Set Your Table with Flair—A Cheerful Spring Tablescape

Hello, all in the Bloggerverse and beyond!  I hope that life is treating you well.  Today is the first official day of spring, so I wanted to share a simple tablescape idea to garner in an atmosphere befitting the season featuring a cheerful color palette and flowers.  I just love the combination of blue, white, and yellow for spring!  I feel it brings sunshine right to the table.  I hope you enjoy!

 

This table began with a creamy white damask topper.  I followed up with beaded silver chargers, blue and white transferware, and cheery yellow petal saucers.  I also included a lovely platter for serving.

The centerpiece consisted of bright yellow tulips adorned with a sweet little nest of chocolate eggs on an antique doily, placed in an antique Chinoiserie planter.

Closeup.

Silver flatware, cobalt goblets, and fluted champagne glasses along with dainty pastry forks complete the setting.

Completed tablescape.

From my collection:

Damask topper, TJ Maxx/HomeGoods

Beaded silver chargers, generic

Blue and white transferware plates, Spode Blue Room Collection 

Platter, Spode Blue Italian

Pastry forks, Spode Blue Italian

Yellow petal saucers, Ambiance Daffodils Collection, Horchow/Neiman Marcus

Silver flatware, Wallace Silversmiths Antique Baroque Collection, Horchow/Neiman Marcus

Cobalt goblets, generic

Chinoiserie planter, Antique, unknown maker, from Local Antique Shoppe

Champagne flutes, Ralph Lauren Crystal, Aston Collection

Happy Spring!!

Until next we meet,

--Y

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Set Your Table With Flair--Just Add Green

Hello, all!  Hasn't the weather been curious?  We have had rain by the bucketful followed by very crisp winter-like days, and just this week, an abundance of sunshine.  Oh, California weather, you are stanchly unchanging in that you are always changing.  Constantly.  I am glad though, that the drought has finally gone! 




Saint Patrick's Day is this weekend, and it may be cliché, but the best way to decorate for this fun day is to just add green!  This setting is super simple, unfussy, and festive.  A charming celadon topper adorned with pretty china and uncomplicated flowers seemed like a great way to keep things low-key this year.









A recent find are these beautiful white and green antique dishes.  This gorgeous china is elegant, yet when paired with a fun cabbage saucer and a cupcake prepared in a silicone "terra cotta" pot, the setting becomes much less frou-frou, more lighthearted, and definitely indicative of the forthcoming springtime, which I await eagerly each year.







How easy is this!?  I used a heart-shaped mold to make candy melt shamrocks and adorned each little cupcake "pot" with a festive green ribbon.  A sprinkle of green and white sugar completed the potted cakes.







This cake, which is served on the matching platter, is delightful chocolate decorated with white frosting, green and white sugar granules, and a hand-drawn candy melt shamrock.  Easy!







I added a few cute napkins for dainty dabs...aren't they fun!?






The completed tablescape:







I hope the weather is fair where you dwell...until next we meet, Happy Saint Patrick's Day!








From my collection:


Celadon damask topper, Lauren Ralph Lauren, HomeGoods
Antique Green and White China, Walbrzych Poland, Local Antique Shoppe
Teapot, Godinger
Cabbage saucers, Maxcera, HomeGoods
Terracotta Pots, Wilton
Napkins, TJ Maxx/HomeGoods







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Set Your Table with Flair--Spring Tea

I've always loved the idea of the English high tea. Perhaps it has to do with my love for Lewis Carroll as a child. Nevertheless, here is how I incorporated some adorable finds into a lovely setting for a tea brunch in the garden. Here are a few shots of the table, sans linen. 

Centerpiece.    I chose blooms of soft green and white; these colors epitomize garden for me.

Closeup of the plates.  I just love these butterfly dishes, I think they are darling for springtime!

The setting.

To give an outdoor setting a more rustic feel, you can add unironed linen.  Not ironing the linen provides an antique feel for this setting. 

Close up. 

From my collection:

Butterfly dinnerware from Horchow/Neiman Marcus

Ralph Lauren Glen Plaid barware

Stemware, Generic

Shoe and Handbag cake service, Neiman Marcus 

Tea service, Godinger Hotel Collection, Horchow/Neiman Marcus

Faux Snapdragons and blue apothecary jars used as vases, Tai Pan Trading

Green Faux hydrangeas, Walmart

Peony napkin holders, Bed, Bath and Beyond

Tea Cart, local antique

Bench, hand-built by yours truly ☺

 

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Set Your Table with Flair--Romantic Garden Table setting

This time of year, most people love to be out-of-doors enjoying a backyard BBQ. If you are a romantic at heart like I am, the idea of a sweet garden soirée at dusk is for you.

Here, I played up the romance of that theme by using a sweet, muted palette. 

From my collection:

Ralph Lauren Glen Plaid Barware

Stemware, Generic 

Blue and Cream Damask Plates, Corrine Collection, Horchow 

Charger plates, Pottery Barn

Blue Apothecary Jars and White Faux Snapdragons, Tai Pan Trading

Green Faux Hydrangeas, Walmart 

Cortona Collection Extending Table, Pottery Barn

Bench, hand-built by yours truly ❤

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