Thanksgiving for two!

It's going to be a quiet Thanksgiving for two of us so I've 

accepted the idea and pulled this together for our table.  

I wanted it a bit rustic and for it to embrace the colors of the season.

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As you can see I've reused my Pottery Barn inspired centerpiece that 

I made in September shown here,  and here. 

I decided to try the soup tureen in the center (it barely fit).  I may just tuck my pumpkin pie inside of it just for fun! I mixed several pieces from different manufactuers and layered heavily!

I'll be joining 

Cuisine Kathleen for

"Let's Dish"

 and

Between Naps on the Porch

for Tablescape Thursday

 

Dishes- Dillard's, Cracker Barrel, One King's Lane

Charger- Walmart

Brown glasses from T.J. Maxx 

Flatware- Sophia- Neiman Marcus

Candle holders from One King's Lane (2011)

Pumpkin Tureen- Kohl's (2011)

Tablecloth- Ralph Lauren (2011) full sized for a table of 6-8 folded in half

   

Swirling with Mikasa

Monday Jan. 16th I was notified by Mikasa that I had won a sweepstakes of theirs! I had entered a tablescape on their new "The Great Dinner Party" web page.  They did a random drawing and I won 8 place settings of a pattern called Swirl.  There were 5 colors to choose from so I chose 

Swirl Chocolate!

 I chose to mix them with a couple of other dishes so they could be highlighted more.  Their dark color proved to be challenging to take pictures of!

 As you can see they are a very deep chocolate color 

I staged them on a charger that has a woven design.  I used a simple white dinner plate between the first two layers

I added in a small red dish to give a punch 

of color and

 I layered their bowl on top, but it still felt like it needed more color

So I added the small square bowl and rolled a napkin thinking of the shape of an egg roll!  I felt like the unique bowl shape of the Mikasa

Swirl dish felt Asian in design so I decided to work with that theme.

This very oversized hurricane was chosen and I put river rocks in the bottom, set a tall pillar candle in the center and used some miniature sea shell covered balls to accent around it.

The white placemats also have a pearly swirl design on them and my white flatware came into play again!

These glasses are unique in their slightly swirled design and I was lucky that their green color worked well with everything else!

I have to admit I started out with a whole different idea, but once I started rummaging through my linens, dishes and flatware my direction took a new course!

It was fun working with these dishes and I want to thank Mikasa/Lifetime Brands for

their generous gift!

Evening is falling...

 We are having a homemade coleslaw, rice, shredded pork and egg rolls for dinner!

After dinner we're having  

Butter Pecan Ice Cream!

Thank-you for joining me!

Liz

Sources:

Mikasa Swirl Chocolate dishes

White dishes by Palm/Restaurant from Home Goods

Red dishes by 222 Fifth called Belize

Chargers by Chris Madden from JCPenney

Flatware from Horchow/Neiman Marcus called Sophia

Green stemware by Impulse called Roma from 

One King's Lane

Placemats from Pier 1 Imports

I'm joining
Between Naps on the Porch
for
Tablescape Thursday

Felize Navidad and Poinsettias

Felize Navidad
which means

Happy Christmas
or as we say 
Merry Christmas!

Since the Poinsettia was the focal point of my tablescape I got to wondering how the Poinsettia became attached to the Christmas holiday.  This is what I learned-

"The holiday's connection to the poinsettia originated with a Mexican legend. With nothing to give to the Christ Child, a youngster picked a bouquet of weeds as an offering. As the gift was presented, the weeds transformed into brilliant red blooms. Since then, the plant is known in Mexico as Flores de Noche Buena (Flowers of the Holy Night), or just nochebuena for short. The poinsettia's red "flowers" aren't actual flowers. They're bracts (modified leaves), and the little yellow centers are the flowers."

I'm featuring my poinsettias both in a 

live plant and in my dishes.

While I was preparing this table my radio was playing 

"I'll Be Home For Christmas"

which I thought was

 quite poignant since I will be

 doing just that

(heading to my Mom's) 

and I was feeling sentimental about wishing my kids were going to be home for Christmas.

I've added music to the blog with the song today so you can 
listen and share my feelings as I was preparing this table. 

(just click the large button to pause if you don't want to listen or mute your own sound)

This Santa boots are for candles but they ended up being salt and pepper shaker holders!  After I stared at them a while I realized the shape of the S & P Shakers

remind me of an old fashioned Christmas bulb!

 These poinsettia plates had to be a

part of this table setting. 

I wrapped the napkin and fork with a piece of wired ribbon- a little flair but easy to remove too!

I loved the sparkles on these napkins and had to have them!

 I love sparkly things and red! (Can you tell?)

Chirp wanted to be included too! 

I added a few ornaments to the basket to jazz it up a bit!

 We do have some snow out there, 

not much, but enough to make it feel like Christmas.

I loved those red spiral glasses the minute 

I saw them- I got the wine glasses too!

Thank-you for joining me. 

I hope your tables will be full of food 
and lots of love to go around- Cheers!

Wishing you all a very

Merry Christmas!

Sentimentally yours,

Liz

Featured items on the table:

Poinsettia dishes by Maxcera called  Honey Poinsettia (Home Goods)

Striped dishes from Pier 1 Imports

Red striped glasses from Younkers (Bon Ton )

Red coffee cups are from Dillards by Noble Excellence, called Candy Apple Red

Flatware from Neiman Marcus or Horchow called Sophia

Napkins from Pier 1 Imports

White Boots from Pier 1 Imports

Glitter candle holders from a gift shop

Red and white votive candles from Pier 1 Imports- Called Peppermint Creme 

Happy Pumpkin Gathering

Hello everyone!

             Join me and my new friend for dinner!

 

My husband saw me eyeing this figurine and a matching 

piece at a store last Saturday (Sweetest Day). 

After we had dined we went for a walk in

our little downtown area of

Traverse City 

and stopped in at a little gift shop...when 

he offered to buy them  for me I quickly 

said yes! We both got a kick out of his 

little stick legs !

My centerpiece includes my new decorated

pumpkin I showed in a previous post here.

By the way  

I'm serving up some Warm Cider,

 and Pumpkin Pie

OH-LOL

 I forgot

the main dish

a Turkey Casserole

recipe 

with some hearty crusted white bread!

The table is dressed with a simple floor

length table cloth and topped with 

a square black netting piece

The flatware is grouped together

with the napkin and wrapped

with a purple wired ribbon

decorated with bats!

I layered the dishes on the

plum colored round placemats

from T.J. Maxx where I also

found the cute purple glasses!

I found these pumpkin plates at

Michaels-I thought they were so

cute and happy!

 This is one of four dessert plates

made by Rosanna- I chose them 

to give the pumpkin a little framework!

The dinner plate is part of a set made by

CMG, called Brasserie and I got it from 

Neiman Marcus (they will make a good 

basic for many other table settings)!

 I turned a votive upside down

and perched this little

guy on it

 I snipped off some of my mums

from outdoors to put in this

matching votive

I used my spider candles with my

mercury glass candlesticks

As you can see I have quite a gathering

of pumpkins in my house! Way out there

on the mantel are some and my previous

blog posting here shows my corner

table has many more!

 I believe we are all set dine now! 

Well thanks for checking out my tablescape

and I hope you enjoyed it!

I'm Joining Susan @ BNOTP Tablescape Thursdays

and

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays