Spring, Wherefore Art Thou?

Waiting for spring is really trying my patience.  I am tired of the cold.  I'm sure everyone else is tired of the cold.  If spring doesn't arrive soon, I am going to scream.  Loud.  So I pulled out some spring flowers, dishes with happy colors, and put together a little simple table for four--dreaming that soon flowers will be blooming and the sun's warmth will bring the world alive again.

Using materials I found in my stash, I put together three spring florals.

I pulled a spring runner from the closet and used greenery down the center.

A nest of eggs is the focal point in each arrangement.

White tapers fill in the spots between each of the florals.

A dainty porcelain napkin ring holds each sage green dinner napkin.

Candleholders are vintage with a delicate silver overlay.

Dishes are sage green and  pink.  I believe they came from HomeGoods or TJ Maxx.

Silver flatware is simple as well, nothing too fancy here.

The fleur-de-lis glasses match the pink plates, and the pattern on the stems reminds me of dogwood.

The runner has a basket of spring flowers at each end, you've probably seen these in the stores.

Bird's eye view!!

At least it's a sunny day, even though you can't hardly open the door because of the frigid temperatures.  This does not feel a bit like Virginia weather.

I think this has cheered me up a bit.  Stay warm, my friends, and let's hope spring arrives soon!!

Thanks for visiting!  

~Betsy

A Floral Setting for Lunch

Hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day.  I enjoyed a nice brunch with my family, and Monday was my 29th wedding anniversary!
This week I set a table outside by the pool.  Come on in and join me for lunch!

It's a beautiful day to be outside!

A table for four awaits...

I started with a beautiful table topper and napkins to match that I found at an estate sale. 

 I combined flowers from outside and anniversary flowers and used a crystal vase.

Instead of candles, I used two small silver overlay containers for smaller arrangements to ground the table.

When I found these silver chargers at GW, I was thrilled!

Sebastiani Cabernet is a favorite.  A rich and substantial red wine, it has strong fruit flavors with hints of cola, berries, plums, and earth.

Blue glass salad plates are edged with silver overlay.  I won them at an auction.

Another view of just the salad plate.

Plates are Rosenthal, Bavaria.

Sterling is Modern Victorian by Lunt.

Now that college boy is home, the basketball goal is back, not so great for photos, but I'm thrilled he's home and still brings his friends over for fun in the pool!

I'm not sure of the pattern of these stems.  The gold rimmed ones were purchased at an estate sale and the gold-etched wines are from Tuesday Morning (years ago).  Those white specks are part of the etching, not water spots lol, the pattern of the etching didn't really show up well in the photo.

Thank you for taking the time to look!  I always appreciate your kind comments, I don't always have time to respond, I'm working on being better at that!  Have a great week-end, and come back soon!!