Swirling with Mikasa

Monday Jan. 16th I was notified by Mikasa that I had won a sweepstakes of theirs! I had entered a tablescape on their new "The Great Dinner Party" web page.  They did a random drawing and I won 8 place settings of a pattern called Swirl.  There were 5 colors to choose from so I chose 

Swirl Chocolate!

 I chose to mix them with a couple of other dishes so they could be highlighted more.  Their dark color proved to be challenging to take pictures of!

 As you can see they are a very deep chocolate color 

I staged them on a charger that has a woven design.  I used a simple white dinner plate between the first two layers

I added in a small red dish to give a punch 

of color and

 I layered their bowl on top, but it still felt like it needed more color

So I added the small square bowl and rolled a napkin thinking of the shape of an egg roll!  I felt like the unique bowl shape of the Mikasa

Swirl dish felt Asian in design so I decided to work with that theme.

This very oversized hurricane was chosen and I put river rocks in the bottom, set a tall pillar candle in the center and used some miniature sea shell covered balls to accent around it.

The white placemats also have a pearly swirl design on them and my white flatware came into play again!

These glasses are unique in their slightly swirled design and I was lucky that their green color worked well with everything else!

I have to admit I started out with a whole different idea, but once I started rummaging through my linens, dishes and flatware my direction took a new course!

It was fun working with these dishes and I want to thank Mikasa/Lifetime Brands for

their generous gift!

Evening is falling...

 We are having a homemade coleslaw, rice, shredded pork and egg rolls for dinner!

After dinner we're having  

Butter Pecan Ice Cream!

Thank-you for joining me!

Liz

Sources:

Mikasa Swirl Chocolate dishes

White dishes by Palm/Restaurant from Home Goods

Red dishes by 222 Fifth called Belize

Chargers by Chris Madden from JCPenney

Flatware from Horchow/Neiman Marcus called Sophia

Green stemware by Impulse called Roma from 

One King's Lane

Placemats from Pier 1 Imports

I'm joining
Between Naps on the Porch
for
Tablescape Thursday

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!  

I'm creating this table up but I won't be able
to use it until I'm back from visiting family
for Thanksgiving.

I set the table with my new 

Ralph Lauren tablecloth (T.J. Maxx)

I loved the rich colors it offered.

I made an arrangement in the center

using two turkey statues perched

on wooden pedestals.  

A wicker cornucopia that I had from a few years back.

I fluffed it up with a few more pieces.

 Front and back views

I can lift these pieces off easily to set food on

the table.  

I found the placemats at Bed Bath and Beyond

and the chargers are from J.C.Penney

Chris Madden's Harvest Group

They look like carved wood but

I believe they are like a melamine material.

These rust colored dishes are from

Dillard's and they are made by

Noble Excellence and are called

Scroll, Terracotta

These leaves are from the same

Chris Madden, Harvest group

 The acorn is by Living Quarters from 

the Harvest collection at Younkers

I brought out these little candle votives

and set these cute little pumpkin

candles on top. I clustered them

with the glassware.

The amber glassware are recent

acquisitions from T.J. Maxx

I always love to see it with the candles lit!

 I love the ambiance that candlelight

creates. These are my new Casa
Cristina collection pieces.

So this will be my Thanksgiving table

(a few days after Thanksgiving)

We're having a couple of friends

over for an evening meal!

I hope your Thanksgiving will be full of great eating and

hopefully some cherished memories

with lots of love!

I'm liking with 
Between Naps on the Porch-Tablescape Thursdays

Happy Thanksgiving

On a special note I want to call out this posting by Yvonne @ Stonegable, please check it out and read her commentary about the holidays.  I'm with her on this one all the way and hope that we all take a minute to let these holidays breathe a bit more and enjoy them. We're not in a race- what's the rush?