Blue, White & Green Easter - 2013

Happy Easter Everyone!

After a powerful Easter service, we had fellowship with many of our dear friends.

Nineteen of us came together to celebrate Christ's resurrection and his everlasting promise of hope.

How grateful I am for these friends!

Our cup truly overfloweth!

 

Also, I can't go any further with out expressing my gratitude to "The Enabler."

I honestly thought about calling this post "An Open Thank You to Cherry Kay."

She is my MIL and has blessed me with many of the lovely items on this table.

I had such fun putting it all together and have her to thank.

Thank you Cherry Kay.  I love you.

 

Simple ramekins held the Easter eggs that served as placecards.

The blue Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage plates served as dessert plates and were removed before the meal.

Today's place setting...

 

Spode Savoy dinner plate,

 

Johnson Brothers Sovereign Chop Plate,

 

and, as always, Mrs. McGee's Gorham Chantilly graced the table.

 

The blue, green and white looked so fresh on the table.  The Waterford Simply Lime wine hocks paired with the Waterford Pallas iced beverage glasses completed the look.

 

Happy Easter y'all!

 

 

Smiles!

 

For some real table inspiration check out

my MIL's blog Entertaining Women and

Between Naps on the Porch.

Easter Menu & Table

I was searching my blog trying to find the pictures from last year's Easter table when I realized I had never posted it!  Wah?!?  So here it is.  (It's killing me that the knife is askew right there...oh well, that's how it is over here...askew!)

 

The Spode Mayflower plates were a gift from my MIL or as I call her "the Enabler."  She keeps me in dishes and I absolutely adore that about her!!!  Check out all of her pretties HERE.

The charger is one I picked up from Hobby Lobby and simply painted with a metallic green paint.  To make your own, check out my TUTORIAL.

 

These sweet little bunnies were also picked up at Hobby Lobby.  They hold some vintage cotton napkins that I picked up at an estate sale with...wait for it...yes, The Enabler.  (She's so good!  She has a gift for finding amazing deals at estate sales and on Ebay!)

 

Check out the glassware.  The wine hocks are Waterford Simply Lime and Waterford Simply Pink.  Again, my MIL introduced me to these and I began collecting them years ago when they were way more affordable.  Life go in the way and I'm short 4 hocks in the Simply Pink.  Now they seem a little too frivolous for me to buy for myself.  The other glass was a gift from, yes again, my MIL.  She picked them up at the VERY END of that same estate sale when she went to pick up an item she left a bid on.  I think they're called optic glass. Aren't the green stems gorgeous!   If you have more information on them, please share.

Let's see, what else is on that table.  The cute bunnies on either side of the roses were also a gift from my MIL.  She said they looked like something I would like...she really is the best, isn't she?  The roses were from my garden.  The silver is my Gorham Chantilly.  My dear Mrs. McGee gave it to me when she knew she was dying.  She had no children and wanted me to have it.  My mom and brother have also helped me collect more pieces.

 

We set the kid's up in the kitchen.  Nothing too fancy.  The pink  Ralph Lauren cotton tablecloth came from TJ Maxx years ago as did they green Ralph Lauren napkins.  The little bunnies were Hobby Lobby finds.  The roses are in a Waterford Rose Bowl that was a wedding gift.

 

The silver charger plates from Hobby Lobby are holding my Haviland Marseille luncheon plates.  Just needed to keep it simple for those kids.  The glassware is Ralph Lauren something something.  The pattern name escapes me.  Let me know if you know what it is.  I think they're beautiful, but the rims nick and chip at the drop of a hat.

 

Now, here's our Easter buffet...

 

Green Chile Casserole Recipe HERE

 

Buttermilk Biscuits and Oven Roasted Home Fries

 

Creamy Baked Macaroni & Cheese Recipe HERE

 

Spinach Strawberry Salad with Feta & Sugared Almonds

 

My Favorite!  Roasted Asparagus!  Yum!

 

We also had fresh fruit, sweet baby peas and the most delicious honey smoked ham from Rudy's.

Dessert was the Over-the-Top Carrot Cake.

 

We're doing it again this year and we can't wait!

Maybe I'll get this year's meal and table posted a little earlier than last year!

 

What's always on your Easter menu?

 

Partying with my friends in the side bar.

and

Between Naps on the Porch

 

Smiles!

 

Easter Brunch Table

We were delighted that our wonderful neighbors were able to enjoy Easter Brunch with us.  They have two of the most adorable little girls you have ever seen.  Girls make a pink tablecloth more tolerable for my two guys!

The base of this Easter table is a beautiful pink matelasse tablecloth my MIL gave me from Horchow.  It is ablsolutely the most gorgeous tablecloth that I own.  She has amassed a wonderful collection of the most divine tablecloths you have EVER seen.  I am so fortunate to have her as an enabler of my tablescaping addiction.  You must stop by and see some of her gorgeous tables HERE.

The floral arrangements are from ispirations found through out blogland.

The hurricanes are the same ones I made back in October from Dollar Tree pieces.  Click here to see the tutorial from The Elephants Trunk. 

Several bloggers out there shared the idea of using peeps & jelly beans in the base of their arrangements.  I can honestly say that this was the first time in my entire life that I have bought a peep.  Never bought one before, much less tried one, but they sure look cute in the floral arrangement!  For filler I used peanut M & M's and some shredded glass.  The beautiful tulips were a steal at Sam's.

I used my Billinsley Rose Spode China with the Red Stamp for our service.

My sweet MIL helped me pick it out and I just love it.  Its my hand-me-down china that I never had.  The peridot chargers really pick up the green in the plate as well as the other accent pieces.  Click here to see how to make the chargers.

Gorham Chantilly is the pattern of my silver which was given to me by a dear friend.  (One day I'll share that story as it is very special to me.)

Close up of the beautiful Jewel plates by Spode with the Billingsley Rose pattern.

Full table view.  Don't you just love that pink tablecloth with the green chargers?!?  Its even prettier in person!

Do you see that sweet bunny peaking out of his pitcher behind the flowers?

The water goblets are Simply Pink & Simply Lime from Waterford.

(Another great find of my MIL's!)

The peeps peeking out of their home in the hurricane!

The jadite candlestick holders were my grandmother's.  They were perfect on this table.  The little bumble bees were just a little extra I added.  You can find them at Hobby Lobby in the floral dept.

Another sweet bunny.  Imagine that!  Bunnies on an Easter table.

Picked up these napkins rings at Hobby Lobby when they were half-off.

Ahhh!  The Fitz & Floyd Bunny Pitcher.  It is such a sweet addition to the table.  I have a small collection of 5 bunny pitchers that I used through out the house to decorate for Easter.

Well, that pretty much wraps up the Easter Table this year.

Hope you had as lovely of a day as we did.

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Smiles!!!

Linking to:

Get Your Craft On

Feature Yourself Friday

Tickled Pink

Tablescape Thursday

Frugalicious Friday

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