The giveaway information is at the bottom. I also used my tiered wire basket and put some of my favorite decorative Easter Eggs in it for some color
I of course brought out my grandmas Cut Crystal glasses from GermanyI used some real tulips from the grocery store and plopped them into my favorite mason jar and sprinkled some strawberries around the base for some added pop of color!

This shows a bigger shot of the Buffet table

I pick a color for my tablescape based on napkins or plates or something in the centerpiece. I love the colors of these blue and green napkins they are so refreshing don't you think? I just picked them up over the weekend at TJMAXX 4 for $5.99. The colors remind me of California for some reason and the beach!
So that is what I am going with. For my centerpiece I stacked my white plates with black lettering (also from TJMAXX a few years ago) on one of my clear cake plates and topped it with a birds nest under a glass dome!

On my npakins I have used a set of my White berry wreath napkin rings. They really pop against the colorful napkins. You can buy them for $1.00 each here on my blog.

Isn't the green cut crystal wine glass gorgeous!! These belonged to my grandmother and she passed them to my mom and recently my mom passed them on to me!
I llike mixing plain things with sparkly fancy things.
I loved the print on the napkin so much that I used one in the center for a a mini tablecloth. That left me short one napkin but I remembered that I had some other green and blue striped napkins and brought those out and they matched perfectly!! I was able to use them in this tablescape as well as the paisley ones. I just did it every other one and I think it just adds to the table to use more than one fabric!

I also tried using lime green napkins with a blue napkin ring around it.
I loved that too!

How about just a crisp white one napkin with the blue napkin ring!
I love that one too!

It is just so refreshing isn't it?

Here is the same table only I changed out the centerpiece. I used my thrift store glass hurricane jar and filled it with decorative lime green apples and I also used white glasses instead of the cut crystal ones and I changed out the floral napkin in the center for the striped one.



I am amazed at how versatile the white dishes are. I am able to use them in so many tablescapes and have it look so different!
Just by changing out the salad plate makes it look completely different. Here I added back in the cut crystal glasses and blue soup bowls sitting on top of the lime green salad plates.
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Setting the table is so fun to do and makes meal time more fun.
I decided to have another giveaway!!


A set of 8 napkin rings any color (white, blue, red or pink)!!


HOW TO ENTER:


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A winner will be chosen in a random drawing on Saturday night


I am participating in Tablescape Thursday
Toot Your Horn Tuesday
DIY DAYs at A Soft Place to Land
Metamorphis Monday


Market yourself Monday

Strut your stuff Thursday
Reinvented Trash to Treasure Tuesday
Transformation Thursday at shabby Chic Cottage
Shop the House Sunday at Finessee your nest
A 100 ideas under a $100 at Beyond the picket fence

..Dear Mother nature...where did you go? Our trees blossomed out and our flowers started to grow. Jack Frost came into town and the wind did blow and covered everything in a blanket of snow! Please come back...because we miss you so!

I will work in my garden day and night and make it pretty so it will glow even at night.

I will find my garden gloves and my foam kneed pad thing and work in the yard no complaints from me. The allergens in the air will cause me to sneeze and my eyes will water until I can't see but you won't hear me complain and I will not flee.
I will prune, I will trim and maybe even mow

WHY NOT USE EASTER EGGS FOR YOUR CENTERPIECE!

I PURCHASED THESE IN UTAH AT A STORE CALLED TAI PAN.

I PILED THEM INSIDE MY SHABBY CHIC WHITE TERRARIUM FOR A FUN LOOK

THEN I GATHERED SOME FRESH ROSEMARY THAT IS IN BLOOM FROM MY BACKYARD AND STUCK THEM IN A SMALL MASON JAR TO ADD SOME COLOR.

I ALSO HAD SOME DAFFODILS AND ALSO PUT THEM INTO A MASON JAR NEXT TO THE BLOOMING ROSEMARY FOR MORE COLOR

I WISH I HAD DAFFODILS GROWING IN MY BACKYARD BUT THE GROCERY STORE IS THE NEXT BEST THING!

I USED MY PINK NAPKIN RINGS PLACED ON WHITE NAPKINS FOR A PRETTY EASTER LOOK. I BOUGHT THE PLATES A FEW YEARS AGO AT TJMAXX . THEY ARE MY FAVORITE!

I FOUND THESE LIME GREEN PLACEMATS AT GARDEN RIDGE FOR A BUCK A PIECE!

HERE IS A CLOSE UP OF THE PINK NAPKIN RINGS. I AM RUNNING A SPECIAL FOR A LIMITED TIME. THEY ARE ONLY $1.00 EACH NOW!! INSTEAD OF $1.50 IN CELEBRATION OF EASTER!

YOU CAN BUY THE NAPKIN RINGS IN EITHER PINK, BLUE, WHITE OR RED RIGHT HERE ON MY BLOG!

I AM PARTICPATING IN

JUST THOUGHT I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT IF THEY WANT SOME BEAUTIFUL NAPKIN RINGS TO PLACE YOUR ORDER SOON SO YOU WILL HAVE THEM FOR EASTER. EASTER IS APRIL 4TH!

HERE ARE THE PINK NAPKIN RINGS
THESE ARE THE BLUE NAPKIN RINGS (ALMOST A PERIWINKLE BLUE)I ONLY HAVE 1 SET LEFT OF EIGHT OF THESE GREEN AND LAVENDER NAPKIN RINGS


THESE ARE THE PINK NAPKIN RINGS.

HERE IS A COMBINATION OF THE GREEN/LAVENDER AND BLUE NAPKIN RINGS

I HAVE BEEN ON A KICK RECENTLY ABOUT USING GLASS CYLINDER VASES THAT I FOUND AT THE THRIFT STORE IN GREAT NEW WAYS. I GOT SOME OF THESE IDEAS FROM MATTHEW MEAD'S BOOK ENTERTAINING SIMPLE. I LOVE THIS BOOK AND IT IS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH AMAZING SIMPLE IDEAS OF HOW TO ENTERTAIN USING WHAT YOU MAY ALREADY OWN IN NEW AND DIFFERENT WAYS. For instance this particular cylinder glass bowl I bought for $4.00 at my local thrift store and I created this fun centerpiece with those yummy little oranges called "cuties' and some grocery store bought white flowers. I tucked them in and around the fruit.

(each stem is placed in one of those florist green plastic things that hold water so they stay fresh for a long time)Then using the idea in Matthew Mead's book I flipped the same glass bowl upside down and it becomes a "cake dome" of sorts but I used it to cover a large plate of yummy cookies. I placed it on a white plate that is covered with this cute plastic pink doily I picked up at Ikea! $2.00 for a set of 4 or 5 different doilies.

This is a photo from Matthew Mead's book..using the same glass bowl to serve soup in. But how about serving a green salad, colorful fruit salad or a pasta salad in it!
More from the book....using it as a cooler with ice for drinks on a hot summer day. Again the dome look for the cookies from his book.
How about using it as a bowl for beautiful pears as a quick and easy centerpiece! You can even fill it with sand and candles for a very serene centerpiece.

This is a fun thrifty idea I came up with ....Re-purpose clear glass rootbeer bottles to use as little vases filled with flowers to brighten your table. Or maybe even drop one of these lettler flower vases off at a friends house and spread some cheer.