Finished Easter Table Foodie and Flashback Easter Treats and Marty’s Party

TGIF!  What a rainy week!  It is wonderful to see the sun and everything is drying out…

As promised the finished table…

The little baskets at each place were 2/1 at CTS.. There are really cute!

Live violas and nests ..in the middle a large nest with viola planted in eggshells.

You can see more pictures and descriptions here..

I am also linking up with Jenny Matlock for the letter K..

K is for Kathleen. who loves Ketchup, even on her steak..K is for Kielbassa we will have with Easter dinner, and k is for Killer messy which that spagnum was…

K is for kin, who will be coming for Easter..my favorite grand Kids…K is for Kindness, and I appreciate all yours!

On to the food… Showing Dessert first!

Cake eggs..

The ‘Yolk” is cream cheese mixed with sugar and yellow food coloring.

Cheese Babka..

Rugelach..

 

  Apple Pie and Ice Cream

Fresh fruit…

We’ll have appetizers, soup, ham, kielbassa and kraut, sweet potato and apple casserole, roasted asparagus, glazed carrots, cole slaw, potatoes au gratin, cauliflower with brown butter crumb, or in a sauce with bacon on top.   Asst. breads and rolls..

And then we will all sign up for Jenny Craig, LOL..

I am joining ML at Designs by Gollum and Suzy at Kitchen Bouquet for Flashback Friday. 

Joanne at My Little Cottage in the Making  is having a great give away for all you bakers..

My least favorite thing is doing cloches..but I wanted to join Marty at A Stroll Thru Life who is so good at them..

 

I tried….:) That’s one of the violas I planted in an egg shell in a silver egg cup in case you can’t tell..

I used to do that with my class when I was teaching..we always had extra for the breakage..:(

Laurie’s Favorite Things Party is Sat…Hope you can stop over and join in…

I am slow getting around to visit you all, so much to do before Sunday!  But I will get there..

If not, a joyous Easter to you!

Easter Table Preview

It’s Wednesday, but in blogland that means the tables go up for Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch, Susan’s   lovely blog..

I can’t share my whole table yet, but I will show the finished version in my post for Foodie Friday.  We had a terrible storm with flooding and wind, and we have been busy taking care of the damage..

Plus, my centerpiece is live, and I didn’t want it to punk out before Sunday…

I am using a pale sagey green cloth and napkins, and my wedding china, Heather by Noritake..Little silver basket tealight holders by Sylvestri..

 

The chargers are from Noritake.

A dainty basket at each place..

With the name, or initial to mark the place..They were 50 cents each at Cts!  :)

Stems Waterford, Lismore…

    From Villeroy and Boch, tiny porcelain nests..salt…horseradish, or..

a soft green egg…

Down the center of the table I used live viola , nests, and muted color eggs…surrounded by spagnum.

 

Here’s the finished table..

In the center is a large nest.  I planted viola in cleaned egg shells..

 

Edited to include the finished table..more in Foodie Friday post..

Wishing you all a very blessed Easter!

Tabletop Chicks~Pansy Power

Wishing all those who celebrate Passover a sweet one!

My Easter guests will include 7 little bunnies.  I am going to do a separate table for them..

I started with a yellow and white plaid cotton tablecloth..it was one of the remnants I got at the fabric outlet..lovely cotton from Portugal. 

I used felt placemats from Michaels, on sale…( I am going to spray them with Stain Guard..

Green and white flatware from WSonoma Outlet..(Susan , Thoughts from over the Rainbow) said I can call him Bill, as I am there so often!

Bill charged me 3.89 for service for 4….stop crying all of you who paid full price.  Patience pays off! :)

Yellow napkins held with Spring cookie cutters..this one is a tulip. They were my mom’s made in USA!

I never remember my mom making cookies, but she had good intentions, and I kept her things. :)

The little baskets will be filled with candy, and a tag with their name. (They are from Lee  Wards, MANY years ago)

The little yellow ramekins for a buttered roll.. Tarjay, last year.

The little chick dishes are from Michael’s too..on sale for 59 cents… I thought I would serve some fruit salad in them.  Something healthy to counteract the sugar high!

The white plate for the chicken fingers and carrot sticks, and some egg shaped oven fries..

Little carrot dish from HG for the ketchup..

A soft and cuddly chick on a bed of paper grass atop a small line green pedestal.

I got a whole gaggle of them Easter Eve last year..very nice and soft..and..less than 2.00 each..really! :)

I spread them out here to show all the varieties…I have given most of them away….just a few chicks left.

Little chick salt and peppers from CTS..

Mini eggs as scatters, no candles, it is a KIDS table..

I filled Carrot goody  bags with candy..

And a crate of eggs for each..

It’s…

   Please stop by Marty’s at a Stroll Thru Life  for more tabletops.  Thanks, Marty! And don’t forget her cloche party on FRIDAY! 

I am joining Susan for Outdoor Wednesday..Not much blooming here..still cold.. I bet Susan has some lovely entries from those of you have Spring flowers already!

I went over to the North Fork  ( Jamesport) for some pansies and violas…   That’s Cass at That Old House territory..summer anyway!

It was chilly, didn’t feel like Spring at all…hoping for warmer weather for the weekend..

Right now we are having torrential rains, and floods all over..  Hope those of you in the flood areas are ok…

Thanks for coming,  hope to see you Thursday..

Yellow and Blue Frugal Tablecloth

I saw these curtains in my favorite store, Christmas Tree Shop.  They were in the clearance bin. 

I liked the colors and it was a nice cotton and decided to get them to make a tablecloth.

I still have to finish it up, but you can get an idea….

I got 4 napkins from the valance…

4.50 for the cloth and napkins.  I think I will get white ribbon like what is on them to cover the seams.

Or just put a lot on the table so that no one notices! :)

I can use it on my kitchen island when I serve buffet style from there.

I’ll use it in a tablescape after Easter…

I am joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch  for Metamorphosis Monday.

Thanks for stopping by..See you for Tabletop Tues..

Favorite Things with Laurie

I am joining Laurie at Bargain Hunting with Laurie for her new meme, Favorite Things. Thank you dear Laurie for hosting!

In a few weeks I will start an anti meme ,

Things that Really Annoy Me!.  ( kidding, but maybe???)

This is a wide open topic, it can be anything!

From the sublime to the ridiculous!

In keeping with the season, I  chose my little rabbit, Spud.  I also chose my dining room carpet, which I love

( is it ok to love a rug Sheila?  ) 

and  it will be coming with me when I go to the old age home.  Or that’s how long dh said I had to keep it to justify buying it!

I also pick forgiveness as a favorite thing..

Cause this little bunny got into the alcohol, and it wasn’t pretty..

He went for rehab, and he has been a model bunny ever since..So I forgave, but never forget! :)

I haven’t looked at any other entries, so I hope they aren’t all highly intelligent and waxing philosophical..:)

Just in case I  will  add this…

I love walking down to the beach and watching the sun set.  I never get tired of it!

Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy some of your favorite things..

Foodie , Flashback and Foto Friday

Designs by Gollum is hosting Foodie Friday and having a Foto contest. 

On a recent post she talked about her photography skills ,which are excellent.  She said they weren’t good until she became a Darling Baker, which made me laugh.  First , I was a Darling Baker, and my skills have  a long way to go. Secondly, I knew her before then, and her pics were just fine!

I think it is an art, and she is an artist.  She has wonderful lighting, and that is a big part of it.

Anyway, she got many good comments and suggestions.

I am not one to use the light box..dragging foam board around and clamping lights up  takes the fun out of it for me.  It would be like telling  our friend Bill of Affordable Accoutrements to use paper plates and plastic forks..:)

Of course if you are doing it to earn a living, you have to do all those things..

As one of the comments to ML said , we get better with practice…White balance, etc..all Greek to me!

All of the above pictures were from previous posts, so they are my Flashback Friday with Suzy at Kitchen Bouquet.

Tonight I have something very simple…

Milk and oatmeal cookies, anyone? 

As for the pictures, I like being surprised when I get one that comes out well! And as Yvonne at Stone Gables said, just make sure the laundry basket is out of the picture!  :)

I don’t have that feature that blurs the background..but look, I covered my switch plate with the same fabric I used to make the window treatments, formerly called curtains..:)

Laurie at Bargain Hunting with Laurie is having a  Saturday weekly meme..My Favorite Things..Stop by and get the details at her blog…

Thanks for visiting, and I will keep working on improving!  I have a 4 yo Canon Power Shot A610.   Monique helped me learn to turn off the flash and use the macro mode.  The book made me feel like I was reading directions on brain surgery!  :)