Oranges on a Summer Tablescape — Whispers of the Heart

This tablescape has been many years in the making. I started collecting dishes with an oranges pattern on them many years ago because I was born in a town called Orange, graduated from high school there, and was later married there even though I didn’t grow up there. For years I was trying to find a certain vintage salad plate with oranges on it. I found three but I was never able to find the other three so I could do a tablescape. I finally gave up on those plates and found six of these oranges salad plates. When I saw this oranges filled tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago I knew that it was finally time to pull this theme together.

I found these gold rimmed oranges salad plates on Ebay and Etsy over the past several years. They are marked Hutschenreuther Selb, Bavaria, Germany, Pasco. “Pasco” is the mark of Paul A. Straub & Co. of New York City, an importer in business from 1915 to 1970. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying salad plates here.

There is an extra plate in this plate stack. I bought these Bordallo Pinheiro green dinner plates on Ebay one at a time as I saw them over a few years. They are difficult to find. They were made in Portugal and I have seen the pattern referred to as Trellis but I am not sure if that is correct.

Fiesta Square Tangerine Dinner Plate

This square dinner plate was made by Fiesta and the color is Tangerine. I bought them online from Replacements.com a few years ago for a Halloween tablescape. You can see that tablescape here. This color is now discontinued. Most of my plates are round but I have bought a few square sets from time to time when I needed them. This shade of orange was a perfect color for this tablecloth. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

Mikasa Color Spectrum Hunter Green Charger

This charger was made by Mikasa and it is called Color Spectrum in Hunter Green. I love this charger, it is heavy and a great color. I have several others like this one in other colors. I bought them all a few at a time on Ebay over several years.

Madeline Green Flatware

If you read my blog you will recognize this flatware set, I use it often. It is called Madeline Green flatware, and I bought it at World Market several years ago. I really like the frosted design on the handles. You can see this same frosted green flatware on a Fall tablescape that I did two years ago here. There are lots of different colored frosted flatware sets for sale right now online at various places. Just google the color you are looking for with the words frosted flatware and something will pop out. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I bought these green cotton napkins at World Market online several years ago with several other colors too. They wash and steam iron well. I found the oranges napkin rings on Etsy a few years ago. The orange color was off but Hubby saved the day by painting them to better match this tablescape.

I was looking for something with a oranges theme to use as place card holders on this table setting and I found these faux orange slices on Etsy. I had bought lemon ones for a Spring tablescape and I knew they had oranges as well. I set two of them on a Oleg Cassini clear glass square place card holder. I bought the place card holders at HomeGoods several years ago when I first started tablescaping. They are heavy and solid and I really like the simple design. I often use them as a stand for place card items. You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here.

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. I used these same goblets on my Vegetables tablescape a few months ago. You can see that tablescape here. 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.

Bordallo Pinheiro Orange Bowl

I have to admit this centerpiece was a struggle and it went through a few different variations before I settled on this one. I started with a small tree of faux oranges from Joann’s but their idea of shipping is to just dump things in a box with a thin layer of plastic. When the tree arrived, it was crooked but it was the wrong scale for this table anyway so it went back. Then I decided to try a large flat green glass bowl that was a wedding present and I put faux oranges in it. The bowl was the perfect green for this table but it was too low and I couldn’t find a stand that worked well with it. While I was wandering around mumbling to myself trying to think of something else, Hubby looked in the china cabinet and found this bowl. Lol! It had been right next to the salt and pepper that are on the table but I wasn’t thinking along those lines when I pulled the salt and pepper out. Hubby saved the day! I bought the bowl on Ebay several years ago. It was made by Bordallo Pinheiro in Portugal. The faux oranges came from Hobby Lobby last week. I found the small white stand at HomeGoods a few years ago. I actually really like the way this centerpiece finally turned out for this tablescape. It’s simple but a good match for everything else on the table.

I often add something to both sides of a centerpiece just for added interest. Because this tablecloth is so busy, I wanted something simple. I have had this orange candle holder for several years now. It came from Yankee Candle.

This oranges salt and pepper set probably came from Ebay several years ago. They aren’t marked.

This tablescape is special, memories of the place where I was born, graduated high school, and married.

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