Greatest Spring Tablescape Ever Toad

April 04, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I did a Frog Spring tablescape two years ago but it was green and white. You can see that tablescape here. But I wanted to use all my frogs again and do something different so I searched Spoonflower online for a frog tablecloth and when this one popped up I knew I had found exactly what I needed. And before someone points out the difference between frogs and toads, yes, I know the difference, (after looking it up…always the librarian), and these are all probably toads and not frogs but for the sake of this table setting I am using the word frogs.

This tablecloth is such a happy one and the colors are perfect for Spring. It could easily be used on a Tropical themed tablescape as well.

I really wanted a frog shaped salad plate for this table setting but as sometimes is the case I could find five that I liked but not the sixth one so I went with these salad plates that I had already. I bought these Bordallo Pinheiro frog salad plates on Ebay a couple of years ago. I love the raised design of little frogs on lily pads on the lip of the plate and there are also small butterflies among the flowers.

The true pink color of this dinner plate shows more accurately in the previous photo. My phone camera sometimes washes colors out a bit. I found these pink stoneware dinner plates at Pier 1 online last year. Other than this pink flatware set I haven’t had much pink in my tablescaping collection for years so I have been trying to increase items in that color for a while now. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

This is a Mikasa Color Spectrum Charger in the color Alpine White. I have this charger in several different colors and I bought them all on Ebay as I saw them over a few years. The Internet says that this pattern was only made between 1992 and 1993. I am not sure that is true but in any case they are no longer being manufactured. I have been trying to get six of this color and pattern for years with no success until this last month when suddenly I found six at different places online after occasional google searches. You need to have patience when you are looking for things for tablescaping, that’s for sure!

This pink frosted flatware set was made by Bugatti for Vietri and the pattern was called Aladdin Brilliant. I bought the set at Macys several years ago. I have several sets of frosted flatware. These are 18/10 stainless, and I really like the frosted design. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I felt sure that I had a pink napkin set that I could use on this tablescape but none of the pink napkins that I have were the right shade of pink to match the tablecloth so I found these pink cotton napkins on Amazon a few days ago. They are nice casual napkins and they survived the washer and dryer and ironed well so I may buy some other colors. I found the metal frog napkin rings a few years ago at Hobby Lobby and Hubby painted them green for me. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these frog tea light candles on Amazon a few years ago. I love that little face! I have them sitting on my Oleg Cassini clear glass place card holders. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago when I first started tablescaping. They are heavy and solid and I really like the simple design. I often use them as a stand for place card items. I see them for sale on Ebay from time to time. You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here. Just looked back at this and realized that I forgot to add the place cards!

The green acrylic goblet on the left came from our Pier 1 store before it closed a few years ago. I bought the pink glass goblet on the right at World Market four years ago. True pink goblets are hard to find, they often are called pink when they are actually a coral color. When I saw these I grabbed them and then they quickly sold out so others were looking for them too! You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I found this frog figure at a Grocery Outlet store while we were on vacation two summers ago and it was really inexpensive. When I am out and about I am constantly looking for centerpiece ideas. Hubby was dragging his feet about buying it but when I told him I had been looking at frog cookie jars for three times the price he quickly changed his mind! I love the expression on this frog’s face, his eyes, and his feet. He is sitting on a small white plastic stand that probably came from HomeGoods several years ago.

I have so many candle holders and candles so I decided that this year I would try to use them more often. Then I saw this Venezia Smoke Green glass candle holder at Crate and Barrel online and the shape reminded me of a lily pad so I bought two to add to this tablescape on each side of the centerpiece. It comes in three different sizes but I bought the shortest ones. They have this candle holder in Deep Blue and Clear as well. They can also be used for flowers. They are really delicate glass and I love them.

We have had tiny frogs in our garden the past few years although I have only heard them once this Spring so far. I think it has been too cold for them. They are about the size of two thumbnails. I love hearing them croak although it doesn’t sound like a croak, it’s a loud weird scratchy sound. I hope they come back and stay a while!

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A Bee Bedecked Spring Tablescape

March 28, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I did a bee tablescape four years ago, and then a different one three years ago, and then another different one two years ago as well. But when I saw this bee tablecloth at HomeGoods a few months ago I flashed on all the gray tablescape items that I already have and I decided to do another bee table setting. This tablecloth has a label that says The Farmhouse, Rachel Ashwell. Gray is an unusual color for a Spring tablescape but after completing 220+ tablescapes I need to branch out a bit and go beyond the norm sometimes.

These bee themed salad plates came from Wayfair online. They came in a set of four with four different designs. The plate designs were created by artist Susan Winget and the plates were made by Certified International. When I saw them I knew that they would be a perfect match for the tablecloth.

This is a Fiesta dinner plate in their newer shape Bistro and the color is called Daffodil. The Bistro shape offers a wider food surface and deeper well and it looks a bit more modern than the Fiesta Classic plates. I bought these Fiesta dinner plates online at Everything Kitchens LLC three years ago. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This Gray stoneware charger or dinner plate came from Pottery Barn. I love this plate, I also have it in other colors. The pattern is called Cambria. It is the perfect size to be either a dinner plate or a charger plate, I love plates that have that kind of versatility.

I have had this frosted Light Gray flatware set for several years. The flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy. I bought it at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. This pattern is called Vietri Aladdin Brilliant (not Antique). There are similar frosted patterns available online now. I have this set in other colors too because I really like the frosted design. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I bought these yellow gold cotton napkins at World Market several years ago. I found the bee napkin rings on Amazon last month. They are such a good match for the tablecloth. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

This beehive place card holder went through quite a metamorphosis. I found them online at Oriental Trading a few years ago. They were in the Easter section and they were lemon yellow. Inside was a plastic bumblebee. I bought them because I knew Hubby could paint them for me and then he attached a wooden base so that they could stand. I already had the tiny bumblebees so I added a few just for fun. I set them on a small square bronze place card holder. I can’t remember where they came from. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I can’t remember where the smokey gray glass goblet on the left came from. I have had them for several years. They were made by Greenbrier Glass. The gold Poly/Carb goblet on the right was made by Le Cadeaux and the pattern is called Fleur. We found them at a gift shop on one of our trips up the coast several years ago but they were really expensive so we only bought a few of them. I had been looking for that color for a long time and after we got home, I found them much cheaper online so I bought a few more. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I found this white porcelain honeycomb cookie jar at Williams Sonoma online last month. I love using cookie jars as centerpieces, they are always the right size. I set it on a small white cake stand that I found at HomeGoods several years ago. The two wood bees that I placed on each side of the cookie jar came from a local gift shop. Looks like they were just made for this tablescape.

If you look very closely you can just see this tiny glass bee to the left of the centerpiece on this tablescape. I have had it for years, I don’t remember where I got it but I knew it belonged on this table. It is a favorite of mine.

I am not a real fan of bees although I know we need them and I try to plant flowers for them but I had fun pulling this table together.

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An Easter Tablescape

March 21, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This is a different version of one of the first Easter tablescapes that I ever created from five years ago although I have made some changes to it since then. I found the polyester Easter tablecloth at HomeGoods five years ago. The brand was called Hip + Hop.

I love these egg shaped salad plates, especially the raised design on them. This yellow ceramic egg plate came from HomeGoods several years ago and it was made by Magenta. I have the same plate in blue, pink, and green.

This fuchsia dinner plate is plastic and it was made by Max Studios Home. I think I found them at HomeGoods several years ago. The color is a perfect match for the fuchsia flowers on the tablecloth.

I have had these turquoise blue glass charger plates for several years, I think I bought them on Amazon. They were made by Bormioli Rocco, an Italian company, and the pattern was called Inca. I have them in a few other colors as well. They are heavy glass and I really love how solid they are.

I bought this frosted blue flatware on sale online at Wayfair several ago. It was made by Cambridge and the pattern was called Barcelona Pearlized. It is 18/0 so the fork tines are a bit sharper than I would like but I really liked the bright blue frosted color and the simple design. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think these bright blue cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods several years ago. They are a good match for the blue flowers on the tablecloth.

These ceramic Easter Bunny standing napkin rings were designed by Johanna Parker. They came in a set of four and the bunny stand was four different colors. I love that cute bunny face! I found them on Ebay last year.

I found these bunny and egg place card holders at HomeGoods several years ago.

The yellow place cards came from Amazon.

I found these fuchsia and turquoise goblets at HomeGoods several years ago. They were labeled Le Stelle Cristal Italy. I like the etched design with the butterflies and flowers.

This centerpiece white bunny came from Pottery Barn several years ago. I found the wood eggs on Amazon last week and Hubby painted them for me. The bunny is sitting on a green drink dispenser stand from Pottery Barn that I bought many years ago.

Getting ready for an Easter celebration!

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Lambs on an Easter Tablescape

March 14, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

Since I started tablescaping I have created ten different Easter tablescapes. You can see them all here, (scroll down to Easter). I have done the usual Easter themes, bunnies and Easter eggs, so now I am looking for different ideas. Three years ago I did a yellow chick theme for Easter (you can see that one here). I had been pondering other ideas since then and I decided that lambs would work. I found these cute plates and then I found this cute lamb tablecloth on sale at Spoonflower online last month. If you look closely at the tablecloth you can see four leaf clovers on it so it would work for St. Patrick’s Day too as well as Spring.

I love these vintage style ceramic salad plates with their scalloped edge. I have them for a few different holidays now. These lamb salad plates are made by Mr. Christmas and this design is called Mr. Cottontail, Follow the Magic. When I am looking for a certain plate design, once I find what I want, I google the name and buy them online wherever they are the cheapest. These lamb salad plates came from Ebay and Poshmark last month.

After I bought the salad plates I was trying to decide what color the dinner plates should be. I kept noticing the large pink bow and the other pink accents on the salad plate. I have a few different pink dinner plates but they tend toward a peach color rather than a true pink. I decided to check Amazon and these LIYH pink plastic dinner plates popped out with matching salad plates. I took a gamble that the pink color was a true pink and I bought them because I knew that I could easily return them with free shipping if they didn’t work. The actual pink color is a bit brighter pink than this photo shows. I like the color and the ruffled edge and I am happy that I finally have plates that are a true pink color.

I have a pink charger that matches the dinner plate but when I put them all together with the salad plate it was too much pink and it looked too much like a baby shower so I pulled these turquoise glass chargers and they worked. I have had these turquoise blue glass charger plates for several years, I think I bought them on Amazon. They were made by Bormioli Rocco, an Italian company, and the pattern was called Inca. I have them in a few other colors as well. They are heavy glass and I really love how solid they are.

I pulled blue, turquoise and pink flatware sets to try on this tablescape but the pink set looked the best. This pink frosted flatware set was made by Bugatti for Vietri and the pattern was called Aladdin Brilliant. I bought the set at Macys several years ago. I have several sets of frosted flatware, these are 18/10 stainless, and I really like the frosted design. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think the napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago, I love the intense turquoise color. Two years ago I did a Summer Farm Animals tablescape and I bought these lamb napkin rings to use on that tablescape. I found them on Ebay and they were made by Lipco. You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here.

Here is the Farm Animals table setting from two years ago with the same lamb napkin ring. Originally the lamb had a red ribbon around its neck but Hubby repainted it for me for this tablescape.

These Kate Aspen lamb place card holders came from Ebay last month. I bought the pink place cards on Amazon a few years ago.

The turquoise acrylic goblet on the left came from Pier 1 several years ago. I have this goblet design style in several colors in acrylic and in glass and I use them often. I found the pink glass goblet at World Market a couple of years ago. Tall true pink glass goblets are difficult to find so I am happy to have these. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

I had been on the lookout for a lamb centerpiece for several months. I was meeting some librarian friends at a restaurant down the freeway a bit and there was a small group of gift shops and an outdoor shopping area there as well. I got there early and as I was wandering around I suddenly saw this larger lamb. It was labeled as vintage but I am not sure that it is. They are made of some kind of clay I think. I saw the smaller lambs too but I didn’t buy them, (a mistake!) because I thought I could find a couple of smaller lambs to add to the tablescape somewhere else. I was still looking with no luck when Hubby was planning a trip south to pick up something and I decided to have him stop by and buy the smaller two matching lambs as well. I was lucky that they were still there! I added pink ribbons to them that I bought on Amazon to match the salad plates.

I like the soft colors on this tablescape, they always seem to signify Spring to me.

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