Skip to main content

A Hunting We Will Go Tablescape & Winner



First things first...winner of the $30 gift certificate to Weaves Beads, from The Great Out of Drawers Post is Cass at That Old House   Cass, Congratulations!  Please contact me via email with your information and I'll put you in touch with Joy to claim your prize!

Another giveaway starts within two days!

This week I chose to do something with a transferware pattern called Quail by Furnivals...you can buy these HERE

I draped the table...literally.  I used two drapery panels as my table cloth with a small beaded jacquard design.  I made a huge arrangement with creamy white hydrangeas, feathers, berries and lots of variegated greenery and placed a bronze pointer statue in the center.  At the back of the arrangement I added some topiary forms covered with feathers to add some additional height and dimension to my arrangement.


These are some of my all time favorite place mats.  They are hand made of real pheasant feathers.  I keep one out on a table most all of the time with an arrangement over it and always receive compliments on them.  You can purchase them on line at The Feather Store.  They have several different varieties of real feather placemats and all sorts of feather supplies...they are all stunningly beautiful!!!



Napkins are doubled up using black cloth and sheer gold organza napkins  from Always Elegant.   The gold beaded napkin rings come from Always Elegant as well.
Spode Woodland flatware was the perfect flatware for my theme.  I don't use these as much as I'd like so it was fun to pull them out and set the table.


Vintage rocks glasses filled with Rust colored pip berries from Decorators Friend and tealights serve as candle holders.  They have a large selection of not only floral supplies but gorgeous decorative items at very reasonable prices!  I love this shop!
 The glasses are vintage and the stemmed, amber colored ones are about  years old...is that vintage? ;-)  I still see these from time to time.




Linking up with Style Sisters for Centerpiece Wednesday
Blue Cricket Design
Life in the Pitts
The Thrifty Home
The Trendy Treehouse
Creations By Kara

Comments

  1. Nancy, I don't think you could possibly do a table that I don't love! Just gorgeous!!
    xoxo pattie

    ReplyDelete
  2. I always love to look at your pictures! Like a breath of fresh air, thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Oh Nancy, that table is simply gorgeous I don't know where to begin. The placemats are amazing!!!! Just gorgeous.

    - The Tablescaper

    ReplyDelete
  4. OMG...this is just elegant Nancy...everyone you do just gets better...Love love love it....Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

    ReplyDelete
  5. Beautiful as usual! I love your flatware.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Very pretty, the placemats are stunning and I love the amber glasses!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Hi Nancy~What a fantastic table setting you have prepared this week!! I love, love, love the placemats!! Your entire table is so nice. Thank you for sharing it with us.:)
    Fondly,
    Ann
    @
    The Tattered Tassel

    ReplyDelete
  8. Just happened across you blog....this table setting is absolutely gorgeous! I am now a follower.

    Have a wonderful weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Amazing and elegant table. Your placemats are so unique and lovely. And your transferware is lovely. Your centerpiece and arrangements are inspiring. What a wonderful tablescape!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Hi, What a beauiful table, so elegant and inviting. I love your centerpiece, placemats and transferware! Just beautiful!
    Hugz,
    Kim

    ReplyDelete
  11. Nancy, this is simply stunning. The table is lush without being overdone. The colors are so serene and graceful. Just a wonderful job!!

    Barb

    ReplyDelete
  12. I only had time to look at your rich pictures. ("Rich", as in chocolate cake and everything elegant.) You seem to have endless fun with tables! This means that we get to have endless fun, too!

    Thanks for sharing again. China, china, all day long!

    Love, Katy xo

    ReplyDelete
  13. Beautiful plates, Nancy...they look so nice sitting on the pheasant feather placemats. Gosh, that centerpiece is stunning!
    Have a great weekend.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Nancy...would make a beautiful fall dinner setting!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Hi Nancy!
    Beautiful table! love everything about it. those placemats are totally awesome!!

    Oh and Congrats to Cass!

    I hope you and your family have a wonderful Memorial Day!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Hi Nancy!
    Oh MY look what I have missed by not being at the computer this weekend!!!
    Thank you so much!
    I have emailed you too.

    BTW LOVE the tablescape. I adore transferware, especially the brown ... I have NONE of it. I may have to remedy this one of these days. I also love the double-layer napkins -- very pretty!
    Cass

    ReplyDelete
  17. Just amazing~ I love your blog. I am your newest follower and look forward to many visits~
    All my best, PS. There is a Tea Tuesday you might like posted on my sidebar held by a blog friend you might like~ Drop by some time. Theresa

    ReplyDelete
  18. Oh My Stars!!! That tablescape is amazing! I am in awe of those placemats! Stunning! Please come decorate my table for me!!!

    ReplyDelete
  19. I love it all! So unique! Love the placemats and the large statue in the center...that is what I am talking about girl! Using unique and different things to create a centerpiece. The napkins and napkin rings are beautiful as well.
    Karin

    ReplyDelete
  20. This is so incredibly beautiful. thank you for linking this to my Creative Therapy Session- I've never seen anything like this before!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I love hearing from my readers. I appreciate the time you take to post a comment and I read them all.

Popular posts from this blog

English Cottage Living Room - Before, Partly After & Still a Work in Progress

I am sorry for not posting more pictures of the progress we've made settling into this new (to us) home.   It seems life rushes by so fast and that at times, doing little things, even those that I love and enjoy, often get pushed aside and onto the back shelf of my mind where I tell myself, "I'll get to this later".  Well, it is later and though I don't have as much to share with you as I'd like, I'm going to at least share my favorite spot in our living room.  I promise to show the rest of the room soon but for now the opposite half of the living room has been occupied by my daughters boyfriend who has been staying with us for the past 7 or so weeks until his apartment is ready for him to move into, and so the couch is usually made up for him to sleep on!   Here is a photo of the current living room just as we found it, a small room just off the entry of the house with a nice marble and wood fireplace surround, hard wood floors, beautiful crown mouldi

The History of Johnson Brothers and The Friendly Village Tablescape

Last week, Shawn and I popped into a couple of estate sales and I picked up over 100 pieces of Johnson Brother's The Friendly Village .  I think I may have to hang on to 12 of the dinner plates and use them this year at Thanksgiving but the rest of them, including this 48 piece service for 8, will be you know where. I don't know about you all, but I have had enough of Summer and I am down right ready for the cooler temperatures of Autumn.  I've been doing a lot of rearranging around the house….I'm in one of those zones where I've got a zillion projects going on, even if half of them are just in my mind that I'm contemplating!   We've also been moving kids out and around.  Three of them are out and the three still at home are moving or rearranging their rooms around.    Since I am yearning for Fall, haven't posted any tablescapes in a while and just got these Friendly Village pieces I decided to set the table with them.      Oh great, I

More Traditional Red White & Blue Rooms with Transferware

A couple of weeks ago I shared some pictures of beautiful rooms in red and blue color schemes decorated with transferware .    Here is another roundup of rooms that I adore, all with red and blue color schemes and all with transferware!  Enjoy!  (via Traditional Home) (via enchanted home) (my old living room) Joining some of the following parties: Between Naps on The Porch Transformation Thursday at  The Shabby Chic Cottage Feathered Nest Friday at  French Country Cottage Friday Inspiration  At The Picket Fence Cindy at  My Romantic Home Funky Junk Interiors Charm of Home No Minimalist Here WOW  Amaze Me Mondays  Making Monday Link Party  Motivational Mondays  What'd You Do This Weekend?   Inspire Me Monday   Make It Pretty Monday   Monday Link Party  Inspire Me Monday 

My English Country Mom Cave

Susan, at Between Naps on the Porch is hosting a Home Goods Mom Cave contest with four lucky winners.  Come on in to my little niche I've carved out of my house.  This is where I work, create, relax, read and chat with friends and family. This is one of my favorite spots in the house to read about one of my favorite subjects...English transferware or poetry, and drink tea.  I often start and end my day right here. Next to the chair is an antique dumbwaiter which holds some decorative items as well as lots of poetry books.  This is the view of the room from the wing back chair.  This cozy room serves as a small living room, although it's not uncommon to have 8 or 9 of the girls in here during family gatherings.  It's usually where we all wind up to have coffee and visit. . On either side of the sofa I display some of my vintage Canine figurines on Spode meat drainers. Above the sofa are some of my favorite paintings.  The one directly over the sofa my Mom pain

Decorating with Brown Transferware & $100 GIVEAWAY

Brown was introduced as a transferware color around 1829-30 and is the least expensive of colors to make. Therefore it is fairly common, so far as transferware goes, to find.  It is also one of the most collected colors and it is probably the most versatile of colors in my opinion.  Brown is neutral and looks good with any color scheme from pastels to rich jewel tones, but it is with the ushering in of Autumn that I see it popping up in home decor and vignettes the most.  Though, most of these rooms and vignettes are decorated with brown pieces year round, it just seems the perfect time to share them.  I may have to do another post because there are so, so many more equally beautiful spaces that have incorporated the use of displaying brown transferware  and I can't fit them all here. So, check these lovelies out and then stick around for the giveaway at the bottom of the post. This vignette just stole my heart the first time I saw it.  So many of us have vintage luggage

The Aesthetic Movement and Transferware

What is the Aesthetic Movement? The Aesthetic Movement refers to a period of time in the late 19 th century (1870-1900) which was a backlash to the formal Victorian years.  Artists and writers of the Aesthetic movement period maintained the belief that art should provide refined sensuous pleasure, rather than convey moral or sentimental messages.  They believed that art did not have any didactic purpose; it need only be beautiful.  Japanese art had a great influence on Aestheticism. Aesthetic interiors were often decorated with Japanese prints, screens, fans and other objects. An appreciation of the art of Japan is seen in the work of many Aesthetic artists and designers such as James McNeill Whistler and E.W. Godwin. photo credit Country Living The Aesthetes developed the cult of beauty, which they considered the basic factor in art. They ascertained that life should copy art and considered nature as crude and lacking in design

Decorating with Blue Transferware and a GIVEAWAY!

   If you haven't already been over to Enchanted Home , you'll want to go over after you finish this post because the wonderful Tina, who authors the incredibly gorgeous blog,  has a great post up about decorating with dishes plus she's hosting a giveaway to my online shop, English Transferware !  Details at the end of the post! I know Tina loves blue and white (just look at her header and you'll know!) and has a collection of her own. In honor of Tina, I've decided to share some of my favorite images of rooms decorated with and often around blue transferware collections.  You can see more rooms decorated with blue transferware on my Pinterest board . To me, Charles Faudree is just about as synonymous with English transferware as he his with French Country Decorating...he seemed to always find a use for it in his incredibly detailed decorating schemes.  Isn't this bedroom charming? I love this next image from Decor Magazine.  Look how the blu