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Table Accessories, China, Crystal etc.

Set the mood by setting a beautiful table. Links to advice and supplies for creating a beautiful table.

Quick Tips to Add Pizazz to Your Table Top

Quick tips that will add pizazz to your table top, table decorations, and table settings.

Playful Springtime Tabletop Accessories

Essentials for setting a playful springtime table.

Setting a A Playful Springtime Table - Fun Tabletop Ideas for Springtime Parties

Fun tabletop ideas for setting a playful springtime table.

Make Your Own Wine Glass Charms

Make a unique party favor for your guests.

Brighten Your Party with Candles

Decorate your parties with creative candle placement.

How to Create a Formal Place Setting

It's an occasion worthy of your best china, crystal and silver. But where do all the pieces go? This simple how to will provide your road map to creating a formal place setting.

Presentation is Half the Battle

An article by your Entertaining Guide on how the right choice of table accessories, can turn an ordinary meal into something special.

Placecards - More than a Minor Detail

Placecards are a seemingly minor detail of entertaining but, in fact, they can help to make or break your gathering. In this article you'll find many ideas for personalizing your placecards.

How to Plan a Romantic Meal

By using the right props, your meal and your love life can sizzle. Here's how.

Setting Up to Entertain in a Small Space

Here's how to make the most of the space you have when entertaining.

Bright Ideas for the Table

Tips for storing and using candles.

Natty Napkins

Napkins can go a long way toward dressing up your table. Here are several easy ways to use them.

Bright Ideas for the Table

Here are two inexpensive tips for artful food and table presentation.

Raise Your Tabletop to WOW!

An easy trick for adding height to parts of your tabletop.

Setting a Standout Buffet Table

The best way to set your buffet table for maximum impact.

Tricks with Table Cloths

A simple, inexpensive idea for creating a very elegant table top.

Let Your Style Shine

Learn how to personalize your table top to with your personal collections.

Frame It

Ideas for turning a one dish meal into something special.

Let Your Style Shine

Learn how to personalize your table top to with personal collections.

Salt and Pepper for All

Here's a suggestion for an inexpensive collection that can make your table very interesting

An Excuse to Drop by the Flea Market

Add these useful items for entertaining to your list for the next time you head to the flea market.

Entertaining Gifts for a Secret Santa Exchange

Around the holidays it's common to be invited to a party and asked to bring a gift for a Secret Santa (also known as a Pollyanna)gift exchange. These gifts are usually inexpensive, and meant to add a little fun to the party. There are many ways the gifts are exchanged, but often the participants don't know who their recipient will be. Therefore, you need to choose a gift that will be enjoyed by a…

Lenox Bloom Dinnerware Collection

Review of the new casual Bloom dinnerware set from Lenox.

Review of Hefty Serve 'n Store Tableware

Review of Hefty Serve 'n Store Tableware

Jillery Home and Entertaining Accessories

Profile of Jillery home accessories.

Chiasso

Fun, functional and contemporary design are the adjectives that best describe the products on this site. There's a lot of whimsy to this collection of colorful, artistic pieces for the home.

Ballard Designs

Online source for home furnishings and decorative accents. You'll find a variety of items for entertaining including tablecloths and placecard holders, along with entertaining tips.

Cooking.com - Tableware

Calling itself a one-stop shopping site for cooking and entertaining supplies. You'll find dinnerware, flatware, linens, glasses, serving pieces, and fun entertaining accessories.

Crate & Barrel

A stylish, but fairly inexpensive source for dinnerware, serving pieces, candlesticks and other fun entertaining items.

Dinnerware Depot

This site carries over 20 lines of tableware and accessories, including hard to find names such as Caleca, Waechtersbach, and Churchill. You'll also find a large selection of Fiestaware.

Gracious Style

A source for table linens and other tableware for personal entertaining. Their beautiful products are made from high quality materials with a lot of attention to detail, with prices to match.

The Horchow Collection

You'll find lots of accessories for your kitchen and table top, along with gourmet food products such as appetizers, meat and desserts at this luxury home products company.

Lenox

Here's a wide selection of Lenox china, crystal and table accessories for elegant and everyday entertaining.

Lillian Vernon Online

You'll find a nice selection of entertaining accessories including items you never knew you needed including dinnerware, condiment sets, and corn cradles.

Martini Pic

Stylish and expensive (!) sterling silver pics for your martini olives. But it's the little details that make the biggest impression, right?

Mikasa

Dinnerware, barware, candleholders and more available for purchase online.

My Tableware.com

This company buys and sells active and discontinued pattern china.

Napa Style

Fans of Michael Chiarello and his laid back California style of entertaining will enjoy this site where he sells furniture, kitchen products, and specialty food items that reflect his west coast sensibility.

Noritake

Beautiful bone china and crystal in both casual and formal patterns.

Oyamake Stoneware

Oyamake Stoneware sells Japanese stoneware from their base in Kobe, Japan. From cups to platters to teapots, you'll find all the tableware you need for your next Japanese teaparty. Plus, there's a good blog on the site relating to Japanese cooking and products.

Pfaltzgraff Online Product Guide

View the complete 1999 selection of Pfaltzgraff dinnerware, holidayware, flatware and glass. You cannot shop at this site, but they guide you to locations where you can.

Ross-Simons

Find a wide selection of crystal, china and silver here at discounted prices.

Panache

A company dedicated to products for entertaining. Items are both unique and pricey.

Simon Pearce

This company sells beautiful, simple hand blown glass pieces and pottery, all suitable for entertaining. Bowls, candlesticks, and glasses are among the selections.

Set Your Table

An international directory of antiques dealers, matching services, and others who specialize in locating, buying,selling, and repairing discontinued and hard-to-find tableware patterns.

Replacements Ltd.

This company will help you find replacement pieces for china, crystal and silver. You can register your patterns here to be placed on mailing list for available pieces.

Schweitzer Linen

Suppliers of high quality linens including napkins, placemats, table cloths, and runners. The linens are made of fine fabrics, some have embroidery, and can be monogrammed.

Spode

Site of the classic English bone china company. You'll find the patterns for their casual and classic dinnerware, and a list of supplier contacts worldwide.

Staffordshire Village

If you love the traditional, English decor, this site is a 'must see' with a selection of English china from the Staffordshire potteries for entertaining and gifts.

Steuben

Exquisite, decorative glass pieces that can be used for elegant entertaining including bowls and candleholders.

The Company Store

A small, but creative, selection of table linens, placemats, napkin rings and other accessories for purchase.

The Greenhouse Effect

Beautiful, Moroccan, mosaic tables available for sale in the U.K.

Vietri.com

This is the online catalog for a beautiful, unique line of Italian crafted glassware and dinnerware. You can't purchase products here, but they have a directory of local stores where the items are available.

Waterford

This site will answer questions about this beautiful crystal, provide dealer locations, and you can shop here, too.

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