Old fashioned winter village scenes are a Christmas classic. So many patterns from which to choose!
What appealed to me particularly about this e-Bay find was the vivid and unusual shade of blue in the sky. It’s sometimes called “Victorian Blue”, and has a bit of a teal undertone. I set out on a quest to find some table decor that reflected it. Christmas baubles from good old Canadian Tire did the trick nicely.
I placed the baubles in some clear vases from Pier One and a clear Venetian glass compote.
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- House
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- Bakery
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- Church
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- Post Office
The pattern #5053 Winter Village by American Atelier, features four different buildings depicted on gold rimmed plates. I styled them simply with white Sferra Sweet William linens, Oxford Gold white dinner plates and antique-gold coloured chargers, all acquired in previous seasons.
Staying with the idea that the plates and the blue baubles should carry the show, I used fairly plain clear and gold twist-stemmed Venetian goblets from Elise Abrams Antiques. The antique menu cards and gold-rimmed open salts are from Country Dining Room Antiques and Etsy respectively, years ago.
This menu card still has the description of a long-ago meal. I haven’t had the heart to erase it, and sometimes wonder about the family where it lived long ago.
I liked the table so much I left it up for several days in the dining room, peeking in now and again to enjoy it.
Happily, the dining room can be shut off, so the baubles remained unmolested by the cats, who are ecstatic that Christmas has once again returned with the splendid array of all their “toys”. There are frequent bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, clink, clink, clink noises emanating from various parts of the house as the cats liberate plastic baubles from the tree and begin another round of Feline Hockey Night in Canada. Sigh.
Here are some photos with the candles lit.
Only a couple of weeks now! Are you ready for Christmas?
I’m sharing this post with Between Naps on the Porch.
Another enchanting table. The description of your cats is so funny! Mine likes to drop ornaments off the stair landing and watch them bounce (or shatter!)
Our cats love that game, too! We’ve replaced almost all the breakable ornaments with plastic ones for that exact reason. Our very few glass ornaments are on the tree in the living room, which we close off when we are not actually in the room, guarding the tree :). The dogs love to hold their feed bowls at the top of the stairs and let fly with those, too (HELLO! HINT! Dinner would be appreciated!!).
Such a pretty table. I love the dark blue, such a nice contrast to the gold. And the linens are very nice. And the open salts. And the kitty stories.
Thanks Lorri – it’s an odd shade of blue, but I managed to track it down. Houses are always a great Christmas theme. And blue is nice change. Have a good one!
Beautiful table! Love your village plates and the blue and silver ornaments. Happy you can close this room off for safety!
I think that table is one of my all time fsvourites for Christmas. Probably the shade of blue, but I also really liked the artist’s renderings of the buildings. They seemed super friendly to me. Thank you for joining in! It’s so much fun to hear from readers who enjoy tableware. Hope you and yours have a splendid holiday season.
It’s nice to see a table venture away from the more traditional reds and greens. Like you, I am using a bit more blue this year.
I love all shades of blue, and use a lot of it all year round. Always so fresh!
What a beautiful table! I love blue, too, and enjoy seeing it at Christmas.
Hi Joy,
It’s still one of my favorite tables, to this day. Blue Christmases can be quite pretty!
Have a good week.
HK
Our 2 beloved cats, 17 & 16 years old, crossed the rainbow Bridge in the past 4 months. No tassle, plant, frill or flower was safe from the playful pair. It feels sad and wierd to have no kitties around the house, or a mess. Smile often seeing your pets in the posts and reading of cuteness & mischief. Kitty kitty!
I received 3 nice green potted house plants for my birthday today. Small perk of being sans kitties who would eat, dig up or tip over any plant they could reach. I miss “our girls” Maggie & Molly but yes house is clean.
Thank you for sharing your pet stories!!
I gave up on house plants for that exact reason. Scattered soil everywhere. Cut flowers are bad enough, between blooms plucked from the vase (often with said vase overturned) and chewed leaves. Oh well, the price of pets. Definitely worth it.