Jewel of a Table

On one of my Thanksgiving tables I mixed the old with the new. By that I mean the very old with the very new!

And I am so happy with the results.

My mom had given me her set of Jewel Tea china. It is well over 100 pieces. I had loved it forever and had always thought how pretty it would look in the fall.

I paired it with salad plates from the Better Home and Garden collection, which can be found at Wal-Mart. By the time I bought them they were $2 a piece. Not bad for such cute little plates! I also bought the tablecloth from the collection and the four napkins they had left. (Yes, I got these all on sale as well.)

The leaf napkin rings I bought at JCPenney's for 90% off a few years ago.  I got the leaf placemats at Ross for Less. I bought the "jeweled tone (get it, jewel tone, Jewel Tea???) pumpkins at Hobby Lobby two days before Thanksgiving at 90% off as well.

The town we lived in for so long in Kansas is known as the "Town of Beautiful Maples".  Because of that I am a little biased towards leaves in the fall. I think when decorating with them that my children will always think of the town where they grew up. When I combined all my leaves, they all seemed made for each other!

Here is a shot of the BHG plate. The Jewel Tea is under it. I used the Jewel Tea bowls, salad plates, dessert plates, pot holders, casserole dishes, and serving pieces as well. They just are not pictured.

I put brown chargers under the plates, but I had taken some of the pictures before I remembered my brown chargers!

I added the leaf placemats on top of the leaf tablecloth.  Maybe I should set this up outside next year...under the leaves!!

Here is a close-up of the Jewel Tea plate. Simple and beautiful. I need to show the entire collection some time.

Luckily, none of my other siblings saw the 'beauty' in the dishes!

I had one extra BHG plate, so I put it on the dessert buffet as decoration.

The Jewel Tea dishes are from the 1930's.

The BHG dishes are from this year.

Combined they made a jewel of a table!

Join me and at Susan's blog for other lovely tablescapes.