So pretty. Love the little touches like the babies breath and the pretty green tablecloth. You did good.

Kathleen, that's a beautiful table! Your floral centerpiece is very festive and I love the soft look of the color scheme.....the little baskets with the napkins and eggs is brilliant!

Kathleen,

Your table is gorgeous. I love the centerpiece. I wish I could arrange flowers as well as you do. And I like your idea of putting the napkins and eggs in the little baskets. And the nests and eggs in the stems is really cute. Are those egg candles in the blue egg cups? I sure hope you get the rest of your pics uploaded because I want to see more.

Thank you PF, Sandi and Lorinscott. I will write the names on the eggs tomorrow. They were a last min purchase at the supermarket..nice muted colors.
Sandi, you don't miss anything! I tried to get everything in! I sure changed it around enough!!
Thanks again..that's it, I'm done for tonight!

Your chandelier is so pretty. Those eggs are gorgeous. Are they glass? And where did you get them so I can find them. ;~) I can see more of the little details on your table now. It looks very Eastery. You did a great job decorating. Am I repeating myself? LOL I can't see your buffet very well, but I like what I see.

I can't believe you found those stuffed animals for $1.49. That is a terrific price.

And tell Stud he looks very, very nice and we are so proud of him for going the straight and narrow. LOL

Thanks, Sandi, yes the eggs are glass. I got them a few years ago in Pier One.
Stud looks very sorry for being a bad bunny...I hope he can stick to his new ways!LOL

Kathleen, great job! Love the napkins in the little basket--very cute. The pics make the plates look pink--are they? You certainly are good at the flower arranging too. Stud looks very handsome and very humble--glad he has learned his lesson. ;o) Luvs

Kathleen, you've been very busy & it shows. What a gorgeous table, all the neat little touches, Judith sure has got us thinking, hasn't she? The little baskets for the napkins was sure a unique idea, plus I love your centerpiece & everything else too!

I count 7 stuffed Easter goodies, do you have 7 grandkids? Wow, that's alot, I have 6 and that's a handful!!

I have been touch up cleaning tonite, tomorrow have to do more cooking & get everything in order, then do the table last. I am anxious but want to get everything else out of the way first so I can concentrate on that last!

Waiting to see everyones tables, this is fun!!

Kathleen, your table is very pretty! I love the little baskets at each place. The centerpiece is lovely, I really like the colors you used. The glass eggs are great.

I see that you made the decision to have the candles burning. They do look pretty that way.

I'll take your word for it that Stud is reformed, but I'm still not getting close to him. I remember what happened to me last time! He does look quite dashing with the blue bow. Such a handsome guy... looks like he is just waiting for somebunny to love.

Kathleen, everything looks very elegant and pretty, I see you have your silver chargers all finished! It all looks great! The little touches you have on the table look nice too. Your buffet looks very nice too and I love the hanging eggs from the chandler. It is so fun to see what everyone can do with what they have and make it so special.

I dunno, Stud looks like he is "rolling his eyes" in that last picture, you better keep an eye on him. LOL

This is my version of STACKING PLATES!!! LOL The bottom layer is dh's homemade rugelach, and I made the bunny cookies and rainbows are bakery. I stuck eggs in the pedestals just so it would be decorated!!

Kathleen, I love the eggs in the pedestals and the bunny cookie standing up on top. What a cute idea. But, best of all are the goodies on the plates. What a pretty way to serve them.

Kathleen, I love your version of stacked plates! I sure wish I had a couple of your bunny cookies, though. You have "flung a cravin' on me". lol

I would like to have a couple of the rugelach, too. But right now you've made me want sugar cookies.

I meant to tell you earlier how much I like the stuffed animals. That little lamb is just too cute.

I hope you have a wonderful day with your family. I'm sure the food will be a real treat.

Lee

Kathleen, I've gone back though your pictures and I can't find one of the little bunny beside Stud. In Stud's pic I can see about half of it. Those colors are so pretty, and what I see of the bunny is really cute. Some time can you take a picture of it?

Oh, I meant to tell you how much I like the different containers you used for the eggs on the table. I noticed there is one on the buffet, too.

Now that is my kind of stacked plates! Yummy!

Kathleen, your china looks allot like my pattern. Mine is Sango Debutante. I think your's is just slightly different. In the close up picture, I could tell they were white not pink. Just the lighting in the first pic I think.

And how could I forget to comment on how nice your silver chargers looked after all your polishing! Very nice--I need to invest in chargers one of these days too.

Hope you have a nice time with your family. So nice that your DH helps with some of the cooking too.

Happy Easter.

Luvs

Beautiful table setting! So elegant.
I have to laugh at how Stud's expression has changed since his St Paddy's days. LOL Too funny. Reminds when a friend and I went on a trip about 10 yrs ago, and she had a stuffed animal that sat on her dashboard. The arms and legs could be posed and when you did that, I swear his expression would go from one look to another. We laughed so much we were giddy playing with this silly thing. Mostly he looked pretty disgusted at us tho. LOL
Thanks for the memory trip.
Karen

Wow, send me some rugelach, in fact you should send some to all of us after showing it & making us hungry!!! Very pretty & yummy stacking plates!!!

Well, they are gone, and I sure wish the Energizer Bunny would come and clean up!!
Luvs, my china is Heather by Noritake from the mid 70's It is off white with very pale greenish flowers. Of course it is discontinued, but I was able to get a few more place settings from replacements.
Y achter, I have 3 gkids 6 and under. My great niece was coming and my friend has 3 little gkids so I bought them each one! I can be generous for 1.49, and they were so soft!!
And I would love to share the rugelach and cookies with you all! Lee they were a cream cheese batter. I love that expression, flung a cravin, I have never heard that.The bunny you asked about next to Stud has a cloth body and china face and feet, a gift years ago.
Now tomorrow I will be in recovery mode and can't wait to see all your tables. Thanks again, and Happy Easter!
And I have a lot of ham,cole slaw. kielbassa, spinach casserole, sweets and apples, etc. etc. left, so I am not cooking for a few days!!!

Kathleen, Having left-overs and not having to cook for a day or two is one of the best benefits of cooking big holiday meals (and a little lagniappe for the cooks). I know your family and friends really enjoyed your tablesetting and food. And Happy Easter to you and all on the forum.

Oh, wish I could drop in and see you and have some of those left-overs. It all sounds so good. I don't think I have ever seen a china (as in china doll) bunny before. That is unique.
I hope you have some help cleaning up the kitchen and putting everything away. It's kind of nice that you had this today, so that you can just sit back and enjoy tomorrow. You won't have to worry about cooking or anything.

Kathleen, didn't realize yours was today, you are all done!! I did as much cooking as I could today, have to get back at it in the morning.

We have 6 grandchildren. 10 yr old gson, 7 yr old gdaughter, 6 yr old gdaughter, twin 4 year old gdaughters & 4 yr old grandson.. I have huge baskets made for all of them, I do something for every holiday for all 6.

I am waiting for the rugelach, nothing like homemade baked goods!!!

Yachter, I imagine it is so much fun at your house with all the little gkids. It's nice when they are still so young.

kathleen...I love your table...it turned out very classy ...:)Love the silver chargers...little baskets...the glass egss are so pretty and that centerpiece is just beautiful....I wish some of your flower arranging talent could rub off on me...lol
I am sure you had a wonderful time and it was worth all the work you put into making it special...and having left overs is wonderful ...I love having not to cook...LOL
Happy Easter...:)

Tam, thank you! Sandi, you are right, not having to cook for 2 days will be nice... Lee, I wish you could drop in too, and WILD is the word that describes what it is like when the gkids are here. Jumping, running, moving my furniture, but like you said, fun.
We had the egg hunt indoors as it was pretty cold, but at least we didn't have snow!
I think someone should open a silver cleaning business, We have house cleaners, why not silver. It could be a seasonal thing. And they could charge by the piece, I'd go for it after all the hours I spent. Now why doesn't someone do that???

Yachter, have fun with all those kiddies! I will think of you when I nap today!

Kathleen, I have a silver cleaning tip for you. When the grandkids get just a little older, you can con them in to polishing the silver. They will think it is fun, because they are getting to put gooey stuff on your silver and kind of making a mess. Little hands are quite good at that sort of thing. It won't last forever, though, because when they get old enough to realize what is happening, they won't want to do it anymore. ~~Of course, I would *never* take advantage of my grandkids like that.~~ lol

Kathleen, I am looking at all of your pictures again. Everything is so very pretty. I have two questions for you. They will sound dumb I'm sure. As I've mentioned, I am sadly lacking in floral arrangement ability. Are the plaid eggs on picks? What is the container your centerpiece is in? It looks like moss?

Yes, the little eggs in the centerpiece are picks. I got them a few years ago, in ACMoore or Michaels. And the container is some kind of imit moss, I got it in Noritake several years ago. I had mostly all of the things I used, I always hung the glass eggs and dec the chandy in the dining room and the breakfast nook one too. I have used the little baskets for the napkins for years, this year added the egg with name and the stem glasses with the moss and eggs. So there was only a little more on the table than usual.
What is new is that I took pics of it, never thought to do it before. Wish I would have taken my Cmas table. It would help next year when I try to remember what I did!!
I will take one more pic tomorrow of the 2 new little bunnies I got as gifts yesterday and I'll put the striped with the china face bunny in so you can get a good look, Lee.

Hi2all, How many grandchildren do you have? I bet your silver is very shiny! LOL I was told one time that no question asked in earnest is a dumb question. I also wondered what Kathleen's container was made of.

Kathleen, Ooh, more pics? I'm glad you got some new little bunny gifts. That was nice.

kathleen_li
I don't know how I missed the stacking plates of cookies..I loved them,yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Glad you enjoyed them, Minnie...help yourself!

kathleen_li,

Your Easter table is so pretty! I loved your ideas for the napkins and the egg candles. VERY nice job on the centerpiece. Everything looked so nice and your stacking plates were very attractive and yummy looking!

Kathleen, I'm looking forward to seeing your new bunnies and the china bunny. Thanks.

Sandi, I have two grandsons and one granddaughter. The "baby" is 19 and the oldest is 21. I don't have any of the fun little ones any more. I have three great-great nieces, 7 mo. - 4 years, so they get all the cute little things now. I'm not as young as ya'll. ::sigh::

Thank you, Mary. I sat with Lily and looked at the pics of her "namesake" lol. She wondered if there were any more new ones born?

kathleen,
I like the dessert stacking plates, my mouth is watering! Believe it or not, I use the stacking plates for food too. Food on them always look elegant and yummy. I like the eggs you put in the hollow base of the plates too.

Hi2all, Isn't it nice that you have great great (2 greats?) nieces to keep the young fun going? My 17 yr old DS is happy that he is the only young one around for holidays as he still gets spoiled. LOL

kathleen_li, that is so cute! Yes, tell Lily that the newest one is 5 days old. It was born in that last snow we had but it is in the barn and doing very well. We now have a total of 7. The *Lily* calf is doing very well also; it is fun to watch her and the others running and playing together.

Oh yes, remember the one that was born on the 1st. of April and I named her April? Well the joke was on me because it turns out that....she..is..a...he!! :)

OH, no!! What an April Fool's joke!

Sandi, I'm sure your son does enjoy being the only one around. It's nice for ya'll too. I am glad he colored Easter eggs. Will you get to keep them?

Yes, the girls are great-great nieces. It sounds so strange to me. I don't know how I got so o-l-d. lol But it is better than the alternative, as they say. The little girls are my nephew's grandchildren. His father (my brother) died unexpectedly. I am about all the family my nephew and his wife have other than their two daughters.

Hi2all, I think it's wonderful that your nephew and his children and grandchildren are so close, but very sorry to hear about your brother. And my son dyed real eggs so there's no keeping them.

Mary, that was too funny about April--that truly was an April Fools day joke. LOL

Luvs

Thanks, Sandi.

The first time I realized *I* was the family matriarch was kind of a shock!

We feel very blessed that we are a part of my nephew's family's lives.

I hope you colored some eggs. It really is kind of fun.