30th Anniversary Party

I have been such a lazy blogger this summer! But I do have to share a very special tablescape with you that was for my 30th Anniversary Party. The party was extra special because it was given by my two daughters!
There were several inspirations for the tablescape. First, the traditional gift for the 30th anniversary is Pearls, so naturally there were lots of pearls. Then because my fine china looks like this
and my dining room wallpaper has cherry blossoms on it, my daughters decided to go with a pink blossom theme.
Here is the invitation, which has pink quince blossoms on it.

They made customized cherry blossom monogrammed party picks, which were almost too pretty to use!

The Fine Line Market had the cutest monogrammed cake topper and napkins!

My daughter got a cake covered with cherry blossoms and put pearls all around as well as pictures of our wedding. See the cherry blossoms on the wallpaper, too?


The table was covered in a new pink tablecloth with a lace topper from our reception 30 years ago! The centerpiece was a vase filled with pearls, gold marbles and pink acrylic jewels holding cherry blossoms.


The mantle was decorated with more pearls and pictures.
We had a wonderful time and I was very proud of my daughters! I will be sharing this with
Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen
Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch

For the Birds, Two!

The birds are really singing today, so I am sharing a table from last spring celebrating them. Can you believe Daylight Savings Time starts on Sunday????!!!!
I am sharing this with Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch and Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life.
My table today is inspired by all the Spring birds!



I used a yellow table cloth with some pink chiffon as a "runner".



For each place setting I used a gold charger and Royal Doulton Canton china. I picked this out before I got married and I still love it! I used pink napkins with gold napkin rings. My flatware is Oneida Stainless Wordsworth and the stemware is Fostoria and gold glasses from TJ Maxx my daughters gave to me a few years ago. At each place I used a Bird Cage place card holder & tealight holder from Target.com.





For my centerpiece, I used a larger birdcage filled with flowers surrounded by the famous Target bird salt and pepper shakers and Bird tealight holders.



I put some pink chiffon on the mantle and a glass basket with pink flowers to coordinate.



I finally got my hanging shelf hung and filled it with Eater do-dads!





My wicker tea cart has some bunnies also!



Hope you are enjoying the Spring and the birds!