Easter Tablescapes 2017

Hope your Easter was wonderful!

Ours certainly was.

I am "hippity hopping" in to share a few pics

 of my Easter tablescapes this year.

I showed you one I had planned on using a few posts ago -

but the day before Easter I received the final tally

 and 12 peeps were expected for our luncheon -

 so that earlier 4-top tablescape wasn't going to work this time!

I have a complete set for 12 in this pretty spring/summer

 Noritake china, so I used it.

I try not to force the manly men of my family to eating off my

ultra feminine tea partyish girlie pretty floral china,

but since this is all kept upstairs in a china cabinet I chose it.

My broken toe and aching feet appreciated it at least.

I put cute chocolate carrot-shaped Lindt chocolate

 candy favors at each place setting.

I used my hand-painted garden water goblets

 on the kitchen tablescape.

I have only 8 Noritake teacups and saucers to this set

 and I didn't think to set them out at the adult places

before I snapped these pics.

I wish I had, they're my favorite part of any china sets!

The above pics are in the kitchen, the below pics are from the dining room.

Sorry it was so dark and that I was in such a hurry.

I used gold chargers and gold flat ware in the dining room,

and green straw chargers and vintage silverplate in the kitchen.

I only have a set of 6 gold flatware.

I think I need to buy another set.

I think my husband would beg to differ. : - )

Regular chargers don't fit well on my slender kitchen table

when I have six place settings there - gets too crowded.

Easter feast was a bit of a pot luck:

Sweet Glazed ham with pineapple

Lasagna (hey, I married an Italian and so did my sister!)

Cheesy potatoes (because my family is Irish!)

Mixed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, squash)

Salad (youngest daughter brought - (w/ homemade croutons and dressing)

Dinner rolls and whipped butter

My sister had two big parties last weekend so I told her to just bring wine.

She always cooks something everytime I host, but I wasn't having it this time. 

My brother's stroke has been MOST hard on her.

 Just saying she needed a break! Took her some convincing, too.

My eldest daughter brought 2 yummy desserts -

 a Boston Cream Pie and Key Lime Pie

I made a carrot cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream frosting.

I snapped a pic of the feast table but I take crappy foodie pics, so I am not sharing, haha.

As it turned out, my daughter Katie brought me beautiful cut tulips

 from her garden that I ended up using on my kitchen tablescape,

 and my eldest daughter Evelyn brought me dark pink tulips

 for my dining table, THEN my brother brought gorgeous Easter lilies! 

I was overwhelmed by these generous blessings!

I just get so upset when I forget to get pics - 

I wish I could share how perfect they looked on these tables...

much much better than what I had before they arrived!

I shall try and share pics of them in my next post at least,

 before they lose their beauty.

Perhaps even for teatime. ♥

Anyway, Easter is such a wonderful joyous season.

I hope it lingers in our souls all year, as intended.

God bless each and every one of you!

As always, thank you for stopping by!

♥

~Michele

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