by Helen Kain | Nov 5, 2023 | Black, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Home, Orange, Recent, Thanksgiving
Here is one turkey looking forward to Thanksgiving—Fitz and Floyd’s Omnibus Turkey Tureen is taking centre stage. He joins Woodland Wild Turkey dinner plates by Johnson Brothers and Wildwood Leaves salad plates from Pier 1. We have lots of wild turkeys in the...
by Helen Kain | Oct 13, 2023 | Black, Grey and Pewter, Halloween, Orange, Organization, Recent, Storage
Back in the Stone Age, when I was a child, we waited with delicious anticipation for the annual screening of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, on TV. Hard as it is to fathom today, it was shown once; if you wanted to watch it, you had to show up in front of...
by Helen Kain | Jul 23, 2023 | Black, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, White
It’s the height of summer, so today, I thought we might go to the seaside and explore what we might have seen in the late 19th century. Victorian bathing beauties! They are leaving their beach huts and venturing into the sea. Oops! She might have ventured a bit...
by Helen Kain | Jan 21, 2023 | Black, Grey and Pewter, Recent, Winter Tablescapes, Yellow
The jumping-off point for this table was a runner I picked up from Williams Sonoma at the end of the season a few years ago. Apparently, the matching napkins had been more popular than the runner because they were all gone, and the runner was in the “get it out...
by Helen Kain | Oct 23, 2022 | Black, Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Orange, Purple, Recent
Longtime readers of Entertablement will know that Halloween is not my favourite holiday. While I love seeing the little ones dressed up in their costumes, the destructive and sinister side of Halloween doesn’t appeal. But plates of animals dressed in costumes?...
by Helen Kain | Sep 16, 2022 | Black, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Pink and Red, White
Cozy blankets and hearty breakfasts. Oh—and chickens. Of course! Wynadotte hens and a Leghorn rooster pack a lot of visual punch. We can still get some wonderful warm days in September in the Cape. Warm enough to sit outside, though my stomach has definitely switched...