Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Tablescape Thursday: Easter Brunch



Three fluffy little chicks have come to Easter Brunch.  They are nestled snug in a linen napkin, and share the table's centerpiece with some faux flowers, a milk glass plate and a goblet full of speckled eggs.




The green and white toile tablecloth features little chicks, too.  White ironstone plates are set on rattan chargers, and the flatware is vintage silverplate and bone.




This is our kitchen table, overlooking the garden.  The deacon's bench in the back belonged to my parents.




Flowers and eggs echo the colors in the mural on the pantry doors behind them.




Turnip salt and peppers.  Like something out of Mr. McGregor's garden.  :)




Won't you sit down?




This little hen has come to roost on the table.  




The table is set with ironstone dishes, rattan chargers and toile napkins.  Napkin rings are from Bed, Bath & Beyond.




Three little chicks, courtesy of Pier One.




And, of course, the ubiquitous "bunny on a stick" also from Pier One.  Wishing you all a very happy and blessed Easter!

Many thanks to our wonderful Tablescape Thursday hostess, Susan.  Please visit Susan's blog, Between Naps on the Porch, for more creative and lovely tablescapes.

42 comments:

  1. oh i love love love your pics and table! its just elegant and cute as a can be! happy easter and thanks for the smiles~

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  2. Mary,
    I LOVE it all!!!!!
    It looks so elegant but not forced, fresh, springlike, just beautiful. As always your photography blows me away!
    Tam

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  3. Very Very pretty. Don't think I've ever seen green toile, but I love it.

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  4. So, so pretty Mary! You have a gift for creating magic in your home. You should see me leaning in, oh so close, to my screen and taking in every single detail...
    It is so bright, fresh, clean, beautiful!

    Love,
    Sue

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  5. So pretty Mary....

    Have a Happy Easter dear blogging friend...

    God Bless,
    Kathy :)

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  6. Mary,
    Oh how lovely!!! So fresh and pretty!!! Your photos are always so well done!!!

    Happy Easter!!!
    XOXO
    Cathy

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  7. So pretty! I love your tablecloth and napkins. I also love your china! Your pictures are just perfect! Have a blessed Easter!

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  8. Your centerpiece is so lovely, as is everything on the table! I love the green and white toile tablecloth and all your little peeps. Beautiful! Have a very Happy Easter!

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  9. Your table is really inviting, I must say and very romantic.
    Gracie at http://mylittleplace.blog.com

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  10. Mary,
    Wow, what a beautiful tablescape. Your tablecloth is really pretty with the items you used for this TS. Your photography is always the best. Happy Easter to you and yours.
    Hugs,
    Sue

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  11. I am going to Pier One as soon as they open. Must have those baby chicks! Oh, and what time do you want me to be there on Sunday?;)

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  12. Okay, Mary...you win the best tablescape, hands down! Love every single thing about it. And, of course, the fact that your pictures are of magazine quality doesn't hurt. I also love how you put your milk glass to work...and we all know milk glass and pastel colored eggs are just made for each other. BRAVO!

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  13. Good morning Mary :)

    I would love to sit down and enjoy this beautiful table! Those little fuzzy chicks are so cute :)

    Happy Easter!
    xoxo,
    rue

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  14. Gorgeous and fun! Love the green and white tablecloth. Perfect background!

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  15. Sooooooooooooo Beautiful! I love the Deacon's Bench! The little chicks, the glasses, and most of all the China! You have a lovely home! Deb

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  16. Oh soooo pretty! Those fluffy chicks crack me up. My daughter Anne was home overnight, asked me why I had "fake bunny topiaries" in all the houseplants; I was shocked that she didn't know about bunnies-on-a-stick! These college students must live in a vacuum.

    No tablescaping for me today -- was out with Anne all day yesterday, down to Rutgers for grad school interview (accepted!) and then a lovely meandering Rte 206/202 ride home, thru crazy snow flurries.

    Lovely Easter brunch table. (I really like the shot of the centerpiece, with the light coming through the little milk glass plate.)

    My Easter Brunch will be tossed together, our traditional matzoh and Easter Egg post-church meal. Happy Easter!
    Cass

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  17. What a really lovely table and I love the drapes.

    Have A Great Table Scape Thursday
    from Roberta Anne

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  18. Love the tablecloth and napkins. Very pretty table.

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  19. Wow, this looks wonderful. I love how you set your plates with the napkin on top. Just beautiful. But I love the centerpiece with the little chickadees peeking out. That is wonderful and precious. I love spring! You have a great blog.
    Blessings,
    Debbie

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  20. This is so pretty! I love the little chicks peeking out of the basket. Kristen

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  21. Your table is soooo very pretty! I love the chick them and even having them in the tablecloth and napkins! Those little fuzzy chicks are amazingly cute! Loved your table!

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  22. I'm enthralled with that milk glass plate behind the chickies. Is that a raised pattern of a chicken and eggs? The light shining through is magical. Sally

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  23. are your framed birds needlepoint? i have a grossbeak and a scarlet tanager in smaller, but similar, frames; they could be from the same source. (they were my great aunts who lived in bala cynwyd, pa. and i have the same waterford. so we must be related! have a happy easter. you certainly are prettily prepared! jkj

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  24. I love your green and white combination. The gardener in me. And what cute little chicks!
    Brenda

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  25. Hi jkj, Yes, the framed birds are needlepoint. They belonged to my mother. I have no idea where she got them... My in-laws gave me the Waterford. Wouldn't it be fun if we were related?! Have a happy Easter!
    xoxo,
    Mary

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  26. Hmmm, wondering if I can make my Corelle look good for Easter... ;>

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  27. Evening, Mary! Oh, how precious! I love your tablescape with the little chicks peeking out from the basket! Your table is so pretty and I love looking at your lovely home!
    Have a blessed Easter,
    Shelia ;)

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  28. That tablecloth and those napkins are absolutely wonderful! Your table looks so fresh and pretty. Your photos made me feel that I had been transported to a lovely bed and breakfast. laurie

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  29. Love those 3 little chickadees and your green napkins. Your table setting looks so full of spring and fresh!

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  30. Every single time I visit you...I wonder what it is about the things you do in your home that I love so much! Is it the simplicity? I know what it is!! Yes...I do! It looks like you are not "trying." It always looks like it just ..happened. Yeah..I know that is not very clear..but...it's the best I can do! As usual I know you get it! ~smile~
    Mona

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  31. as always i am so in awe of your ability to set a gorgeous and inviting table.

    Happy Easter to you!

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  32. I love, love, love your table!!!! Everything looks so fabulous together. I really like the tablecloth & napkins. I would love to sit down to a meal at this table. I love it!!!

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  33. Such Darling little Chicks. I never go in there anymore, and now I see reason too.
    I am not sure if I should thank you. [lol]
    jo

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  34. I really love those little chicks and the mossy bunny! Lovely table!

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  35. Your table is lovely, as is your home...and those chicks, too cute.
    So glad I found you!
    Happy Easter...

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  36. Hi Mary....Happy Easter...beautiful as usual..I love those ironstone dishes...and ofcourse the infamous Bunny on a Stick....Pier One stock must have skyrocketed just on the sale of these damn little bunnies....

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  37. Absolutley gorgeous Mary! Just dropping by to wish you a very blessed Easter:>)

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  38. Oh so pretty! and those little chicks are the sweetest!

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  39. Hello Mary, I am very late for TT this week, but just wanted to tell you that I think your first photograph of your Easter brunch centerpiece should be on the front cover of a magazine, it really is gorgeous and just captures spring perfectly, I adore your whole tablescape. I am sorry to hear your feeling so bad, the Menopause is no fun that's for sure, hope your symptoms ease soon, wishing you a happy week, Kathy.

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  40. I love those cute little white chicks! So adorable. Daisy~

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