Tablescapes 2024 In Review

On behalf of the Avon Historical Society, we wish to thank the exhibitors, attendees, sponsors and many volunteers who made TABLESCAPES 2024 a great success!

This fundraiser has been held every year, except during the pandemic, since 2018.  In time for Spring, the event showcases the incredible talent of individuals, designers, florists, and local organizations who create beautiful and fun table settings. It runs for two days every March in the Belle Ballroom of the historic North House in Avon.

The Chabot Family, owners of The North House, are to be commended for their annual commitment to this event.  It is a tremendous contribution to ensure the mission of the Avon Historical Society is met.

We thank the many exhibitors who brought their talent and expertise in flower arranging, table setting, and design to create some of the most inspiring themed tables ever seen.  This year, there were interactive tables where attendees played a game, voted on their favorite movie, dug for candy, and more.

Thanks to the over 300 attendees who spent hours looking at the incredible table settings in hopes they will be inspired to create one of their own.

Many volunteers work hard behind the scenes, as they do every year, to ensure the experience is positive and creative. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go directly to the exhibit curation in the new Avon History Museum, which is slated to have a soft opening later in 2024.

The Avon Historical Society invites anyone interested in exhibiting or sponsoring TABLESCAPES 2025 to contact us!

winning table

Table #4 First Place Winners

If You Can Dream It, You Can Build It

Table #4 By:  Rosemarie Bennett & Renee Holder

CAUTION:  Tablescapes Ahead!  Stop the traffic and close the road. Dump everything and report to this job site.  We’re going to mix up a great time.  Hope you can dig it.  It’s going to be loads of fun.  So, grab a shovel (or straw) and join our crew!

tea time paper ladies

Table #22 Second Place Winner

Tea Time With Gramma’s Paper Ladies

Table #22 By:  Tracy Murphy / Services for the Elderly

I’m so fortunate and blessed to have these amazing ladies! My Gramma was born in 1912. She passed away in 2004. She collected things.  She still had her scrapbook from high school and these beauties.  She wrote about each lady on the back in pencil.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.  Time for Tea!

Avon Garden Club

Table #14 Third Place Winners

Bluebirds Bring Happiness

Table #14 By: The Garden Club of Avon

Welcome to our Eastern Bluebird habitat, where you will discover the charm of Bluebirds, their characteristics, their importance to farmers, and their friendly nature.  Learn to identify and attract Bluebirds to your backyard with specific nesting boxes. Join others in saving and promoting their population and walk away with a smile, understanding that these beautiful and gentle songbirds are truly Bluebirds of Happiness.  The Garden Club of Avon supports conservation and civic outreach and stimulates interest in gardening and related activities.

Reflection in the Garden

Table #1 Adventures in Decorating LLC By Marie Speich & Ann Ryan

Whether the garden is Classic, Modern, Romantic, or Exotic, this is the place to relax, a sanctuary with a delightful book, a cup of tea, or a glass of wine. Vibrant colors, fragrant air, and rose petals falling to the ground, it is a place to find your center, your thoughts, and your imagination.  Reading how to bake a beautiful cake, sharing adventurous stories, or just letting the day end with a fairy tale, the garden is the place to be.

 

bodytalk

Tickled Pink

Table #5 By Anna Mancinone, Bodytalk

Bodytalk is tickled pink to invite you to our fashionably dressed spring garden party.  Bring your whimsy, smile, and sparkle amidst our florals, candlelight, sequins, crystals, and more. Tables 2024! Thank you, Tina, from Blooms and Taste by Spellbound, for elevating our Body Talk table!

 

 

Everythings Coming Up Roses

Table #6 By Rita Borden, Riverside Nursery

A table set for tea using plates and accessories emblazoned with roses. Riverside Nursery has been Making the Farmington Valley Beautiful for Over 40 Years.

 

march maddness

March Madness

Table #2 By: Kathy Aronne, Ginny Dunn, Marilyn Neumayer and Park Hill Joyce Florist, Manchester,

CTBasketballs and Flowers by the Perennial Planters Garden Club

Avon Canton Rotary

Table #3 By Avon Canton Rotary

Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders and problem solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves.  Please come & join us!

 

the north house table

Eggceptional Easter Brunch

Table # 7 By: Christine Chabot, The North House

A beautiful table by our generous hosts, The North House. Celebrate Easter Brunch with bright pastel Fiestaware; sterling silver and vintage bubble glassware and forsythia branches decorated with colorful eggs.

avonolpoly

‘AVON-OPOLY’

Table #9 By: Laura A. Conner

Step into the fantasy game of 'AVON-OPOLY'. Roll the dice to 'walk' down Main Street, to see if you win a prize at one of the Town's businesses between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Each square on the gameboard represents a local business and some have generously donated a small gift card as prizes.

Simply Charming

Table #10 By: Sally Dengenis

Casual Dining – Tiffany – Limoges – France Chinaware Pattern “American Garden” and “Blue Band” c. 1980 plus flatware and accessories.

 

Doms-table11

Happiness of Life

Table # 11 By Dom's Coffee

Dom's Coffee Winners of The Best Of Hartford Magazine #2017 #2018 #2019 #2020 #2022.  Offering European-style coffee shop in the Farmington Valley!

Riding with Love

RIding with Love

Table #12 By 1847 House Antiques, Barbara Krohner & Mary Ricci, Decorator

Our daughter, Heidi, grew up loving horses and made a career teaching dressage.  Her daughter, Emily, followed in her mother’s footsteps.  To honor Heidi’s memory, I want to show the beauty that horses brought to their lives.

Spring Has Sprung

Table #16 By: Leslie Groundwater

In my Spring has Sprung table setting, I want to showcase the beautiful green and blue hues of a floral tablescape. How fun would this be for a Tea party or Spring fete?! In this tablescape you’ll find Antique depression glass including jadeite, Fun mismatched depression glass pieces thrifted or picked from tag sales, Mix of plastic and glass drinkware so you could have the party inside or al fresco, Flower bunches from Trader Joes, I like to have mismatched flowers with different textures to give you a fun centerpiece.

 

knitted hats

Zen and the Art of Knitting

Table #17 By: Hither & Yarn / Cynthia Yanok

Knitting best reflects the complexities of life.  As a metaphor for understanding the web of unity connecting all life, and as a practice that puts one in touch with the simultaneous fragility and strength of life, knitting is both expansive and fertile.  Knitting is like life.  We have to enjoy the journey if we expect the destination to be meaningful.

peacock decor

Rare Elegance

Table #12 By: Janet M. Conner

White peacocks or peafowl have missing pigmentation known as Leucism, and some have Albinism.  They have blue eyes.  There is an estimated 1 in 30,000 chance of a white peacock being born, and both types are very rare. This table reflects an absence of color with white damask tablecloth and napkins.  If you look closely, you will see the inspiration for the table centerpiece of white peacocks.  Gleaming crystal stemware, elegant dinnerware, and glass and crystal accents and serveware add sparkle.  The peacock centerpiece is covered in silk white rose petals, gemstone blue eyes, and magnificent fresh floral tailpiece.

Ethan Allen Table

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Table #13 By: Ethan Allen

Inspired by the 1961 Comedy/Romance film starring Audrey Hepburn and the old romantic ideals of Hollywood’s glitz and glamour.  This classic movie was nominated for five Academy Awards (winning 2) and nominated for 6 Grammy Awards (winning 5).

 

dinner setting

Romantic Dinner by the Sea

Table # 15 By: The Garden Club of Hartford

Designers: Jan M. Hickcox, floral designer and Jilly Walsh, ceramic & textile designer. The water tickles the shore with dinner romance – a delicious meal to be served on beautifully hand-painted majolica ceramics made in Deruta, Italy.  The seaweed design of coral sand and seashells enables and inspires the floral creativity.

leather by carolyn Mac

Sand and Salt

Table #20 By: Carolyn Mackenzie, Leather Artisan

Drawing inspiration from sandy beaches and salty waters, this table captures the essence of summer days. Showcasing my collection of handcrafted bags embracing light fresh colors or the spring and summer season. Each piece is unique, carefully handmade from responsibly sourced Italian leathers.  Here’s to Summer ’24.

 

Oma's Pride

It's Raining Cats & Dogs

Table #23 By: Oma’s Pride

Keep your cats and dogs health with the truly all-natural, raw diet they were meant to enjoy. All of Oma’s Pride ingredients are specific to what they would find in the wild to ensure they are provided with the proper nutrition to live long, healthy, happy lives….in loving homes out of the rain.

 

take tea

Two Hours of Respite & Delight

Table #24 By: Take Tea, a British Style Tea Room

Take Tea is a destination in Avon, CT where guests can enjoy a leisurely “afternoon tea” similar to what is offered in Ireland and Great Britain.  Our prix fixe, table d’hote menu typically consists of tea sandwiches and canapes, scones and tea bread, small desserts (like biscuits, small cakes, puddings or possets) and, of course, tea.  Join us soon for two hours of respite and delight.

table 18

And the Winner Is...

Table #18 By: Lynn & Lawrence Katulka

Lights! Camera! Action! You are cordially invited to dinner and a show!  Please join us for an evening of nostalgia, memorable films in a glamorous and elegant setting fit for a Hollywood star.  Enjoy the ambiance, raise a glass, and take a moment to participate and vote for your flash-back favorite in four different categories.  At the end of the extravaganza, perhaps your choices will match the announcement of “And the winner is…”

Miller Foods

Miller Farms Cares

Table #21 By: Cal Miller-Stevens, Miller Farms Cares

Helping to feed 100,000 people in 2023, we look to 2024 together with our community to feed even more!

 

Nourish Table

Nourish

Table # 26 By: Terry Waters; Designers: Maryann Haar & Jan M. Hickcox

NOURISH reflects the wisdom and beauty of the seasons. Eating in balance with our environment – a plant-based diet of foods grown locally for maximum taste and nutrition – empowers us to maintain balance, supports our local farmers and economy, and helps us achieve sustainable good health for ourselves and our food system. The NOURISH table combines the rich colors found in nature, the simple beauty of fresh vegetables and herbs, and the wisdom of local best-selling cookbook author, Terry Walters’, award-winning self-published plant-based cookbook, NOURISH.

WHODUNIT

Table #25 By:  Susan Talbot

One of the guests attending a formal dinner party has been found dead.  Who could have committed this heinous murder?  A spurned lover? A disgruntled employee? A greedy relative who is named in the will? Several of the guests seated at Table #25 have left in haste, leaving clues behind…but we may never know whodunit!

 

Americana Road Trip

Table #27 By:  Yesterday’s Treasures / Laura Hunt

Take a vintage road trip 50’s & 60’s style!  A bit of nostalgia for you to go back to…slow down, remember and enjoy!

Lemon llama

Bunny Hop – into Spring

Table #19 By: LemonLlama Boutique for Kids

Who doesn’t love a bunny?  Whether it’s a popular print for baby clothes or a super soft plush for any age, bunnies have been symbolic of Spring since ancient times.  So enjoy this rebirth of nature with bunnies, spring flowers and, of course, Easter eggs.

TABLESCAPES 2024

We invite you to join us in the Avon Historical Society’s fundraising event entitled TABLESCAPES!

The event will be held on Friday, March 15, from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm & Saturday, March 16, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the historic North House in the Belle Ballroom on Route 44 in Avon, Connecticut.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the renovations of Schoolhouse No. 3, located on Route 44, transforming into a modern museum of Avon’s history scheduled to open in 2024.