Let’s Go Camping Tablescape!

Let’s Go Camping Tablescape!

 A recent trip to Target and a swing by Spot’s Playground led me to spy these cute canteens!  I knew these were coming home with me!   Just like that, an idea for a camping tablescape came to me!  

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Canteens aside, I needed a couple of other accent pieces for my table.  A pair of adorable little tent ornaments, complete with a “fire” and a log  were perfect.  Place settings for this table were so much fun to put together!  My woodland placemats from Pier 1 were  a natural choice! A few river rocks tucked around my camping vignette just added to the outdoorsy feeling.  
Years ago I bought these pinecone dishes from Target knowing they would be perfect for winter holidays.  These are still ideal at Thanksgiving and Christmas and I bought enough pieces to feed an army!  Some pieces of this pattern are available from Replacements.  The  salad plates were a Home Goods find and are Bonjour’s Sierra Pine pattern.  These are a nice complement to my dinner plates.  Flatware was easy, my hardy stand-by Ikea wood handled fit in perfectly with my camping theme.  I even wrote an entire post about this versatile set in Best Ikea Flatware.  This set is still available direct from Amazon.  I had been waiting to use my aluminum canoe serving dish until I had the right elements for a tablescape.  When I spotted those canteens, I knew this was occasion.  There she is in all her glory!  This lovely  Mariposa Brillante Birchbark canoe has graced many tables.  Often filled with finger foods, this is a treasured piece of mine. What is the camping without the woods?  A pair of artificial trees from my Christmas stash flanked the ends of the table.  
Little packages of S’mores fixin’s were found at each place setting as a sweet favor for guests to take home.  Even without a fireplace, a microwave will do the trick and create a yummy, gooey treat!