Thanksgiving Tablescape

Last week I made this 'Give Thanks' banner. I decided to put it on my dining room cabinet.

I added a lot of pine cones and grapes to my fall leaf garland. I even put some on the opening knob of the cabinet.

Tonight I set my Thanksgiving table to coordinate with this cabinet.

I used my turkey soup tureen as the centerpiece.

This tall metal candle holder was also adorned with grapes and fall leaf garland.

I used my favorite vintage dishes -- 'Windsor Fruit'. These dishes just say "Thanksgiving" to me. You may have noticed that I also used them in my header, which is a Thanksgiving table from a couple of years ago.

The gold beaded chargers provide some sparkle.  I love sparkle!

These green/gold candles seemed to work with this table.

 So now my table is all set for the big feast! 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

Ants are Welcome at this Table

I did not think I was going to get the heavy metal ants I ordered last month. Two weeks ago I got an email that said they were out of stock for the season. Then last week I got an email that said they had shipped!

We are grilling steak tonight. I thought I'd set a quick picnic-type table. I went out to my gardens and picked some flowers

and put them inside a picnic basket. Then scattered the ants around.

Dessert was homemade chocolate chip cookies--it looks like the ants like them, too.

Here is the complete table setting for just the two of us.


I can't wait to use these ants for a summer dinner party. I think they will be quite the conversation starters!

Denim, Dasies & Daylilies Tablescape

For this quick table, I went out to my garden and cut down some daisies and daylilies. Then I took this blue jean handbag, that I made last spring

and inserted two heavy glass containers full of water.

I plopped the flowers in, did a little tweaking and ended up with this bouquet:

I used my blue onion salad plates to incorporate a little pattern and my butterscotch glass chargers because they matched the eye of that little yellow daylily in the front.

I used my white-flowered red wine glasses, blue-stemmed water glasses and chunky white candles.



For very little fuss, I had a unique summer dinner table.