Love those plates. I've always wanted some like them. Do you have a shot of them without anything covering them?

You're lucky to have the florist cousin, but it's too bad about your tiny dining room. Must be inconvenient. HA!
It all looks so Thanksgiving-y. You do nice work.

Where'd you get such a long tablecloth? Did you make it yourself? The color goes well with the plates and colored stemware.

Donna, how great to see your pics over here now! As I mentioned on the Flickr site, I think you did a fantastic job on decorating such a long table (how nice to have that!) for so many guests and making it all look lovely. Again, I love that purple stemware! What talent your cousin, George has in his floral arrangements and how lucky for you that he will do a centerpiece for you in whatever colours you ask him to!
Glad you have joined us here on "Holidays"

DD

WOW....what a beautiful room and table. And of course just the word amethyst or purple grabs my attention. LOL.

hugs, Karen

Oh what a Gorgeous Table setting! I love your color combinations...so different, and I love the color of your stems. It all works so beautifully together with your tablecloth.
YOur table looks like mine at the holidays..long with lots of chairs! Even the pressed backs on the ends.
I just purchased a set ... a little at a time... on Ebay, of the Friendly Village dinner plates..and plan to use them this Thanksgiving...I'm so glad you showed yours, in this setting..they look so lovely...Thanks for sharing this.
Oh...almost forgot..how lucky to have someone make up your centerpieces..at the right price!! Nice to know people in the right places..lol
jane

Wow, what a first post. Your table AND room are gorgeous. I would love to see a close-up of the plates. Everything looks wonderful. Welcome to your new home.

Donna, thats such a unique color combo - copper and amethyst. I had never thought of such a combo but it works beautifully. I really like how your copper colored tablecloth sets the stage. The napkin rings and napkins are gorgeous. The napkins look like they are not cotton, right? I am always unsure whether I can use other fabrics for napkins. I am going to have to steal that idea from you.

Mo

Wow! That is a long table! Gorgeous room for it too. Love the colors you used, and how lucky to have someone who can create beautiful centerpiece arrangements for you! So glad you got the hang of posting pictures, will be fun to have you sharing with us. Mo, I had to go back and look at her napkins again after reading your comments! LOL I have to say that while I have some napkins that are more polyester, I really like my cotton ones the best. Luvs

One word: AWESOME!!!

Will George be my cousin too? I love that centerpiece!!

I bought a set of those turkey S/P shakers on sale after the holiday and didn't have anything to go with them. Now I have exactly the look to strive for. My DH will not like you!!
Soooo needing a long table for all of my family.

Yes, please show a close up of those plates!

Betty

Thanks for all the nice comments! My table is 10 feet long, it's an old harvest table and you're right, table cloths are hard to find for it. But around the holidays I can usually find some that are 140" long. I had a round table at the end in these photos and was lucky enough to find a round cloth to match...both came from Marshals. I have made some too.

The napkins are a glossy poly-cotton blend. While I wouldn't want to use them with BBQ, they worked ok with Thanksgiving (I guess we are less messy then, lol)

I will take a photo of the dishes for you all very soon.

Again, I'm so happy to have found you all!

Donna

Wow, you must have had quite a crowd. I love your amethyst stemware, and the flowers were gorgeous. I'd love to see a close up of the plates without the napkins. Beautiful work! - Gail

Yes, from now on you will be snapping pics all the time!

Your table is just lovely. Love the color combos!

My table is 10 ft too..sometimes I find wide fabric that works well, just hem the edges..It should be easy for you as it is a rectangle..mine is oval, so the cloth has to be 70 wide.
Look forward to seeing your future tables..
Karen had made a lovely inspiration album...have you seen it?

Kathleen, Thanks for the table cloth fabric idea. I bet it's hard to make an oval one...glad mine is not oval :) I haven't been able to find the inspiration album, but I keep looking. I thought there would be a section for albums like on Yahoo, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Do you know how I could find it?

Thanks!
Donna

Here you go, Donna..
Have fun!

Here is a link that might be useful: Inspiration albums

I think I posted about the albums on someone else's post, or one of yours, the last few days. I mentioned that Tablesettings was on my own front page and somehow I didn't get it in the actual Holiday Inspiration albums, which the link below is directly to them.
Most pix came from here, but I hunt for neat pictures everywhere and anywhere. LOL. I'm obsessed with photos.

hugs, Karen

Here is a link that might be useful: Inspiration Holidays Albums

Oh cool! Now I found it! You did mention it in a post, but I couldn't find it...I am Polish...you all will have to learn to be patient with me :)

Thanks Karen! Great stuff in that album!

Donna

I love it when new people join and are directed to the Inspiration Album as it reminds me to go have another look. I just viewed our "Tea Time" pics from last year and so enjoyed the pics but also the memory of how we were all excited to do something like that. I wish there were pics of your tea setting, Karen because it would remind you that they weren't as terrible as you think and in fact, they were pretty terrific and it got you playing with dishes!

DD

DD, I wouldn't put my tea setting in any inspiration album.
LOL But I did think I kept a copy of it in my PFC photo file. Guess I deleted it tho, its nowhere to be found. I did mean to keep a copy. Thank you for what you said, it means a lot.

Donna, I'm so glad you enjoyed the albums. I love going thru them. Only one is a "problem", LOL. I set up a family album for our photos so we could see who we are...
and very few sent photos for it. Dang. So if any of you feel like sending a picture for it, PLEASE do. You can post on the Forum, send a link to your album, or directly to me in email. sangareeKS at aol.

hugs, Karen

I won't be original with commenting on this post but I LOVE your glasses as well as your centerpiece!

In addition, I noticed there's a spinning wheel in your dining room... I have one as well but mine needs a bit of improvement as I bought it in a "flea market" and it seems it stayed a long time in an attic.