It's spring! It's finally officially arrived. The trees are in bud or bloom, the tulips are poking out of the earth and the rest of the bulbs have sprung forth slowly but surely. In this honor, I welcome you to a spring table...
I really wanted some tulips or daffodils or something very springlike for the table center. Once again, though I was foiled! So the permanent snowdrops will have to do.
I stacked a shabby chic charger beneath the dishes I chose for the day. It's a bit unexpected with the gold rimmed dishes.
Wooden shabby charger from Pier One beneath a Granada dinner plate. (This set of dishes was an auction purchase several years ago - nobody wanted this set and I felt so sorry for it, so I got a service for 12, plus dozens of serving pieces at about 10 cents each!)
For a bit of separation, a Wedgwood Windsor salad plate is next.
Topped the white salad plate with another Granada salad plate, where both will be removed after the salad course.
And to herald spring in style, a permanent bird's nest set in a saucer to top off the place setting.
Gold flatware was used to tie into the gold rim on the dinner plates. The tablecloth is the color of "new" spring green by Ralph Lauren.
Napkins casually gathered in spring green napkin rings to match the tablecloth - also Ralph Lauren. Napkin rings from Dillards.
Got these after Christmas on sale. Some ridiculous amount of $1.18 each. I loved the green leaf design on the pieces.
Family favorite glasses: hand-blown French water goblets purchased in Santa Fe, NM and vintage wine glasses from an estate sale.
Green salt cellars with silver spoons invite diners to season to taste. What you can't see are the darling flower center pressed into the bottoms of the salt cellars.
Crystal cruets for the vinegar and oil set on a tray to keep any drips off the table.
The tray has a few flowers and scallops along the edge. It has a shabby appearance and an edge finished off with a bit of gold.
In the center of the table is a very curvy pedestal hurricane filled with green grass and a white candle.
One side of the table has the addition of the little bird tea light holder and the opposite a mini terrarium filled with spanish moss in which nests a sweet little bird, a gift from a dear friend.
Now that the players are all introduced.. it's time for some self-paced viewing without a lot of words:
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king,
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to witta-woo!
(From Summer's Last Will and Testament, Thomas Nashe 1600)
Cast:
Tablecloth and napkins - Ralph Lauren
Napkin rings - Dillard's
Shabby wooden chargers - Pier One
Dinnerware - Granada, by Fine China of Japan
Flatware - International
Water goblets - Hand-blown in France, purchased in Santa Fe, NM
Etched wine glasses - estate sale; Libbey Rock Sharpe
Bird nests - local store (Shabby Chic) no longer in business
Pedestal hurricane - Home Goods
Candlesticks - TJMaxx
Permanent snowdrops - TJMaxx years ago
Bird tea light - TJMaxx recently
Salt cellars and silver spoons - antique stores/estate sales
Thank you so very much for dropping in, your conversation (comments) are my blessings, please let me know you've been here.
