Vegetables on a Summer Tablescape

I have been planning a vegetable themed tablescape for a while but it took some time to find what I needed to pull it all together. I saw this vegetable themed Insalata tablecloth at Williams Sonoma online a few months ago and I really liked it but I didn’t want to buy it because it is more than I am usually willing to pay for a tablecloth. I kept looking at it though and I finally gave in and bought it. Once in a while I do that. I have a vintage looking Halloween tablecloth that was expensive but I really love using it. My kids can fight over them after I am gone!

Williams Sonoma Insalata Tablecloth

I wanted to share the tablecloth design before I put everything on it so you can see it. I really love the graphics.

Fitz and Floyd 1995 Vegetable Bouquet Plate

I found these Fitz and Floyd 1995 Vegetable Bouquet salad plates on Ebay. I bought them one or two at a time over the last two months. They were exactly what I was looking for for a salad plate for this tablescape. The plates are embossed (Majolica style) with turnips, corn, carrots, red onion, and celery.

This green dinner plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. It was part of their Spice Route collection and the color was called Clove. I use this plate often in the Spring, Summer, and Fall. I like the beaded design around the rim of the plate. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

Bordallo Pinheiro Geranium Leaf Charger

This Bordallo Pinheiro Geranium Leaf charger is one of my favorite Spring and Summer chargers. I bought them one at a time over several months on Ebay until I had the number I needed when I first started tablescaping several years ago.

This flatware set is Madeline Green flatware and I bought it at World Market several years ago. This is the fourth time that I have used this flatware this year. If you are starting a tablescaping collection I recommend you buy a green flatware set. You will use it during every season. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where these vegetable themed napkins came from, I have have them for several years. Someone may have made them for me on Etsy. Williams Sonoma has napkins to match the tablecloth but I knew I could use these instead. If you google vegetable napkins several other choices will pop up. I found the painted metal vegetable napkin rings on Ebay last month. There were six different vegetables in the set.

I found these tin watering can place card holders on Etsy last month. I am usually not a fan of tin and I was going to have Hubby paint them for me but he convinced me to try them on the completed table first and I decided they were fine. The tin metal adds a bit of interest to the rest of the table setting. I found the place cards on Amazon, I have them in several colors now.

The sage green acrylic goblet on the left came from our Pier 1 store before it closed a couple years ago. I think I bought the orange goblet on the right at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets I bought several years ago. I use them more than I thought I would. I think I have goblets now in all the primary colors. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets (including the colors I use the most) for your tablescaping collection here.

When I saw this salt and pepper set on Ebay a couple weeks ago I knew I needed to add it to this tablescape.

To balance the table I added a corn salt and pepper set to the other side of the table. It probably came from Ebay too a few years ago.

I knew I probably wanted a Fitz and Floyd centerpiece of some kind for this tablescape and I looked at several until I found this cookie jar. It was made by Fitz and Floyd in 1996 and the pattern was called English Garden Bunnies Cookie Jar. I found it online on Mercari. I love all the detail, vegetables, gardening tools, and a few bunnies too! I wanted it to be a bit higher so I looked through my cupboards and found this Bordallo Pinheiro cake stand. I totally forgot that I had it. I probably bought it on Ebay several years ago.

I am showing the back of the cookie jar because it has cute details too. With the bunnies this centerpiece could be used at Easter as well.

One of these years I am going to start a vegetable garden! This table setting is giving me lots of incentive!

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