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Jack-O'-Lanterns on a Halloween Tablescape

October 02, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I always try to create a tablescape at least one time during Halloween season that has jack-o’-lanterns on it. I love the color combination during Halloween of the traditional colors of black and orange but I often add white to the mix for some contrast. I found this black and white buffalo check tablecloth on Amazon several years ago. It is heavy cotton and it is really easy to iron with a steam iron. If you read my blog you have seen this tablecloth before on winter and summer tablescapes. I have the same buffalo print in a larger square pattern.

I saw this bufffalo print jack-o’-lantern salad plate on another blog and I knew I had to buy it because I knew that I had all that I needed to create a Halloween tablescape with it. I found the salad plates at Kirkland’s online a few months ago.

I love these bright orange Halloween dinner plates. (The photo doesn’t actually show the true orange color. It is a deeper orange than what is showing.) I can’t remember where I bought these plates but they are labeled Royal Norfolk, Greenbrier International, Inc..

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and was made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. A black charger with a simple design is a good starter charger plate if you are thinking about starting a tablescaping hobby.

Sometimes when a tablecloth is a busy pattern I use solid color placemats to help break up the busy pattern. These orange place mats probably came from Pier 1 many years ago.

This orange flatware set is labeled Mepra Inox and the pattern is called Fantasia. We bought it on sale at Houzz online earlier this year but several stores sell it. I also have this flatware in blue 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.

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 a Halloween tablescape. These wonderful vintage looking Legigo metal jack-o’-lantern napkin rings came from Amazon two years ago. When I saw them I immediately knew that I would use them often during Halloween season. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these Department 56 Mercury Glass Jack-o’-lantern place card holders on Ebay a few years ago. I love place card holders, they can add such a fun element to a themed tablescape. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I think I bought the orange glass goblets at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets I bought several years ago. I remember thinking that I would probably not use them very much but I have, especially this time of year. Just fyi, in the spring and summer Dollar stores often sell plastic goblets like this one in bright colors and when you put them on the table they look just like glass goblets. I have black goblets that are shorter than this black goblet and black goblets that are much taller than this goblet but I wanted goblets this height that were all black. I was delighted to find these black plastic ones on Amazon a few years ago. The advertisement said that they are disposable but I plan to keep them for a while until I can find some black glass goblets that are the same height. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here (including the colors that I use the most often).

I forgot that I had these Halloween cake stands for a few years because they were stored in the attic space. I bought them in two sizes, this is the smaller one, from Grandin Road online several years ago. I really like the ruffled edge. Steve found the jack-o’-lanterns at HomeGoods for me last week when my original idea for a jack-o’-lantern centerpiece didn’t work out.

I found this salt and pepper set a few years ago at Roger’s Gardens, a nursery and gift shop in the next County. I knew this Johanna Parker design would match the centerpiece on this Halloween tablescape.

I have had this jack-o’-lantern salt and pepper set for a few years and I can’t remember where I found it.

I love creating Halloween tablescapes, they are such fun!

To see over 260 different tablescapes that I have created please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my new Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas Facebook group for lots of tablescaping inspiration! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas or click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392

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I put a new tablescape on my blog every week, please check back!

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October 02, 2024 /Beth Wilson
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Daffodils on a Spring Tablescape

February 19, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This is the perfect tablescape to celebrate Spring just around the corner. I found the Ambesonne Daffodil tablecloth on Amazon a few years ago. Some of my daffodils are coming up in my garden right now.

Emma Bridgewater Daffodil Salad Plate

I was looking for a salad plate that had daffodils on it and I found these. I love the colorful design with yellow daffodils and muscari (bluebells). A reader identified the blue flowers for me and I appreciate it! There is a small bug on a leaf at the bottom. I love Emma Bridgewater plates and all her dish designs, take a look. This cream colored earthenware is handmade and hand-painted in England.

Fiesta Daffodil Dinner Plate

I just love this Fiesta plate, the color is daffodil. I found them on sale in Salt Lake City at Smith’s when we were there a few years ago.

Villeroy and Boch Verona Blue Charger

This is one of my favorite glass chargers. I bought them when I first started tablescaping. 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 called Verona. Not sure where I found them online. I have this charger in a few other colors as well. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers, please click here.

Frosted Green Madeline Flatware

Seems like every time I use this frosted green flatware I get questions and comments about it. It is called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market several years ago. If you google frosted flatware and add the color you are looking for you will find similar sets. I use this green flatware often in the Spring and the Fall. You can see it here on a Fall Pumpkin tablescape. 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 napkins. The clear acrylic vase napkin rings came from Amazon a few years ago. They are made by Deco-Mate. I love being able to add small flower arrangements to the napkin rings.

You can see the slot on the left for the flowers. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I really love these small white vase place card holders. They often appear on one of my Spring tablescapes. I bought them on Amazon a couple of years ago. I bought the faux flowers at Michaels. The green place cards came from Amazon. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

I joined a website a couple years ago that sends me a list of all the Estate Sales in my area every weekend with photos of what is for sale. I am always looking for tablescaping items. Hubby bought this blue glass goblet with a clear stem at an estate sale last year, I wish they had had more for sale. I love this goblet. It is a perfect blue color and I predict I will be using it often. It can be difficult to find yellow glass goblets that don’t have a gold tint to them so when I saw these yellow goblets on Etsy I immediately bought them. I love the color and the size of them. I don’t know who made them or what the pattern is called. 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 had the faux daffodils and small blue flowers already, they probably came from Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. They are in a large white pottery vase, one of a pair of identical white pottery vases that I inherited from my mother. She received them as a wedding present in 1938.

I love pairing blue and yellow together and daffodils are some of my favorite flowers!

To see over 270 different tablescapes that I have created please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my Table Settings and Tablescape Ideas Facebook group for lots of tablescaping inspiration! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Table Settings and Tablescape Ideas or click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392

If you live in Southern California join our Facebook tablescaping group Southern California Tablescapers BTS Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 . We had a gathering in January 2025 and we plan to have others as well.

Don’t miss the Tablescape How-To tab at the top of my blog for DIY tips and tricks or click here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapehowto

I put a new tablescape on my blog every week, please check back!

February 19, 2023 /Beth Wilson
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Pumpkins on a Fall Tablescape

October 22, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

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!

To see 260+ other tablescapes that I have created including 21 other Fall table settings please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my Tablescape Ideas group! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Tablescape Ideas. Don’t miss my Tablescaping How-To section at the top of this blog post for more tablescaping tips and tricks.

I put a new tablescape on my blog every week so please check back!

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October 22, 2022 /Beth Wilson
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Bunnies and Carrots on a Spring Easter Tablescape

April 04, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This Easter tablescape is a variation of one I did in 2019. You can see that tablescape here. I made several changes to it and you can see how I changed the style and feel of the tablescape from that one to this one. I found the tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago. It is made by Three Little Bunnies, Farmer’s Market. I bought the matching napkins too but I decided not to use them on this table setting because the tablecloth is so busy and I wanted some solid color to break it up a bit.

When I found the carrots tablecloth I remembered that I had these plates with bunnies and carrots on them so I decided to do a bunnies and carrots Easter table setting. I found these melamine bunny salad plates at HomeGoods several years ago. They are labeled L N T, LinensNThings. I love the fluffy brown bunny, all the flowers, and the egg shape of the plate.

Fiesta Shamrock Dinner Plate

I love the green color of these Fiesta dinners plates, the color is called Shamrock. (This color has been discontinued.) I have this plate in a few different colors and I use them frequently on my plate stacks. I probably bought them at Macy’s online or the Fiesta site online. I have had them for several years. I picked this plate for this table setting because it matches the green in the tablecloth. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This white charger is my Antique Beaded charger from Williams Sonoma that I bought several years ago. It is often my go to charger when I need a white charger.

Frosted Green Madeline Flatware

Seems like every time I use this frosted green flatware I get questions and comments about it. It is called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market several years ago. If you google frosted flatware and add the color you are looking for you will find similar sets. I use this green flatware often in the Spring and Fall. You can see it here on a Fall Pumpkin tablescape. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think these orange and green cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods several years ago. I picked these colors because they matched the tablecloth and they reminded me of carrots. I found the bunny napkin rings on Amazon a few years ago. I wanted a bunny holding a carrot napkin ring and there these were!

I smile every time I see these metal carrot place card holders. I found them on Ebay after doing a Google search for carrot place card holders. They popped right out.

Qualia Green Meridian Goblet

The green goblet on the left came from Macy’s a few years ago. The name is Qualia Glass Meridian. I like the height and the beautiful green color. I think I bought the orange goblets on the right at Ross or T.J. Maxx several years ago. They were some of the first goblets that I bought when I started tablescaping. When I bought them I figured I wouldn’t use them that often but I am surprised at how often they appear on my tablescapes. They are a great match for all the carrots on this tablescape. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here

I have had this bunny figure for many years and I can’t remember where it came from but I think I bought it with a similar one online somewhere. When the kids were living at home I used to do major decorating for all holidays. The bunny is sitting on a green drink dispenser stand that I bought at Pottery Barn many years ago.

When I was searching for bunnies and carrots on Amazon a few years ago I found these two sets of salt and peppers and I couldn’t resist buying them for this tablescape. This one was made by Cosmos Gifts. Hubby says this one is the best part of this tablescape. Lol!

This one was made by the Abbott Collection.

I love the green and orange color combination on this tablescape, it is perfect for Spring!

To see over 270 different tablescapes that I have created please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my new Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas Facebook group for lots of tablescaping inspiration! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas or click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392

If you live in Southern California join our Facebook tablescaping group Southern California Tablescapers BTS Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 We had a gathering for tablescapers in January 2025 in the Los Angeles area and we are planning to have another one sometime in the future.

Don’t miss the Tablescape How-To tab at the top of my blog for DIY tips and tricks. That link is here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapehowto

I put a new tablescape on my blog every week, please check back!

This blog post was featured at A Stroll Thru Life, https://www.astrollthrulife.net/ Please visit this blog, you will enjoy it!

April 04, 2022 /Beth Wilson
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