Springtime Table Top Ideas

My nesting birds vignette got asked to go to a party!  A friend of mine had agreed to hostess a table at her church's ladies dinner and she needed a centerpiece for her table.  I offered her my birds and their nests and she accepted.  Here is what the birds looked like at my house...

... here is my post about the vignette...

http://misskopykat.blogspot.com/2011/03/springtime-nesting.html  ....

...and here are the birds and their nests at the dinner...

I like the way she added the spanish moss around the birds.  It's almost like all the birds are in a larger nest.

Here are some more pictures of her centerpiece... 

The whole fellowship hall at her church was filled with other tables (I think I heard 60 in all) that other ladies in the church were hostessing.  "Hostessing" involves not only the centerpiece but also bringing all the china, silverware, glasses, placecards, etc. that will be at "your" table. 

I went to the church the afternoon of the event to take pictures of other table tops to share with you.

The name of the event was "Teacups, Tulips and Tutus" (I'm not sure if there is some significance or what that means if anything) but some hostesses carried it out in their centerpieces...

Who knew you could find bunny rabbits in tutus?

This next table was done by a very creative lady who painted the canvas tablecloth and chair covers...

I am loving green jars right now.  This one was very pretty...

Check out the table "cloth" on this table...

This table smelled divine with the rosemary in the silver julep cups.  I overheard that the governor's wife was going to be sitting at this table for the event.

Note the clever way this hostess used a vase within a vase to hold the tulips away from the candy.

This hostess also used candy on her table.  The cupcake stand in the center will have the cupcakes added closer to dinner time.

The bunnies on this table reminded me of the hydrangea paper punch eggs I have seen on several blogs...

About half the tables used flowers as the main centerpiece...



Here is a close-up of the little silver goblet holding an egg shell with a azalea bloom in it.

The hostess that did the painted canvas tablecloth and chair covers earlier in this post also did a more colorful table setting for another table.  Here are the painted canvas chair covers she did along with the take-out containers holding flowers pinned on the back.  

This tablescape was beside the speaker's chair on the stage.

And last but not least, a centerpiece celebrating the reason for our Easter season...

I am sharing this at

Saturday Night Spotlight at "Love Where You Live"

http://bottosblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/saturday-night-spotlight-8-link-party.html 

Also (having trouble "grabbing buttons") at " A Stroll Thru Life"

http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/2011/04/60th-table-top-tuesday.html 

And at "Wow Us Wednesdays" at Savvy Southern Style

http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/04/wall-in-master-change-and-wow-us.html 

Linking to Tablescape Thursday at