A Keeping It Rural Farming Tablescape

I put this tablescape together for two reasons. One, to honor Hubby when he retired from John Deere a few years ago. Two, to honor all the farmers and ranchers who continue to work to put food on our tables. Another tablescape with a gingham tablecloth, these tablecloths are fun to use on tablescapes. I think this tablecloth came from HomeGoods many years ago. I found the table runner on Etsy several years ago.

I bought the salad plates online somewhere several years ago, can’t remember where, they are melamine. I did this tablescape several years ago but the photos weren’t very good and I have made a few changes to the table with this version.

When I started tablescaping some of the first purchases I made were Fiesta dinner and salad plates in a few different colors. They are available online at several stores. They are a good quality basic plate and they come in many strong vivid colors. Our every day dishes are Fiesta dishes in the color Scarlet. This is a salad plate in the color Sunflower.

This is a Fiesta dinner plate in the color Shamrock, I love this vivid green.

This is a Color Spectrum charger by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time as I saw them on Ebay because I love the quality and the colors. I have them in several different colors.

Using my Madeline Green flatware on this table, I bought it at World Market several years ago. I really like the frosted design on the handles.

I can’t remember where the yellow gingham napkins came from. It might have been Sur La Table online. I really wanted a John Deere themed napkin ring but I didn’t have one. So I downloaded a John Deere scrapbook page design that I bought on Etsy and printed it out and Hubby cut it out and taped it around some flat napkin rings I have. I need to remember this in the future when I need a specific themed napkin ring.

The tree place card holders are courtesy of my daughter-in-law a few years ago. She bought them for a party and gave them to me after to use on my table settings.

The yellow goblet was made by Noritake and the pattern was called Yellow Perspective. These were made between 1970 and 1983 and I found them on Ebay. This pattern came in other colors, I have them in cobalt blue and sage green also. Ebay always has this pattern for sale in various colors. The green plastic goblet came from Pier 1 several years ago. If you read my blog, you have seen these goblets before a few times.

For many years Hubby got John Deere related presents at birthday and Christmas time until he ran out of space. I gave him this wood tractor one year. I can’t remember where I bought it but it was probably Etsy. It is sitting on one of the Fiesta shamrock dinner plates that is sitting on one of my Pottery Barn drink dispenser stands. I use these stands frequently on my centerpieces to add height.

I love Jim Shore designs and when I saw this tractor I knew I had to buy it for Hubby. Can’t remember where I found it. It was made in 2009 and he has had it for many years.

This Jim Shore John Deere barn was also made in 2009. I gave it to Hubby one Christmas, I think I bought it online.

I think I found this salt and pepper set online somewhere, probably Ebay. The set was made in 1998.

Celebrating Hubby’s retirement and farmers and ranchers everywhere!

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