To Bee or Not To Bee Tablescape

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I am borrowing from the Bard for the name of this tablescape. It’s an appropriate one, because this table almost didn’t come to be. I had to have a “come to Jesus” meeting with myself last week when I spotted some bee plates on Amazon that I knew I had to have. 

I didn’t have to have them, of course, but they were so adorably cute (these, am I right, or am I right?), and I knew they would go so perfectly with my honeybee flatware and cups and saucers.

Once I finally got a grip (it took time, I can tell you), I had an epiphany. Last year I had bought a set of clear plates (these) and decided that I could have plates in any theme that I wanted by putting fabric, objects, scrapbook paper, photos, you name it, beneath those plates. The end result is what you see here. I found a graphic online that I liked, enlarged it to a 6“ x 6“ size to fit appropriately beneath the plate, printed it out on coffee-dyed paper, and I am tremendously pleased with this. So much so, that I have decided to challenge myself in the coming months to come up with one table after another using these fabulous Duralex plates. I mean, let’s face it, the world is my oyster, if I can design these plates myself. Think about that. If you buy yourself a set of these plates, they may just be the only ones that you need. The sienna nubby-edged plates are from Pier 1.

I am still thoroughly enjoying my new tablecloth, this week I topped it with a tribal runner that I found a couple of years ago.

I couldn’t decide which looked better beneath the bee graphic, the russet plates or the yellow ones, so I used both. The yellow are Waechtersbach and you can find them here.

 

 The white lotus flower bowls were a purchase from Pier 1 decades ago. You can find similar ones here.

 

The cups, as mentioned above, are from Amazon, as are the wonderfully sturdy, made in France, La Rochere honeybee juice glasses.

The flatware is by Wallace International, and I couldn’t love it more. I use it constantly.

The amber glassware is from P.O.S.H. in Chicago.

 The napkins I made myself out of simple black cotton fabric.

The trio of pitchers in the center came from a local shop (shout out to The White Rabbit); the flowers are a couple of $7 bunches I picked up at the market. I think, the chargers came from them as well.

 The colors here are darker than you may find on a spring table, but it’s my nod to the ultra importance of saving the bees.

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