November Tablescape

I will apologize right off for the terrible pictures, it has been a dark, rainy couple of days here on the prairie. Flowers for my birthday from Stasha and kids were the inspiration for this week's table. They have the greens, golds, and rusts of my Vernonware Homespun dishes.

After the Homespun was decided on I started pulling out tablecloths, placemats, napkins, glassware, flatware, etc.

I chose not to use a tablecloth, instead a round green placemat, a rust and brown Vera print napkin and the green handled flatware from World Market.

Not sure of the maker/pattern of the green glassware...you knew I would work lots of green into this table, didn't you?

With the placemats and napkins chosen, I then grabbed the spice/terracotta Pottery Barn Sausalito large dinner plate as the charger.

The dinner plate is by Regalia by Gibson, white with a raised border.

The next layer is the Homespun luncheon plate.

On to the next layer...a white salad plate in the Basket Relief pattern by Pier One.

Finally the Homespun dessert plate for the Colony Whitehall/Cube champagne/tall sherbet to sit on.

The layers.

Placesetting.

The centerpiece "vase"...this was probably one of my favorite yard sale finds...a large Van Briggle pitcher for $5 from about 8 years ago.

Green placemats-Gift
Vera napkins-Savers
Green handled flatware-World Market
Green glassware-Goodwill and ARC Thrift
Terracotta charger plates-Goodwill
White Gibson dinner plates-Savers
Vernonware Homespun plates-Goodwill @37¢ per piece last year
White Pottery Barn-Goodwill
Candle holders-ARC Thrift
Candles-Goodwill
Van Briggle pitcher-yard sale
Flowers-Stasha and kids for my birthday last week

Thank you for your visit today...hope you will return again. Hope you all have a great week!

I will be joining:

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Wednesdays Bunny Hop Party at Bunny Jeans Decor
Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch
Thrifty Thursday at Tales From Bloggeritaville
Thrifty Things Friday at The Thrifty Groove
Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Seasonal Sunday at The Tablecaper

Gorgeous Fall Colors!

Wow, the week flew by, it is time for Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch. Thank you, once again, Susan for hosting my favorite meme. Please make sure to go and check all the other tables this week.

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Fall is in the air, finally. My inspiration for this fall luncheon table are these autumn colored dishes I found at a nearby Goodwill back in early summer. It has been very hard to not show them until now...I couldn't wait until it is really fall.

The dishes are made by Vernonware. Vernonware began with Poxon China in 1916, located in Vernon, California. Later, in 1928, it became Vernon Potteries or Vernon Kilns. The company was bought out by Metlox in 1958 and became a division of Metlox.



Homespun by Vernonware is one of the older patterns. It has an off-white background with yellow, rust and green stripes forming a plaid, which are handpainted. It was made from 1949 to 1958. There is another pattern, Gingham, which looks like Homespun, but only has the cream, green and yellow.

Replacements, Ltd. has the mugs listed at $47.99 each...the pieces were 49¢ for each piece less the 25% senior discount, which brings the cost down to 37¢ apiece! I paid less than $7 for all the pieces seen on the table. There were only 2 lugged cereal bowls. I also have an extra mug, tea cup/saucer, berry bowl and bread/butter plate, in case I get careless and break a piece, unfortunately there were only 4 luncheon plates without chips.

I have used placemats in tiny checks and napkins in stripes, both have colors of the dishes.



The orange beverage goblets seemed to be perfect for this tablescape. They are L. E. Smith Moon and Stars which were an e-Bay find.



The luncheon plate.



Bread/butter or dessert plate.



Berry bowl.



Layers of gorgeous fall colors!



The placesetting.



I have very few, meaning almost none, flowers left that are blossoming. I did find a lone dark orange rose that is a little sad looking from all the wind we have been having the past few days. There are more buds so maybe in another week the roses will be gorgeous again.



Another shot of the table.



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