A Pink Flamingo Tablescape

If you read my blog you know that my tablescapes are usually theme based and sometimes full of color. This tablescape is no exception, flamingos, an odd creature for sure, and very colorful. I found the tablecloth on Amazon several years ago and that started the design process. There are two large flamingos on the tablecloth but they are hidden by dishes so you can only see parts of them. The tablecloth design set the color scheme of pinks and greens for this tablescape.

I looked at a few dozen salad plates online with flamingos on them and couldn’t find anything that I really liked until I saw these online at Poshmark but they only had four. I quickly checked Ebay and luckily found another four there so that I would have six for my tablescape. They are melamine and they were made by Cynthia Rowley. I love the mixtures of pinks, greens, and blues.

This dinner plate was made by Fiesta and the color is called Meadow. I have Fiesta plates in Shamrock and Lemongrass but I wanted a medium green color to add to my tablescaping collection. It has been the perfect addition.

Hubby went to the Dollar Store a few years ago and bought silver chargers for me and then spray painted them this bright pink. I am going to have to do that more often. It is such an easy and inexpensive way to create chargers that are the right colors for your table setting.

I bought this stainless and plastic bamboo flatware set several years ago when I first started tablescaping. I can’t remember where I found the set, they are just marked Stainless, China but I see similar patterns are available online at several places.

I bought the tropical leaf napkins on Amazon several years ago. The flamingo napkin rings came from Wilford & Lee Home Accents online a few years ago. I love those long legs!

These small plastic flamingos came from Oriental Trading online a few years ago. They were in the Easter section and they can be opened.

I found the plastic goblet on the left at HomeGoods a few years ago. The green color and bamboo stem are a perfect match for this tablescape. These funny plastic pink flamingo goblets came from Oriental Trading online a few years ago too. I couldn’t resist them!

I found this ceramic flamingo figure at Bed, Bath & Beyond online a few years ago. There is actually a battery operated LED light inside. The flamingo is sitting on a bright green drink dispenser stand from Pottery Barn that I bought several years ago.

I found both flamingo salt and pepper sets on Amazon a few years ago.

I love all the pinks and greens together!

It’s a colorful tablescape, for sure!

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Bumblebees on a Spring Tablescape

I had fun pulling this tablescape together. Two years ago I set a bee tablescape but it was yellow and blue. I can’t remember what started the idea for a bumblebee theme. I think I saw some metal bumblebees for garden art in a mail order catalog (I get dozens of them every month). I figured I could use them as a centerpiece and then put them in the garden and I knew I already had yellow and black dishes so it went from there. I ended up buying the metal bumblebees on Amazon because I knew they would get here faster. As it happens sometimes, I ended up not using them for the centerpiece on this tablescape. I found something better. Hallmark has closed many of their stores but we still have one open here and it has a nice gift section. We went in because I was looking for a large butterfly (for another tablescape) and this bumblebee cookie jar was just sitting there. Hubby took one look at my face and he knew it was coming home with me as well as the salt and pepper set. Serendipity! I found the black and white buffalo check tablecloth on Amazon a couple years ago. It is heavy cotton and it is really easy to iron with a steam iron.

I searched for a while before I found these small melamine plates with a yellow honeycomb background and flying bumblebees. They came from Walmart last month and they were made by Gourmet Art. I like the strong yellow background design.

To make the plate stack colors harmonize with each other in a certain pattern I added two extra plates to the plate stack. I think the plate stack mirrors the stripes on a bumblebee. This small black plate is not marked but it might be a Fiesta plate, not sure where I bought them. I have had them for several years.

This salad plate was made by Bordallo Pinheiro in Portugal and the pattern is Morning Glory. I have this pattern in a few other colors as well. I bought them over the years a few at a time on Ebay. You can still find them for sale there. I really like the raised design and the rim pattern is a nice addition to this plate stack.

This black dinner plate was called Fun Factory and it was made by Waechtersbach. I have had them for several years and I can’t remember where I bought them. It is handy to have a basic black dinner plate in your tablescape collection.

This is a Color Spectrum charger by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time because I love the quality and the colors. I have them in several colors now. If you read my blog you saw these chargers last week on my Bunnies and Chicks tablescape.

This black flatware set is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had it for several years, not sure where I bought it. You can still find it for sale online.

I searched for a while before I found this flower and bumblebee napkin ring. I really wanted to use a napkin ring with just a bumblebee on it but I couldn’t find one that was the right color and wasn’t too expensive. I found these on Amazon and finally decided to buy them. They actually have grown on me a bit, I like the design, and they match the napkins perfectly. I found the napkins on Etsy, I really love the pattern on this fabric! It is so bright and cheerful and perfect for this tablescape.

This beehive place card holder went through quite a metamorphosis. I found them online at Oriental Trading a couple months 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 added a wooden base so they would stand. I already had the tiny bumblebees so I added a few for fun. I really like how they turned out.

The gold Poly/Carb goblet on the left 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 a couple 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. I bought these black goblets on Ebay and they were one of the first sets that I bought several years ago. They are Lenox Midnight Mood black glass water goblets and they were made between 1974 and 1982. They are 7 1/4 inches tall. When I started buying goblets I didn’t pay attention to the height but now I like to buy goblets that are at least about 8 inches tall because my table is large and I think they show better. You can still find them for sale on Ebay from time to time.

This bumblebee cookie jar was made by Gerson International and I bought it at our Hallmark store. It has such a cute face! It is sitting on a small black glass cake stand that I bought when I started tablescaping several years ago. I can’t remember where I bought it but it may have been HomeGoods.

I wanted something small on each side of the centerpiece. This matching bumblebee salt and pepper set is perfect.

I really wanted a black and yellow bumblebee honey jar but I settled for this yellow one from Amazon.

I love how the yellow and black play off each other on this tablescape.

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Bunnies and Chicks on an Easter Tablescape

I wasn’t planning to set another Easter tablescape this year but the kids have gotten their vaccines and one of our sons and his family are coming for Easter dinner so I knew I’d better have an Easter tablescape ready! I pulled this one together really fast. I have boxes of Easter decorations in the attic but I didn’t want to take the time to pull them down and go through them so I made do. We are eating family style with the food on the table instead of a buffet so I needed a simple centerpiece that could easily be removed. The tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods some years ago.

I found this set of Easter salad plates with vintage graphics at HomeGoods last month. They were made by Mr. Christmas. I was going to use them next year but oh well! They came as a set of four with four different designs so I bought two sets so that I would have six for a tablescape. I used three of the designs on this tablescape. I love the designs, they look like they came from a vintage Easter children’s book. This bunny with the bow and the flower is so cute!

This duckie holding a tulip is darling! I love his little outfit and bow tie. I love the pink scalloped rim around the plates too.

These plates are so darn cute! Love the bonnet and bows!

This is a Fiesta dinner plate and the color is Shamrock. If you read my blog you have seen this plate before. They came from Macy’s or the Fiesta site online. I have Fiesta plates in several colors and I often use them on my tablescapes.

This is a Color Spectrum charger by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time because I love the quality and the colors. I have them in several colors now and you will often see them on my tablescapes.

This flatware is called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market several years ago. If you google frosted flatware and add the color you are looking for you will find similar sets. I use this flatware often in the Spring and Fall.

I found these metal bunny napkin rings last month online on Postmark and then added a couple more from Ebay. I bought the napkins on Etsy a couple years ago.

I have had these cute bunny and egg place card holders for several years. A reader tells me they came from Pier 1 originally, I had forgotten that.

The green plastic goblet on the left came from Pier 1 several years ago. The yellow goblet on the right was made by Noritake and the pattern was called Yellow Perspective. These were made between 1970 and 1983 and I found them on Ebay. This pattern came in other colors, I have them in cobalt blue and sage green also. Ebay often has this pattern for sale in various colors. If you read my blog you saw these goblets on my Yellow Chick Easter tablescape two weeks ago.

Because the salad plates had a vintage look I really wanted a vintage looking centerpiece. I knew I probably had something in the attic that would work but I didn’t have time to search. I was running out of time. I had seen this book shaped box at HomeGoods a couple weeks ago and had passed on it and I decided to go back and get it because it had a vintage look to it. I didn’t realize until I set the table that it matches one of the plate designs!

I was looking through my tea light cupboard and found these Easter egg candles and added them to the tablescape at the last minute. I can’t remember where they came from. They have glitter on them and I never buy anything with glitter on it, I hate glitter! It gets everywhere!

Wishing all of you that celebrate Easter a Happy Easter!

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Birds on a Spring Tablescape

This is a Spring tablescape that I did a few years ago but the photos I took then weren’t very good. I have been wanting to set it again so I did it with a few changes. I have had the tablecloth and matching napkins for several years, I can’t remember where they came from, although since it is a matching set it was probably a retail store like Macys or Bed, Bath & Beyond. I love birds and I have two bird baths in my back yard. (A good thing to remember, if you have small birds, they need to be able to stand in the middle of the bird bath easily. It needs to be really shallow.) I have had as many as twelve birds standing on the edge or taking a bath at the same time, they are so fun to watch! I think they all live in a neighbor’s giant bottle brush tree. I keep crossed my fingers that they never cut it back!

I love this blue and white porcelain plate set. It is perfect for a Spring tablescape. I love that the design covers the entire plate and I love the rim design as well. It is fun to use a plate that isn’t round for a change too. The blue is a blue gray and it is difficult to match but variety is the spice of life! The plates were made by 222 Fifth (PTS International) and the pattern was called Adelaide Blue. It came in several other colors as well. I bought the first few at HomeGoods several years ago and then filled in the rest of the set on Ebay. I often do that when HomeGoods doesn’t have the number I need but I always check Ebay or google them before I buy to make sure that I can get more.

The dinner plate design is similar to the salad plate except it has more white space without the design. This dinner plate is large, 11” by 11” so the charger had to be even larger.

I bought the square white chargers online at a restaurant supply store some years ago but I can’t remember where. They were made by Core Dinnerware and the pattern was Acopa. If you are looking for plates with a basic design, an online restaurant suppy store is a good source but you will have to buy in quantity. Dollar stores are a better source for basic plates.

This is probably one of the prettiest stainless flatware sets that I own. I absolutely love the different delicate bird and flower designs on each handle. It is called Audubon by Ricci Silversmiths. I bought it online at Horchow a few place settings at a time over several months some years ago. It is 18/10 and great quality

You can see the raised tweed like design on the tablecloth and napkins in this photo. The white bird napkin rings came from Houzz online a few years ago and they were made by Design Imports.

I found the white bird place card holders online at Wayfair a few years ago. One would think white birds would not be that difficult to find but I looked for a long time!

I have very very tall white goblets but I had been looking for shorter ones for a long time. I finally found these white goblets at Walmart online a few years ago. They were made by Artland and the pattern is called Veranda. I bought the blue goblets on Ebay, you can still find them for sale there. They were made by Libbey in the 1970’s and the pattern is Tulip in Dusky Blue. They actually are a bit lighter blue gray than this photo shows.

I found this bird cookie jar at HomeGoods some years ago. This bird is usually sitting on a red shelf in the family room. It is sitting on a small white plastic cake stand to give it a bit more height, can’t remember where I found it, probably HomeGoods.

I have had the small white birds on both sides of the centerpiece for a while and I can’t remember where they came from.

So glad to be able to start posting some Spring tablescapes!

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