~~~ A Beautiful Spring Evening!~~~

Welcome! Last Sat. night we had our dinner group here. I set the table with a Spring, birds, nests, eggs and organic theme. It was a fun table to do! I wish I had gone with my first instinct and used a white tablecloth but this worked too. It actually matched one of the stripes in the placemat. So, here is the setting: green tablecloth, plaid placemat, white charger, green dinner plate, and the salad plates EACH have a different herb pictured. I will show you all of them down further! Then a sweet twig nest topped with a bird. The 2 napkins are gathered together with a fork and spoon napkin ring. They came from Pier One several years ago.

 Green water goblets and clear crystal wine glasses.

 Dark brown bamboo flatware.

 Just a small stack of plates for this dinner.

 The centerpiece is this piece that is a pot with a wire cloche and filled with several plants, a nest, eggs and a bird.

 On each side is this. I found these sweet wire cloches at a great store for only $2.99!!!! I  pushed them into a nest which is in a clear glass bowl, resting on a white plate.

 They each have a sweet bird on top!

 I also added white and green candlesticks with sage candles. Ivy candle rings cascade down the candlestick.

 Here is a close up of the different herb plates. Dill....

 Chives...

 Parsley...

 Sage...

 Lovage...

 Basil....

 Mustard....

 Borage....

Each place had a small green votive candle.

 I used 2 sets of S and P. This one is watering cans...

 and the famous target white birds!

The menu was: Seared scallops over wilted spinach with a balsamic reduction and bacon, baked sweet potatoes, Stewed tomatoes, a great loaf of La Brea bread, and strawberry pie for dessert!!!!! It was all delicious! I wish you ALL could have been there with us. Thanks so much for coming by. Please leave a comment so I know you were here!!! XO, Pinky I am joining Susan at BNOTP, for Tablescape Thursday at: http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

~~~A Pink, Spring Table!!!~~~

HI everyone! Are you all as excited for Spring asd I am???? On Sat. (and Sun.) my hubby went over to help our son-in-law install a new kitchen floor in their kitchen. So, my daughter and I stayed at our house with their 2 dogs and I set a pretty table for dinner! I will be joining Susan for Tablescape Thursday at http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/  So, here is the centerpiece. I placed a wire cloche type piece in a green bowl. Then wound some English ivy around and placed a birds nest inside. I also placed this piece around the bowl: it is wired sticks and forsythia with a little nest.

 This nest was a GIFT from Yvone at Stonegable!!!! Thanks so much, Yvonne!

 The place setting", sorry the little nest was off center! Whoops!!!!

 I used a pastel striped tablecloth, pale yellow placemat, cream colored dinner dish with beautiful detailed edge, pink flower salad plate and a wire nest with an egg candle.

 The napkins have pretty eggs embroidered on them, love these napkins! Pale blue goblets are some of my favorites.

 The wire nests and egg candles are from Michaels awhile back. When I saw them I grabbed them FAST knowing they would fly right out of there!!

 That's better! Centered the nest:):)

 I love the edge of this plate.

 It was a nice sunny day!

 I used some of my bamboo flatware. I have several sets of these.

 Close up of the PRETTY nest!!!!

We had lasagna for dinner. I didn't have to cook though, one of Tracy's girlfriends brought us a pan and it was delicious!!!!! Thanks, Celeste!!!!!! Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Spring everyone! I hope it is nice where you are. XO, Pinky