Dinner Party for Ten

Last weekend, we decided to wind up our ski season with a dinner party for some of our skier friends. Mr. Delight made steak & crab and I got to set the table (love it when that happens!)

I didn't want to go with a "ski theme" as REALLY, it is Spring and I also wanted to use some new dishes my daughter gave me for Christmas.  Thus, I created a blue & brown colour scheme based on the plates.

I created a centerpiece using a hurricane vase filled with pebbles and water topped by a floating candle.

I surrounded it with faux ivy and cut apart some other bunches of ivy to make trailers down the center of the table.

On both sides of the centerpiece, I placed rectangular vases of cream coloured roses in pebbles/water.

Same set up on the other end of the table. I think it is neat looking when you put the roses down behind the glass of the vase.

These are the wonderful dishes my daughter and her boyfriend gave me for Christmas. I used the blue/brown plate for salad to start and...

...the larger dinner plate for the steak & crab/prawns, and the rest of the fab meal Mr. Delight prepared.

You will see the clear shell shaped side plate (which we used for shells) and the crab crackers. I forgot to take a pic with all the butter warmer dishes on their candles but you can see one in the pic below.

We have acquired 10 of these now so are all set to feed large crowds! 

It was such a fun dinner party with lots of laughs and memories of great times had at our local ski resort this past season.  Can't wait till next winter!

 I'm linking up with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for the always terrific Tablescape Thursday. Head on over and check out the other tablescapes that are sure to inspire you.

My New Side Table

It's Tabletop Tuesday and I'm joining in with Marty and all the other fabulous tabletop vignettes.

 This is the "Before Picture" of the end table I had between our two love seats in the living room.

 I recently celebrated a birthday and although it isn't my "official" present, I did convince Mr. Delight that I needed this table.  He threw in the roses too!

I didn't capture it very well in the pics but the table has beautiful handpainted detail on the top and sides.

These roses were such a beautiful orange colour and lasted so long, opening bit by bit. Beside the roses, I placed a terrific faux grass "ball" on top of a small metal pot.

On the other side of the lamp, two burnt orange pillar candles sit atop chunky black holders. A birdie tealight holder also gives off a warm glow.

With Spring having just arrived, probably no one likes to think about Fall colours but I'm always drawn to the richness and warmth of them and love the burnt oranges of the roses and pillars.

Thanks for looking, now head on over to Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life!

A Little More Easter

I will be leaving my Easter decor out for awhile yet so thought I'd share a few more spots where my bunnies have hopped!

I hope you all had a very Blessed Easter!

I'm linking up with Marty and her wonderful Tabletop Tuesday meme at A Stroll Thru Life.

 

Christ Has Risen!

A very Blessed Easter to You All!

Why do you look for the living among the dead?

He is not here; he has risen!

Luke 24:5-6

 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16