Succulents on a Spring Tablescape

April 08, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This Succulent Spring tablescape has been a year in the making. It took me that long to gather it all with several false starts, buying things that weren’t right, returning them, and trying something else, etc.. I found the tablecloth on Amazon a few months ago after buying another one that ended up having permanent creases in it that I just couldn’t iron out.

These succulent shaped melamine salad plates were made by Nicole Miller Home. I bought them one or two at a time on the secondary market online wherever I could find them after a Google search and it took a year to gather them all. I should have bought them the first time I saw them at HomeGoods several years ago!

I love the combination of blues and greens on these plates.

This charger was made by Mikasa and it was called Color Spectrum, the color was called Sage. I have had these chargers for a long time and I think this is the first time that I have used them on a tablescape.

I decided to add placemats to this table setting so that they would break up the busy tablecloth a bit.

I am using my Madeline Green flatware on this table setting. I bought it at World Market several years ago. I really like the frosted design on the handles. If you google frosted flatware and add the color you are looking for you will find similar sets. After red, I think green flatware is the most used flatware color on my tablescapes because it can be used during both the Spring and Fall seasons. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I bought these Oli Succulent napkin rings at Crate and Barrel online two years ago. I didn’t have any baby blue napkins so I bought these on Amazon last week.

Hubby found these faux small succulents at Michael’s a couple of weeks ago. The blue and green colors are a perfect match for the plates. I really love these small white vase place card holders. They often appear on my Spring tablescapes. I bought them on Amazon a couple of years ago.

Hubby found the green glass goblet on the left at an estate sale last year. I joined estatesales.net and estatesales.org and I get emails every week that tell me what estate sales are going on in my area and it includes photos of everything that is for sale. I saw these green goblets for sale and he got them for me, he likes going to estate sales. The green acrylic goblets on the right came from our Pier 1 store before it closed a few years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

I knew that I wanted a container of real succulents for a centerpiece for this tablescape and we found this one at our local garden center. I will be planting them in my succulent garden. I like the rustic metal container and you will probably see it on future tablescapes.

I planted about a third of our front garden with succulents as my contribution to the California drought a few years ago and I have really enjoyed it.

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Time for an Easter Tablescape

April 02, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I decided to repost this Easter tablescape that I did three years ago because it is a favorite of mine. I think I bought the tablecloth on Amazon and the purple place mats came from Juliska online several years ago. I bought the purple eggs on Etsy a few years ago. I really like the dark purple place mats against the green tablecloth.

I love these bunny and flowers plates. They were made by Fitz and Floyd and the pattern was called Halcyon. The pattern was produced from 2003 to 2004 and it has been discontinued although pieces are still available on the secondary market. I bought the plates a few at a time over the years on Ebay. I love the bunny’s big brown eyes and the plaid bow as well as the relief details on the flowers.

This lemon leaf charger was made by Bordallo Pinheiro but they have been discontinued. I bought them a few at a time on Ebay. This is a heavy charger. I have many plates that were produced in Portugal by Bordallo and the heavy relief details are always eye catching. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers, please click here.

This flatware was called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market several years ago. I really like the frosted design on the handles. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

This white bunnies napkin ring came from Pottery Barn a few years ago. Not sure where I bought the purple napkins, I have had them for a long time. The green napkins came from World Market online. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

This white place card holder can be written on as well with a special pen. Can’t remember where I bought them but it was probably Williams Sonoma or Crate and Barrel. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

I think that the purple goblets came from Pier 1 several years ago. I was so sad when they closed our local store, I was a good customer for many years. The green goblet was made by Noritake and is called Sweet Swirl in light green. These were made between 1985 and 2005. I bought them on Ebay a few at a time. 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.

The centerpiece bunny cookie jar was also part of the Fitz and Floyd Halcyon dish series and it matches the plates. I put it on a white plastic stand to add a bit more height. I can’t remember where I bought it.

I bought the green glass candlesticks on Ebay a few years ago. I needed some green ones and I was really pleased when these arrived. They are well made and a great color. I am not sure how old they are or who made them, they aren’t marked.

Don’t look too close! The candles are crooked but they were the perfect color and stores were closed when I did this tablescape.

Love those bunny plates!

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Easter Eggs on an Easter Tablescape

March 25, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

I was going to repeat an Easter tablescape that I did a few years ago using these salad plates but then Hubby found this Easter Egg Cookie Jar at Goodwill and I decided to do a new Easter Egg themed table setting. I found the tablecloth on Amazon a few years ago, it is made by Cotton Craft. This tablescape is a bit different from what I usually do. Those of you who read my blog and have followed my tablescaping know that I am a bit matchy-matchy when it comes to gathering the parts of a themed tablescape together. But for this tablescape, I used three different colors on the place settings. The colors in the tablecloth dictated the colors that I chose. In this photo you can see the yellow, blue, and pink salad plates that I used and some of the flatware, napkin rings, and place card holders that match each salad plate by color. (I substituted green flatware with the yellow plate because I didn’t want to use the yellow flatware sets that I have because they aren’t frosted.)

These egg shaped salad plates have been a favorite of mine for several years. I love the raised design on them. They came from HomeGoods several years ago and they were made by Magenta. The design on the plates is a bit sharper than the photos show, these photos blur them a bit. I have two of these plates in blue, pink, green and yellow and I decided to use the yellow, blue, and pink ones on this Easter tablescape to match the tablecloth.

The blue color is actually brighter and prettier than this photo shows.

The pink color is actually brighter and prettier than this photo shows. Photographing pastel colors can be a bit of a struggle with my phone camera.

This green dinner plate was called Fun Factory and it was made by Waechtersbach. The color was called Green Apple I think. I have had them for several years and I can’t remember where I bought them.

This is a Color Spectrum charger by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time as they came up for sale over a few years because I love the quality and the colors. I have them in several colors. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

This flatware is called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market several years ago. If you read my blog you saw it last week on my Bunnies Easter tablescape. I use this green flatware often in the Spring and Fall. If you google frosted flatware and add the color you are looking for you will find similar sets. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I have had this frosted blue flatware set for several years. The flatware is marked D & D Inox made in Italy. I bought it at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales online during a major sale.

This pink frosted flatware set was made by Bugatti for Vietri and the pattern was Aladdin, Brilliant. I bought the set at Macys. I have several sets of frosted flatware, I really like the frosted design.

I found the ceramic Easter Egg napkin rings on Ebay a few years ago. I matched them to the color of the salad plate on the table setting. They aren’t marked so I don’t know who made them. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found the mercury Easter Egg place card holders on Mercari a few years ago. They are called Celebrate It, Easter Party and they were originally sold by Michaels. I matched them to the color of the salad plate on the table setting. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

The pink goblet on the left is Godinger Meridian by Shannon and the color is Blush. I can’t remember where I bought them but if you google it, there are several sources. The blue goblet on the right came from HomeGoods a few years ago and it isn’t marked. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the goblet colors that I use most often here.

Hubby brought this Easter Egg cookie jar home from Goodwill a few years ago. I wasn’t looking for one but it makes a perfect Easter tablescape centerpiece, serendipity! It had a small chip on the base but I colored it in with a marking pen so it doesn’t show. I put it on a small white plastic cake stand and added plastic grass and plastic Easter eggs around it.

I added my Green Depression Glass Circle pattern salt and pepper set on one side of the centerpiece.

And my Green Depression Glass Circle pattern cream and sugar on the other side to fill in the empty spaces.

When I think of Easter time I think of pastel colors so this tablescape seems appropriate.

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Bunnies on an Easter Tablescape

March 18, 2023 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This tablescape is a repeat of a tablescape that I did four years ago when I first started blogging. I just tweaked it a bit. The tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods several years ago.

This melamine green and white bunnies egg-shaped salad plate came from HomeGoods four years ago. The plates are marked The Prairie, By Rachel Ashwel. HomeGoods just doesn’t seem to have the great selection of stock that they had a few years ago. They have just never recovered, the stock is not as good as it was then.

This dinner plate was made by Fiesta and the color is called Lemongrass. It was one of the first dinner plates that I bought when I started tablescaping. It is such a bright and cheerful color. I use this color on tablescapes more than I thought I would. I have this dinner plate in several different colors and I use them all. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

I have a few different white chargers but this is the one I seem to use the most on my tablescapes. The beaded rim design always adds an additional bit of interest to the plate stack. This white beaded charger came from Williams Sonoma and it is called Antique Beaded. It was one of the first chargers I bought 9 years ago when I started tablescaping. A basic white charger is always a good purchase when you are starting a tablescaping collection. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

The green cotton napkin came from Pier 1 several years ago. It is one of my favorite green colors, I call it Spring Green. I can’t remember where I bought the white ceramic bunny napkin rings. I love those floppy ears! To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these green glass bunny place card holders on Ebay a few weeks ago. They were originally sold by Williams Sonoma. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

The spiral green glass goblet on the left came from Pier 1 several years ago. I use this goblet often on my tablescapes. The white glass goblet on the right came from Overstock online a couple of months ago. They are called Classic Touch by Alice Pazkus. I have a smaller white goblet but I wanted a taller one and I really like these. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the goblet colors that I use most often here.

This centerpiece bunny came from Pottery Barn several years ago. I added some faux grass and a few Easter eggs and set him on a green Rhodes drink dispenser stand that I bought at Pottery Barn several years ago.

I can’t remember where I bought this cute white bunny salt and pepper set. I added it to the table setting, on one side of the centerpiece, just for fun.

I added this small white bunny on the other side of the centerpiece for balance. I can’t remember where I found him either.

I can’t believe how fast the year is passing, Easter will soon be here!

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