviews said that it would come right out of the dryer and not need ironing but I was skeptical. I washed it and they were right. I think I will iron it next time though to make it a bit flatter.

I found these penguin appetizer plates on Etsy. I had found the penguin cookie jar first and I wanted a penguin plate design using black, red, and white and these were perfect. Because of their smaller size, when I use appetizer plates on the plate stack, I add another plate to the plate stack because I like the way the different sizes look stacked on top of each other.

This black salad plate was made by 10 Strawberry Street and the pattern was called Classic Black Porcelain. I probably bought them at HomeGoods or on Ebay several years ago. I have the matching dinner plate too.

These red dinner plates are made by Fiesta and the color is called Scarlet. This pattern and color are actually our every day dishes and I use them often on my tablescapes. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This is a Mikasa Color Spectrum Charger in the color Alpine White. I have this charger in several different colors and I bought them all on Ebay as I saw them over a few years. The Internet says that this pattern was only made between 1992 and 1993. I am not sure that is true but in any case they are no longer being manufactured. I tried to find six of this white color and pattern for years with no success until suddenly I found six at different places online a few years ago after occasional google searches. You need to have patience when you are looking for specific items for tablescaping, that’s for sure!

If you read my blog you have seen this Milano Red flatware set by Ginkgo International LePrix on many of my tablescapes. I have had this set for many years. I am not sure where I bought it. I now have it in other colors as well. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I love these basic bright red cotton napkins, I can’t remember where I found them. I found the penguin napkin rings on Poshmark online. To read about the What, Where, and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these acrylic red penguin place card holders on Etsy. I set them on a red circular place card holder that I already had to give them a bit more height. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I think the red glass goblet on the left came from Crate and Barrel a few years ago. I had been looking for some simple red goblets and I grabbed these when I saw them online. I only bought six and I wished I had bought more but Hubby found six other red glass goblets at HomeGoods that are so similar you can’t tell the difference. The white glass goblet on the right came from HomeGoods last year and it had a label that said Barsk Original. It’s difficult to find white goblets so I was happy to find this one. They are both tall goblets and I like that because my table is large and I think taller goblets look better. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

I found this penguin cookie jar on Ebay. It was the first thing that I bought for this tablescape. I set it on a small white cake stand that I bought a few years ago at HomeGoods. I added a penguin salt and pepper set that I found on Amazon.

I added a red salt and pepper set by Brighter Barns to the tablescape that I found on Amazon.

I also added a Mosser white glass salt and pepper set that I bought online from Everything Kitchens.

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