Fall Series: Tablescape #3

It's official - FALL is here! Today is the first day of Autumn and making the most of it. The pumpkin patches in my area are opening in the next few days and I'm already making plans for a visit. I am so glad this is my 4 day week at work. I have so much to do this weekend. I plan on decorating my front door area and finish my fall decorating. Well my fall decorating is basically done but why do I feel like I have to keep moving things around? The weather is cooling off and I am thrilled. Maybe this calls for a day of making peach jam, which is one of my favorites.
Well onto my third post in my Fall series. This table combines orange and purple, well maybe a lighter shade of purple, but love the combination.
I have two of these rod iron pumpkins, which I have had for years and never did find a place for them. But this year I was determined to use them either outside, which I may do with one of them or a centerpiece.  This is a picture of me trying to start my inspiration with one of the pumpkins but I didn't really care for it so I started over.

 I went to Hobby Lobby when they had all their floral 50% off and picked up a few orange roses and hydrangeas and some kind of lavender looking faux stems, I also added a bunch of orange and gold peonies from Michael's. I'm not a floral designer by no means but I just started putting them in the pumpkin and the colors looked so good together I kept going.  I just piled a bunch of Spanish moss from the dollar tree on the bottom, strung some string lights through it and called it good. Oh and I did fill in empty spots with mini pumpkins, it added a surprise in the arrangement when you look at it sitting at the table.

As far as rod iron I had purchases a couple smaller ones from Pier 1 last year that I used on each side of the table with tea lights, along with my two tea light holders from the Dollar Tree.  Lights and foliage I think make a table and really set the atmosphere and mood.

The dinnerware is one of my new purchases this year.  It is the Nantucket pattern from World Market and just love it. My everyday dishes are a beautiful stoneware color but white really set this combo off. I also purchased the napkins from World Market and they do have quite the collection of table linens reasonably price - you go World Market. The salt and pepper shakers and little pumpkin soup bowls are a purchase from Pier 1 a couple years ago and I actually bought 5 bowls incase I broke one in the future. I looked this year and Pier 1 no longer has this scroll pattern but they do have the pumpkin soup bowls without the scroll. They are beautiful as well. They only other simple touch I made was adding a piece of rust burlap to the top of each plate so the pumpkin bowl could sit on it.

 I love the little pumpkin bowls and when I am not using them on my table I line them up on my mantle and use as candle holders - dual purpose decorating. I try to shop what I have to fill areas and change areas around, I think that's the fun of decorating it doesn't always have to stay the same.

The rust placemats are also from Pier 1 and they were the perfect color for this fall and will use them a bunch this year. The glasses are from the Dollar Tree and actually pretty good quality. So there you have my orange and purple tablescape. It was pretty easy and I used a lot of what I already had in my home. This table just makes me want to go to a pumpkin patch.
TIP: Don't worry about not being a floral expert just put it together and play with it. The secret is to remember if you like it everyone else will too.  Have fun with your decorating and designing, take risks and let your creativity works its magic. 
My wish for you is to have fun this Autumn season and try new things and mix things together that may not match - who cares that it doesn't follow the rules because to me there are no rules in decorating. Do what inspires you and what makes you happy.


HOORAY it's Autumn.  Follow my blog to stay posted on tomorrows post. Happy pumpkin picking.