New Christmas China

I have some new Christmas china! Last year my daughter gave me a few pieces of this pretty pale yellow Fiesta china, mainly because it matches the Fiesta china we use for our everyday china. I also have it on my wish list this year, so may receive more!
This is a real tablescape that real people will be eating at, not imaginary people! LOL! I quickly put this together today using what I had on hand. I chose to use this burgundy tablecloth instead of a green one, I like the contrast with the pale yellow.
I used tiny toys for the centerpiece, some things that may be under the tree, along with a mini tree and a Santa:

The yellow flatware also coordinated better than any other:

Close-up of the Christmas tree on the salad plate:

It doesn't have a name on the back, just the Fiesta logo, I think it is just called Christmas Fiesta.

After taking these pictures and posting them on my blog tonight I realized I had forgotten to use the Christmas mugs in the pictures! Tonight I tried to take more pictures, but the lighting is so bad, the colors are off, and the flash didn't work either. I'll show them anyway, sorry about the poor quality.

Christmas mug:

Okay, back to the daytime photos, the true colors:

I hope you like my plain and simple tablescape! Nothing fancy! I even chose not to use chargers.


This is where we'll have our Christmas dinner of eye round roast, potatoes, carrots, peas, etc!

Won't you join us!

It will be a very small affair, my husband, his son, and me. You are welcome!

One more shot with the mug:

I hope you enjoyed seeing my new Christmas china!

I'm joining Susan's Tablescape Thursday, click on her name for lots more inspiration.

Merry Christmas!

Tablescape Thursday

I'm sharing my present tablescape and joining Susan's Tablescape Thursday. Thanks to Susan for hosting for us weekly so we may share! Click on her name for lots more inspiration.

I named this tablescape "What Christmas Means"

Christmas means the celebration of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ!

Christmas means Love:

Christmas means Joy:

Christmas Means Hope:

Christmas means Peace:

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to bring all this to us!
Praise God for this!!

These plates are from Cracker Barrel a couple of years ago.
I have them with green chargers (from Target) White dinner plates (from Dollar Tree) "Crystal look" flatware from Ross, burgundy napkins, and lace tablecloth over a red and green plaid tablecloth.

The Centerpiece:
I've forgotten where I bought this Nativity

It was probably from Hobby Lobby!

I apologize for the poor lighting in some of these photos. To be honest, I forgot to finish taking
the pictures! I've had this tablescape out a week and was waiting for the perfect time to finish taking pictures, then forgot to do it until it was dark tonight, so I had to use the flash!


The picture below is from two years ago when I did a tablescape on December 2, 2009
As you can see I only had the small dessert plate. I bought the salad plates after that Christmas when they went on sale. I used a green tablecloth and napkins, different chargers, different crystal goblets, and different flatware.

Can you see the difference?

I hope you enjoyed seeing my tablescape!

I'm also linking to No Minimalist Here, click on her name for more holiday dining!

Merry Christmas!

Tablescape Thursday

Time for Tablescape Thursday! I'm excited about the Christmas tablescapes this month as I didn't see last December's tablescapes.

My tablescape today is "He came to bring us love, peace, joy, and hope!"
The tablecoth is hunter green. The color scheme is green, white and burgundy.

I found these little 5-inch plates at Cracker Barrel about two months ago. They also had salad and dinner plates, but I like these because of their size (and easier to store!) I really like the message on each plate!

The white dinner plates are from Dollar Tree (a few years ago) I've also had the green tone on tone napkins for several years.

I found the chargers at Ross last Saturday, they were only $1.99 each! The color doesn't show up well, but they are a dark burgundy, touched in gold on the edges.

The centerpiece is a white resin Nativity that looks like a faux chalkware. I bought this at Hobby Lobby last year even though I already had a white Nativity. It was half-price and I like their faces and design on the clothes.

I collect Nativities that are different,
I will be featuring my Nativity collection throughout the month of December.

I hope you enjoyed my "He came to bring us love, peace, joy and hope" tablescape.

I pray you are experiencing this in your life everyday as well as Christmas!

Thanks to Susan, Between Naps on the Porch, for hosting Tablescape Thursday! Go here for lots more inspiration.


I have more Christmas tablescapes planned for this month, I hope you enjoyed this one and will return to see the others!

Have a Merry Christmas!
God Bless.

Katherine