Are you like me and just love setting the
table for a party? It definitely is one of my
happy places.
This table was set for my craft group. We get
together once a month and craft together.
I feel so lucky to have been invited into
this group. We were talking about it and it
all started a few years ago at Christmas time
when my friend Laura called and said that
some of them were doing a Christmas home
tour that night, and did I want to come.
Of course I did!!
But was I also willing to let them come visit
my home. Well, I had spent the whole day baking
for a church dinner and the counter was a mess,
and the ward dinner started in half an hour, but
hubby pulled through and helped me spiff up
the kitchen and I was able to do both the
ward dinner and the home tour. That was the
start of our craft group.
Since Easter is this week and we were working
on an Easter craft, I decided to set an Easter table.
Normally I would do fresh flowers to bring
in spring, but I had just purchased these beautiful
silk peonies, so they became the centerpiece, sitting
on a grass runner.
These adorable pink and green dotted bunny plates
were purchased several years ago from Home Goods.
Since I was in junior high, pink and green have been
one of my favorite color combinations for spring.
I sat them on my favorite white wood chargers
from Pier 1.
We were having a fondue dinner so I had
two color coded fondue forks for each person
and a brass basket for scooping out things that
don't skewer that well.
The little white rabbits were a favor for
everyone. I added the moss green wire
and some flowers.
A little bunny tag was
used for place cards and two kinds of
flowers and a little hot glue and I
had pretty matching napkin rings.
I only had four of each napkin and there
are eight of us, so I alternated them.
These pretty pink goblets were purhased
from Pier 1 a couple of years ago.
The final touch for the table was using
my chiavari chairs and covering them with
curly willow chair covers in blush. I used these
for our Christmas table and they add such a beautiful
touch. They are from CV Linens and very
reasonable.
I had used the same plates and goblets
for a table in my dining room with a bunny fur
runner.
I used sterling silver flatware for this fancier
table, and the bunnies were nestled in the fur runner.
This glittering bunny was from Pier 1 last year
and was featured atop a gold embellished marble
cake pedestal. The table featured three of these.
Our fondue dinner consisted of three courses.
The appetizer course was a Southwest Cheese
and an Italian Pizza Cheese. The main course
was chicken, steak, shrimp and potstickers cooked
in oil. The final course was chocolate and caramel
fondue with fruit, brownies and cookies for dipping.
It all finished with creating our Grandin Road
copycat Easter Eggs. Brenda spent hours figuring
out how to create the harlequin pattern and trace
it on for us.
These were mine. I painted my butterfly egg
pink and added glittered dots.
Brenda had prepped the eggs by painting them
white, then drawing on the pattern. The eggs
were from Hobby Lobby.
Karen decided to leave her eggs the original color
from Hobby Lobby and she painted on Mod Podge
and glittered them with Martha Stewart Glitter
It was a fabulous evening filled with fun, food,
crafting and lots of fun conversation.
I hope you have a wonderful Easter.
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