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Easter Table

Easter, Entertaining



I took some pictures of our Easter table setting and wanted to remember it.


The centerpiece was this ceramic lamb.  I always watch for Easter decor that features lambs as a reminder that Jesus Christ was the Lamb of God, as well as the Good Shepherd.  It’s surprisingly hard to find things that follow this theme, so when I do it’s exciting.


I also used my wooden Easter basket and added a vase of white tulips from my flowerbeds.  The silver goblets with alyssum in them were also pretty.


At each place I put a small card holder.  I chose ten different scriptures from the Old and New Testaments and put one in each holder.  During our meal we went around the table and read them aloud.  It added a nice spirit to our meal.


Remember my favorite vintage china pattern ?  I recently found six pieces of china in a different pattern and color (by a different maker as well).  The overall style and feel is similar, though, so I used both patterns together as salad plates.  I like how the peacock blue and green work together.


On each plate I added a coconut bird nest.  I shared the recipe on this site last week (my sisters and I have started a little project together).  My children loved having something to eat/play with while they waited for the meal to be served.


I love this silly group.  I think this was our best Easter ever.


Life is good.  So very good.

Hopeful Homemaker

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Polka Dot Napkins

Happy Finds

How is it that polka dots up the cute factor of everything by about five hundred percent?


How could I leave them in the store?   They were just begging to come home with me and I had no objections.
They’re a cheery addition to my small stash of paper napkins, kept on hand for making life happier.


I love pattern, especially in textiles, and I think that polka dots might be my all-time favorite.
What’s yours?

HH

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Perfection

Entertaining

In the three years we’ve lived in our home, we’ve had overnight guests more than 50 times.  I’ve always wanted to have a trademark treat that I leave in my guest room for our guests when they come.  I’ve tossed several ideas around and have done a few things here and there, but never struck on something that was simple, practical, economical and uniquely me.


Well, now I’ve got it.  My lavender shortbread cookies are my trademark treat.  Everyone loves them, and it’s my own recipe.  I can make them in advance and have them ready for my guests.  So, I’ve been fiddling with them a little bit, and now they’re perfect.  Introducing my new and improved lavender shortbread.


Being smitten with all things “bird” for the past year or two, they’re now bird shaped cookies.


Bird shaped lavender cookies, dipped in milk chocolate.  I decided to try vanilla flavored as well.  It’s delicious.

And since I’m always craving lavender lemonade at this time of year, I decided to formulate a lemon coating as well.


Oh my, they’re good!  Now I’ve got three different flavors that my whole family loves, all ready to share with our guests.


Oh, but that’s not all.  I’ve had so much fun playing with some of these ideas that I also tried making these lavender bites.


Candy coating, lavender shortbread middle.


They’re so pretty and yummy it made me giddy when they turned out just how I hoped.


So, if you’re among those who have stayed with us before, it looks like you need to come again!  Or ask really nicely, or have a birthday or something like that so I’ll make you some.

I’ve got a long road to travel before I’m as organized as I’d like, but it sure feels good to do the little things sometimes.

Isn’t life fun!

Hopeful Homemaker

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