happy

thanksgiving

table: victoria thorne design

photo: rick e. martin

little stories

a place for thanksgiving 

here

[scroll down a bit: circa the 2005 Mercury News]

table: victoria thorne design

photo: rick e. martin

A quick look back (there

there might be more later,

this is it for now): here's how

Sunday/Monday was spent.

Would like to send out sincere

thanks to the brilliantly elegant

Claudia Schwartz of Bell'occhio

for knowing the perfect table

covering (hemp; magnificent)

& sharing it for the event. Another

note of gratitude to very talented

Mercedes McAndrew for coming

by with her marvelous camera

(which will surely supply better

photos than mine) and great eye.

Many thanks to the Foothill

Auxiliary to Peninsula

Family Service for hosting

Holidays on a High Note

and helping transform lives.

trimmings

Plate Bio: The spoon is coin silver, from an old Virginia estate; the fork is from eBay, and (so said the seller) the Civil War; the pewter is also eBay, from the 17oo's...the linen, German. The plate is an old favorite, unearthed at a long-ago garage sale.

These plates were created many months ago; as busy as we all are these days, I think the best use of time would be to print them out, on nice heavy stock, and put them on top of your own plates at the table. A little tongue in cheek chic for your holiday merriment, yes?

Think cranberries and turkey and all the trimmings.

Think happy thanksgiving, from yours truly,

vt

Holiday Plates: How to Dress Up Your Table Before the Bird Arrives

dearest readers:

all of the place settings

posted in the next few days were

created by

victoria thorne,

&

photographed by

rick martin

hope they provide great

inspiration and joy

during your holidays!

above:

mim's plate | quail and olive