September Splendor

This tablescape was created for a Tour of Tables event in 2000 by my friend Sandy and me.

We found beautiful fabric featuring greens, burgundys and browns and had a seamstress make a lined table cloth with it.  (There was enough fabric left to make two table runners, also.)

We used Shannon china by Montgomery Ward, along with pieces of two different leaf-themed china patterns I found at local antique shops.

The place cards were stamped with burgundy and gold leaf stencils.

Table favors were burgundy leaf-shaped floating candles.

The centerpiece consisted of plants found in a nearby ditch.

Here's a closer look at some of the elements of this tablescape.

My Little Punkin

I've had this jack-o-lantern tablecloth for many years.  I got it on clearance through the Domestications catalog.  I don't like the creepy aspects of Halloween, but I'm in favor of happy pumpkins. 

 Hard candies called "Dingbats" purchased at Northwoods Candy Emporium were scattered on each place setting.

Pumpkin cups were purchased at the local dollar store.

I added some of my favorite Halloween decorations to the table. Love these candy corn candles!

Fiesta dishes in sunflower, marigold, plum, black, tangerine and paprika were used.  Flatware is "Flight" from Oneida.

I found these little pumpkin bubble containers at the dollar store (4 for $1), also.  I wrote the diners' names on the back side, and used them in lieu of place cards.

Fall Fiesta

 I use Fiestaware in fall colors to decorate my kitchen for autumn.

Mini disk pitchers in seamist green, scarlet and marigold

Dinner plates in ivory and black with metal sunflower

Sunflower platter flanked by paprika and tangerine dinner plates 

Forgot I had a chocolate mini disk pitcher!

Autumn Leaves

A pack of pretty autumn-leaf themed napkins I got from a friend for my birthday (thanks, Bethany!) inspired my latest tablescape.

My fall decorations came out of storage for the occasion - leaves, pumpkins and scarecrows.

Fiestaware in shades of tangerine, paprika, lemongrass, shamrock, chocolate, marigold and sunflower were pressed into service, along with some green glass luncheon plates of unknown origin.

Love the carved wooden ghost pumpkin shown above!

 Cute little scarecrow stands guard on this autumn table

 Close up of the napkin along with maple flavored, leaf shaped cookie

Autumn!

I couldn't wait for the temperature to cool down to use my pretty Fiesta dishes in autumn colors!

A gold tablecloth served as the back drop for Fiesta dinnerware in  marigold, juniper, shamrock, paprika, chocolate and tangerine.

Gold leaf napkin rings

 Fiesta plate in the Happy Pumpkin pattern