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
Don't forget to come by on Tuesday's

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Let It Snow~Snowman Table

Yes, I did work in the yard some this weekend.
Yes, it was in the 60's.
And yes, it is now cold.
Yes, it is still winter here so, I decided to set,
what I hope to be, my final tablescape for this season.

I had purchased this set of 4 snowman plates at Goodwill several years ago.
I paid 49 cents each for them at the time.

Each one has a different snowman scene on them.

Then, on a different shopping trip to Goodwill I found the matching mugs!

Also on sale for 49 cents each!

What I especially love about them is that they all have red cardinals on them. 
My favorite bird even though we don't see them here.
I chose a red charger to compliment the sweet birds.

The napkins were another thrift store find at $1.50 for four of them. 

Small rectangular blue baking dishes from Michael's at each setting
hold the makings for hot cocoa to keep us warm.

The centerpiece is a gathering of my favorite snowmen and women that I saved out
when we packed Christmas away.

My mother-in-law loves snowmen.  She says they are always happy.

Look how happy they look sitting on those rounds of ice! 

Snowflake votives from Yankee candle must be helping to keep them warm.

Or, maybe it's the snowflake tapers set high in crystal holders?

I wonder if they will be as happy as I will be to see Spring arrive?

I know the warm sun will melt them away but, I know too

that summer will pass too quickly and

the snowmen will once again make an appearance on my lawn

and on my table.

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
Don't forget to come by on Tuesday's

for my link party.