We won’t be celebrating Easter
this year…long story…but that doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy having
a pretty spring table to enjoy all by myself. In fact (and my guess is that I’m
not alone here), sometimes it’s nice to have a table all to yourself so you don’t
have to explain your “form over function” self to your “function over form”
husband. Case in point: yes I did match the candy to the table setting.
Actually, if truth be told, the candy came first, and the table came second.
This apple did not fall far from
the tree. My mother used to match Jelly Belly jelly beans to her living room decor.
I am not kidding. Actually, we
sampled a lot of tasty jelly beans during her decorating tenure, and it was
always interesting to see which flavor each new season would bring.
This table started with the
little silver wagon. It was something that my late sister-in-law gave me years
ago, claiming it was a wine cart. I love all sorts of tableware, but couldn’t imagine
when I would ever serve two different bottles of wine during one meal, or that
I would trust such a small cart to carry them. When I recently unboxed it, I
saw that it had glass inserts and thought this would be perfect for holding
chocolate Easter eggs.
The darling little chick salt
and pepper shakers belonged to my mother. I didn‘t even realize that she had
these until a couple of weeks ago when dad and I were digging around looking
for something else and stumbled upon these.
Between the yellow chicks and
the blue foil-wrapped eggs, my colors were set, so I pulled out my favorite
yellow chalices and Nikko “Tea Rose” dinnerware, paring it with nubby-edged
plates from Pier One.
Last week’s vase remains at
center stage here, only this week with complementary blue hydrangeas in place
of the room-scenting lilies that I was sorry to see go.
I hope you’ll be dining at a
table as lovely as this one.
Happy Easter, everyone!
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