Welcoming Spring Tablescape

Ah Spring!  My favorite season of the year! I could not wait to set a Spring tablescape to welcome you into our home!

I wanted to greet Spring with all of the colors of the season. Bright colors and pastels all seemed appropriate.

I started with my favorite Spring plaid tablecloth and then added a bright green charger, my favorite Spring dinner plates, Forget-Me-Not pattern by English Staffordshire and a white embossed salad plate, an unnamed Johnson Bros. pattern.

My MIL, Linda, has been such a fun helper in setting my tables.  She folded up the pale pink napkins and found the pretty flower napkin rings in my large stash. We both agreed, placing them on the plates adds the perfect height to the stack. 

When I saw these drawer dividers at IKEA recently, I just knew they would NOT be used to control Mr. B's socks!

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I knew they would be the perfect garden fence for my Spring table centerpiece!

I used a faux grass mat from Hobby Lobby and added a sweet yellow bird and some faux daffodils. Remember, it's not what it is but, what it can be!

I have had this gardening book forever and I think it is perfect for this table! 

I added in some sparkle on the table with Godinger crystal water goblets, canape plates, salt & pepper, butter dish and sugar and creamer.

I think my Godinger collection is growing as fast as my Candlewick!

Even though the days are longer and the sun shines later, you sometimes need some candle light. 

I purchased these sweet wheelbarrow votive holders from Kirkland's on clearance for $1.79 each. 

The only thing new for this Spring tablescape, with the exception of the garden fence, are fresh flowers from the grocery store.  They recently opened a new King Soopers (part of the Kroger family of stores) near me and I am thrilled that they have a big selection of marked down bouquets in the floral department. This bunch set me back all of $4.99!

I can't wait until flowers start blooming throughout the neighborhood! 

So tell me, are you anxious for Spring or, has it already arrived in your area?

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Walking On Sunshine

My friend Kathleen at Cuisine Kathleen is having a themed table

challenge for her Let's Dish party this week.  

Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees! 

Here is my entry: 

Like pretty much of the rest of the country, Spring is nowhere in sight
here in Colorado!
Snow, wind, cold! Yuck!
My hyacinths are a mushy mess having been frozen and thawed numerous times.
I have had enough I tell you!

So, to try and lift my mood, 
I set a sunny cheery tablescape to, hopefully, 
beckon Spring into my neck of the woods.

Pardon the glaring white tablecloth. 
Believe it or not the actual sun decided to shine
just as I was taking photos LOL!

The placemats are actually a rug from Ikea. 
Once I saw it in the store I knew I was going to cut it up
and use it for a table.  It screamed grass to me!
One rug at $9.99 gave me four placemats!
The runner is also from Ikea (do I love that place or what?!).
The dinner plate and mug are from the Dollar Tree.
The bowls were a freebie from Ms K from when I helped her move
a few months ago.
When I showed her a picture of this table, she said she may want them back.
Sorry Ms K!  They are mine now LOL!

There are two with the wheelbarrow and tulip.

And two with the polka dot coffee cup and daisy.
The pink napkins came from the thrift store.
If I recall correctly, I paid around $1.00 for four of them.

The flatware has been used before and were a gift from Mr. B.

The water glasses are our everyday goblets.

The flowers for the center of the table came from the floral clearance

section at the grocery store.

The mums were a whooping $2.99 each!  
When we get warmer weather, I will plant them in the front garden.  
I will divide them in half and get double the plants! 
By next year, they will be just as full as they are now.
I keep telling you, hit the floral department and if you don't see
any plants or flowers on clearance, ask!

I even bought an extra one in yellow for the buffet.
I wrapped the pot with some of the fabric leftover from my craft room update.
I told you I'd find some use for the extra fabric I bought!

The sunshiny yellow tulips were marked down to $3.99 for the bunch.

I placed them in a Teleflora vase from Mr. B.
The pattern on the vase is called Monet.

Seeing this table just lifts my spirits.

And while the grass outside is, once again, covered in snow,
I can look at this table I set, and feel like 
I am walking on sunshine, woh-oh!

 

I always share my tables with

Kathleen at Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch Tablescape Thursday

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Marty at A Stroll Thru Life Table Top Tuesday

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Spring China Cabinet

I was going to set my china cabinet up for St Patrick's day and then thought I do it up Easter. 
In the end, I instead decided to go full on Spring.

I am soooo ready for Spring!  Rumor has it, after a blizzard yesterday, that we may see temperatures in the 70's by the end of the week!
Oh that would make my heart happy!

I started with a bright Spring plaid scrapbook paper to line the back of the cabinet with.

I then brought out my favorite Spring dishes. They are from American Living at JCP and were a Mother's Day gift from Mr. B several years ago.
I love the colors and the flowers.

I found a couple of plate racks at Bed, Bath & Beyond last week, on clearance, and they hold my smaller plates nicely.

The Noritake dessert plates were a birthday gift from my mother-in-law.

She knows I love anything with flowers and even more so if they are on plates!

I wanted to keep the cabinet clean and simple. Soon we will be starting
Spring cleaning and I am so done with clutter!

Spring is just around the corner and I can't wait for it to arrive!

I always share my tables with

Kathleen at Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch Tablescape Thursday

and

Marty at A Stroll Thru Life Table Top Tuesday

6 Days Of Spring

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