Setting a festive table early in the month for everyday use brings more cheer to meals in December. I’ve been collecting these dishes for some time now, finding a mug here, and a bowl there. I’ve added three serving pieces found online, but there is no room for them on the pub table we use for everyday meals. There is barely enough for the large place settings, but it is so much fun to use the dishes as much as possible this month.
The set is called Vintage Christmas designed by Susan Winget. I just love her designs. Originally, I found the four salad plates. Shorthly after, I found a mug in a thrift shop, then a second mug in another thrift shop, and the rest is history.
There are four motifs – a gift package, a sleigh, a stocking and a tree. There should be one of each on all the pieces, but only the plates and bowls have all four. I’ve found the rest one at a time, so I took what I could find.
The place settings have red chargers topped with white dinner plates and the Vintage Christmas salad plates. A bowl is placed on the left for soup (or dessert!) and a mug on the right. Water glasses, everyday flatware, and individual salt and pepper shakers complete the settings.
On the left, red napkins are held with Christmas drum napkin rings adorned with ribbons and berries. The butter dishes have Christmas tree butter spreaders placed above them.
The bowls are just the right size for a lunch serving of soup, or a dessert of warm berry or apple cobbler after a festive meal.
Each place setting has four pieces of the dishware.
In the middle of the table, a simple centerpiece has only two elements, both handmade. The silk arrangement is one I made for the fair this year to enter in Holiday Floral Arrangements. Last year I used a purchased poinsettia. The base is a fabric wreath made by my friend, Gail, and given to me last Christmas. It was left over from our Christmas Tea, where Gail and her crew made about 20 of them for the tables and buffet. She let me have this one, and I was thrilled.
She is a master of this pattern. If you want to make one, they are pretty simple, just do an internet search for Fold ‘N Stitch Wreath – you’ll find youtube videos and online picture tutorials all over the internet. Gail put tiny red beads on the points where they are stitched together to create the dimension for the wreath.
We’ll enjoy this table most of the month, until Christmas eve. Then, I’ll get out the good china for the holiday meals.
Another thing I’ve begun to do is display the beautiful serving pieces on tables and in decorating. The large platter goes on a stand on the top of the cookbook shelf where we will see it everyday.
I try to make my tablescapes just a bit different each year using what I already have. To see my Black and Red tablescape using these same dishes, click on Vintage Christmas Tablescape. This time I used the large platter as the base for the centerpiece.
Our good china is a set of Lenox Holiday Tartan, and the formal table is set on the larger dining room table. See a similar tablescape on my post Christmas Dinner Tablescape.
For more inspiration, I’m participating in a Christmas Tablescapes blog hop, coordinated by Rita at Panoply. Thanks, Rita, this is going to be fun! So much inspiration here, so take a look, shop your own home, and share your tables on our Friends of From My Carolina Home Facebook group!
Panoply – A Christmas Home Tablescape
Hyacinths for the Soul – Plaid Tidings
Everyday Living – Repeat the Sounding Joy
Home is Where the Boat Is – It’s a Marshmallow World with Snowmen
My Thrift Store Addiction – Kringle Family Tree Farm Christmas Tablescape
The Bookish Dilettante – Christmas Traditions Tablescape
Red Cottage Chronicles – English Cottage Christmas Tablescape
Pandora’s Box – Dinner on the Old Round Table
From My Carolina Home – Vintage Christmas Tablescape
Thrifting Wonderland – Christmas Tree Magic
Corner of Plaid and Paisley – Christmas Nutcracker Table
Dinner at Eight – Dreaming of a White (and Blue) Christmas
Belle Bleu Interiors – A Joyous Christmas Table
The Cat’s Whiskerz – A Rustic Christmas Tablescape
Life and Linda – Deer Prancing Through the Snow
Me and My Captain – A German Christmas Tablescape
The Painted Apron – The Season of Giving
Enjoy the hop, and Merry Christmas!!!
From My Carolina Home 
Very festive! Susan Winget’s designs are always a treat. My Mom always had a special plate on display on her buffet. The good China only made an appearance on holidays, but there was always a decorative plate in a place of honor.
The table looks beautiful. The dishes are so lovely with their deep color and pretty designs…..very dramatic looking!
You do set a beautiful and festive table..I;ll come back and look at all of the others. busy day.!
I’m a big fan of vintage and your collection of Susan Winget is lovely. The different designs are so detailed and colorful and I especially like the black background. the table has a very festive look and will be enjoyed by your family throughout the season. Merry Christmas!
Lynne
Carole, I love the Vintage Christmas by Susan Winget. I know you have been collecting this pattern as you could find pieces. The red chargers and napkins complement the pattern so perfectly. The drum napkin rings are so cute! A warm berry or apple cobbler sounds delicious. The fabric wreath is so pretty and is a beautiful centerpiece foundation! Lenox Holiday Tartan is one of my all time favorite patterns. Wishing you a Merry Christmas Season!
Those Susan Winget dishes are lovely! That’s great that you’ve found them in the thrift shop. You always set a beautiful table, Carole. My Christmas dishes are limited to coffee mugs, but I love getting them out and using them for the month of December.
These dishes are so unique – I love a square plate!! How lucky to collect so many pieces. I am intrigued by the wreath centerpiece and will certainly research it (It is lovely)! Carole I wish you a peaceful and happy holiday season!
Carole, what pretty dishes and I love your creative centerpiece! Wishing you a joyous Christmas season, Cecilia @ My Thrift Store Addiction
I love Susan Winget’s designs and your dishes make for such a pretty table! Love your friend’s Fold ‘N Stitch Wreath too. Merry December and Christmas to you! 🎄
Your vintage table setting is stunning. Thanks for sharing the bloggers in the hop. Enjoyed spending time visiting the different sites.
I love the dishes, great job hunting for them! The centerpiece is so pretty, the fabric wreath is so creative! The platter on an easel on your cookbook shelf looks so nice, and I love the drum napkin rings~Beautiful table for the holidays Carole, I wish you a very Merry December!
Jenna
Your table is so pretty, and I like the plates, both the graphics and the shape of them! You have a nice collection of other pieces, too, and I really like how you’ve displayed the platter. You are so creative to have used the wreath in the middle of your table with the centerpiece on top. I love it! I also like how your white tablecloth and plates make your collection pop! Your napkin rings are so unique and pretty. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! XO, Ricki Jill
A lovely table Carole, Susan Winget has some beautiful designs I adore the black and red.. Love the gift package The Fold ‘N Stitch wreath is so pretty. Some people are so creative with their sewing. Wishing you a joyful holiday.
I loved looking at your table settings.
I’ve gotten out our holiday dishes and mugs. I enjoy using them throughout the season.
Time really got away from me – missed putting out the Turkey stuff and tomorrow after I walk the dog, go to the dentist, return library books, walk the dog AGAIN – I’ll get out my Christmas set. Thanks for the reminder. Mine will never be as lovely but I still love to use these. That’s why we bought them in the first place right? Thanks for the wonderful pictures.
I love Susan Wignet too and haven’t seen these — they look terrific on your table. I think it is so smart to use those terrific serving pieces as part of your decor. It’s a warm and inviting table and your wreath centerpiece is perfect! May I come for a Christmastime lunch? Ah, distance!
Carole your table is lovely and what fun to use it every day until Christmas. Susan Winget has some lovely designs and I know the pleasure it brings to find a piece when collecting. I’m sure you will find more to add to your pieces. The wreath centerpiece is so creative and fits perfect with your design. It is always a pleasure to hop with you. Merry Christmas and Happy new year to you and yours.
Oh Carole, I meant to ask…are your butter spreaders from the pattern on my table of the German Christmas Tree? They look like my napkin rings.
I have admired those dishes since you started your collecting ! They are very unusual indeed. You always set a beautiful table!!!. Thank you for sharing your beautiful table art.
Carole, I love the Susan Winget dishes! And the platter on the side makes a gorgeous decoration. The way you began and have curated your collection is just my style! The poinsettia centerpiece textile Gail gifted you is beautiful. And I love your signature s/p at each place setting. Such a treat to have you join this hop, and I agree, it is so fun to see such variety and inspiration! Merry Christmas season to you and your Sweet Baboo.
Carole, the Susan Winget dishes are lovely and your have styled them beautifully on your table – they pop against the white plates and the red chargers are so Chrismassy. How great that you have been able to find more pieces in the collection and the platter looks so pretty on your shelf. The centerpiece is gorgeous! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season.
Christmassy (if that’s even a word…)
Carole, I have always enjoyed Susan Winget’s art, I do a lot of her puzzles. It sounds like you have been piecing your beautiful collection together over time. It must be fun each time you find a new piece. Your table looks lovely. The quilted wreath centerpiece is unusual, I have never seen that pattern before!! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas season!🎄🤶
Carole, this is a lovely Christmas table and it’s fabulous that you intend to use it throughout the holiday season! The dinnerware designs are really special, quite colorful and detailed. I love all the added details — the drum napkin rings, the butter spreaders, the shape of the salad fork tines. And the fabric wreath is festive and unique. It’s fun hopping with you. Merry Christmas
you have such a talent with your tablescaping……just beautiful……….