White Bunnies on a Spring Easter Tablescape

April 11, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This tablescape is the second Spring Easter Tablescape that I have done for this year. You can see last week’s Spring Easter tablescape here. This Spring Easter Tablescape is a repeat of one I did in 2018 before I started blogging. I made just a few small changes to it. I have a few other tablescapes that I did several years ago that I never blogged about that I will post eventually. I can’t remember where the green and white plaid tablecloth came from but it was probably HomeGoods several years ago.

This ironstone egg shaped Easter salad plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. I love the flowers and the white bunny silhouette as well as the beaded rim. The bead rim design matches the bead rim design on the chargers. The green flowers match the other green colors on the table and I matched the blue flower color with the blue dinner plate.

This blue melamine dinner plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. The pattern was called Charlotte. I like plates like this with an interesting lip design.

This white charger was one of the first charger sets I bought when I started tablescaping. The pattern is Antique Beaded and I bought them at Williams Sonoma several years ago. I use this charger constantly in my table settings. If you look back through my blog at my tablescapes, you will see it often. A simple white charger is a great first purchase if you want to create more interest on your table settings. You can see this charger on a Winter Snowflake Tablescape here.

This green placemat probably came from Pier 1 several years ago before our store closed. I have several of these in several different colors. This is one of my favorite green colors, it is actually a bit brighter than this photo shows.

I bought this frosted blue flatware on sale online at Wayfair a few years ago, it is made by Cambridge. 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 green and bright blue cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods several years ago. They are a perfect match for the flowers on the salad plate. Can’t remember where I bought the bunny napkin rings. I love that floppy ear! You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here.

I found these white bunny ears place card holders on Amazon a couple weeks ago. They were made by AuldHome. They are write-on, wipe-off and can be used over and over again.

The green goblet on the left came from Pier 1 several years ago, I use them several times a year. I like how tall they are and the simple spiral design. The blue goblet on the right is Le Stelle crystal and it was made in Italy. I like the etched design with the butterflies and flowers. I found them at HomeGoods several years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

This white bunny centerpiece came from Pottery Barn several years ago. I had seen this bunny on someone’s blog post and I knew it would be perfect for Easter tablescapes. I put a few plastic Easter eggs in the basket and set it on a green drink dispenser stand from Pottery Barn that I bought several years ago. I scattered small blue glass Easter eggs around that I bought online from Oriental Trading Company several years ago.

I added a small bunny salt and pepper set to the table.

Blue and green are fun colors for a Spring Easter Tablescape.

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Bunnies and Carrots on a Spring Easter Tablescape

April 04, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This Easter tablescape is a variation of one I did in 2019. You can see that tablescape here. I made several changes to it and you can see how I changed the style and feel of the tablescape from that one to this one. I found the tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago. It is made by Three Little Bunnies, Farmer’s Market. I bought the matching napkins too but I decided not to use them on this table setting because the tablecloth is so busy and I wanted some solid color to break it up a bit.

When I found the carrots tablecloth I remembered that I had these plates with bunnies and carrots on them so I decided to do a bunnies and carrots Easter table setting. I found these melamine bunny salad plates at HomeGoods several years ago. They are labeled L N T, LinensNThings. I love the fluffy brown bunny, all the flowers, and the egg shape of the plate.

Fiesta Shamrock Dinner Plate

I love the green color of these Fiesta dinners plates, the color is called Shamrock. (This color has been discontinued.) I have this plate in a few different colors and I use them frequently on my plate stacks. I probably bought them at Macy’s online or the Fiesta site online. I have had them for several years. I picked this plate for this table setting because it matches the green in the tablecloth. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

This white charger is my Antique Beaded charger from Williams Sonoma that I bought several years ago. It is often my go to charger when I need a white charger.

Frosted Green Madeline Flatware

Seems like every time I use this frosted green flatware I get questions and comments about it. It 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 green flatware often in the Spring and Fall. You can see it here on a Fall Pumpkin tablescape. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think these orange and green cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods several years ago. I picked these colors because they matched the tablecloth and they reminded me of carrots. I found the bunny napkin rings on Amazon a few years ago. I wanted a bunny holding a carrot napkin ring and there these were!

I smile every time I see these metal carrot place card holders. I found them on Ebay after doing a Google search for carrot place card holders. They popped right out.

Qualia Green Meridian Goblet

The green goblet on the left came from Macy’s a few years ago. The name is Qualia Glass Meridian. I like the height and the beautiful green color. I think I bought the orange goblets on the right at Ross or T.J. Maxx several years ago. They were some of the first goblets that I bought when I started tablescaping. When I bought them I figured I wouldn’t use them that often but I am surprised at how often they appear on my tablescapes. They are a great match for all the carrots on this tablescape. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here

I have had this bunny figure for many years and I can’t remember where it came from but I think I bought it with a similar one online somewhere. When the kids were living at home I used to do major decorating for all holidays. The bunny is sitting on a green drink dispenser stand that I bought at Pottery Barn many years ago.

When I was searching for bunnies and carrots on Amazon a few years ago I found these two sets of salt and peppers and I couldn’t resist buying them for this tablescape. This one was made by Cosmos Gifts. Hubby says this one is the best part of this tablescape. Lol!

This one was made by the Abbott Collection.

I love the green and orange color combination on this tablescape, it is perfect for Spring!

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Storage for Your Tablescape Collections

March 29, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I was asked to write a brief post about storage on a tablescaping Facebook site that I belong to and I decided to add more content and post it on my blog too. If you read my blog you saw this photo before with a blog post about storing napkin rings and place card holders. I decided to repeat that information in this post and add content about the storage of other tablescaping items. To start, I have been tablescaping for about 16 years. We are empty nesters and I have taken over some of the space that our three children used when they lived at home.

Tablescape Storage for Napkins and Place Card Holders

My system evolved as my collection increased in size. This is a photo of a corner of my study. While it isn’t a particularly pretty area, it works very well for me and I am the only one who comes in here most of the time. I spend a lot of my time in here on the computer doing genealogical research and planning tablescapes. Online you will see gorgeous photos of shelves with perfectly staged minimalist decor, that’s not me. I like to be surrounded by all my bits and pieces. This room was my daughter’s bedroom until she grew up and moved out, it isn’t very large. We added custom built in floor to ceiling book shelves mostly for all my genealogy books but many of them were out of date so I weeded the collection to create space for my napkin rings and place card holders. I use clear shoe box sized plastic containers and I label the end. I like them because I can see what is inside. We bought them on Amazon and at The Container Store. If I were a perfectionist I would create and print out labels to use but I just wanted to get them organized quickly so I could find things. Before they were scattered all over the house and I wasted a lot of time looking for things.

The containers are arranged by holiday, theme, or color because that is the way I create tablescapes. These are some of my Christmas napkin rings and place card holders. Keep in mind I have been tablescaping for 16 years, lots of stuff! I have inventoried all of these napkin rings and place card holders. Each one has a photo and a record of how many I have. I have the information stored in folders on my computer. The folders are arranged by holiday, theme, or color. I can easily look at the photos and think about the tablescape that I want to create. I am still working on inventorying other tablescape items. People often ask me how many I have of things and I always say I don’t know. Once I have inventoried them I do know but I don’t say!

We had the custom book shelves turn the corner and had them put a large desk area in the corner for me so I could spread out all my paperwork when I am doing genealogy research. It created a large deep space underneath the desk and to the right you can see more containers of napkin rings and place card holders. To the left are boxes of table scatter and other miscellaneous table decorations. To the left of the boxes are my containers of flatware. I will talk about them next.

Tablescape Storage for Flatware

I store my sets of flatware in clear containers as well. They are easy to see. I tried to keep them alphabetical by color but I finally gave up because they are in constant use and the colors move around. I am fortunate to have all this space under a large desk and out of the way. (My sterling is in silverware chests and hidden elsewhere.) When you are thinking about storage look down and up for ideas.

Tablescape Storage for Dishes and Goblets

My dishes and goblets are stored in the garage on racks that Hubby reinforced because of all the weight. This is a part of my charger collection. When I started tablescaping I decided that storage of the item was just as important as the item itself and I needed to buy whatever was needed to protect it. I have labeled on the lid or the box label what is in the container even if the container has a window. When I started tablescaping I bought the containers at our local Container Store but they were discontinued so I moved to Amazon. I buy a brand called Household Essentials China storage. (Keep in mind that they are made of cardboard and canvas.) If I had a huge house I would definitely have a dish room but this works for me.

The containers come in different sizes depending on the size of the dish or goblet.

The racks came from our local Costco and Hubby bought the heavier wheels at our Harbor Freight store. He added a wood base for more support. Because of the wheels I can move the racks around by myself although they are very heavy. (We have been married 50 years this year and we have never put a car in the garage since the beginning. There was always too much other stuff in there! Hubby does woodworking and we used to camp often.) We live in Southern California so the cars can sit out in the driveway. A few of these racks could sit along the interior garage wall easily if necessary as long as they could be swung out to reach the other side when needed.

Tablescape Storage for Tablecloths

In the top of each of our closets was a long shelf that was about 12” wide. I suddenly realized that I could double the space by having Hubby build another shelf just like it in front of it. You can see under the shelf in this photo how he used a bracket to join the two pieces of wood together. This additional space allows me to add a double row of stacked tablecloths.

My tablecloths are arranged by holiday, season, and color just like my napkin rings and place card holders. I have also taken photos of each one and put them in folders on my computer. You can see in the photo how I can store two stacks with the increased width of the shelving. I suspect that some might bring up the fact that these tight folded stacks are not good for the fabric but there is constant movement with them (I do a new tablescape every week) and from time to time I refold the tablecloths in a different pattern.

In one of the closets I only added the additional width to the top shelf and I left the bottom shelf as is.

The ideal storage for tablecloths would be to hang them in a closet on a special hanger like this one that I bought on Amazon however I have way too many tablecloths to store them like this. I do use these hangers for a few really heavy tablecloths like this one.

This is another special hanger from Amazon that you could use for tablecloth storage if you have the closet space. I use them to hang all my table runners.

Tablescape Storage for Napkins

My napkins are stored just like my tablecloths. I do take a photo of the entire back row of each shelf before I add the front row so I know where napkins are when I am looking for them. I do the same for tablecloths.

Storing tablescaping items by holiday, season, and color saves so much time when you are looking for something. You can see my fall napkins on the bottom shelf in one stack and my patriotic napkins on the top shelf in another stack. To choose what I am looking for I can either look in the appropriate folder on my computer or look at the stack on the shelf.

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Ladybugs on a Spring Tablescape

March 28, 2022 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I love ladybugs. Every couple of years I buy some at the nursery and release them in the evening and they have a feast on the aphids on some of my potted plants. When you see a ladybug it is supposed to be a sign of good luck too. I can’t remember whether I found the centerpiece or the salad plates first but I knew then that a ladybug tablescape was in the works. The simple white polyester tablecloth probably came from Amazon or a tablecloth site online several years ago. I actually set this table with a black and white tiny gingham check tablecloth first but it just looked too dark so I changed it to white.

These ladybug salad plates are labeled Boston Warehouse Trading Corp.. I found a few of them on Ebay and a few on Poshmark a few years ago. I love the antennae!

I added a couple extra plates to this plate stack because I wanted different colors stacked on top of each other. This small white salad plate is Gibson elite bone china. I think I found them at HomeGoods several years ago. Our HomeGoods always has a full aisle of white dishes with many patterns to chose from.

This black porcelain dinner plate was made by 10 Strawberry Street and the pattern was called Classic Black Porcelain. It’s always good to have a simple basic black dinner plate in you tablescaping collection. It can be used throughout the year. I think I found them at HomeGoods several years ago. You can see this plate on a Summer Barbeque themed tablescape here and a Winter Buffalo Check Pine Cone tablescape here.

Pottery Barn Red Cambria Charger

I am using this red Cambria charger from Pottery Barn as a second charger on this table setting. I have had them for several years. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying chargers here.

This is the only black charger I have and I use it often. They are black glass Starburst chargers and they are called Charge It. They were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. You can see them on a Halloween tablescape here and a Christmas Eve tablescape here.

This Milano Red flatware is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had this set for years but it is still for sale. I have the set in a few other colors as well. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These napkins rings were custom made for me by SouthlandOnlineShop on Etsy a few years ago. I have bought napkin rings from her before. She has some really cute ones. The red cotton napkins probably came from HomeGoods, Pier 1, or Amazon several years ago.

I am using these ladybug napkin rings as place card holders. They were originally sold by Crate and Barrel but I bought them on Poshmark a few years ago. I set them on a Oleg Cassini clear glass place card holder. I bought the place card holders 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. (After I set this table, took photos, and took it all down I was organizing my place card holders and napkin rings and I found small ladybug place card holders that I had bought and forgotten!) You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here.

The red goblet on the left probably came from HomeGoods several years ago. The goblet on the right with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and it is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a few years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here

This ladybug cookie jar came from Country Door online a few yerars ago. I just googled ladybug cookie jar and it popped out. I set it on a small black glass cake stand that I have had for many years. Don’t know where it came from.

I think these ladybug candles and candle holders came from Ebay.

I have done other insect tablescapes. You can see a Bees Tablescape here and a Bumblebees Tablescape here.

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