Carollers and Poinsettias Tablescape

These little carollers have been around for our Christmas celebrations for about 40 years.  Bought them on sale at a place on Watt Avenue in Sacramento for our first Christmas in California. The deer have been around almost as long and are made from hemp type rope over some sort of wire frame.

Vintage tablecloth with gold chargers, Scarlet Post 86 Fiesta dinner plates and White Fiesta luncheon plates with the green Christmas tree decal and Scarlet berry bowls.  The sterling is American Directoire.

Are You Dreaming of a White Thanksgiving?

I'm linking up to Saturday Night Special over at Funky Junk Interiors for the "White" feature.

I'm pulling up a post from last November with one of my Thanksgiving tables.

If you follow my blog at all you know that it's usually all about color, so this

is a real departure for me.  I'm joining White Wednesday over at Faded Charm

for the weekly party all about white.

Are you dreaming of a White Thanksgiving?  Here's an alternative to the traditional colors of Thanksgiving with a white tablescape.  This was difficult for me, with my love of color I had to restrain myself from adding just a bit of bright color(s).

It would be simple enough  to add your own signature to this look with the addition of some color......blue or green glassware, some alternate colorful salad plates or some seasonal serving dishes.

Mairzy Doats

Time for Tabletop Tuesday with Marty over at A Stroll Through Life.

Come show off your tabletop creations!

Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddley divey, too. Wouldn't you?

Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddley divey, too. Wouldn't you?

If the words sound queer and funny to your ear,

A little bit jumbled and jivey.

Say, "Mares eat oats and does eat oats

and little lambs eat ivy."

Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddley divey, too. Wouldn't you?

Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddley divey, too. Wouldn't you?

Today's tablescape started with a vintage California Hand Prints tablecloth

that came with its original tag still attached.  I use my tablecloths, so the tag

was removed and stored in acid free paper with the staple removed.  The cloth

was given the Oxyclean treatment that I use on all my vintage cloths when they

first come into my collection.  One scoop of Oxyclean in very HOT water, soak

the cloth for approx 10-15minutes, rinse thoroughly in more hot water, wash

on a short regular cycle with a small amount of laundry detergent.  I dry in the

dryer until just damp, then iron with my Rowenta steam iron.

Then came the dishes, the chargers came from Anthropologie, Post 86 Fiesta

in Shamrock and Lemongrass.  Vintage depression glassware, goblets from

Pier 1, as are the napkin rings.  On the center of the table are some vintage 

Homer Laughlin pieces and some pieces from Home Goods.  A mix of old and

new that work well together.  The sterling is American Directoire.

Vintage sterling cake server, footed cake stand from Home Goods.

Two vintage Homer Laughlin pitchers.

Thanks so much for coming by again this week.

Sapphire and Garden Plates

Welcome to another Sunday Favorites hosed by Chari over at Happy To Design.


And because I spent the last three days with my two youngest grandkids, who are
8 and 5, I am reposting this mosaic and blue tablescape for the Mondays, since I've
been a little busy!
Mosaic Monday
Blue Monday

This tablescape was originally posted in November of 2009

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This tablescape incorporates a vintage tablecloth, Post 86 Fiesta in Sapphire, some lovely green garden salad plates and depression glassware also in green.  American Directoire sterling, Metlox candle holders, napkin rings from Bed Bath Beyond, napkins from Tuesday Morning.

The Fiesta Carafe below was part of a special auction for the East Liverpool High School

Alumni Auction held each year.

Thanks for stopping by for another Sunday Favorites, Blue Monday

and Mosaic Monday.