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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Springtime Brunch

I love the colors of spring - outdoors and indoors.  The table is set for our spring brunch - we spent easter in WV,  visiting our grandson Donnie and his family, so when we got home we had another celebration with our grandsons and their families in Bellingham
The dishes are MacBeth Evans - the yellow silverware is new - and just the right color for a spring brunch 

Napkin rings are tiny terra cotta flower pots that I painted last year.  The napkins are ones I made for our oldest daughter's wedding in 2001.  I made over 200 of them.  The guests were able to take  home napkins as souvenirs. 
A new set of glasses - from the 1950s.  They were marked Vintage in the thrift store - and they surely are - and wonderful. The soft colors are perfect for this table setting. 


 All ready for  food.  The menu was two kinds of french toast casserole - one stuffed with cream cheese and strawberry jam,  one plain - both delicious.  Also bacon, sausages, orange juice and fruit salad

Oh - and strawberry/rhubarb cobbler and strawberry/rhubarb pie - the rhubarb came from our garden.  More MacBeth Evans bowls and also white MacBeth Evans dessert plates - the plates were a gift from my cousin several years ago in California. 
A spring Bunny Tea Pot 
And a spring tree decorated with tiny ornaments, sparkly eggs, ribbons and flowers 
Spring indoors and out - these are pansies from the pots on our deck 



A happy spring brunch!!

11 comments:

Lynda (Granny K) said...

How lovely! I bet you all had a marvellous time. x

Glo said...

A springtime medley! What a cheery and welcoming post... Happy Mother's Day!

greenthumb said...

So pretty, bet you had a lovely lunch.

Lorrie said...

Such pretty colours for a springtime brunch. I love the painted plant pots as napkin rings!

Kay said...

So pretty! Those pastels are wonderful for Easter - I especially love those napkin rings. Happy Mother's Day, JoAnn!

J said...

I love how you were able to "go shopping" in your own closets for the elements in your tablescape! What a lovely combination of gifts, vintage finds, family pieces and your own pretty crafts! Everything looks great together!

J said...

I love how you were able to "go shopping" in your own closets for the elements in your tablescape! What a lovely combination of gifts, vintage finds, family pieces and your own pretty crafts! Everything looks great together!

Candy S said...

JoAnn, This looks like a wonderful Spring and Easter brunch table. Sausage and bacon with french toast casserole - yum! The napkins and the flower pot napkin rings with the vintage glasses are so pretty. I am loving the yellow flatware. It is perfect for a lovely Spring table setting. And the MacBeth Evans plates look like pretty spring flowers with their sweet pastel colors. Very pretty!

Small City Scenes said...

What a wonderful table you set. You are so creative.
The Yellow-headed Blackbird seems to be all over the area of Eastern wa. we were in last week. They are bigger than the Red wing and noisy. MB

Carletta said...

Hope your trip to WV was wild and wonderful! :)
I love this table setting!! The napkin rings are pure genius. Love them.

Powell River Books said...

A beautiful table setting. The egg tree reminds me of one my mom used to have for Christmas. She took real eggs and blew out the raw insides. Then she hand painted the outsides with Christmas images. Red satin ribbon wrapped each egg with a bow and loop at the top to go over the limb of a small artificial gold tree. It was our traditional table decoration each year. I still have the eggs in storage. Amazingly after over 20 years only two have broken. - Margy