White Hearts on a Valentine's Day Tablescape

Sometimes when I see a tablecloth at HomeGoods it immediately causes me to flash on a tablescape idea and that was the case with this white hearts on red tablecloth. I knew that I already had napkins that I could use so I bought it and came home and started looking for white hearts!

Amazon tends to be the first place that I look for things because I can choose things that will ship quickly and returns are easy if there is a problem. We pay to be a Prime member because we often buy things from Amazon so shipping is free. So I looked for white heart salad plates there and I found these Delling brand heart shaped salad plates last month. Exactly what I was looking for.

This Fiesta dinner plate in the color Scarlet is our everyday dish pattern so that choice was easy! You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This white charger is one of the first charger sets I bought when I started tablescaping. The pattern is called Antique Beaded and I bought them at Williams Sonoma several years ago. I use this charger constantly on 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 for your table settings. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers, please click here.

I bought this frosted white flatware set on sale online at Wayfair a few years ago, it was made by Cambridge. It is 18/0 instead of 18/10 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. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I can’t remember where I found the puffy red metal heart napkin rings. The white napkins with red hearts came from Pier 1 several years ago before our store closed. When the napkins have a busy pattern, I like to use simple solid color napkin rings. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

These metal white heart place card holders came from The Knot Shop online, a wedding supplies site. I often find less expensive napkin rings and place card holders on wedding supply sites online because I think they are priced low so that brides will buy lots of them. The place cards came from Amazon. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

Hubby found the red glass goblet on the left at an estate sale a few years ago. I think they are hand blown Ruby Red Bubble Glass Goblets made by Artland. I have this glass goblet in yellow and purple as well. The white glass goblet on the right came from Walmart online a few years ago. They were also made by Artland and the pattern is called Veranda. 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.

A few years ago Target was selling these large cardboard heart shaped boxes and I bought two of them because I knew that they would work well as centerpieces. They were red but Hubby painted this one white for me for this tablescape. Then I attached a heart doily to it from my hankie collection. I set the heart on a simple red stand that I bought at Pottery Barn several years ago.

I added two Mosser Glass salt and pepper sets in white and red to each side of the heart centerpiece.

The Mosser Glass Company was established in 1971 and it is located in Cambridge, Ohio. They sell high quality American made glassware and I love their products. I have a few sets of their goblets and a few cake stands too. I usually buy Mosser Glass products at The Vermont Country Store online.

Ready for Valentine’s Day!

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Red Hearts on a Valentine's Day Tablescape

I love Valentine’s Day and I love Valentine’s Day tablescapes! I really need to stop buying holiday tablecloths because I have run out of room but when I saw this hearts tablecloth at HomeGoods last month I couldn’t resist it. It has a label that says Shabby Chic and it feels like a linen blend. I love the combination of red and pink in the design on the hearts.

I found these red heart plastic salad plates at Hobby Lobby probably last year. They are a true primary red color, a color that can be difficult to find sometimes. Companies always seem to want to manipulate colors these days.

These white dinner plates are made by Lenox and the pattern is called Opal Innocence Carved. I probably found them at HomeGoods several years ago. I chose them for this tablescape because I thought that the swirls on the lip of the plate were a good match for the heart design on the tablecloth.

I have this glass charger in a few different colors and I really like them. I bought them when I first started tablescaping several years ago. They are a heavy red glass and I love the color and the tweed like design in the glass. They were made by Villeroy and Boch and the pattern was called Verona Textured. Not sure where I bought them online.

I really love the frosted red color on this flatware set, it is so unique. This flatware set was made by D & D Inox in Italy and the pattern was called Roma. I bought the set at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale when I first started tablescaping several years ago. I have this design in a few other frosted colors as well. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These red cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 many years ago. The pink metal love napkin rings came from Amazon four years ago. This design is such a perfect match for the heart design on the tablecloth.

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I found these wood heart place card holders at Target online last month. They came in a set of two, one red and one pink. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here. I bought the pink place cards on Amazon.

I am using my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets on this tablescape only this time I added the matching red iced teas too. I really love this glassware. It is well made, heavy, and a true red color. I bought the goblets at HomeGoods several years ago and I liked them so much that I slowly added the matching iced teas to my collection as I found them online. I also bought these goblets in clear glass to add to my tablescaping collection. 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 found this red hearts sculpture at HomeGoods last year. It was natural wood but Hubby painted it red for me. I set it on a red drinks dispenser stand that I bought at Pottery Barn several years ago to make it a bit taller.

I decided to add a Mosser Glass red salt and pepper set to this Valentine’s Day tablescape. I bought this set online at The Vermont Country Store a few years ago. The Mosser Glass Company was established in 1971 and it is located in Cambridge, Ohio. They sell high quality American made glassware and I love their products. I have a few sets of their goblets and a few cake stands too.

Ready for Valentine’s Day!

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A Valentine's Day Tablescape

I absolutely adore these Miss Blackbirdy plates and I decided to use them again on a Valentine’s Day tablescape even though I used them three years ago for Valentine’s Day. That tablescape was different, I will add a photo of it at the end of this post. I bought this red polyester tablecloth on Amazon a few years ago. It is a true primary red color and they can be difficult to find.

Miss Blackbirdy Plate Set

This plate design is called Miss Blackbirdy and the creator was a Dutch fashion designer and artist, Merel Boars. I don’t think that they are still being produced but you can find them online from time to time. The first time I saw them years ago I thought they were amazing and I bought a few pieces at a time over the years until I had a set. The design also comes in white on black but I am using the black on white color combination for this Valentine’s Day tablescape. The top plate on the plate stack is a smaller size, an appetizer or snack plate.

Miss Blackbirdy Salad Plate

The salad plate has the same design as the smaller plate. I just love the small blackbirds and the hearts. The black on white design is so eye-catching.

Miss Blackbirdy Dinner Plate

The design on the dinner plate is wonderful. The large vase in the center is such fun. If you look closely there are so many whimsical details, hearts and flowers, a singing blackbird, and bows and what looks like a small purse.

If you look closely at the edge of the dinner plate you can see a design that crosses over to the back of the plate in one area.

The back of each plate has the same design, a phrase, and a continuation of the design from the front. It is such a whimsical design element. (The smaller plates don’t have the corresponding continuing design on the front of the plate.)

Charge it by Jay Black Glass Starburst Charger

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and was made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. If you read my blog you have seen them on my last two tablescapes before this one. A black charger with a simple design is a good starter charger plate if you are thinking about starting a tablescaping hobby. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

Lenox Portola Black Flatware

If you read my blog you saw this black flatware set on my Valentine’s Day tablescape last week and my Cats tablescape the week before that. I wanted another set of black flatware that was all black and different from my Ginkgo International LePrix set to use on my Halloween tablescapes last year and I found this set on sale at Macy’s online. It was made by Lenox and the pattern is called Portola. I love the simple design and the shiny black color. I suspect this set will get a lot of use. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I wanted to use simple white napkins on this tablescape and I looked through my white napkins and I realized that I didn’t have a plain white polyester napkin set. I found this set online at tableclothsfactory.com. They are a bit heavier than other polyester napkins that I have and I love them. I have bought from this site before and I have always been pleased with their products. I can’t remember where I found these vintage metal heart napkin rings but they were not new. They were blue when I bought them but Hubby painted them black for me. I suspect that they will be red at some point too!

I was thinking about what place card holdersi that I could use on this tablescape and I remembered that I had bought Miss Blackbirdy egg cups too so I am using them with a faux red rose.

Miss Blackbirdy Egg Cup

I love using this goblet combination together because they complement each other. The goblet on the left with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and it is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a couple years ago. The clear fluted goblet with the black stem on the right is called Octime and the manufacturer was Luminarc Arcoroc. They were made in the 1980’s. I bought them on Ebay. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the goblet colors that I have used the most often over the past 15 years here.

I wanted a simple centerpiece for this tablescape so I decided to use red roses in a black vase. I collected pottery for several years and I have a small collection of vintage black vases of different sizes and designs. I really like the size and the matte finish on this black vase. The faux red roses came from Hobby Lobby last year.

Mosser Red Glass Panel Salt and Pepper Set

Those of you who read my blog and know my tablescaping style know that I often add salt and pepper sets to my table settings to add more interest and this tablescape was no exception. I decided to add a Mosser Glass red salt and pepper set to this tablescape. I bought this set online at The Vermont Country Store last year. The Mosser Glass Company was established in 1971 and it is located in Cambridge, Ohio. They sell high quality American made glassware and I love their products. I have a few sets of their goblets and a few cake stands too. If you read my blog you have seen their goblets on some of my tablescapes.

Mosser White Milk Glass Panel Salt and Pepper Set

This is the tablescape that I did three years ago using my Miss Blackbirdy plates. You can read more about that tablescape here. These two different Valentine’s Day tablescapes demonstrate how you can mix and match some of the same design elements to create different tablescapes.

I used the white on black Miss Blackbirdy plates on a Halloween tablescape that I did a couple years ago. The dinner plates are large enough that they can be used as chargers as well. You can find more information about this Halloween tablescape here.

The color combination of black and white and red creates such a strong design. I love these Miss Blackbirdy plates!

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A Valentine's Day Tablescape

When I saw this buffalo plaid and red heart tablecloth on Amazon last week I decided to create a Valentine’s Day tablescape using it. I love using solid bold colors on table settings sometimes. The combination creates a strikingly strong image.

This red melamine heart came from Crate and Barrel last year or the year before. I love the true red color.

Ralph Lauren White Porcelain Dinner Plate

These simple white porcelain dinner plates were made by Ralph Lauren and I found them at HomeGoods several years ago when I first started tablescaping. You definitely need a simple white dinner plate in your tablescaping collection. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

Charge it by Jay Black Glass Starburst Charger

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and was made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. A black charger with a simple design is a good starter charger plate if you are thinking about starting a tablescaping hobby. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

Lenox Portola Black Flatware

If you read my blog you saw this black flatware set on my Cats tablescape last week. I wanted another set of black flatware that was all black and different from my Ginkgo International LePrix set to use on my Halloween tablescapes this past year and I found this set on sale at Macy’s online. It was made by Lenox and the pattern is called Portola. I love the simple design and the shiny black color. I suspect this set will get a lot of use. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I am not sure where I found these red metal heart napkin rings but I love the bold red color. These black cotton napkins came from Crate and Barrel a few years ago. The pattern was called Fete. They are a really nice cotton fabric and I love the dark black color. So often black is really a darker washed out gray color. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

When these place card holders came, they were a dark bronze color but Hubby painted them black for me. He thinks they will end up red eventually and he may be right! They aren’t labeled. I like the different shape of the heart. I found them on Poshmark for a really good price last year. 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 couple 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. The goblet on the right with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and it is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a couple years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the goblet colors that I use the most often here.

I found this red hearts sculpture at HomeGoods a few weeks ago. It was natural wood but Hubby painted it red for me. It is sitting on a wood stand that I bought at Pier 1 a few years ago. The stand was a natural wood color but Hubby painted it white for me to use on one tablescape and then black for a few other tablescapes.

Mosser Glass Red Salt and Pepper Set

I decided to add a Mosser Glass red salt and pepper set to this Valentine’s Day tablescape. I bought this set online at The Vermont Country Store last year. The Mosser Glass Company was established in 1971 and it is located in Cambridge, Ohio. They sell high quality American made glassware and I love their products. I have a few sets of their goblets and a few cake stands too. If you read my blog you have seen their goblets on some of my tablescapes.

Mosser Glass White Salt and Pepper Set

I wanted another simple white salt and pepper set so I bought this Mosser white salt and pepper set at Everything Kitchens online a few months ago.

Ready for Valentine’s Day!

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