Hi friends, with Mother's Day next weekend I thought I'd share a post that I put together about 10 years and two houses ago. I had recently found the magazine "Southern Tables" and was immersed in lovely tablescapes, many in an outdoor setting for Spring.
Many of you host a Mother's Day brunch or luncheon and I thought this would be such a fun theme to recreate. You wouldn't need a mini wheelbarrow; a basket or crate, even a doughbowl would do. When I saw that feature article I fell in love and since I had a mini wooden wheelbarrow about the same size, I used what I had and did a bit of "recreating" the setting.
This designer used real veggies and clearly put a lot of time and thinking into this tablescape, but it was a fun outlet for me using what I had on hand.
"I had a similar whitewashed small wheelbarrow made of reclaimed barnwood,
so I filled it with a variety of faux garden veggies.
(The wheelbarrow has made an appearance before on the deck
for a Back Door Christmas)
But I felt like my rendition needed a little more personality,
so a ceramic rabbit tureen that I made years ago hopped inside.
Gardens and rabbits just go together.
You know you have too much "stuff", when you completely forget about a set of green transferware china! Yes, I totally forgot that I had this great set of Enoch Wedgewood Kent china, that had been stored in the side door of my breakfront.
On one of our recent trips to St. Louis I found three of these wonderful consume/berry bowls and salad plates in "Crown Ducal, Florentine England". They are very old and have a black transfer rural cottage scene on the bowls and plates that read "Little Comberton". A gold rim and raised green fruit design on the border of the plates/saucers had me smitten.
Green Glassware is Martha Stewart
I like to set a fun and casual place setting, so small whitewashed garden pots with a faux lettuce leaf hold the silverware.
And vintage French Seed Packet Labels attached to a tag
can be used for place cards.
Carotte's...
and Chicoree Frisee
more coming up with the French Seed Packets...
A small ceramic cabbage covered veggie bowl / soup tureen.
...and a French Rabbit Tea Towel from my daughter from Easter.
Lapins de Jardin.
A French botanical print brings in the colors of Spring and Summer.
I'm so glad you came by for my little Garden Setting Luncheon.
You can find a few more Spring Garden Tablescapes on my Pinterest Page.
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