This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pier 1 Imports. All opinions are 100% mine.
When Pier 1 asked me to come up with some great holiday entertaining ideas, I thought it would be a fun way to usher in the season. One thing I love is a holiday table and while I'd love to have a separate set of dishes for each season or holiday, I simply don't have room for it. And it's not that necessary anyway. The same set of dishes can go from Thanksgiving to Christmas with just a swapping out of a few small pieces and accessories. So, I challenged myself to do that with items from Pier 1.
I started with some new dishes for the basis of my Thanksgiving to Christmas table:
I love green and I love a bead detail, so the Spice Route dishes in Clove Green are right up my alley. I also felt these would pair nicely with my cream Wedgwood dinner plates that also have a bead detail.
For my Thanksgiving table, I paired the green dishes with a pretty bird on a branch dish I found at Pier 1:
I topped the dishes with these cute little leaf bowls, which I imagine could be used for a soup or other side dish.
I used my existing linens (yes, green again - have I mentioned how much I love green!) and found these great feather napkin rings, which reminded me of turkey feathers:
And so, we have a festive and colorful Thanksgiving meal:
Okay, so fast forward 30 days and it's time to set the Christmas table.
I thought that the bird dishes have a certain "Partridge in a pear tree" look about them and decided that they would work for Christmas as well. I swapped out the leaf bowl for a clear glass mini-compote. I added these ruffled red napkins and glittering glass bead bird napkin rings.
And here we have the final Christmas table:
As you can see, it only takes a few well-chosen accessories to move from holiday to holiday. I hope you enjoy yours! And, while we're enjoying ourselves let's not forget those less fortunate. Pier 1 is accepting unwrapped toys or cash donations for Toys for Tots, or if you "like" Pier 1 on Facebook during the month of November, they will donate $1 to Toys for Tots.
