Easter Tablescape 2016

 

My dear readers….I am re-posting my Easter Tablescape from 2016, I re-posted it last year too…because it is one of my favorites!

I thought about re-creating it, but I am too lazy.

Maybe next year I will re-create it, but add a little of this and take away a little of that. LOL

If you look closely, you will see the dark mahogany plantation shutters and woodwork from 3 years ago.

Things are a lot lighter and brighter these days.

Don’t ya love seeing older photos of the way we were? so to speak.

So without further ado,…please read on.

I have been planning our Easter menu and tablescape.  So without further ado…I will point out a few of the pieces on my table, perhaps it will give you inspiration for your own Easter tablescape.

Since I have been touting Spring for the last few posts, I wanted my table to be charming and airy and full of blooming branches, reflecting all the beautiful things of the Spring Season.

I love the smell of Spring and the nesting of the birds outside in my Secret Garden.

I enjoy hearing the birds sing in the early mornings as they flutter around building their nests and so it inspired me to use bird’s nests and apple/cherry blossoms for my table.

Of course, I do not have an apple tree or cherry tree in bloom, so I am using faux stems of white blossoms.

I filled two clear cylinder vases with delicately colored eggs of all sizes (I have been collecting eggs and branches for quite some time) and then I stuck the branches of the white blooms in the vases.  

I added a few more eggs to hide the stem ends.  

The branches are from Pottery Barn and Michael’s and Hobby Lobby.  (see the vignette here)

I try to buy them on sale and most importantly, I want them to look as real as possible.

I also tucked a few bird’s nests on the table and on one of my mercury glass candlesticks.  Doesn’t it look like a real birds nest hiding among the branches of white blossoms?

Ok, well, kinda sorta!

I love the varying heights of the other two mercury glass candlesticks, each sporting a short candle.

I also used round gray placemats down the center of the table, and placed bunny egg cups at each table setting.  

The bunny egg cups were so cute when I found them at World Market that I couldn’t resist buying them to replace the simple white egg cups I was originally going to use on the table. 

Each place setting consists of two plates…a white dinner plate, a salad plate and a simple folded napkin.  

On top of the napkin, I placed another bird’s nest with yet another egg for each guest.  

After all, it is Easter and I love to dye eggs…I can’t imagine an Easter without dyed eggs.  

I know some people love the candy eggs or the plastic eggs filled with candy, but for me, I have to have white boiled eggs, dyed a pretty pale color.  

It is a ritual for me!  

It isn’t Easter without boiling and dyeing the eggs. And it isn’t Easter without bunnies! 

I put cloth carrots into this bunny candy dish.  I bought the orange cloth and burlap carrots at Pier 1 a couple weeks ago and the bunny candy dish I bought on-line last year.

I purposefully used two different patterns of white dinnerware for the dinner plate and the salad plate. I love to decorate with a few upscale touches mixed with a natural look.  

Simple, yet classic styling. I am not sure there is a title for that look…eclectic-farmhouse-shabby-chic-Spanish-Mediterranean-Kari’s look?

Anyway, the white dinner plates I bought at Pottery Barn Outlet several years ago and the salad plates I bought at Pier 1.  The bubbled stemmed glasses are from Target…an on-line buy last year.  

The salt and pepper bunny and carrot were a gift from a dear friend of mine….I just love how cute he is!

So now that my table is ready for Easter, I am going to share with you my planned Menu!

Have you planned your Easter dinner menu?

I hope you liked my tablescape and found a few ideas to use on your Easter table this year!

Please comment and share your plans, I would love to hear.

Hugs Always…