More Turkeys on a Thanksgiving Tablescape

November 10, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I decided to do just one more Thanksgiving tablescape before I moved on to Christmas. I found this burnt orange polyester leaves tablecloth on Amazon several years ago. I really liked it and it was a great price so I bought it in three other fall colors. You can see the gold one on a gold Thanksgiving tablescape that I did a few years ago here.

When I saw these earthenware turkey salad plates at Sur La Table online a few years ago, I really liked them and so I bought them. The colors are different from many of the turkey plates that I have seen before. There was a matching dinner plate but I didn’t buy it because that design didn’t go all around the plate and the salad plate would have covered most of it. Kind of a waste of money I thought.

This dinner plate came from Pottery Barn several years ago. It is part of their Cambria stoneware dinnerware and the color is turquoise. This plate is large enough that it could be used as a charger as well. I like plates that have that versatility. I ended up buying this plate in a few other colors over the years. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here. I didn’t add a charger to this tablescape because I didn’t have one that matched everything on the table well enough. You don’t always need to add a charger to your table setting.

I bought this frosted white flatware on sale online at Wayfair several years ago, it was made by Cambridge. It is 18/0 so the fork tines are a bit sharper than I would like but I really liked the frosted color. Wayfair has really good sales on flatware sometimes. Frosted flatware is really popular right now and a Google search will turn up several patterns and colors. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here. You can see the raised design on the tablecloth in this photo. The thread design shines a bit.

This turkey napkin ring is one of my favorite napkin rings. It was one of the first napkin rings that I bought when I started tablescaping several years ago. The bottom says, “j. willfred, a division of the Charles Sadek Import Company, Inc.”. I bought them online but I can’t remember where. I bought these cotton Aspen Organic Spice Orange napkins at Crate and Barrel online last year. I wanted to have some napkins to match the goblets on this tablescape. I really like this deep rich color and it photographs well on this tablescape. They are almost a perfect match for the color of this tablecloth.

I found these Department 56 ceramic turkey place card holders on Mercari last year. I have a few other sets of turkey place card holders but these were colorful and it’s difficult to find turkeys so I grabbed them.

This burnt orange goblet on the left, in the photos, looks like it is a shade of purple but it a really pretty burnt orange color. I found them at HomeGoods a few years ago. They had six and I grabbed them fast! When I see a goblet in an unusual color that I know I can use, I buy them! The goblet on the right is a light blue color. I have this goblet in glass or plastic in several different colors. I bought them online several years ago but I can’t remember where.

I found these faux fall flowers at Hobby Lobby on sale a few years ago. I set them in a large white pottery vase, one of a pair of identical white pottery vases that I inherited from my mother. She received them as a wedding present in 1938.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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A Brown and White Thanksgiving Tablescape

November 03, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I have had these brown and white turkey dinner plates for a while and when I found the white turkey tureen a few years ago I knew it was time to pull a table setting together.

I didn’t have a brown tablecloth but I found one on Amazon. I really wanted a table setting with only two colors this time.

Sorry about the glare on the plate, to get enough light I have to deal with the reflection of the light. These dinner plates were made by Spode and the pattern is called Celebration. I think I bought them at HomeGoods a few years ago. I like the profile of this large turkey and the flower border.

The white charger is one of the first charger sets I bought when I started tablescaping. The pattern is Antique Beaded and I bought them at Williams Sonoma several years ago. I use this charger constantly in my table settings. If you look back through my blog at my tablescapes, you will see it often. A simple white charger is a great first purchase if you want to create more interest in your table settings.

It’s difficult to see on top of the brown tablecloth but this flatware is a smoky brown color. The camera makes them look much darker in color than they really are. The handles are some kind of plastic material. They are marked SR Showroom Italy. I bought them online somewhere several years ago but I can’t remember where. They are really large and well made.

The clear goblet on the right is my wedding crystal, the pattern is Lismore made by Waterford. I also have sherbets, candlesticks and some serving pieces in this pattern. The pattern was released in 1952 and it is still in production. I love it. The brown goblet on the left was made by Lenox between 1966 and 1985. It was called Antique Brown. I bought them on Ebay several years ago.

The brown napkins probably came from World Market several years ago. They almost match the tablecloth, close enough. I was looking for a white turkey napkin ring and found these on Ebay a few years ago.

The brown metal turkey place card holder can also be a napkin ring. You can’t see the ring behind the turkey. I have had them for several years. I think they came from Crate and Barrel or Pottery Barn. The white salt and pepper set came from Pottery Barn a few years ago. I already had the leaf tea light candle holders, not sure where I found them.

This white turkey tureen came from Pottery Barn a few years ago. I had been looking for a large white soup tureen for a while but nothing was quite right. When I saw this one I decided he needed a good home with us. I like the fact that he comes with a matching ladle.

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A Turkey on the Thanksgiving Tablescape

October 27, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

Every Thanksgiving season I have to pull out my large Turkey tureen to use on a tablescape and it often sits out throughout the month of November as a decoration somewhere. I actually created this tablescape in 2020 and saved the photos in 2021 but I guess I never posted it because I can’t find it on my blog. Weird. The cream tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods or Amazon a few years ago.

I bought these turkey salad plates several years ago at Pottery Barn online. The pattern is called Botanical Harvest Turkey. They must be a best seller because they seem to have them in stock every year. I used them four years ago on a Thanksgiving tablescape with blue as the accent color. You can see that tablescape here. These plates have a brighter and more colorful design than some of the other salad turkey plates that I have seen online.

This dinner 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 one was called Pumpkin. I have a few other plates in that collection and I often use them on my tablescapes this time of year because they are all perfect fall colors. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This is Mikasa’s Color Spectrum charger in the color Burgundy. They don’t make them any more but you can find them on the secondary market from time to time. If you read my blog you have seen this charger pattern in other colors as well. I love these chargers, they are well made and heavy. I bought them a few at a time as I saw them over a few years on Ebay several years ago. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

This gold plated flatware was a gift from Hubby a few years ago. I had bought a cheap set of gold flatware several years ago. It was poor quality and the gold started flaking off. You get what you pay for! We found this set on major sale at Macys. It is made by Wallace and is called Mikasa Duchess Gold. It is heavy and I love the elegant design on the handles. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where I bought these napkins, they have been in my tablescaping collection for many years. It was probably either Pier 1 or HomeGoods. The colors work really well on a Fall or Thanksgiving tablescape. I think I found the turkey napkin rings online on Ebay several years ago. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

If you google turkey napkin ring lots of different ones will pop up for sale this time of year.

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 right now. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

The amber glass goblet on the left came from Pier 1 on sale right before our store closed a few years ago. I love how tall they are. The green acrylic goblet on the right is a good match for a fall table setting and it came from our Pier 1 store before it closed a few years ago too. 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 looked for a turkey tureen to use as a centerpiece for a long time and I finally found this one several years ago. It was made by Spode and it was part of their Harvest Collection. I can’t remember where I found it online. I absolutely love it, the colors, the relief design, it is perfect!

These turkey salt and pepper sets probably came from Amazon or HomeGoods a few years ago.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Pilgrims on a Thanksgiving Tablescape

October 29, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

For a few years I collected pilgrim figures mostly salt and pepper sets because both my husband and I have pilgrim ancestors who came over on the Mayflower. He is a direct descendent of Governor William Bradford, eight generations ago. The kids used to have fun telling their classmates about it when they were young. 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 hundreds of thousands of Mayflower descendents. I decided it was time to do a Pilgrim tablescape instead of the usual Turkey theme but it wasn’t easy to pull this one together. The cream tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods or Amazon a few years ago.

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 my husband’s ancestors I decided we needed them!

A few years ago I was looking for a basic cream colored dinner plate and I found this one. It is Mason Stoneware made by Pottery Barn. I think this color was called Wheat. It comes 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 with smaller dinner plates.

These bronze hammered charger plates came from Williams Sonoma on sale several years ago. I really like the hammered design and they are a nice weight. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers click here.

This flatware is a smoky brown color. The camera makes them look much darker in color than they really are. The handles are some kind of plastic material. They are marked SR Showroom Italy. The set was made by Zaffiro and I think I bought it on sale online at Horchow several years ago. The color is called Smoky and it looks like this pattern has been discontinued. I really liked the simple design so I bought it in other colors as well. It is 18/10 stainless and a nice heavy set. The pieces are really longer in length than normal flatware. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

The brown cotton napkins probably came from HomeGoods or Pier 1 several years ago. I bought the pilgrim couple napkin rings either on Poshmark or Ebay online a few years ago.

I couldn’t find any pilgrim place card holders so I improvised and put a pilgrim napkin ring on top of one of my square crystal place card holders. I think he looks pretty cute! I found these pilgrim napkin rings on Mercari a few years ago.

The bright blue goblet on the left came from HomeGoods a few years ago. When I saw the blue on the salad plates I knew this goblet would be a perfect match and it was. The brown glass 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. Ebay still has this pattern for sale. 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.

I found these Jim Shore Pilgrim figures on Ebay a few years ago. She was made in 2009 and was called “Give Thanks for the Bounty”. He was made the same year and was called “Abundant Blessings”. I set them on a wood stand that Hubby found at Hobby Lobby and painted brown for me. He actually cut the box in half because it was too tall. It is so wonderful to have a hubby who can do these kind of things! I scattered some faux leaves and pumpkins and gourds around the bottom of the stand.

I added a couple pilgrim salt and pepper sets to the table. This vintage set was made by Lefton. I probably bought them on Ebay several years ago.

This pilgrim set is labeled Grasslands Road. I think I found this set at a gift shop somewhere a few years ago.

It was fun to set a Thanksgiving table without turkeys!

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