Tulips on a Spring Tablescape

This tablescape theme idea started with these red tulip place card holders. I saw them and I thought that they were so cute but I passed them by. Then I started seeing tulip photos all over and I decided to create a tulip table. I circled back and bought them and then the hunt for tulip items was on! This Yanlin Spring Tulips Milliken Signature Tablecloth came from Wayfair online. I love the bold bright design. It came in other colors as well. You can see several of my earlier flowers themed tablescapes and all my 270+ other tablescapes that I have created on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes . I also have written several blog posts about Tablescaping DIY and you can read them here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapehowto .

I found these Tulip Tyme Stoneware Collection salad plates on Ebay and Replacements online. The design was copyrighted in 1985 by JMP Marketing. I knew that I wanted to use red, yellow, and blue tulips on this table setting and these plates were perfect! They have more wear than I would like but it doesn’t show that much.

I am using my Fiesta Scarlet salad plates on this tablescape. They are our everyday dishes and I love the bright red color. We bought them when we remodeled our kitchen several years ago, the kitchen is red and white. I think the plates came from Macy’s.

The dinner plate is also made by Fiesta and the color is called Sunflower. I have this plate in several different colors because it is a great basic pattern to use on a plate stack. It may have come from Everything Kitchens online. They often have good prices on Fiesta plates.

This charger was made by Mikasa and it is called Color Spectrum in Royal Blue. I love this charger, it is heavy and a great color. I have this charger in several other colors as well. This charger was discontinued but I bought them all a few at a time on Ebay over several years.

This Milano Red flatware is Ginkgo International LePrix. Le Prix was first created for Ginkgo in the late 1970’s in a small village in Southern France. I have had this set for years but it is still for sale. Not sure where I bought it. I now have it in other colors as well. I like using the set on more informal tablescapes. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I have had these red cotton napkins for many years and I can’t remember where they came from. I love the true red color. I found the yellow wood tulip napkin rings on Etsy online. I love it when I start looking for items to carry out a theme on a table and I find the perfect thing! To read about the What, When and How of napkin rings please click here.

This is what started the idea of the theme for this tablescape. I found these red ceramic tulip place card holders at World Market online. The yellow place cards came from Amazon. You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here.

Hubby found the red glass goblets on the left at an estate sale several years ago. I think they are hand blown Iris Ruby Red Bubble Glass Goblets made by Artland. You can find them for sale online from time to time. It can be difficult to find yellow glass goblets that don’t have a gold tint to them so when I saw these yellow goblets on Etsy I immediately bought them a few years ago. I love the color and the size of them. I don’t know who made them or what the pattern is called but they are a good match for the red one. 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 decided to use my Fiesta Scarlet vase as a centerpiece on this tablescape. I can’t remember where I bought it online. I have had it for a while. I added faux red, yellow, and blue tulips to it that I bought on Amazon last month.

I added Fiesta red and blue salt and pepper sets to the table also. I might have bought them on Ebay a few years ago.

I love bright tablescapes and tulips!

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