An Orange You Glad It's Fall Pumpkin Tablescape

August 10, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I know that Fall isn’t here yet but my son who is in marketing tells me that if I want to share tablescaping ideas with others so that they can use them if they want I should post my tablescapes about a month before the season or holiday starts. I often am not organized enough to do that but right now I am a bit ahead, hence this Fall tablescape while temperatures are still warm in many places. When I saw this Benson Mills Bountiful Harvest Destin tablecloth at Macy’s online a few months ago I knew exactly how I would use it on a Fall tablescape. The outlined white pumpkins design would work perfectly with all the white pumpkins that I had bought for another Fall tablescape that I did two years ago. You can see that tablescape, 26 other Fall tablescapes that I have created, as well as 300+ other tablescapes of mine on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

I looked for a white pumpkin salad plate for several years and I couldn’t find one that I liked until I found these pumpkin shaped salad plates at World Market online a couple of years ago. I really like the simple white design with no other colors to prevent color clutter. It lets the one color rule. I wanted this table to contain two simple bold colors, orange and white.

I love the orange color and the white edge on this dinner plate. This dinner plate was a Rachael Ray design, the pattern was called Rise. I bought them online somewhere several years ago but I can’t remember where. 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 now and I bought them all on Ebay as I saw them over a few years. The Internet says that this color 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 had been trying to get six of this white color and pattern charger for years with no success until a few years ago when suddenly I found six at different places online after occasional google searches. You need to have patience when you are looking for things for tablescaping, that’s for sure!

This is my newest flatware set purchase. This flatware set is labeled Mepra Inox and the pattern is called Fantasia in White. You can find this flatware online for sale on several different sites. I have this flatware now in blue, black, white, tan, orange, green, and yellow. It comes in several other colors also. It is very difficult to find flatware sets in different colors so I have my eye on a few other colors as well when it goes on sale again. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think that these burnt orange cotton napkins came from World Market many years ago. I found the white metal pumpkin napkin rings on Amazon a couple of years ago. To read about the What, When and How of napkin rings please click here.

I was looking for my solid white pumpkin place card holders when I saw these white wire ones. I realized that they were a good match for the white lines on the tablecloth so I decided to use them instead. I think that I bought them at Michael’s a few years ago. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

The white glass goblet on the left came from HomeGoods last year and it had a label that said Barsk Original. It’s difficult to find white goblets so I was delighted to find this one. I think I bought the orange glass goblets on the right at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets that I bought many years ago and I use them more often than I thought I would. I often use them during Fall and Halloween time. 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.

When I saw this large white stoneware soup tureen at Pottery Barn online a few years ago I knew that it would be the perfect centerpiece to use on Fall tablescapes. I love the matching soup ladle too.

I added a Mosser white milk glass salt and pepper set to this tablescape that I bought online from Everything Kitchens.

This white ceramic butter dish is marked 10 Strawberry Street. I can’t remember where I bought it but it may have been HomeGoods.

I am looking forward to Fall weather, that’s for sure!

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A Pencil Me In Fall Tablescape

August 03, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I bought this school themed tablecloth a long time ago but it took several years before I pulled a tablescape together. Our schools don’t start for three weeks but I know that others start earlier. I figured this was a good time for this tablescape theme. I bought this school themed tablecloth on Amazon. It was made by Ambesonne. You can see my other school themed tablescapes as well as 300+ other tablescapes that I have done on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

I thought I had seen pencil shaped salad plates once but I couldn’t find them again. I had bought some pencil shaped treat boxes at My Mind’s Eye online to use as place card holders but they were too big and I decided to cut some apart and set them on a dinner plate for this table.

I am using my Fiesta Shamrock dinner plates on this tablescape. Because the paper pencils were so big I didn’t use a salad plate on the plate stack.

This is a Color Spectrum charger by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time over the years as I saw them because I love the quality and the selection of colors on these chargers. I have them in several colors now and I use them often. This plate pattern has been discontinued but you can find them on Ebay in different colors from time to time.

This flatware set is labeled Mepra Inox and the pattern is called Fantasia in Apple Green. You can find this flatware online for sale on several different sites. I have this flatware now in blue, black, white, tan, orange and yellow. It comes in several other colors also. It is difficult to find flatware sets in different colors so I have my eye on a few other colors as well when it goes on sale again. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These bright blue napkins probably came from Amazon a few years ago. I bought the white ceramic with black numbers napkin rings at Pottery Barn online several years ago. To read about the What, When and How of napkin rings please click here.

I have had these small wood easel place card holders for several years now and I can’t remember where I bought them. If you do a Google search something similar will probably pop up. To read about the What, When and Why of place card holders, please click here.

The green glass goblet on the left came from HomeGoods a few years ago. The amber glass goblet on the right also came from HomeGoods. 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 Giant Pencil Storage Container, 3D Printed Desk Organizers on Etsy a few months ago. They open to store pencils or whatever. I added pink erasers around the bottom to add a bit more interest.

I found the mini-globes at Michael’s.

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Scarecrows on a Fall Tablescape

September 04, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I have been trying to do a Fall scarecrow themed tablecape for the past three years and I could never find everything that I wanted for the tablescape until this year. I have always loved scarecrows, especially ones that have cute faces. I bought the heavy cotton green and white gingham tablecloth several years ago on Amazon. I love it when the seasons change and I can leave the themes for one season and move on to the next. You can see all of my different tablescapes (270+, a new one every week), read about everything that is on each tablescape and where it all came from on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

I adore this cute scarecrow design! Several years ago I found three scarecrow salad plates that I really liked and I have been looking for three plates to match them ever since with no luck. I am still looking! In the meantime I found this metal scarecrow sign on Etsy and when I saw it I knew that I could set it on a small plate for my scarecrow tablescape. I just love this little scarecrow with all the fall colors.

I can’t remember where I bought this small orange glass plate but it may have been HomeGoods. It is not marked.

This green dinner plate was called Fun Factory and it was made by Waechtersbach. I have had them for several years and I can’t remember where I bought them. The color was called Apple Green.

This orange glass charger was made by Bormioli Rocco and I think the pattern was called Inca. It is well made and heavy glass. I have bought it in a few other colors as well over the years. I found them on Amazon several years ago. I do have to use a placemat when I use these glass chargers because the pattern on the tablecloth would show through if I didn’t.

This orange place mat and several others like it in other colors came from Pier 1 several years ago.

I have this Ginkgo International Le Prix flatware in black, red, and green and I added yellow and this color called persimmon a few years ago. I can’t remember where I bought this flatware set online but if you google it, something will probably pop up. I like this flatware design because it is a bit more informal like my tablescapes style. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think these orange cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods several years ago. I love the bright orange color, it’s a perfect color for Halloween tablescapes. These resin scarecrow napkin rings came from Ebay a few months ago. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

I found these tiny resin scarecrows on Ebay. I set them on a small orange plastic place card holder that I have. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

I think I bought these orange glass goblets at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets that I bought many years ago. I remember thinking that I would probably not use them that much but I have, especially this time of year. Dollar stores often have plastic goblets from time to time and they have glass goblets too. I bought the green acrylic goblets a couple years ago online at Home Depot. They are made by Certified International and they come in other colors too. This green is a great basic green color if you are looking for a green goblet to start your tablescaping collection. 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 love Jim Shore designs and this scarecrow, a retired design, is a favorite of mind. It was part of the Heartwood Creek series in 2005 and it was called Open Star, Keeping Watch, from Enesco. I bought it on the secondary market but I can’t remember where. Jim Shore’s designs are so detailed and I love the way he uses color in unexpected ways.

These small wooden scarecrow figures were made by Doublefill and they came from Amazon. There were six different scarecrows in each set. I set some of them back to back on this tablescape.

I am hoping to see some scarecrows this season!

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A Red Barn Raising Fall Tablescape

August 29, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I love old barns and I especially love old red barns. I drove across the country and back several times over the years and I also took the train back and forth a few times too. I love road trips and riding trains and I don’t fly. (We are getting ready for another road trip across the country and back again.) I would always be fascinated by all the wonderful old barns I saw along the way as we traveled. This tablescape is a tribute to all of them. I posted a red barn tablescape four years ago and then I reposted it two years ago but I decided to post it again with some changes. I have had this green tablecloth for several years, I bought it on Amazon. I love this color for a Fall tablecloth or for Thanksgiving. It is a green tweed color and it is perfect for the Fall season. I used it on one of my Thanksgiving tablescapes some years ago. You can see all of my 270+ tablescapes on my blog, I post a new one every week. They are here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes

I had seen these red barn plates several times over the years and when I started looking for barn salad plates, they popped up and I knew I wanted to develop a tablescape around them. I bought four of them at Mercari online and three more at Replacements, Ltd. online several years ago. They sometimes turn up on Ebay too. The designs were copyrighted in 1998 by Warren Kimble for Sakura, New York and the series was called Barns. These salad plates were made between 1998 and 2002 and there were four different barns in the series.

This green stoneware dinner plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. It was part of their Spice Route series and each color was named after a different spice. This color was called Clove. I love this plate for Fall and Thanksgiving tablescapes and if you read my blog you will see it often during those times of the year. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

I bought this Balsa Circle Rustic Brown acrylic charger on Amazon a few years ago. It got lost in the stacks for a while and I didn’t have a photo of it in my inventory but we reorganized a bit and I found it again so this is the first time that I have used it on a tablescape.

This dark red flatware set was made by D & D Inox in Italy and the pattern is called Roma. I bought them at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago with a few other colors as well. There are similar designs available online now. I really like the marbleized design on the handles. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These barn napkins were made by a seller on Etsy who made napkin sets for me several times. I love all the different barns that are shown and I see an outhouse too! These metal red barn napkin rings were a challenge. I ordered them from one place online and they were suddenly on back order. Then I ordered them from another place online and suddenly they were on back order there too. I finally found them at Walmart online a few years ago and I bought them there. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

These red barn place card holders are actually bird house red barn ornaments. I sometimes use ornaments as place card holders. I set them on a small square metal place card holder that I have. I think that I found the ornaments at Michaels a few years ago. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

I usually set two different goblets on my tablescapes but I decided to use the same goblet on this table because I have twelve of these goblets. When I started tablescaping I bought goblets in sets of twelve but storage space became an issue after a while so I started buying sets of six or eight goblets instead. These dark red goblets 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.

I looked for a long time for a red barn cookie jar and I finally bought this one online at Country Village Shoppe a few years ago. It needed more height so it is sitting on a wood stand that came from Michael’s a few years ago. The cookie jar was made by Park Designs and it’s called Life on the Farm, copyrighted by Billy Jacob.

I added a red barn salt and pepper set to the table from Amazon.

I suddenly remembered this red barn that I received as a gift several years ago and I added it to the tablescape. It was part of Jim Shore’s Heartwood Creek collection and it was called Red Barn, Strength And Plenty. He copyrighted the design in 2004 and it was licensed by Enesco.

We are planning another driving trip across the country soon, more barns to see!

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