I’ll Have A Blue Christmas (Without You) - COVID Christmas 2020

 

 COVID has left us all feeling a little blue.

Vintage Anchor Hocking white milk glass platters served as chargers. Wired ribbon was woven through the platter’s open border pattern.

Place settings featured Fiesta in periwinkle and lapis. The salad plates feature the snowflake decal - an exclusive from Macy’s.

Goblets were pastel blue bubble glass.

Denim and Lapis

I've done several tables in the past couple of weeks with Fiesta's new release - lapis.  On facebook someone mentioned that the new color looked like denim...and an idea was born!

The first step was going through some old jeans to find those we could live without.  I then cut the back pockets from those jeans.

The pockets make a perfect flatware/napkin holder.  I thought this was an original idea...until I googled "denim tablescapes" and found several photos of this very thing.  I guess I must have seen it somewhere!

Since bandanas look great with denim, I bought bandanas at the dollar store to use as napkins.  They had two-packs of bandanas (one red and one blue in a pack) for $1.

I used one of the blue bandanas to anchor the centerpiece.  A two-tier scarlet tidbit tray kit was purchased from ebay last year.  The tray adds some height to the centerpiece.

I surrounded the tidbit tray with tea lights in red glass holders and adorned both tiers with flowers from the rose shrub in my backyard.  I also placed a glass bluebird of happiness on each tier of the tray.  We received these as wedding gifts.

Lapis and scarlet Fiesta dishes were used on the table along with some periwinkle accessories.

It would be easy to make this a patriotic themed table with the addition of some white pieces and/or some small flags.

Shrub roses were also placed on each denim pocket to add a little color.

Centerpiece

Scarlet mini disk pitcher in lapis berry bowl

Singin' the Blues

Inspired by a Vera tablecloth in the Camellia pattern, I decided to combine the
Fiesta colors of lapis, peacock and periwinkle.

I added blue Martha Stewart quilted placemats and Anchor Hocking Old Colony milk glass dessert plates to place settings.

Close up of tablecloth pattern

The centerpiece consists of a black wrought iron candle holder that was meant to be an advent wreath, a blue beaded garland and blue and white tapers .  I purchased the candle holder after Christmas at a local gift shop at 90% off.

The centerpiece is flanked by two blue birds of happiness which we received as wedding gifts.

My mom collected a set of these blue goblets at area rummage sales.

Lemons and Lapis

This table begins with a Waverly tablecloth - "Oranges and Lemons". 

Place settings included Fiesta dishes in the colors of lapis, sunflower, marigold, and periwinkle.

Pillar candles sit in Fiesta lapis berry/fruit bowls.

Blue goblets were collected at garage sales by my mom

 I wanted to include lemons in the tablescape but only had one in the frig so I cut it and placed a slice on each goblet.

 Love the new smoky blue lapis Fiesta color!

 Periwinkle salt and pepper shakers and sunflower mini disk pitcher on periwinkle small bread tray

Periwinkle carafe