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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Blue, White, & Yellow Spring Tablescape

I don't think it's a secret to anyone who knows me :)  I love blue and white.  I find a certain coziness,  and joy in this soothing color combination.  I love that it can look English or French, and that it can be dressed up or down.  So with the start of Spring this week, I thought it would be fun to make you a cheery table-scape with blue, white, and yellow :)
 I Found some fun ways to add yellow to my Spode dinnerware :)  I used peeps, and yellow M&M's candies for a sweet pop of yellow.   Then I used yellow straws and printed out yellow flags on my computer to add a cheery message to the drinks.
 I also found these really fun parchment (food safe) deco leaves (or in this case flowers). They are so fun. The package I purchased came with 10 sunflowers and 10 fuchsia Gerber daisies.
 They run around $10.00 and here is the link on Amazon for them
http://www.amazon.com/EuroQuest-Imports-Daisies-Parchment-Package/dp/B0017OHHOK/ref=pd_sim_k_8  
I actually had two containers of flowers.  A large urn vase filled with Agapanthus and Forsythia branches, and a Laura Ashley blue and white pitcher filled with a sunny mix of sunflowers, daisies, roses, lilies, and carnations.
Here are the yellow polka dot flags I made for the straws and a blue and white porcelain slipper filled with golden bubbles (yellow peanut M&M's :)  The glassware is hand-blown in Mexico and goes perfectly with my blue and white dishes, you can find it at Pier One, and World Market.
Here is the setting without the yellow parchment flowers, and most of the yellow removed
Here's to wishing you a warm and wonderful Spring.  I wish I could sit, have coffee, and chat with each and everyone of you.  Here's to a sunny, and cheery Spring

6 comments:

  1. oh glorious Spring is upon us!!! the polka dot flags are so sweet! blue happens to be my favorite color! all kinds of blue, but i love those cobalt blue rimmed glasses too. Your home is like the ultimate B&B getaway! here's to a sunny, cheery, most glorious Spring bella!

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  2. I love your gorgeous tablescape! It's screaming "SPRING" into my ears! :) So beautiful. And this spring feeling is making me happy and all smiley! Thanks for sharing.

    Amy
    http://utry.it

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  3. I love the blue and yellow so pretty.

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  4. Oh Shannon, your cupboards must be overflowing with different dishes! Again, your creativity amazes and inspires me. Now I want to change my kitchen colors to blue and yellow!

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  5. My favorite color scheme is blue yellow and white! The colors also look gorgeous mixed together in the garden! Beautifully done Shannon!

    I think I need to write an Ode To Spring!!!

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  6. Shannon, I love your table scape and I am old school, my grandmother had lots of what the use call " Blue Willow" Blue and White. I manage to get coffee serving set for 4 that was left from her set. Thank you for sharing.

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