Hello, My Lovelies! Welcome to our Spring Tablescape Blog Hop! This season there are eighteen stylist participating, and I can't wait to see what the other participants have created to celebrate my favorite season. If you're visiting in order, then you're hopping over from Red Cottage Chronicles. Maureen has a beautiful blog, and I always enjoy her posts. She's a tough act to follow!
Today is our anniversary! Mr. Bookish and I have been married 36 years today. We were married on the very last day of winter in 1988. Our first full day of married life was the first day of spring. This is one of the reasons I love spring so much... I also love spring because: the return of baseball; spring flowers; my birthday; and longer days spent at Lake Martin. Spring is good!
Sweet Rita from the Panoply blog is our hostess.
Thank-you, Rita, for hosting. I always look forward to these parties!
For spring, I decided to create a whimsical Easter table with a few of my favorite spring and Easter things.
I had planned to go in a totally different direction for this hop. Let me explain my creative process for this spring tablescape. Here is my inspiration:
I was shopping at Anthropologie recently, and I found this darling seersucker napkin set.
I love the preppy look of them and the colors. I thought they'd be great for summer, but I decided to use them now, for Easter.
Next, I chose my preppy bookish bunny salad plates and matched them with MacKenzie-Childs dinner plates and woven placemats.
I always have fresh flowers either in my dining room, breakfast room, and sometimes both. Mr. Bookish's allergies have been acting up, so I went with the plastic eggs with a few gerbera daisies on the Welsh dresser. Please don't judge me too harshly! ;P
I thought the cabbage napkin rings would be fun because bunnies love cabbage.
I have cute carrot napkins, but I was determined to use my new napkins. Maybe next year!
It's a very simple table, but I do think it's fun. I decided to set a table that would make me giggle, and I succeeded.
I love the tiny bunny and cabbage salt and pepper shaker set I purchased from our local grocery store.
I used a bunny table runner with checked cotton-tailed bunnies.
I also used a couple of carrot tea light holders on the table.
Everything on the table is from Pier1 except:
Napkins: Anthropologie
Dinner plates, large bowl (centerpiece), egg vases (on Welsh dresser), and mugs: MacKenzie-Childs
Glasses: Neiman Marcus
Salt and pepper set, green grass, and plastic eggs: The Fresh Market
Since the bunnies are bookish, you might be wondering what they're reading during this Lenten season. Wonder no longer! This is what they're reading:
According to Goodreads:
Hyacinths for the Soul - March into Spring
Home is Where the Boat Is - Easter Bunnies, Chicks, and Blooms
Pandora's Box - Easter Breakfast Table for 2
Life and Linda - Hippity Hoppity Tablescape
Everyday Living - Celebrating Spring's Arrival and Easter's Blessings
My Thrift Store Addiction - Birds and Blooms Spring Tea Party
The Cat's Whiskerz - Hello Spring
Belle Bleu Interiors - Bunnies and Blooms
Mantel and Table - Spring Garden Tablescape with a Beautiful Basket of Tulips
Thrifting Wonderland - Simple Bunny Table Setting
The Painted Apron - Bunnies in Bloom!
Dinner at Eight - Celebrate Spring's Arrival with a Pastel Tablescape
Corner of Plaid and Paisley - Spring Sprouts New Life
Karin's Kottage - Charming Easter bunny table setting
Red Cottage Chronicles - Spring Fling Tablescape
The Bookish Dilettante - Spring Tablescape: Bookish Bunnies
Me and My Captain - Keepers of the Traveling Shamrock TableCloth