Spring Blooms Tablescape

Hello readers, hello March! In today's post I'm sharing a tablescape with spring in mind. Whether your March came in like a lion or like a lamb, today we will focus on the promise of "Spring Blooms" here at the table. Color is key!

All week I am celebrating spring tablescaping, along with a group of other stylists, hosted and organized by Chloe Crabtree from the blog Celebrate and Decorate. In planning my table today, I knew I wanted to start with my dinner plates from the MacKenzie-Childs Flower Market line. These plates were created with a background choice of white, green, blue or black. I loved the black, simply for how dramatically the [predominant] tulip bloom in blue / purple coloring stood out against it.

I kept the table linens softer, layering a pale pink linen square (with matching napkins) over a yellow damask round cloth. In coordinating drinkware, I reached for a set of vintage mugs I had with an equally dramatic orchid bloom decorating the mostly black mug. The swirl stems are antique Depression glass, with an iridescent finish. The flatware is vintage (Nobility Plate silverplate), in a delicate rose pattern.

If you notice in the photo above, the table was set originally with no placemats. It was at that point in which I wanted more color for the table to really feel spring-like. I added what I found to be the perfect placemats beneath the plates. The pink leaf tips were a common thread for the linens and centerpiece, tying them all together nicely.

The centerpiece of pink peony blooms with ferns are a faux arrangement with "acrylic" water, nestled in a clear, round (bowl) vessel.

The napkins are held by miniature watering cans, used as a place card for each setting. The salad bowls are a clear glass with lettuce leaf-shaped embossing. The salt and pepper shakers are glass with blue and yellow guilloche enamel lids.

The MacKenzie-Childs teapot in the Flower Market pattern adds yet more color and bloom to the overall table styling.

The mugs are designed with the added surprise of sipping and seeing another dainty orchid bud inside each gold-trimmed rim.

From the MacKenzie-Childs website, the description of the Flower Market line reads, "set a sunny table in glorious color, fresh from a country garden....", and that was my goal today. Spring blooms of daffodils, tulips, iris, poppies and peonies are just some of my favorites in the garden from March-May (Zone 7a). If it's too early for spring in your region, having potted blooms - such as orchids, kalanchoe, or even potted bulbs like hyacinths or tulips - is a great way to usher in color and create your own spring! Check your grocery and find many potted bulbs / plants you can later plant and try nurturing outdoors.

My table today is set for four, perhaps to be shared with three volunteers who will come to my house and help me in my move / purge. I may even let you take a set of dishes home with you for your trouble! Bring a truck, I might even let you take the table and chairs.😉

For plenty more Spring inspiration, please see the complete list of bloggers participating in this gathering below, and links to their tables. Each day different bloggers are featured, and the links are updated to take you right to their posts. Be sure to check back to see them all. To Chloe Crabtree - a special thank you for organizing this event!

Monday

a casa di Bianca | Red Cottage Chronicles | Panoply | The Little Yellow Corner Store | From My Carolina Home 

Tuesday

 Celebrate & Decorate | Everyday Living | Home is Where the Boat Is | Belle Blue Interiors | Living With Thanksgiving

Wednesday

The Painted Apron |  Debbee's Buzz | Bluesky at Home | Corner of Plaid and Paisley | Home and Gardening with Liz

Thursday

Sweet Sensations | Life and Linda | Chasing Quaintness | Our Crafty Mom | Zucchini Sisters

Friday

My Thrift Store Addiction | My Family Thyme | Me and My Captain | Follow the Yellow Brick Home | Katherine's Corner | Twelve on Main

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Spring Blooms Tablescape Source List

As a vintage and antique wares dealer, my typical fashion in tablescaping is mixing a blend of found items with newer, more readily available ones. For your own unique styling, try shopping your local antique malls, thrift stores, or flea markets for unique additions to your table designs.
Tablecloths, napkins,  Nobility Plate flatware, guilloche salt and peppers, lettuce glass salad bowls, Depression stemware, Otagiri black orchid mugs, miniature garden pails - vintage purchases

Flower Market dinner plates, teapot - MacKenzie-Childs

Placemats - Pier 1

Silk peony arrangement in acrylic - local overstock auction house purchase

Thank you for your visit today. Your readership and comments are always welcome.

Rita C. at Panoply

(A special thanks to Shelley from Calypso in the Country's Best of the Weekend 3/15/19, Kathryn from the Dedicated House Make it Pretty Monday Week 286, and Beverly from How Sweet the Sound: "Anything Goes" Pink Saturday March 23, 2019 for featuring this post!)

Sharing: Pieced Pastimes, Best of the Weekend, Anything Pink, Amaze Me, DIDI, BNOTP, Inspire Me, Make it Pretty, The Scoop, Celebrate Your Story,SYS, Delightsome Life H&G, Grace at Home, Vintage Charm