Welcome to this month’s Pinterest Challenge, dear friends, where a group of us gals gets together to put our own spin on an inspiration piece. I want to start today’s post with a big shout out to Cindy from County Road 409 for pulling us all together again ~ thank you, Cindy!!
If you are coming over from Kim at Shiplap and Shells and are here for the first time, welcome. I’m so glad y’all are here!! Wasn’t Kim’s table fun with her bunnies and I just love her flower-shaped woven placemats… Adorable!
Our inspiration this month is this adorable bunny centerpiece from Suzy at Worthing Court and boy is it packed full of cuteness and style!
Using a wooden tiered stand and a stack of plates as risers, Suzy brings in:
- spring greens in the forms of plants, a bunny topiary in a pot, four salad plates and a sweet green water jug
- earth tones in small pots, a small birdhouse, plus little candleholders, the tiered stand and the grass table runner and woven round placemats
- bright whites in dinner plates, small candles, a ceramic bunny and bird eggs
- textures both rough and smooth
There’s a lot going on here and a lot to recreate, so let’s get started!
How I put together my centerpiece
In Suzy’s post, she talked about “raiding your own stash” so I’ve looked through my spring decorations box and at what I could tier and what tiered trays I do have first…
I have a lot of wooden pieces luckily and candles here and there…
I made a tiered tray since my other two are tiered cake plates and just didn’t have the right look. Then I rounded up various ceramic, paper mâché and coconut fiber bunnies from my stash to decorate my “trays.”
Next, I ran out to the garden shed in search of little terracotta pots to bring in their colors and textures to match those in our inspiration piece. The bulbous pot I found at that cute garden center I wrote about last year ~ The Greenhouse ~ in Oklahoma last year. The other banded pot I found at Ace Hardware (I think) in Carrolton, Texas.
No green tableware
Rats! if I didn’t just see some really cute lettuce-patterned majolica plates at Tuesday morning recently and I didn’t pick them up. Well, if you don’t have green salad plates to pick up the greens in your greenery, bring in the greens with what you do have!
I stacked my favorite white dinner plates (from Marshalls years ago) with my first set of tableware, Villeroy & Boch Botanica dessert/salad plates (adding my green), then added a Wedgwood Sarah’s Garden* teacup to bring in more whites and smooth textures.
*I highlighted Sarah’s Garden in case you might like to read about my meeting Sarah, Duchess of York back in the early 2000’s when she was a spokesperson for Wedgwood.
I loved the spring greenery Suzy used in her centerpiece so I pulled in several moss balls I made and a couple of dried hydrangea heads I had. The hydrangea blossoms added the wooly plant texture I was looking for.
And lastly, I also had the round, gilded and woven placemats like those in the inspiration photograph in my stash; they look perfect as “nests” for any place setting!
I didn’t find my bird’s eggs (they have been lost for several years since I found some…) and I forgot about the bird house, but I do have one! So I’ll share it here. 😉
Another Pinterest Challenge share from a year or two ago!!
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you will visit all of our friends on today’s centerpiece tour. Please think about subscribing to my blog if you haven’t done so already. I appreciate you!!!
Next up is my friend Niky from The House on Silverado. Her tablescape is just lovely with all her rabbits, and I know you’ll love it!!!
Spring blessings to you,
Barb 🙂
hi barbara Great job. Very warm vibe and I love all the plates in everyone’s centerpieces!
This is so springy, Barb. Isn’t it fun to play with the spring stuff again? I’m such a sucker for bunnies — can’t resist them!
Me, too! I’ve loved rabbits all of my life. This was an especially fun inspirational centerpiece to recreate. Happy spring! Yes, isn’t it nice to pull out all of our spring goodies!!! 💕🐇
Barb,
Such a cute interpretation of the inspiration! So fun doing these together!
Hi Rachel! Thank you so much!! These really are fun to recreate. Happy spring to you! 💕🐇
Oh my golly as soon as I saw that little bunny propped up on the candlestick I was smitten. I love your bunny collection. Each one is so different and so cute! Hope you enjoy this tablescape for a long time. Thank you for joining in. Pinned
Thank you, Cindy! I had a lot of fun with this PC. Happy spring!!! 🐇
Barb, what a pretty spring centerpiece you created and the bunny topiary is just the cutest!
Thank you, Michelle. This was really fun to create. 🐇
What a bunnyful centerpiece! I adore all of your sweet spring touches.
Thank you, Laura! Great fun to recreate. 🐇
Barbara… your centerpiece is a perfect spin on Suzy’s original! Love how you created it for your home, but still ‘stuck’ with the actual inspo photo! Lovely!
Hi Julie! This was really fun to reinterpret. Happy spring!!!
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So cute, Barb! Smart to make your own cake plate with what you had. I can so relate to losing things:( Happens when you pack things. Happy Spring!
You did such an amazing job with your spring centerpiece Barb! I LOVE your salad plate pattern. I am definitely going to use your idea of moss balls for my next spring table. I have an entire bag of them and forgot all about them. The terracotta posts have my heart as a gardener. Every detail is so pretty.
Thank you so much, Kim! This was an especially fun PC to create. 💕
So cute! Love a challenge that uses what you already have.
Thank you, Sandra! I always enjoy these Pinterest Challenges. I do try and use what I have. 💕☺️
I love your earth tones and spring greens! It is absolutely stunning!
Thank you, Kristin. I really enjoyed being on this month’s PC. 🐇
Such a sweet centerpiece! Love your various little bunnies and lovely dishes!
Thank you, Amber! Love these Pinterest Challenges. 💕🐇
Barb, you did an amazing job of recreating Suzy’s centerpiece. Love how you set the bunny on the candlestick. How cute. Your tiered~tray and little house are awesome.
Oh, thank you, Carol! These Pinterest Challenges are really fun to do! Glad you enjoyed my centerpiece. ☺️💕🐇
Hard to believe we’re only a week away from Easter. (the weeks are flying by) — Your bunnies are charming. The spring embellishments make a nice centerpiece for your Easter table.
Carol
http://www.scribblingboomer.com
Thank you, Carol! Happy Easter to you, too!! 🐣