A Dinner Party with an Autumn Glow

This time of year makes me light candles, simmer some soups, and spend evenings entertaining.

Maybe because summer offers so much outdoor fun and the sun shines so late into the day that by the time I’m ready to settle in for the evening, my day is done?

With dark filling up around me early I am not ready for the day to be over and am looking for ways to prolong them, and not succumb to sitting in my chair and watching tv too early.

And there is something about turning off the overheads and turning on ambient lighting that feels cozy and welcoming.  This time of year, I can do that at dinner time.  In the summer, by the time it’s dark enough to enjoy any twinkle lights, it’s too late for me, I am done for the night. 

To change my table from summer to fall for a party, I chose my plates with the warmest tone of pink flowers and layered them with these amber glass plates, then added some fall leaf paper napkins.  I had a good excuse to use my light up, glass pumpkins from Homegoods too. (I’d buy dozens of those if I could get away with it, they are so pretty!)  

I don’t go full on autumn around here.  I keep using my pink rose items, and just warm them up here and there, like with the dried hydrangeas.