It’s August 1st tomorrow. How the heck did that happen?
The rose hips have bloomed on the beach roses, back to school sales are popping up, and the fall tableware has arrived in stores. Oh, my!
Willow is a mellow transition china I picked up at Pier 1 a couple of years ago. It was only available online, oddly. They had two other leaf patterns going at the same time, but I preferred this one with the turquoise accents.
The blue hydrangeas have begun their transformation to their fall wardrobe, so I’ll play along. What a difference a couple of weeks make.
I’ve set this tableware before, styled in an unabashedly fall tablescape, which highlighted the bronzey tones.
Changing the accoutrements shifts the em-PHAS-is to a different sy-LLA-ble; it’s a completely different look.
The pattern is nicely positioned on the dinner plate, with vibrant colours highlighted in discrete sections. You can almost feel the different textures of the leaves from the smooth Japanese Maple leaves to the spikier fronds and berries.
It frames the dinner bowl beautifully; lots of clear creamy space between leaves.
I love how they’ve depicted imperfect leaves with chunks missing, and some of the berries are withered, exactly like you’d find in nature,
Antique Venetian footed goblets and small tumblers with turquoise rigaree from Elise Abrams Antiques pick up the greeny-blue shades in the hydrangea.
Smoke blue hemstitched napkins from Pottery Barn many years ago continue the theme.
Mr Squirrel has had his first outing of the new season; he’s starting to think about gathering food for the winter ahead. No rush yet, just limbering up.
Sad as I am to see summer whipping by, I do love the fall and am eagerly anticipating the cooler evenings. Fall food, too! Yes!
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Very Pretty! The colors are so soft and beautiful. I just can’t do fall yet, I live on a recreational lake where everyone thinks fall is the f word! But your table is getting me in the mood for it though!
I’m with you, Ann! I don’t want summer to end, either. But it’s fun to think about the change in seasons.
Your tablescape is really quite lovely. Love the touches of blue in this summer/autumnal tablescape. Pier 1 has a similar pattern now called Wiaterbury Leaves, maybe not quite as much blue as Willow, but you have inspired me to check it out in anticipation of fall entertaining, just came across your blog at Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch. Thanks for sharing.
The Waterbury leaves seems to have yummy shades of both French Blue and a clear green. Really pretty. Thanks so much for joining us, Linda.
The Waterbury leaves seems to have yummy shades of both French Blue and a clear green. Really pretty. Thanks so much for joining us, Linda.
I love how you transformed the dishes from fall to summer with the lovely faded hydrangeas, just beautiful!
It’s always great to take a pattern out for a change up. This one seemed to work well both ways.
Having the gorgeous blue hydrangeas and the equally gorgeous blue glassware on this table really does change the look! I can’t believe it is August already either, but I really like how this tablescape subtly starts the transition to fall.
Sunflowers do that, too, I find. When I start reaching for them in the grocery store, I start registering the change in season.