Squirrels on a November Thanksgiving Buffet Tablescape

November 15, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I have a soft spot for squirrels. Although we live in a suburban area we still have squirrels that come around from time to time. Sometimes they sit on the wall outside my kitchen window and stare in at me. Someone in the neighborhood feeds them peanuts and I think they are wondering if I have a few too. I did a tablescape with an acorn theme, you can see it here. I have used a few of the same items on this tablescape that I used on that one. I found the beige tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago. It has a slight brown tweed design. The Gather sign came from Grandin Road online a few years ago. It was a distressed gold color but Hubby painted it brown for me. You can see 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 (300+ members) here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 .

I found these squirrel salad plates on Ebay a few years ago. They were made by Better Homes and Gardens in 2013 and they were part of their Heritage Collection. I love that sweeping tail.

This brown dinner plate was Double Ridge Cocoa Brown by Rachael Ray. They 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 these Acacia wood round bark edge chargers at Target a few years ago. They were made by Threshold. I thought that they would be perfect on this squirrel tablescape. I used them on a winter themed tablescape that you can see here. Search Google for bark charger to find others like this.

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 have this flatware in a few other colors too, I really like the design. You can see the tweed design of the tablecloth in this photo. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I bought these Park Designs squirrel napkins rings at Target online a few years ago. I found the acorn napkins on Etsy a few years ago too. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found the Tag small squirrel place card holders on Ebay a few years ago. The place cards came from Amazon a few years ago. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I can’t remember where I bought the amber glass goblets, if anyone recognizes the pattern, please let me know. 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. 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 think I found this centerpiece squirrel at HomeGoods a few years ago. As soon as I saw him I knew there was going to be a squirrel tablescape in my future. I had some acorns that I had bought on Etsy and I scattered them around for additional interest.

The two smaller squirrels came from Amazon a few years ago. This one looks real!

Ready for a Thanksgiving buffet!

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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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Black Widows on a Halloween Tablescape

October 25, 2026 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This is a Halloween tablescape that I did in 2015 and then I repeated it in 2019 and 2022 but I am posting it again just for fun. The white polyester tablecloth probably came from Amazon or TableclothsFactory online several years ago. The black, red, and white spider quilted table topper came from Etsy several years ago. I have a constant battle with black widow spiders on our back patio but they hate peppermint so I mix a bit of peppermint oil in water and spray it around and they often move on. I know this tablescape won’t be to everyone’s liking but I think it’s important to change things up a bit once in a while and I want to celebrate the creative handmade work that was done on all the black widow spider items on this table. To see 30 other Halloween themed tablescapes that I have created as well as 330+ other tablescapes of mine please visit my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes .

Since it has been several years since I did this tablescape the first time I can’t remember what caused me to create a table setting with black widow spiders. I think I may have seen these hand painted black widow spider salad plates on Etsy and the table design grew from there. I love the clean crisp design, the black lines really stand out against the white.

The photo distorts the shape of these square black glass appetizer or tidbit plates a bit. We found them somewhere in Virginia while we were visiting our son and his family several years ago. They were made by Luminarc France. They were really inexpensive so I bought some white ones as well.

Using our everyday red dinner plates on this tablescape. They made by Fiesta and the color was called Scarlet. When we remodeled the kitchen several years ago I picked white with red accents as the color scheme and we bought this new set of dishes. I still love the bright red color. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

I bought these black and white chargers at Crate and Barrel many years ago. They were some of the first chargers that I bought. I just really liked the lace like design on them. The design reminds me of spider webs so I added them to this tablescape.

This flatware is 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. I really like the marbleized design on the handles and the quilted stainless design. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These white cotton napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago. The black metal spider web napkin rings came from Amazon several years ago. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

These metal black widow spider place card holders came from Pottery Barn several years ago. I bought the same design painted like red ants but Hubby painted those black for me and I used them on a Picnic themed tablescape a few years ago. You can see that tablescape here. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

I think these red glass goblets came from Crate and Barrel a few years ago. I had been looking for some simple red goblets and grabbed these when I saw them online. Now I wish I had ordered more of them. I found the hand painted black widow spider goblets on Etsy several years ago. They were made by the same person who created the black widow spider salad plates. It is a clever design, there is a spider web on the back as well as the spider on the front. 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 can’t remember where I bought the tall glass cloche, I have had it for several years. I bought all the spiders that I attached to it on Etsy several years ago. Some of them are pins. I bought the red pillar candle on Amazon a few years ago. I have had the small white plastic stand for several years and I don’t remember where it came from, probably HomeGoods.

I have had these black spider candle holders for many years, can’t remember where they came from online. I always have a stash of tea light candles on hand for when I need them for tablescapes.

I really don’t like spiders at all, and I especially dislike black widow spiders. We have them in our garden and I wish they would disappear but I do like this tablescape. I haven’t seen one like it before.

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