A Lofty Spring Tablescape — Whispers of the Heart

I have been thinking about creating a Giraffe themed tablescape for two years since I did an African Animals themed tablescape. You can see that tablescape as well as 300+ other themed tablescapes that I have done on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes . I knew that I wanted to use a beige tablecloth for this tablescape and I can’t remember where I bought this one. I wanted to add a bit more interest to the table top so I found this linen Hahafelt giraffe print table runner on Amazon to put over the tablecloth.

I found these giraffe salad plates at Anthropologie online a few years ago. They were designed by Lou Rota and they were called Nature Table. I love the different colors on this plate and how well they work together.

This brown dinner plate was called Double Ridge Cocoa Brown by Rachael Ray. The plates were made between 2012 and 2014 and they have been discontinued. I wanted a simple brown dinner plate and I finally found these several years ago, I can’t remember where I bought them but it may have been HomeGoods.

This charger was made by Mikasa and the pattern was called Color Spectrum. They came in several different colors and this color was called Royal Blue, I love this shade of blue. I bought them on Ebay several years ago, a few at a time as I saw them, until I had the number that I needed. I have this charger in other colors as well. They are heavy and well made.

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 liked this pattern and it was a really good sale so I have the same pattern in cream, wine red, and dark aqua. This camera phone photo makes the handles look like they are different colored flatware sets but they are the same set. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where I bought these blue cotton napkins. I bought the handcarved brown wood giraffe napkin rings on Etsy. To read about the What, When and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these Safari Ltd. Giraffe Baby toy plastic figures at Michael’s online. They made perfect place card holders on this tablescape. To read about the What, When and Why of place card holders, please click here.

I think I probably found these coffee colored glass goblets on the left at HomeGoods. Over the years I have purchased several goblet sets there because they are really inexpensive. I have found some unusual colors there too like this one. We found the blue glass goblet on the right at Michael’s a few years ago. I was looking for a light blue glass goblet and these were the perfect color. 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.

Hubby found this tall giraffe head ceramic vase at an estate sale several months ago. I set it on a wooden stand that I bought at Michael’s several years ago to give it a bit more height. I added the faux billy button yellow flowers just for fun.

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