The November Dishes

There is no better way to begin the month of November than a beautiful tablesetting with my brown transferware.  It surely says late fall to me..

Just a short update..the glasses are no longer..lol  I replaced them with Antique by Lenox in brown.

much more elegant, I think...

the new glasses

Here is the older post..

Every November I start using these brown and white dishes as I get ready for Thanksgiving.  This week are the 9 in dinner plates...more like a luncheon plate to me.....or a big salad plate..

I thought I would add these beautiful blue salad bowls to bring out the blue in these plates..  I am just crazy about colored glass and it has been one of my collections for years... I especially like it when it is placed near or in the windows....the way it casts shadows just makes me happy..

Once again, my dishes have a memory...these depression glass plates....candlewick, I think...belonged to my grandmother..  I got them when my Daddy closed out his house about 3 years ago..I really like the texture they bring to the setting....

Acorns and oak leaves to match the border on the plates....

I have lots of these glasses in 3 sizes.... a really good ebay purchase several years ago..They are Old Williamsburg by Imperial..

Just some of my turkeys and an alabaster urn with my Thanksgiving cactus.  and a green metal urn with another cactus..

Simple, but it says November..Brown and white, pewter silverware and brown toile cloth.....acorns and oak leaves...

It seems I have so much to do in the next 3 weeks.  I always get like this about 3 weeks out and think I will NEVER get it all done in time.  Starting to feel a little overwhelmed so I know that tomorrow NEEDS to be a planning day..  I have to get it all laid out and the menu made...Then I will realize just how much I love all of this and every.singe.year.without.fail, I start to feel overwhelmed like this...and every single Thanksgiving goes off without a hitch...and if we do have a hitch, it's usually not a big deal..

How do you go about planning for Thanksgiving?   Maybe I am needing a little Flylady encouragement. LOL

This week, I am joining these lovely parties..

Cuisine Kathleen  on Wednesday

Between Naps on the Porch on Thursday

A Delightsome Life  on Thursday

The Tablescaper on Saturday

Happy Thanksgiving planning!!

Love, Mona

The Art of the Thanksgiving Table

Well, y'all....it is now 6:42 and I am just getting to the computer to write this post....The last 2 days have been a whirlwind of unexpected activity for me...All is well and we have health insurance for the first time in 6 years and my son's dental emergency has been taken care of and he is home resting with his sweet wife.. Only after many insurance related phone calls.....and waiting in an oral surgeon's office...but I was determined to write this post..LOL

And now I am fixing to visit some of you after I write this post..

Whew Whee Doggie!!!!!   and Thanksgiving is in ONE week....  and we will be ready...

I will add flowers next week and the silverware will be silverplate.  I really like the brown wool  plaid with the Johnson Brothers Historic America dishes..

I embroidered the napkins a couple of years ago with acorns and leaves because that is what is on the rim of the plates...

A few turkeys and white candles mixed with some pewter for the centerpiece....not completed but a work in progress.....and really wanting to join in tonight..so this is what I have...

The brown glasses are Imperial Williamsburg..I use them often in the fall....

And there you have my incomplete table..but sometimes it is better to use what you have than nothing at all..I am definitely not a perfectionist..wink, wink...

thank you so much for stopping by......

Happy Thanksgiving..

Love, Mona


I am joining these parties this week...come and visit...

Cuisine Kathleen

Home and Garden Thursday

Tablescape Thursday

Seasonal Sunday