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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Saying Good-Bye To Winter Rustic Tablescape

With Spring just days away and all of us being just sick to death with this winter we have been dealing with, I set a table specifically to say Buh-Bye to Old Man Winter!

I had purchased these plates off of Craiglist last year. 

I love how they look like they are cross-stitched. And the deer in the center of the salad plate is...well..dear! I know I could have used them during the Christmas season, and they would have been perfect, but I saw them more as winter dishes.

They came as a set of four dinner and four salad plates. 

I could have played off of the blue but I decided to use the light touches of green in the plates for some of the accessories, like the napkins and the green ball jars.

I had picked up the wooden coasters at World Market over the holidays.

The birch wrapped candles were an after Christmas clearance find.

And that sweet moose tooshy you see above?  

My mother-in-law, Linda, saw it at Lowes and bought it for me for my birthday.

The cute yellow butterfly on his antler surely means Spring IS coming!

Speaking of birthday gifts and antlers, my dear friend Christine that blogs over at Rustic And Refined knew I had fallen in love with her use of antlers and sent me a beautiful basket filled with burlap, purple mesh and 4 antlers of my very own! 

I scrunched up the burlap into a runner for the center of the table and also used some to wrap around a candle in the lantern for the centerpiece.

I then lovingly placed the antlers here and there around the lantern.

Thank you so much Christine!  Look at me!  I'm all Rustic and Refined now too!

Now that I have set the table to say good-bye to winter, I can't wait to set the next tablescape, Hello Spring!!

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An Oscar-Worthy After Party

This post is sponsored by World Market. All opinions are 100% my own.

I love awards season!  Always have!  As a young girl, I would pretend I was a contender and practice my acceptance speech. I'd be sure to thank all of the little people that got me to where I am today.  Of course, I couldn't forget to thank my handsome husband, David Cassidy, for all of his undying love and support! 

In honor of the last big awards show, The Oscars, I decided to set a table befitting all of the big stars for an after party at my house!

My first stop was World Market of course. The have all of the entertaining essentials needed for an award winning party!

I started with my favorite black tablecloth and then added a gold square charger. Next came a solid black dinner plate and a white, gold and black salad plate. 

The design on the salad plate looks like O's, for Oscar! My vintage gold plated flatware was the perfect choice for this star studded fete!

Of course, there really are no losers on awards night at my party so, I made sure each setting had it's own statue to remind them that they are all winners!

I have been eyeing this mirrored serving tray at World Market forever and it finally found it's way home with me! 

It's the perfect piece to hold champagne glasses, an ice bucket and some sparkling wine! 

Some bright red flowers from the mark down section at my grocery store add the perfect amount of color.

I think these pillar candle holders bring the right amount of elegance to the table.

Each guest also received a gift bag, full of high end goodies and lots of sparkle.

A fun table full of glitz and glamour for my special guests to unwind after the ceremonies are over! 

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