Just for the birds

sometimes you can't wait to hear the birdsong outside your windows

 

 Or for the smell of your favorite flower to bloom

Or maybe waiting for the beauty of trees to bud

could it be more birds join the flock and gather around

or we could wait for the dragonflies to make an appearance

birds on high to enhance their serenity

little flowers of burlap are reaching for the sun  as they share the birds space

don't cage me in it's Spring I have to be free

momma bird keeping an eagle eye on the littles in the nest

all birds are works of art with small dashes of color or sparkle and twinkles

they adorn us with their grace and beauty

birds are like pearls they accessorize our homes and lives. hope your life and Spring are filled with the love and joy of birds

butterflies and dragonflies

Hello everybody I hope that Spring is finally reaching out to you.I know I am tired of winter but can't imagine what it has been like for those of you who have had so much snow and bitter cold temperatures. Today in San Diego at Balboa Park they released hundreds of Monarch butterflies.It was such a beautiful site. I wanted to do a tablescape in honor of Butterflies because to me  they are the inspiration to Spring.

I have this lovely butterfly cake plate that I use for display and thought this would really work well for this idea.

I received this glass bowl from my son for Christmas it is made out of recycled sea glass in a very soft teal color and placed it on another butterfly cake plate.

 I purchased these adorable little plates at an Estate sale they were so Springy and knew they had to come home with me.One has a butterfly the other a dragonfly.

 these bee glasses were a great find at Home Goods,the wicker chargers on sale from Grandin the road.

I made these tiny burlap roses and put them in tiny  little bottles.

 Here is the view from above I think I will serve a lite lunch.

I think I will bake some brownies to put under this dome. Wishing you a welcome Spring may you all get some warmth and flowers soon.

The daffodils have arrived

Hello everybody are you as anxious for spring as I am?I found this adorable teapot at my local Gw thrift store  and joined it with my spring polka dotted cake stand and my charming yellow rose my oldest son gave me many many years ago 

I had this tablescape of something in yellow stuck in my mind for over a month. Living in San Diego  it does seem like we live in the spring all year round ,but we do have  a minor change in our seasons. But when the daffodils arrive even we know spring is either knocking at our doors or Trader Joe's just got their spring delivery in. I love Trader Joe's and these little beauties I snagged up for only 1.29 a bunch (I had two but they got tangled and three bunches jumped into my cart so fast I couldn't shake them free but the other flowers cried to be taken home and I just didn't want to hear that racket so I purchased two more sets of rose bouquets also.Here I layered my plates with a soft buttercream plate from Burlington's for .98 had the square little plates I Had             already, the round yellow pattern ones are from Pier one and a little costly but I went to 5 stores to find the color yellow I wanted. another little dessert plate and a star bowl rounds out the pile. I found yellow flatware from Burlington's how cute is that?add some of my use all beads

I went to IKEA and found yellow candles (YELLOW???) in pillars and tapers just the right size and the scent is buttercups Yumm!!!!!

a little yellow bird came out to sing his song of spring and he sits on my nests I made from burlap strings.The candle holder jars from the thrift store I painted and distressed them.Here are my daffodils center stage .A beautiful yellow rose and raspberry tiered cake stand just waiting for treats to be placed upon them

Here you can see the entire table.I don't buy alot of tablecloths just don't have the room to store nor the money to buy.So I buy fabric when its really really cheap like $1.00 a yard at Walmart and cut and trimmed two napkins in soft yellow gingham fabric. I added this lil rolling pin between the birds maybe waiting to roll out the spring cookies for the rose and raspberry tiered stand. I had these Gerber daisy napkin rings and double up my gingham material with white satin napkin rings at clearance from Home Good(.98)

I found these scroll yellow felt place mats at Anna's Linens clearance for .78 Cool

Add  here are the place settings

Would you believe I purchased these gobblits at my local GW thrift store 99 cents each.

daffodils are springs trumpet shouting I am here!!!

these make me happy do they make you feel happy too?

Flowers are opening up

ahh pretty

let's light the candles for a happy dinner.

And here is another view of the cake stand none of my tables would be complete without one.

a long view down the table

I love the way a simple thought and vision turned out to be so pretty and I didn't really have alot of yellow stuff.

hope your wish for the coming of Spring is as joyful as mine is

Strawberry fields

Where I live in Southern California we are about 25 miles away from the biggest strawberry farms in the entire USA. Strawberries are abundant pretty much year round but

especially this time of the year are they at their best.

I knew I wanted to make a tablescape using red dots ever since I found this wrapping paper over Christmas.

And when these beauties appeared I wanted to make one right away. I had to pack up my St Patrick's Day decor and

 re-decorate with lots of red polka dots,but the real neat thing was finding these adorable little strawberry

plates at Home Goods last week.So I said goodbye to the green of Ireland and

got very excited to get started with this red set.These are two cake slices I got at Michael's  using a 40% coupon off and came to at $1.49 each

they are in the ceramic section so I bought them home and painted them with red strawberries on top.I have this red strawberry plate I put them on(clearance at Ross for 98 cents).

The set of plates came as a four pack two red plates and two green.

Dollar tree had the cutest red polka dotted glasses.I purchased the cake napkins on eBay(Come on I'm a Pastry Chef aren't they the sweetest things you ever decorated your napkins with?)

The white napkins are satin and a clearance from Home Goods for $1.29 for all four and I teamed them up with red dotted fat corners from Walmart. I used my Valentin's Day red chargers but could not find the plates of red polka dots that I was  seeking so I bought clear ones and Modge-Podged them with paper napkins.

I love using the glass beads for so many decorating ideas and they are great for quick little cover ups like when the human eye can  not pick up a stain on a white tablecloth but Oh does the camera see them.

This plate has the green trim, love the tiny dots on the bowl.

add some candle holders for a little height.

All set up and ready for us to eat

Should we have breakfast ,lunch or brunch? See that tiny blue strip on the left side that is the blue light  you get but can't see only the cameras see it.These were taken about six fifteen last night. I see it on everybody else's pictures but have never captured it till now so Cool.

 Or we could just skip to desserts My favorite time

ok I am getting hungry and want to eat these strawberries

Well hope you like my red dots and love strawberries like I do . Have a great day.