Today I’m so excited to share some fun table setting ideas using one pattern AND we are giving you a chance to win one of these beautiful sets of dishes from Mikasa!
This weekend I realized the full extent of my blogging-itis when my husband came home and saw this…
and said, “I’m assuming this isn’t set up for us.” He was right but it got me thinking about how often I set up pretty table settings, do my photo shoot and forget to enjoy them with the family! It was a reminder that our pretty dishes should be used and used frequently!
When we moved, I made a decision to start fresh with much of my home decor! I was ready for a change, and that change included my dishes. I LOVE color and have always gravitated towards fun and interesting place settings BUT then I would find that they didn’t always match with the table decor I wanted to use OR, my taste would change and I felt “stuck” with what I had.
I was so excited when I discovered Mikasa’sSutton White pattern! I was ready to have my main set of dishes a nice crisp neutral white and then have fun with other pieces like their Daylight pattern.
I love the texture of the subtle pattern around the edge of the Sutton White design. It adds depth and deminsion when paired with other pieces. When setting a causal table I love to add something fun and unexpected like these orange rattan place mats!
I also like to use pieces from my collections in unusual ways like placing these small succulents in the Daylight rice bowls for a fun centerpiece.
Even if it’s a “family dinner” it can be fun to use your nice flatware and stemware. Serve wine for the adults and a fun sparkling beverage for the kids!
I love that my Cocoa Blossom flatware and Alexandra stemware can be both casual or sophisticated depending on what you pair with them! In fact, it’s easy to transition my new Mikasa dishes, flatware and stemware (which can be purchased at Macys!) right into the dining room…
Placed on gold chargers, topped with a dainty set of patterned salad plates all resting on blue and white dishtowels, my Mikasa place settings take on a more formal air!
Seeing this makes me so excited to host my first dinner party in my new house…I wish each of you could join me!
But, I CAN give you a chance to own a set of either Sutton White or Daylight dishes yourself….
We are giving THREE people a complete setting for four of one of these lovely patterns!
And, we’re giving you four chances to win, here’s all you have to do to enter…
Good Luck!
Speaking of giveaways we have the winners of our Blogger Extravaganza Giveaway!! We will contact you to claim your prize!
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96 Comments on "Table Setting Ideas and a Mikasa Giveaway!"
Beautiful dishes, Heather! I love that first one especially and it looks like it goes perfectly with your new kitchen décor.
Great dishes. They are so fresh looking.
I love the green and orange mixed together! I, too, have white dishes as my main set, and I love to mix and match. The succulents are a great idea also. I may have to steal that one! Thanks for sharing!
I love the Daylight pattern. The green is so fresh and goes perfectly with my green accessories in my condo. I could use it all through the year!
Love them both but Sutton Place has stolen my heart. Your table scape is magnificent!
Both are lovely but probably Sutton Place!
Oh my I am so ready to ditch my old set of yellow and blue dishes! I would love the Sutton Place setting for my collection.
The succulents for a centerpiece are beautiful! Love the crisp green of them.
Thanks for the inspiration,
Ashley @ 3littlegreenwoods
They are both lovely, I can’t choose. Thank you!
I love the Daylight pattern. These would look great in my new kitchen. Thanks for the wonderful ideas!!
I like the Sutton Place because of the simple yet elegant design
I love both patterns, however I would probably pick the white because my 20yr old white dishes from when I got married are all chipped or they broke.
What gorgeous table settings!!!…Had to laugh about what your hubby said…Both patterns of the Mikasa are beautiful and you have enhanced them by creating those beautiful tablescapes…I love the Daylight pattern…if I won, I think my daughter in law would probably want to sneak those dishes out of my house…as they are just the type of pattern she loves…Beautiful china and great giveaway!!
Love you dishes!
Lovely giveaway, gorgeous dishes!
WOW. Your tablescapes – and photography- are/is amazing.
This post is stunning, truly.
And thank you for the reminder that we should indeed use these tablescapes for family and friends more often. I agree whole heartedly!
And as for the giveaway, thank you so much for the opportunity. I am a big fan of the Sutton White collection. I love their textures and how they’d mix and match with so much and for year around!
Have a fabulous week, sisters!
Congrats to those lucky winners on your list, too.
Beautiful dishes. I love Sutton Place.
Love the Daylight dishes! They would look great in my new sunroom/screened in porch in the house we are building near Charleston!!
I would love to win the Sutton White. It would go so well with all of my dishes. I have a set of Rosepoint that I bought at an estate sale for $15 and I love it! Beautiful place settings in this post! I’m warming up to color thanks to my daughters’ new apartments!
What a lovely giveaway!! I love the Daylight pattern! It would be so fun to add to my white set!~~Angela
I too have always purchased white for my every day dishes so they will match everything else on my table such as the place mats, stemware, table runner etc..but using Mother Natures’ colors like the pretty greens in the Mikasa’s Daylight Pattern, is a wonderful idea. To me, green is most often a neutral color pallet because we find it in our plants and flower arraignments. Thanks, Heather, for the great idea!!
Love the white dishes! Want to win!
I would pick the Sutton White dishes because you can dress it up or keep it casual. Love the new decor and the giveaway!
Your table settings are so pretty ! It would be fun to sit at a table set with either of the sets. Every dish I own is white. I need to venture out a little.
Would love to win! My daughter is getting married this week and could not afford china. What a great surprise.
SO lovely!!!! I really want to make the switch to white plates! I think it makes food pop and look so yummy. 🙂
Oh how lovely! They are beautiful. What a lovely giveaway.
Fun giveaway! table settings look beautiful.I am currently in desperate need of new dishes ;/
I would love the sutton white. crisp and clean:)
-blessinsg
Such beautiful dishes. I love the Sutton White because white can go with anything and makes food look pretty!
I am about dishes the way some women are about shoes: I could use a different pattern every day, and you can never have too many!! 😉
Love these place settings!
Gorgeous dishes, I love them!!! Your setting looks beautiful in the Sutton White dishes. Thank you so much sweet lady for this great giveaway chance….hope I’m lucky, as I haven’t been lately, lol.. Big hugs and have a super week.
FABBY
GORGEOUS DISHES….I’d love to win them!!!!!!!!!
I wanted to notify you that I have a USA address, just in case I’m the lucky one!!!
Hugs,
FABBY
Lovely table settings! I love white dishes and these are gorgeous. As you said, they are so versatile.
Thanks, Betsy
The Sutton White is gorgeous.
It blends as everyday and it can be perfectly suited for a elegant evening dinner too.
I would choose the Mikasa Dinnerware, Daylight Collection. I really like the style of dishes a lot better.
Dishes! I would have soo many patterns if I had the room to store them! The set of white Sutton Mikasa would go great with the colorful blues and greens that I already own.
I love the Sutton white! I agree with you about adding color. I like to add color to my table settings and I like to change them often. With a white base you can let your imagination flow and add color with the accessories. Thanks for sharing this, I love your blog!
Beautiful place settings…love the green on white of the Daylight collection…so fresh!
Both settings are beautiful!
Beautiful place settings Heather! Love the look!
Beautiful place settings. I love the DayLight pattern because of the bright green in the pattern. It is fresh looking and would look good paired with yellow or blue also. Endless possibilities.
Sutton White! It will go with everything — from casual to formal.
I adore the daylight pattern! It looks freshly painted and bright.
I would love the Sutton White dishes. They would work well with my other dishes.
Love the all white dishes – so versatile! Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
Judy
The Sutton White is definitely my favorite!
Judy
Awesome! What eye catching colors! Love the settings.
I love the Sutton Place pattern.
Love, love, love the Day Light (green pattern) dishes! Would love to have this one to use with my family and friends! Thanks!
I love the Daylight pattern and the freshness of the green and white. Beautiful.
I love the Sutton White ones for both the texture and the fact that they could mix and match with patterns easily.