Mother’s Day Cherry Blossom Tablescape!

Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day with a charming cherry blossom themed tea party!

But you don’t need to wait for Mother’s Day to have a celebration like this - you could host a similar lovely event for occasions like bridal or baby showers. (Click on highlighted words for links.)

When planning this elegant tablescape I knew it had to have a soft romantic color palette made up of pastel pinks and sweet lavenders. Once I decided on the color scheme, I went searching for the perfect pieces. I found these perfect linen placemats, cloth napkins, floral napkin rings, spring patterned floral dish ware, and complimentary light pink water goblets - that all paired perfectly!

But my favorite thing on the table is the vintage silver tea set. It was my late grandmother’s and dates back to the 1940’s. She gave it to me when I got married about twenty-four years ago, and it has been a treasure to me ever since. This tea set is a family heirloom that I cherish wholeheartedly.💕 

Tablescape Tip: Always start with the centerpiece so you know how much room you have for decorative pieces on the sides and space for the dishes. Then if you need more room for glasses, dishes etc, you can easily adjust items instead of having to move everything.

I wanted to display the desserts on the table and use them also as decorative pieces.

And of course no tea party is complete without petit fours and chocolates. Petit fours have been a favorite of mine since I was young and saw the 1995 movie Little Women. I displayed the pink petit fours on a vintage looking dessert stand for that classic, English tea luncheon feel.

For my centerpiece I placed a sourdough glazed bunch cake on a tradition white ceramic cake stand, and placed that on top of a white wooden riser. Then I placed faux cherry blossoms on the side of the cake and had them run down one side of the riser. 

I put pink wrapped strawberry Lindt chocolates in each bowl to add some interest and a pop of color to the beaux inside of the bowl. I also added little white cakes and sugar cookies for additional treats to be enjoyed. I plan to serve finger sandwiches, cheese, crackers and traditional scones.

Happy Mother’s Day! I hope each of you have a beautiful, blessed day celebrating you!💕

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Step By Step for Decorating a Christmas Tablescape

You can find the video tutorial footage in my Highlights on my Instagram page.

I’ve come up with easy steps to decorating a Christmas tablescape.

1. Start with table runners. I have an 84 inch long table so a lot of table runners don’t go the entire length of my table, so I use three table runners. One down the middle and two on either end of the table running horizontal.

2. Add a charger plate at every seat.

3. Add the dinner plate.

4. Add the salad plate

5. Assemble the cloth napkins. I like to use a patterned napkin paired with a solid napkin and sparkling metallic napkin ring holder. The solid napkins I have here are from Target.

This gorgeous Boucle rug from Orian Rugs is the perfect rug for my riding room.

6. Place napkins in center on place setting.

7. Add silverware. Remember to ask yourself: Do you need a dessert or a soup spoon? Add all the silverware you need and place them in the proper places. (Salad and dinner forks on left, knife and spoon on right.)

8. Add glasses to the right side. Ask yourself what drinks you are having: Do you need wine glasses and water goblets?

9. Start adding the centerpiece. Place largest pieces first. I place chunky candles and accessories then fill the middle space with large pieces of greenery.

10. Keep building with smaller greenery stems to fill in the holes, then add taper candles. A trick my mom taught me was to put tin foil in the candlesticks to keep the taper candle from falling over.

Sharing my dining room Christmas tree. The heart ornament in the middle has special meaning. I gave it to my grandmother last Christmas. She passed away last February. I went back to home this past July and brought it back with me to always have.

The decorative white and black, and gold gift boxes are from Target.

My Fall Tablescape

Fall is my favorite! I love walking past my dining room and seeing it all decorated for fall! 🍂I enjoyed using neutral colors, like sage, creams and whites this year because it blends well with my everyday home colors.

It Feels Like Fall!

I’m so excited to share with you my living room and entry way all decorated for fall! The neutral colors in their signs, tags, and tray - set the tone for the entire look! I mixed and matched different styles and textures of pumpkins that I had from years past, and then bought the small white pumpkins and florals to stick in in between the pumpkins.

Decorating was made easy because I was able to decorate with gorgeous decor from Krumpetshomedecor.com. The wood signs and tags, wood stand up pumpkins, the tall harvest sign, all came from Krumpets.

To decorate my entry way, I wanted to keep the look of the living room and make the house flow. So I added more neutral colored pumpkins and this Thanksgiving sign from Krumpets.

I carried the same neutral colored theme in the dining room using the same pumpkins and florals.

This little cozy corner I changed up from neutral sages and creams and added a few pops of violet and mauve colors to give it a more romantic feel. I wanted to soften the look to match the words on the wood sign. Isn’t the quote on this sign the sweetest? It’s by Devanie Adams, who made the sign.

Sources

Thankful Pillow - Kirkands

Small Square Pumpkin Pillow - Krumpets Home Decor

Harvest Sign - Krumptes Home Decor

Pumpkin Wood Sign - Krumpets Home Decor

Wood Tray - Krumpets Home Decor

Wood Stand Up Pumpkins - Krumpets Home Decor

Bead Garlands - Krumpets Home Decor

Coffee Table Tray - Marshalls

Wood Vases - Krumpets Home Decor

White Candle Sticks - Hobby Lobby

Large Fall Wood Tag - Krumpets Home Decor

Silver Candle Sticks - Home Goods

Magnolia Wreath - Graced Designs

Arch Mirror - Kirklands

Buffalo Check Pillow - Ikea

Mercury Glass Candle Sticks and Vases - At Home

Small Wood Tags - Krumpets Home Decor

White texture Pumpkin - Marshalls

Sage Green Pumpkins - Michaels

Cream Pumpkins - Hobby Lobby

Woodland Elegance

I am so honored and excited to be on the 2017 Treetopia Design Council! 

I was given the wonderful opportunity to select several products of my choice from Treetopia.com. The products I chose were perfect for the "Woodland Elegance" theme I had in mind for my dining room. I wanted the room to be elegant, cozy, traditional, and stylish - as my dining room takes center stage on Christmas Eve.  My family's greatest Christmas Eve tradition is dressing in our Sunday best, having a delicious formal dinner, followed by attending a candlelight church service. It's a tradition my grandparents started long ago when my mother was young - and now has been passed down to my children. 

For starters, I wanted a traditional Christmas tree to be the focal point of the room and that would capture the woodland theme. The 7.5 Noble Fir Tree  did just that with its perfect color, texture, size and shape! 

This tree represents the magic of Christmas to me with its sparkling glitter, gold ornaments, and whimsical reindeer, coupled with natural pinecones. It is reminiscent of my childhood when we as a family would cut down our tree in the snowy Minnesota forest. We would bring it home and decorate to resemble a tree like in a department store window. I wanted to recreate that feeling for my own children so that they too can have the wonder and awe that accompanies the majesty of the holiday season.

The Gemmed Up Pearl Ornaments I picked out are a dream! They add such sparkle and elegance, and remind me of the vintage handmade ornaments my grandmother used to make by hand for us years ago. In fact, I can still visualize her pushing straight pins delicately as to place each piece of sequence and pearl by hand. 

Keeping with the neutral color scheme, I also added different gold textured balls, because a variety of textures helps create visual interest as well as a customized look. 

I also chose the Harvest Pine 10' Garland and Harvest Pine 24" Wreath to compliment my buffet table. The intricate details of the pine and fur foliage mixed with the green and white berries, make this wreath and garland truly magical! I love how there are lights on both the garland and wreath - adding more magic! I did add a few layers of ribbon and placed a few gold ball ornaments around, but I didn't want to take away from the wreath and garland's natural beauty and unique texture! 

This room, now dressed in the Woodland Elegance theme, is ready to usher in a magical Christmas Eve to be enjoyed by friends and family! 

Make sure to stop by the Treetopia Blog and see all the amazing trees from the rest of the 
2017 Treetopia Design Council!

DIY Dining Room

One of the first projects we did when we moved into our home six years ago was to paint and add a half wall of trim work to our dinging room. The paint color I used was Restoration Hardware’s Silver Sage. (As you can see from photos it looks different in different light.) Sunlight bring out the blue color and the warm chandelier light’s bring out the green hues.