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

and

Marty at A Stroll Thru Life Table Top Tuesday

Click here to see where else I may be partying this week. 

AND
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Spring Is Here!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of iBulb for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
It's spring and I am finally seeing some signs of it around the yard!  I was able to go out the other evening and clean up my back garden a bit.  To my utter delight I saw some tulips breakingthrough the still cold ground! Soon, I will see colors such as these below! There is nothing that brightens the day like cut tulips!

My very favorite type of gardening is using bulbs.  They are just so easy!  In the fall I just dig a hole, drop in some bulbs, cover it back up and wait for warmer, longer days and there they are!  It's almost like magic! Tulips, daffodils, hyacinth, lilies, the choices and colors are endless really!
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But bulbs aren't only for using the garden. Potted bulbs are the perfect solution if you forgot to plant your flower bulbs in the fall and are kicking yourself now that you see the  daffodils and tulips starting to bloom.  Keep them indoors and just repot in your own favorite pot to to bring Spring indoors.
Using thrift store finds, you could create all kinds of wonderful Spring vignettes. Or, maybe, even give some as gifts. Once again, the possibilities are only limited by your imagination! 

You can even find Ibulb potted plants at grocery stores, garden centers, and flower shops.

Find even more inspiration using bulbs here:http://pinterest.com/digdropdone/