A Thanksgiving Turkey Tablescape

November 10, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I posted a Thanksgiving tablescape with this Turkey Tureen centerpiece thirteen years ago and I have used it other times on tablescapes since then as well. You can see those Thanksgiving tablescapes as well as 330+ other tablescapes that I have created on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes . If you are on Facebook, join my Table Settings and Tablescape Ideas Facebook group (4,400+ members) for lots of tablescaping inspiration: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392 . If you live in Southern California join our Facebook tablescaping group Southern California Tablescapers Group (300+ members) here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 . I found this Vintage Turkey on Burlap tablecloth at Spoonflower online. It isn’t burlap but I love the big fat turkeys on the faux burlap surface. The colors are warm and welcoming.

This salad plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. It was part of their Spice Route Collection. Each plate was named after a spice and this color was called Ginger. I have a few other plates from this collection and I often use them on my tablescapes this time of year because they are all perfect Fall and Thanksgiving colors. I really like the beaded design around the rim on these plates, it adds an additional element of interest.

I don’t usually buy matching salad and dinner plate sets but I bought this salad and dinner plate set when I first first started tablescaping because I knew that I could use them together and separately in combination with other plates effectively. Every year I end up using them on different tablescapes throughout the year.

I think that these brown resin chargers came from Michael’s. I have a few different brown chargers but I wanted a warm brown color for this tablescape and this one was perfect.

This marblelized light brown and cream flatware set is marked EM3 Inox 18/10, Made in Italy. I can’t remember where I bought the set online, I have had it for a few years. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here. The soft brown color on this flatware set works well on Fall tablescapes.

These cloisonne turkey napkin rings came from Williams Sonoma a few years ago and I love all the bright colors. I bought the gold color napkins at World Market when I first started tablescaping several years ago. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these turkey place card holders on Ebay a few years ago. If you google turkey place card holder lots of different ones will pop up this time of year. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

These amber glass goblets came from Pier 1 on sale right before our store closed several years ago. I love how tall they are. 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 really love this ceramic Turkey Tureen. He is just so fat and fluffy looking. I bought him thirteen years ago when I first started tablescaping. I looked for a turkey tureen to use as a centerpiece for a long time and I finally found this one. It was made by Spode and it was part of their Harvest Collection. I can’t remember where I bought it. I have bought a few other turkey tureens since then but this one is still my favorite.

I added a couple of turkey salt and pepper sets to the table. This turkey salt and pepper set probably came from Amazon or HomeGoods a few years ago.

I’m not sure where I found this turkey salt and pepper set.

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A Pilgrim Thanksgiving Tablescape

November 02, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I created a Pilgrim Thanksgiving tablescape four years ago but when I saw this Mayflower Descendant tablecloth at Spoonflower online recently I decide to create another one. A few of the elements are the same but most are different this year. Both my husband and I have Pilgrim ancestors who came over on the Mayflower. He is a direct descendent of Governor William Bradford who came over on the Mayflower eight generations ago. The kids used to have fun telling their classmates about it when they were young and studying Thanksgiving in school. Actually if you have ancestors who lived in New England in the 1600’s and 1700’s you probably have some Pilgrim ancestors too. There are over 10 million Mayflower descendants in the United States. You can see that other Pilgrim tablescape that I did as well as 330+ other tablescapes of mine on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

I bought these Pilgrim salad plates one or two at a time as I found them online on Ebay and Mercari over several months. They are actually collector plates (we would never eat on them) that were made by Bing and Grondahl in 1987. Because of our Pilgrim ancestors I decided that we needed them!

A few years ago I was looking for a basic cream colored dinner plate and I found this one. It is called Mason Stoneware and it came from Pottery Barn. I think this color was called Wheat. It came in other colors as well. It is a great size (10 3/4”) for a dinner plate and large enough that it could be used as a charger plate with smaller sized dinner plates.

I think that I found these brown faux wood charger plates at Michael’s last year.

This amber flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy. I bought it online at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale many 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. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I found this set of resin Thanksgiving napkin rings that includes a male Pilgrim, a female Pilgrim and a Native American on Ebay. I don’t know who made the set. The medium brown polyester napkins came from Amazon some years ago. I like cotton napkins better than polyester napkins but I can’t always find the color shade and color tone that I need in cotton. This brown matches the brown on the ship in the tablecloth. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

If you read my blog you know that I love to find salt and pepper sets to add to my themed tablescapes. Over the years I have found several sets of Pilgrim salt and pepper sets and I decided to use them as place card holders on this tablescape. This Pilgrim design is from Blue Sky in 2010 and I bought the set recently at their store online. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

This Pilgrim design came from Mud Pie and I probably bought them at Home Goods.

This Pilgrim salt and pepper set has a label that says Grasslands Road. I think I bought the set at a gift shop while we were traveling.

This Hallmark Pilgrim set was originally released in 1981. I bought the set on Ebay.

This Pilgrim design is from Blue Sky in 2017 and I bought the set recently at their store online.

I probably bought this Pilgrim set on Ebay. It is not marked.

The bright blue goblet on the left came from HomeGoods a few years ago. When I saw the blue on the salad plates and the tablecloth I knew this goblet would be a perfect match and it was. 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 have looked at this Jim Shore Mayflower design for many years. It was copyrighted in 2005 and it was called “Seeking Hope, Bounty and Joy” Pilgrim Vessel Figurine. I decided that it was time to buy it to use on this tablescape. I found it on Ebay. I placed my last Pilgrim salt and pepper set in front of it. The set was made by Lefton in 1984 and I found it on Ebay. I set the ship on a brown wood stand that I had to make it a bit taller.

I set two Jim Shore Pilgrim figures on each side of the Mayflower. This figure is the Jim Shore Heartwood Creek “Abundant Blessings” Pilgrim Man and it was originally introduced by Enesco in 2009. I bought it on Ebay.

This figure is the Jim Shore Heartwood Creek “Give Thanks for the Bounty” female Pilgrim and it was also released in 2009. I bought it on Ebay also.

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A Go for the Gold Turkey Tablescape for Thanksgiving

November 18, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I did this tablescape a some years ago and decided to post it again for new readers. I have had these small turkey tureens for a long time. I found them on Ebay and I finally bought the matching salad plates and dinner plates on Ebay too. I still need a few more of the tureens but one shows up only once or twice a year on Ebay so buying a full set will take some time. Unfortunately the gold color doesn’t photograph well. The dishes, tablecloth, and napkins are a warm gold color and the color gets washed out in some of these photos. This photo is actually the best representation of the color and it still isn’t completely accurate. I found the tablecloth and napkins on Amazon a few years ago and I was delighted when they came and they matched the dishes perfectly.

The turkey tureens, salad plates, and dinner plates were all made by Bordallo Pinheiro in Portugal. I have several different patterns made by this company and I love the raised designs and the details on these plates with turkeys and acorns.

The turkeys and acorns around the borders of these plates are perfect for the season.

These bronze hammered charger plates came from Williams Sonoma a few years ago. I really like the hammered design and they are a nice weight.

I bought this inexpensive set of gold flatware when I first started tablescaping. I can’t remember where it came from but I need to replace it with something of better quality eventually. (I have since bought a much nicer set.)

I’ve had these gold napkin rings for a long time. I can’t remember where they came from but it was probably Pier 1. The gold napkins came from Amazon several years ago.

I used these amber goblets on another Thanksgiving tablescape, you can see them here. I bought them at Pier 1 several years ago on sale. I love how tall they are, they will replace some that I bought several years ago that are much shorter. The brown goblet on the right was made by Lenox between 1966 and 1985. It was called Antique Brown. I bought them on Ebay several years ago.

I bought the metal leaf place card holder online several years ago, can’t remember where.

The matching candle holders came from Ebay also.

I can’t remember where I found this turkey centerpiece. I love the different textures and colors.

This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving tablescapes.

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A Thanksgiving Tablescape

November 10, 2025 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I was going to move on to a Christmas tablescape this week but I found these turkey salad plates on our recent trip and I decided to use them this year instead of waiting until next year. This Thanksgiving tablescape is similar to a few of my other Thanksgiving tablescapes but I made a few changes to this one starting with the salad plates. You can see my 14 other Thanksgiving tablescapes and over 200 other tablescapes that I have created here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes I have had this green tablecloth for many years, I bought it on Amazon. I was looking for a green color and there were so many different tones and shades of green but I really liked this tweedy looking green one.

I found these turkey salad plates at a HomeGoods on the second day of our 4 1/2 week trip. The back says Potter’s Studio. Hubby was not crazy about hauling them with us to the East Coast and back but I told him that when you see something you like at HomeGoods, you need to buy it because it won’t be there the next time you go! I have learned that the hard way! I really like the bright design on this plate and the scalloped design on the edge of the plate.

This is a Fiesta dinner plate and the color is called Linen. It’s a good plate for a tablescaping collection because it is a basic color that can be used in many different ways on a plate stack. I bought them on sale at Macy’s earlier this year.

I was looking for a charger in a warm brown color and I found this plastic Bokon charger on Amazon last month. It is exactly the warm brown color that I wanted.

This marblelized light brown and cream flatware set is marked EM3 Inox 18/10, Made in Italy. I can’t remember where I bought the set online, I have had it for several years. I use this set often in the fall. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I wanted to use a napkin with a design on it on this tablescape to add more interest to the table. These napkins were designed by April Cornell. I can’t remember where I bought them, they have been in my tablescaping collection for many years. The turkey napkin ring is one of my favorite napkin rings. It was one of the first napkin ring sets that I bought when I started tablescaping several years ago. The bottom says, “j. willfred, a division of the Charles Sadek Import Company, Inc.”. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these Department 56 ceramic turkey place card holders on Mercari a few years ago. I have a few other sets of turkey place card holders but these were colorful and it’s difficult to find colorful turkey napkin rings so I bought them. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I usually use two different goblets on my tablescapes but I wanted to use this goblet and I couldn’t find another goblet in my tablescaping collection that looked good with it on this table setting so I decided to just use a pair of the same goblets. This amber glass goblet came from Pier 1 on sale right before our store closed. I love how tall they are. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the goblet colors that I use the most often here.

I already had a few turkey tureens but when I saw this Spode Woodland Turkey Tureen at Macy’s last year, he had some different coloring than the other ones that I have, so I decided to buy him too. I love his eyes and I love that the end of the ladle that shows is painted to match the colors on the turkey.

In this photo it looks like the ladle is chipped but it is only the reflection from the window nearby.

If you read my blog you know that I love small salt and pepper sets and I often add them to my tablescapes. This vintage salt and pepper set is labeled Relco, Japan. I found the set at an antique mall several years ago.

I have a difficult time walking past cute salt and pepper sets at HomeGoods and this set of turkeys came home with me last year. They sat on a cute small decorative tray but I didn’t use it on this table setting.

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