Easter Tablescape

Happy Easter to you and your families!  Here is a look at our Easter table.  This year, I wanted to do something unique with a budget of $50, not counting items I already had at home. 

I love the clear plastic vases that I picked up at our local floral shop.  They looked perfect filled with colorful jelly beans, which contrasted nicely with the all white tulips and hydrangeas.

Easter Table Supplies:

White tablecloth: Target (wedding gift)

Green Fabric: $5.47 at JoAnn Fabrics

Dishes: Grandma's Milk Glass China

Silverware: Kate Spade Dot Pattern (wedding gift)

Clear plastic rabbits: $1 at WalMart

Grass squares: $2.97 each at Hobby Lobby

Eggs: $2.50 at JoAnn Fabrics

Clear vases: $12 each at Sunnyside Florist

Jelly Beans: $3 at Jelly Belly Factory Store

Moss rabbit picks: $2.50 each at Pier 1

Tulips at Hydrangeas: 4 for $12 at Jewel Osco

Green floral napkins: Thrift store find from Mom

Lamb Cake

Easter is just one week away, and I'm looking forward to hosting a brunch for my in-laws on Saturday and an Easter breakfast and egg hunt for the kids with my mom and grandma on Sunday.  I haven't quite worked out the menu yet, though I know it will include chicken salad tea sandwiches (my grandma's fave), some of the lovely fresh fruit from our local produce market, and a french green bean recipe I am working on.  Of course it wouldn't be Easter without a smoky, sweet ham, and a bevy of treats.

We're big on traditions in our house, and every easter my mother-in-law makes a lamb cake for the kids.

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These cakes originated in Eastern Europe and while I don't remember them from my childhood in Minnesota, they are abundant in the Chicago area.  They're fun and festive, and I love that it is a little something special the kids can look forward to every easter.

What are your Easter traditions?

Easter Tablescape

Spring is in the air, as evidenced by the temperature ascending just slightly above the forty degree mark today.  Okay, so that's hardly springlike in most rational parts of the world, but this is Chicago, and therefore practically constitutes shorts weather.  And it has me in the mood to plan my Easter tablescape.

Don't you just love these bird nest chargers by Pottery Barn? 

And how about these mini nests by Williams Sonoma at each table setting?

And maybe an apothecary jar filled with these speckled eggs from Pier 1?

Aaaahhhh, Spring.  How lovely.