Giveaway: Beautiful Noritake Dinnerware and Stemware for Four

Announcement: Thanks so much to all who entered the giveaway from Noritake. The winner, chosen by the InLinkz Random Number Generator is:  Jennifer,  No. 237.  Congrats, Jennifer!  Please e-mail me at betweennapsontheporchatgmaildotcom.

Thanks again to all who entered!

I’m excited to share a fabulous giveaway today, one that’s perfect for this time of year.  The holidays are upon us which means family and friends will soon be calling.   Enter this giveaway, and you just may be serving them from brand new Colorwave dinnerware  and beautiful Breeze stemware in your favorite color!
 
The Noritake Colorwave line is amazingly versatile.  Recently, I created a fall table setting on the porch using both Colorwave Raspberry and Colorwave Chocolate in the same tablescape. 


 

The dinner plate was "Raspberry" while the bowl was "Chocolate."  They worked beautifully with fall patterned salad plates.



 

The stemware I used for that table setting was from the Noritake “Breeze” line.  Breeze Amber was perfect for an autumn setting.  (View this tablescape HERE.)


 

This stemware is also available in blue, clear, green, pink and red.  Wouldn’t the red be perfect for Christmas? 


 

Colorwave dinnerware comes in a variety of colors, too.  For this children’s Thanksgiving table I paired Colorwave Mustard, which is a wonderful sunny golden yellow, with a turkey themed salad plate. 


 

I’m looking forward to using Colorwave Mustard next summer paired with a floral centerpiece--maybe sunflowers.  (View this tablescape HERE.  Napkin fold tutorial can be found, HERE.)


 

The Raspberry Colorwave dinner plates that worked so well for autumn, made a reappearance in this Christmas table setting. 


 

Raspberry would also work well for a Valentine’s tablescape.   (Tablescape can be viewed, HERE.)


 

Colorwave comes in every color under the rainbow: red, yellow, green, blue, lilac, mint green, suede, graphite, sky blue and even white.  There’s a Colorwave pattern for every taste or occasion.

 

 


Giveaway: 4 Colorwave Place Settings & 4 Breeze Goblets


Noritake is generously giving away a beautiful table setting for four.  The giveaway includes four (4) place settings of Colorwave dinnerware and 4 Breeze Goblets.  The winner will select the Colorwave dinnerware and Breeze stemware in the color they like best.  Awesome!

How do you enter?  
There are several opportunities to enter.  The more times you enter, the better your chances are of winning since the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

To enter this Giveaway:
1. Visit Noritake HERE and select the Colorwave pattern you would choose if you should win the giveaway.  Then leave a comment on this post naming your fave color. 

For additional opportunities to win:

2. For a second entry, subscribe to receive updates from Noritake about new products and upcoming sales.  You’ll find the “subscribe” box at the bottom of their home page, HERE.  Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post for an additional entry.

3.  For a third entry:  Leave a comment on Noritake’s Facebook Wall HERE letting them know you are entering the giveaway at BNOTP.
Not on Facebook?  Feel free to link to this giveaway on a forum where you're a member, or on your blog if you’re a Blogger. Don't forget to leave a comment on this post for an additional entry. 

4.  For a fourth entry, "Follow" Noritake on Twitter HERE.  Leave a comment on this post for an additional entry.

Important: *Be sure to leave a comment for each entry since the winner will be selected using a random number generator. 

As always, you do not need to be a Blogger or have a Blog to enter.
 
Note: This giveaway is restricted to U.S. residents due to shipping costs outside the country.

Giveaway ends at midnight, Sunday, December 18th.

Best of luck to everyone!

A Thanksgiving Table Setting, One Week Late: Welcome to the 171th Tablescape Thursday!

I'm a week late but for this Tablescape Thursday I'm sharing the Thanksgiving table setting I had been working on when my camera cat-astrophe occurred. All the pics in this post were taken with the new camera, a Nikon D5100. This camera is super, duper light sensitive, which is why it works so well in low lighting situations. It will take me a little while to get used to the change, so please bear with me while I "learn" the camera.

For this Thanksgiving tablescape I envisioned a soft, sophisticated mix of shiny silvers and browns, with touches of amber.  I usually like bold pops of color in my tablescapes, but I went for a more subtle feel this year.

I never like using the leaf in the table, so this table setting is a little on the cozy side.  You like cozy, right?

Spode Woodland is my favorite pattern for Thanksgiving.

I forgot to take pics of the china without the acorn soup tureen on top, so I borrowed the next two pics from a previous Thanksgiving 'scape.  I added the turkey salad plates to this Woodland collection last year.  Or, was it the year before--I forget now.

Here's the dinner plate.  Another favorite of mine for Thanksgiving is the antler flatware I found on eBay a few years ago.  Since the set only included a fork and knife, I like to mix in the Spode Woodland flatware.

You may recognize the soup tureens.  I've used them previously in this Thanksgiving tablescape.  (Click link to view.)  For that tablescape, I mixed two different colored tureens: gold and brown.  For this table setting I chose to keep it simple, using only the brown.  The napkin rings are new this year, a find from Pottery Barn.  They worked great with this silver/brown/amber color scheme  They are etched with the words, Friends and Family--a perfect sentiment for a Thanksgiving feast.

The beautiful amber-colored stemware is "Breeze Amber" by Noritake.  You may remember it from THIS fall tablescape. Iced tea glass is Waterford, pattern is Araglin.

Spotted these cute antler ornaments at Walmart this year.  I removed the little gold hanging loop.

They made great place card holders for this woodsy table setting.  They also tied in beautifully with my centerpiece--more on that in a sec.  Each ornament was only  $1.97 and included two antlers, so all six place card holders were around $6.  When  you're out ornament shopping, keep your eye out for treasures you can use as place card holders or napkin rings.  It's an inexpensive way to add some creativity and playfulness to your table settings.

Do you recognize the large, mercury-glass, pumpkin candle holders?   They were last used in this Halloween table setting.  They continued the silver theme of this tablescape.  I placed them on either side of a 4-tiered, silverplate server and filled the server with natural elements: pine cones, acorns, nandina, spirea and antlers.

Last year I tried several times to win "shed" antlers on eBay, but alas, someone always managed to outbid me. This year when I saw Pottery Barn was asking $29 for just one faux antler, I decided to try again.  I just couldn't pay that for a fake antler.

As I shopped on eBay, I focused on the auctions for the "shed" antlers.  I really like the idea of using the naturally shed antlers for decorating. If you would like to read more about shed antlers, you can do that HERE.  I ended up winning 4 big, beautiful antlers for $61, the cost of 2 faux antlers at Pottery Barn.




You can see the beautiful coloring on these antlers.  They were still nice and fresh--you can tell because they still have a lot of the brownish coloring, as well as obvious wax rings.  The seller found these in the northwest corner of Minnesota.  I love knowing that.  Does that make me weird. lol   The antler centerpiece ties in with the antler flatware and antler place card holders.  See, there's method to my madness. ;)

If you look on ebay, search for "shed antlers.  Read the descriptions if you want to make sure they are truly shed antlers.  No need to buy faux when you can get the real, naturally shed antlers for a lot less.  I used two in the tiered server centerpiece and two on the table itself.  Something tells me they just may end up on a mantel or in a Christmas wreath this year.

I cut Fire Power nandina from the yard and mixed in some colorful spirea foliage for a tiered centerpiece.  The centerpiece is all natural and includes pine cones and acorns.  These are the acorns I blogged about HERE.  And for the record, no worms, yet.  I'll keep you posted on that.  I'm trying to avoid the "baking-in-the-oven" thing. lol  Check out the post and the comments for more details.

The silverplated tiered server could have used a bit of polishing but I thought the slightly tarnished look worked well with the woodsy theme of this table setting.  That's better than saying I was too lazy to polish it.

I've used this tiered server in a previous Christmas table setting, HERE.  It was nice and shiny for that tablescape.

Hope you enjoyed this Thanksgiving table setting.  Pssst:  Molding was added to this room a while back.  To see the "Before and After" click HERE.

Looking forward to all the beautiful tablescapes posted for this Tablescape Thursday!

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Fall Dining on the Porch: Welcome to the 167th Tablescape Thursday!

It was a gorgeous day here so I spent some time playing outside on the porch. The leaves are changing and the fall colors are spectacular. I brought those colors to my table setting for Tablescape Thursday.  I shopped the house and snagged a floral arrangement from the family room for my fall tablescape.

I liked it, but ultimately I changed it out for...

...this lantern I purchased at Old Time Pottery a few months back.  I loved how the lantern looked with the dark metal flatware.

Now that some of the leaves have fallen from the very tops of the tall trees in my backyard, the sun is finding its way onto the porch on these beautiful fall days.

I just noticed this pic was taken before I removed the witch from the swing. lol  I did move her at some point during the picture taking today.  I still have a bit more Halloween decor to put up.  Do you have all yours put away?

It's so rare that I get to use these heavy amber glass chargers.  I found these in the clearance isle of Hobby Lobby a couple of years ago.  They ended up being only $22 for all six.

Remember the acorns I had hanging from mugs in THIS fall tablesetting and THIS fall teascape?   Today they are napkin rings for our fall table.

The dinner plate and bowl in this table setting are from the Colorwave Collection by Noritake.  The brown color of the bowl and red on the rim of the plate were a perfect mix for a fall tablescape.

One of the nice things about the Colorwave china is how well the solid colors, pair with a patterned salad plate.  This means that by just changing out your salad plates, you can create a whole new look for the seasons.  The acorns on the salad plates mimicked our acorn napkin ring.

You may remember these cute striped glasses from this previous fall table setting, HERE.  Written in lovely script, the glasses convey several mesaages.  Around the top they say: "Smiles, Laughter, Hugs ♥ Family, Memories are made of this. ♥ "  And around the bottom:  "Home is where my heart is." and "Enjoy the little things."  The words "Friends," "Family" and "Home" appear in large script in various places on the glasses, too.  That just says it all, doesn't it?

The gorgeous amber stemware is "Breeze Amber" by Noritake.  It's considered casual glassware but it is beautiful and sophisticated enough to easily use in a formal setting, too.  I love this color for a fall or Thanksgiving table setting!

A few evening views just before nightfall...

The black lantern is so pretty silhouetted against the colorful fall leaves on the trees.

Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful table settings for this Tablescape Thursday!

Referenced links in this post:
Fall Teascape
Fall Tablescape with Acorn Decorated Mugs
Fall Tablescape with Striped Glasses


Resources:
Chargers: Hobby Lobby, 2-3 years ago
Dinner Plate and Bowl: Provided by Noritake from their Colorwave Collection
Salad Plate: Walmart, this season
Flatware: Gourmet Settings, Treble Clef from HomeGoods
Striped/Script Glasses: Dollar Tree, 1-2 years ago
Amber Stemware: Breeze Amber, provided by Noritake
Beaded Napkins: Pier 1, a few months ago
Rustic Acorns: Hobby Lobby, 2-3 years ago
Lantern: Old Time Pottery, a few months ago
Mosaic Glass Votive Holders: Kohls, 3 years ago


Looking forward to your beautiful tablescapes!

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