Dragonfly Birthday Tea Tablescape

I have previously mentioned that at my workplace, we celebrate coworkers' birthdays each month with a cake during the afternoon break.  Last month, there were 2 staff members with July birthdays and we marked the occasions on a day near the end of the month. Of course, I am in charge of the table decor :-)

It was a milestone birthday for one of the ladies so I incorporated something she has a fondness for and that is dragonflies.

I did a practice run of the tablescape at home and the pictures shown here are from that set-up.

The colour scheme was pink and yellow and I set the table for 4 even though I only used 2 place settings for the tablescape at work.

 Surprisingly (to some people), I did not have any dragonfly themed decor so I was on the hunt.

I found these terrific magnet dragonflies at a boutique shop in a nearby town.

The magnet (2 pieces) is very strong and will hold the dragonfly through glass or thick vases.

I filled this lidded glass vase with faux greenery and yellow flowers and put the magnetic dragonflies on the outside.

The dragonfly I put on the lid wasn't magnetic but had a ribbon on it so I wrapped it around the top.

 I placed these glass vases filled with similar decor on the ends of the table.

I wrapped little Lego blocks up as tiny decorative birthday presents and scattered them on the table.

These dragonfly cut-outs are from Dollarama...

 

...and were placed on a star-patterned table runner which was actually fabric that I just taped to the underside of a white table runner.

The place settings included Dimity Rose china by Royal Albert (my wedding china).

I folded the napkins in an accordion type fold mimicking the wings of a dragonfly.

Another of the magnetic dragonflies served as  napkin ring decor.

All this was packed up into some totes and set up in the staff room at work.

I wasn't able to take any pics of the table there but the birthday celebration was a great success.  The only hard part was getting back to work afterwards!

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