Tablescape Thursday: Country Harvest Dinner

It's time for Tablescape Thursday! I put together a sweet little tablescape for two for this week that I decided to call 'Country Harvest' because of the plates. Be sure to check out all the other great tablescapes this week hosted by Susan at Between Naps on the Porch!

I set up my tablescape on our little kitchen table, rather than in the dining room. It's so much cozier at this little table.

View from the top

For my centerpiece I used a bunch of (faux) cheerful daisies, bought on clearance at Michael's. I put them in my vintage glass lemonade pitcher. I would have loved to put them in a gorgeous white ironstone pitcher, but my attempts to buy one in various antique stores and on eBay have been thwarted for months! I am resolved that I will own a white ironstone pitcher one of these days! My milk glass nesting hen provides a little of that country charm. Sometimes I put butter in the hen, but today one of my little butter domes is doing that job and my hen can just relax and look pretty.

My silver-plate pheasant salt and pepper shakers have joined the hen on the table. The yellow floral table runner is Ralph Lauren, purchased at TJMaxx for $9.

I am in love with this vintage linen bread basket liner. I bought this last year at an antique store. It was in pristine condition and was even nicely pressed and super-starched, so it's very crisp and lovely!

Let's take a look at the cover. I've been desperately seeking place mats and linens to go with these dishes, but haven't found just the right thing yet. In the meantime, my vintage linen place mats will once again be of service and my favorite yellow plaid napkins.

I have folded the napkins in a fold called the "Lily". In lieu of napkin rings, black and white checked ribbon tied in a bow works nicely. I used a narrower ribbon for these; the centerpiece has a bow in the same black and white check, but it's a wider ribbon. I bought both of these rolls of ribbon on clearance after Halloween last year for about $1. I always buy ribbon on clearance and stash it in my craft closet for later use!

To continue on with the 'country harvest' theme; I've used these Cameo apples as place card holders. I made the little name flag using scrap card stock and then attached it to a toothpick. If you have a stemmed fruit, like apples or pears, you can put a name flag right on the stem and they make really cute (and edible) "place cards". (I used a toothpick for these because they were going back into the crisper after the photos!)

Not that with only two people dining tonight we'd need place cards....but whatever! It's fun!

These are the black and white plates. Over the top of the dinner plate I have a clear glass salad plate so that the pretty scene isn't hidden. I bought these plates for $3.99 at TJMaxx not long ago. You can see these plates have a harvest motif; the outside edge shows fruits, wheat stalks and flowers. I have four of these plates.This one has a center scene of a woman and boy near some cottages, carrying what looks to be sheafs of wheat or hay.

The other plate has a center scene of a horse drawn wagon and two men bringing in the hay harvest, with a pretty mill on the left. I bought two plates of each scene.

I again used these crystal wine glasses that I've had forever for this table. They are a little "fancier" than my balloon wine glasses, yet are shorter than my Mikasa fine crystal, which are very tall, so it works nicely on a small table for two. I couldn't remember the name of these wine glasses, but Anita at Far Above Rubies who saw them on my Spring Breakfast Table was kind enough to post the name.She suggested they were Cristal D'Arques "Longchamp" by Durand, which sounds really, really familiar, so I think she is right!

I got these faux daisies for $3 for this big bunch!

Dollar Tree black metal votive holder. $1 (of course!)

Don't these candle holders just make the coolest light pattern on the table??

Thanks for stopping by!

Black and white Harvest plates: TJ Maxx  $3.99 each, recent purchase
Wavy glass salad/dessert plates: Crate & Barrel, 2007
Wine glasses:  probably Cristal D'Arques "Longchamp", received as a gift, probably somewhere around 1990-1991
Floral Table Runner: Ralph Lauren, TJ Maxx, $9
Black metal votive holders: Dollar Tree
Casual flatware (stainless): J.A.Henckels "Vintage". Bed, Bath & Beyond, 2008.
Faux daisies: Michael's, $3
Vintage glass lemonade/iced tea pitcher: rummage sale (free!)