A White Chocolate Bunny Centerpiece

Wishing you all a very "Happy Easter" in what ever way you may celebrate. I hope that the sun will be shining to bring you a beautiful warm day of spring!

Today, I'm sharing my coffee table centerpiece with you, it's the last of my Easter decor.

My, dark chocolate, bunny started out with a really ugly paint job....he certainly wasn't going to blend in with our color scheme!
So, with a few coats of an off white paint.....

I turned him into "white chocolate!"

I gave him some ribbons and a few white buds...

and set him on top of my grandmother's, old, tole tray with some, pale green, hydrangea and gold foil eggs in a tiny, white washed, basket.

Last week I shared our mantel and wreath and Mom's old chair.

Next week I'll share my no sew additions to the pillows on our couches....I still have 3 more to do!

  Love, Hugs and Kisses,
JP

and Gucci, too!

Can you see him? He's playing "peek-a-boo!

A very special "thank you" to Stacey from staceyembracingchange for featuring this post on her great blog!


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Glamorous Pearl Easter Eggs

Well, this is going to be a really short post....I just couldn't wait to share my "Glamorous Easter Eggs" with you!

So, obviously, if you've been a follower of mine you know that I am a lover of country, shabby and glam. With Easter, soon, upon us and all of the fabulous egg creations in blogland, I just had to come up with my own unique twist on some eggs for my upcoming tablescape for the holiday. 

They couldn't be pink or any pretty pastels and red wasn't "lighting my fire."

But, upon looking through my piles of stash, a roll of pearls caught my eye.

  And so, my "fire" was lit and these are my creations

with more accents added

each one with it's own little "twist"

 now, looking so sweet in my shabby, wire basket

and fitting in as part of the centerpiece, on our table, for now.

That's all for today.... I'll be back with the tablescape as soon as I finish finding things to make it all complete!

Love, Hugs and Kisses,

JP

and Gucci, too!

Visiting Southport,  N.C? b e sure to stop by my booth @ the Northrop Antiques Mall and see what I may have there for you!

A very special "thank you" to Judy @ diybydesign  for featuring this post on her blog!

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Our Last Easter in New York

This was our very last Holiday celebration, in our home, here in New York....it was a bittersweet celebration with lots of love and this was
Our Easter Grande Finale!

 A, shabby chic, cottage quilt with it's floral design was the inspiration for the pastel, spring like, theme...spring green, damask napkins layered as place mats. They were found at a nearby general store...$2 for eight and a pretty good deal!

And no, I didn't actually risk staining my beautiful quilt....I switched it with another green tablecloth for the actual feast!

 A strand of pink beads, from a broken necklace, came in handy to re-purpose into chic napkin rings.

1890's, Perkinhammer, Rosedale Porcelain was found at a tag sale...seven dinner plates, two bread plates and four cup and saucers...for a mere $10!

Grandma's beautiful flatware.... a set of several I just love to display.

 Her cut crystal glasses, almost always, make their way onto our formal affairs...love, love, love them!

Pastel, foil covered eggs on a bed of shredded paper sit in vintage, etched crystal, cordial glasses with notes of love and memories tucked inside. They were meant to have names for each place setting...just not enough time to squeeze it in this time!

 Sweet, foil wrapped, eggs and bunnies surrounded the ironstone "vase" with a vintage flair...the artificial, blue, "forget me nots" worked well in a pinch and accented the colors in the dinnerware quite well!



 

 

A tiny, vintage, ironstone tureen holds my special, "Easter Mouse" perched upon a bed of cabbage....a very, sentimental treasure from my long lost friend!

Another piece of "Grandma's" silver plate...just one of her many, petite, sauce server's that I am proud to own.

My little, corn husk, bunny joined another centerpiece vignette.

This is my precious family that I was so happy to have celebrate this very special day!

 My girls, Tanya & Shaine

My girls Kristi and Kaycie with Vienna, Christian and Kendra

My granddaughter Tia

Shaine's twins, sadly, were not there!

 We missed you Rocco & Gianna xoxoxo 

 

 Love, Hugs and Kisses,

JP

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 for featuring me on her wonderful blog...please stop by and pay her a visit...she is a wonderful lady!

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Spring, A Tablescape & Moving Boxes

 Well, it's a sure thing...spring is officially here

and the brick cape is ours!

It will soon be our last Easter celebration here in New York and I wanted to plan the day's special table décor.  So, today, I took a break from packing to set a mock Easter/Spring tablescape and let you all know that I'm still around...I don't want you to forget me!

 

 This is what I played around with today.

 

Vintage, Steubenville serving pieces and white ironstone were lucky goodwill finds...the bright yellow, stoneware plates were a, Mother's Day, gift from my sweet, Kaycie Leigh!

 

 

 

Heirloom, crystal glasses are dear to my heart and always fine their way onto my tablescapes.

 

Here they were from last year's Easter brunch.

 

Since, there will probably be eight of us and this table is set for four, I think I'll mix and match what I have and add some special eggs to the centerpiece for the big day.

 

Spring clover, aka oxalis, a white corn husk bunny and daisy, napkin rings add to the details in the centerpiece.

 

Precious, yellow chicks compliment the yellow accents, just right!

 

 

The sweet, brown rabbit usually sits in our garden for most of the year.

 

 And finally, today we got news that the rental we have been wanting is officially ours...a brick cape with lots of potential to transform it into a comfortable, temporary, new home.

 

 Here's some pics of the piles of boxes, packed and stacked and ready to go. The rest of the house is a dreadful mess...no more pretty pics of it to share!

 

Still half a house to pack and landscape plants to bring along... I hope they make the trip and adapt to their new home.

 

Our moving date is set for April 15th...I will try to post about our good bye's and our journey along the way!

 

Love, Hugs & Kisses,

JP

 

 

 

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